Amy Stockford never stopped serving Alna after she left as town clerk in 2016. The co-owner of Old Narrow Gauge Farm with Toby Stockford, and mother of Etta, pushing 4, has been town treasurer more than five years. And now, after the town’s latest clerk, Sheila McCarty, resigned, Stockford has agreed to be interim clerk.

Selectmen named Stockford to the job at a board meeting Monday afternoon, First Selectman Melissa Spinney said. Spinney explained via text, Stockford will still be treasurer. “The (deputy clerks Linda Verney and Lynette Eastman) will handle most of the day to day duties as they’ve been doing. Amy really only needs to do a few hours a week of clerk stuff, like getting ready for election.”

Selectmen announced McCarty’s resignation Feb. 22. She did not submit a letter, Spinney said. The board hired McCarty, of Palermo, in September.

Stockford, who also works part time at Little Village Bistro in Wiscasset, told Wiscasset Newspaper Monday night, “I’m happy to help out the town and fill the need for a clerk until we find someone qualified to step in. Lynette and Linda do a fantastic job of running the office so I’m just providing some support for the upcoming referendum town meeting and administrative support.

“I’m hopeful we find someone who is a good fit for the office sooner rather than later,” the Alna woman added in her text reply. She served as clerk from spring 2009 to spring 2016, according to Wiscasset Newspaper files.