Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies Matt Day and Justin Drake responded to an early morning tractor trailer accident on Rt. 1 in Newcastle, which closed the area to vehicular traffic until 6:23 a.m. Tuesday.

After spending his life working on the sea, last week Chuck Bates, 80, of Newcastle, single-handedly piloted his motorboat, Grigri, down the Damariscotta River, and up the coast of Maine to Castine, where he donated the boat to Maine Maritime Academy (MMA).

Patrick and Kerri Hopkins of Washington are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy, Benjamin Patrick Hopkins.

Locally and across the nation it has been an historic election, from the first African-American President-Elect Barack Obama, to the record absentee turnout, and record volunteer participation.

At a time when municipalities, local governments and organizations have been mobilizing to help people prepare for winter, more people are consciously building ecologically and economically friendly housing from the ground up.

Mr. and Mrs. Troy Osgood of Bristol are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Marie Osgood, to Dustin James Carter, son of Edward Carter of Nobleboro and Sandra Carter of Newport.

Nov. 21 is a day that will likely be reviled for months to come as school systems across the state adjust to a statewide $27,046,649 cut in spending between now and June 30, 2009.

A Bremen fisherman has filed a civil suit against Lincoln County and the Town of Bremen for a summer 2007 boating accident causing loss of fish from his nets off Ram Island.

During the month of October and continuing into Early Bird Day on Nov. 1, Shapers Health Club in Damariscotta collected $150 in donations towards the Community Energy Fund.

The November 2004 election marked an all-time low for the number of women in the Maine legislature, an auspicious milestone that won’t be repeated if a leadership training program for women achieves its goals.

With votes still trickling in early today, Democratic and Republican leaders agreed the majority of political power in the Maine House and Senate will remain with the Democrats.

The Wiscasset Police Dept. reports the following activities form the previous week:

Arrests and Summonses

On Nov. 5 Lt. John Allen arrested a male juvenile, 17, of Wiscasset for Juvenile Probation Officer for violation of conditions of release.

A $50 million projected budget overage flagged last month isn’t as bad as first thought, but fixing it will still affect services for developmentally disabled people that allow them to live outside of institutions.

By Tammy L.R. Meserve

Superintendent Eileen King, 51, of Boothbay Harbor has been named Maine’s 2009 Superintendent of the Year.