An elderly man was transported to the hospital for injuries after his car collided with a cement truck in Nobleboro Tuesday afternoon.

The burden of proof still lies with the State as to whether an elderly Somerville resident acted with depraved indifference in the treatment of the animals that at one time crowded into her home.

On April 30, Union 74 Supt. Robert Bouchard sent a letter home with students giving an update for parents and staff on the swine flu outbreak in Maine.

Long hours, touchy negotiations and difficult decisions characterize the work of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee in the waning hours of its work on the biennial budget.

The fence protecting the dormant Twin villages Marina and Town Homes project on Main St. has been reinstalled, but the project is officially on hold.

A new cake baker has risen from the sweet scent of spring in New Harbor. Bonnie Nielsen started her home-based business, “Coastal Cakes” after completing an adult education course at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta.

Nielsen has been sharing her homemade desserts with her co-workers at the Samoset Restaurant in New Harbor for some time, much to their delight.

Violation of an air emission license condition at a Whitefield gravel pit has been resolved. A consent agreement dated March 25 between Harry C. Cooker & Sons Inc., of Topsham, the Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), and the state Attorney General’s Office requires payment of a $2500 penalty.

Unexpected death, particularly as it relates to crime, scars families and friends left behind in many ways. Community members gathered Friday night at the Methodist Church in Waldoboro to talk, to share and to find some way of dealing with unexpected death.

Westport Island has plans for the re-introduction of a First Responders group following the volunteering of two new paramedics for the town’s all volunteer fire department.

South Bristol voters will be called on to settle the race for one Board of Selectmen seat after a recount at the town office Monday night determined that long time incumbent Donald G. Stanley Jr. and former selectmen Kenneth D. Lincoln received 51 votes apiece for the honor.

The Lincoln County News learned on Friday morning, the Day Block on Main Street in Damariscotta had been without power for two days.

Correcting a law that’s been misinterpreted since the day it was enacted 35 years ago would cost hospitals across Maine an estimated $1 million, though opponents say that the law is so entrenched that changing it now would be unfair.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the public’s help in finding the individual(s) responsible for entering three private residences in Rt. 32 in Bremen sometime March 17.

The completed forensic audit of Wiscasset records has calculated the amount of town funds allegedly stolen by former Town Clerk Sandra Johnson totals $90,906.

In addition to the missing funds, Wiscasset town officials have compiled a list of costs incurred as a result of the alleged theft totaling $46,062, including $28,580 in additional payroll and $17,481 in invoiced cost.