Dale Boyington and Brittany Fales of Waldoboro are pleased to announce their engagement.

Complaints about property taxes and a sand contract landed on the Whitefield selectmen’s desk Monday.

Chairman Steve McCormick told Dennis Merrill his request for property tax abatement was one of 15 submitted since tax bills came out last November. Portions of five abatements have been granted so far, McCormick said.

Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe arrived in Rockport to attend the 34th Annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum at the Samoset Resort last Friday, and while on a walkabout, discussed various issues with attendees, including the recently signed stimulus package.

In order to make medical care more accessible to the local community, the providers and staff at Sheepscot Valley Health Center (SVHC) in Coopers Mills are pleased to announce walk-in hours are now available.

Floor plans and architectural drawings of the proposed Whitefield town office and community center will be unveiled Wed., March 11 at a public informational meeting in the school gym.

Rep. Lisa Miller (D-Somerville) has arranged for volunteers in Whitefield and Jefferson to help speed DSL Internet access for customers of Verizon successor FairPoint Communications.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Boothbay: Anthony J. Casella (Tr.), Anthony J. Cassella (Tr.) and Lady Marion’s Trust to Kendall C. Hanna; Olive S. Ballou (Tr.), Living Trust of Olive Ballou and Olive Ballou Living Trust to Olive S. Ballou;

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On Feb. 25, Deputy Matthew Day responded to a report of a burglary in the Nobleboro area. The complainant stated that someone(s) broke into his residence and some collectable items and a five gallon bucket of change had been taken. No money value on the items taken was available. Further investigation to follow.

According to the chairman of Damariscotta’s Board of Selectmen Richard McLean, “the town won’t walk away on Heater Rd.,” though no final plan of action was set out during the selectmen’s March 18 meeting. “We’ve got to put an end to this,” McLean said.

Malcolm Peck has been rebuilding airplanes and cars since he was 17 years old. The Jefferson resident, now 73, was recently presented the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award from the Federal Aviation Administration.

A Sagadahoc County demand for reimbursement of a proportional share of the fiscal year 2008 budget has generated a potential legal battle facing the multi-county Jail Authority.

Waldoboro clam diggers are in a tough spot. Between the rocks, regulations and pollution, the men and women who scrape a living from the shores in this coastal town are facing increasing challenges that are putting them out of business.

Carrie Lynn Reynolds and Harold Frederic Lothrop, Jr. were married on Sat., Feb. 14 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle.

The $2,077,910 budget request for the Medomak Middle School bobbed in the wake of a discussion over the number of Education Technicians (Ed Techs) in the district and the value of educational stipends at the MSAD 40 Budget Committee meeting Tuesday night.