Nancie Atwell, of the Center for Teaching and Learning, has been named a top 10 finalist for the Varkey GEMS Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize, an award that aspires to be the Nobel Prize for educators.

A petition backed by 71 signatures calling for the removal of Linda-Jean Briggs as town manager of Waldoboro was presented to the town’s board of selectmen Feb. 10.

Traffic was reduced to a single lane on Vannah Road in Nobleboro as the Nobleboro and Damariscotta fire departments, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, and Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service responded to a report that individuals had fallen through the ice on Damariscotta Lake.

Updated Feb. 2 at 2:30 p.m.
A Somerville family and their remaining livestock are being cared for by relatives and neighbors after their house, barn, and several animals fell prey to a fast-moving fire the morning of Feb. 1.

The Edgecomb Planning Board ended their dispute with Salt Point LLC by approving a clarified subdivision plan that lists two tracts of land at the center of the debate as lots.

A 34-year-old Dresden man was arrested Sunday at a motel in Delaware and charged with five counts of raping a 14-year-old runaway.

A man who walked along Route 1 in Edgecomb nude in June 2014 pleaded guilty to indecent conduct Feb. 3.

Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority for the Two Bridges Regional Jail began making plans for life without the Maine Board of Corrections, at their Feb. 11 meeting.

The annual ice harvest at the Thompson Ice House in South Bristol, planned for Sunday, Feb. 15, has been postponed due to expected inclement weather.

Tuesday, Feb. 3, another column about my life at Crawford Commons. Well, here we are in a new month already. Where does the time go?

The National Weather Service has upgraded a winter storm watch to a winter storm warning in regard to the next snowstorm forecast to visit Lincoln County, on Groundhog Day, Monday, Feb. 2. This event is forecast to bring snowfall, heavy at times, during the day on Monday before chugging out of the area late Monday night. Temps are forecast to remain well below the freeze line, so the event should be all “light and fluffy” snowfall, with “8 to 12 inches” of accumulation forecast by the NWS.

Annie Watson and Michael Moody, of Whitefield, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Oliver Benjamin Watson-Moody.

The First Bancorp has announced that Tony C. McKim has assumed the responsibilities and title of president and chief executive officer of the company and its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, The First N.A.

A man found guilty of the shotgun slaying of another man in Nobleboro 41 years ago is serving a year’s sentence after pleading no contest to weapons charges Jan. 13, according to the Sun Journal.