For those in need of some important item so desperately that they are willing to brave forecast blizzard conditions for it, Lincoln County supermarkets will be awaiting with open doors.

In an emotional day in court Thursday, Feb. 5, an Edgecomb man received his sentence for a misdemeanor OUI charge stemming from a 2013 incident that critically injured his best friend. Drew Wallace, 25, of Edgecomb, was sentenced to 364 days in jail with all but 30 days suspended and one year of probation.

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Bristol Man Who Threatened Neighbor With Handgun Could Avoid Jail

Boothbay Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Emergency Medical Worker

Jefferson Man Gets Time Served in Domestic Assault Case

Damariscotta Police Seek Local Man in Connection with Robbery

Two Arrested in Damariscotta for Alleged Oxycodone Possession

Waldoboro Man Who Eluded Police for a Year Captured in Massachusetts

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The recent cycle of unsettled weather continues, with the National Weather Service just issuing a winter storm watch from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon. The NWS bulletin warns there may be periods of locally heavy snowfall leaving 4 to 8 inches of accumulation.

The Happy Farm barn in Whitefield, a community landmark, collapsed Sunday, Feb. 22, due to the weight of snow, owner Robin Chase said.

The National Weather Service has issued an unusual advisory for a, “long duration snow event to affect (the) region Saturday night through at least Monday.” According to the NWS, Lincoln County won’t see a singular period of intense snowfall, but instead will see a long period of “light to moderate” snowfall, “that will add up over the course of a few days, potentially around a foot in some areas.”

A Jefferson man accused of choking, slapping, and throwing a woman across a room last July was sentenced to 364 days in jail with all but four days suspended and two years probation in a plea deal Feb. 3.

South Bristol’s sand and salt shed has collapsed. The collapse was discovered Friday morning, Feb. 13. The shed is on Old Barn Road in Walpole.

Concord Coach Lines, the bus service with stops in Waldoboro, Damariscotta and Wiscasset that runs between Boston and Bangor, has cancelled all service for Sunday, Feb. 15, according to their website concordcoachlines.com.

The Lincoln County District Attorney’s Office has dismissed charges against one of three defendants in the March 2014 theft of $20,000 in cash and a shotgun from a Whitefield home.

Voters in Somerville passed six articles, including two new ordinances, almost entirely without opposition at special town meeting Feb. 7.

A Waldoboro woman was transported to the hospital with an arm injury following an accident at the intersection at Kaler’s Corner in Waldoboro the morning of Feb. 16.

With the two volunteers who run the Jefferson Area Food Bank planning to step down in June, the food bank could close its doors for good if no one takes the place of Ellis and Donna Bond.

A Bristol man with a history of sex crimes faces new charges after he allegedly assaulted a woman at a Damariscotta laundromat Wednesday, Feb. 4.