Damariscotta resident Mimi Reeves has been hired as the executive director of Coastal Kids Preschool in Damariscotta.

Government Notices Alna PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF ALNA The Alna First Responders will cease responding to medical calls in the Town of Alna as of 12:01A.M., March 1, 2015. The Wiscasset Ambulance Service will continue to respond to 911 calls for medical assistance in Alna A2-12-1t Bristol TOWN OF BRISTOL Absentee Ballots are now available […]

Elizabeth Marie Alfiero, 30, North Yarmouth, operating under the influence, one prior, Oct. 19, 2013, $500, license suspended 90 days.

Money was allegedly stolen from the Medomak Valley boys basketball team in Portland Thursday afternoon while the team was preparing for their state championship game Friday night against Cape Elizabeth.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Recent arrestsJan. 26, Courtney J. Flint, 21, of Nobleboro, was arrested for unlawful possession of Oxycodone; probation violation and a warrant for failure to pay fines, on Main Street, Damariscotta, by Deputy Jared Mitkus.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory in advance of snowfall forecast to affect Lincoln County on Thursday. This weather event will be relatively mild compared with the recent parade of storms that have pummeled the area, according to forecasters. Snow should arrive in the overnight hours of Wednesday and continue to fall through the mid-day hours of Thursday, leaving 3 to 6 inches of accumulation, according to forecasts.

Five months after closing his Waldoboro store, Herman Hoffman has found a new home for Hoffman Collectibles at 291 Bath Rd. in Wiscasset.

The Morris Farm, a working farm and education center that promotes sustainable agriculture and stewardship, and Chewonki, an environmental education organization that promotes sustainable living, are sponsoring a forum on food security in Lincoln County.

The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard watch well ahead of a storm forecast to bring a nasty combination of heavy snowfall and high winds to Lincoln County beginning Saturday evening and continuing through Sunday evening. While the area has experienced unusually frequent winter storms this season, the upcoming event is forecast to have a notably significant impact, especially with the snowfall accumulation already on the ground.

Updated Feb. 11 at 2:00 p.m.

The leach field at Medomak Middle School will be dug up and replaced in the coming weeks after over 2000 gallons of heating oil were mistakenly pumped into the school’s septic system on Feb. 4, according to Regional School Unit 40 officials.

Brian Aherne, 36, Boothbay Harbor, operate vehicle without license, Oct. 20, 2013, $250.

The Wiscasset School Committee voted 5-0 Thursday, Feb. 26 to hire Heather Wilmot as superintendent of schools.

The Wiscasset Police Department reports the following activity for the week ending Feb. 15:

ArrestsChristopher S. Ashton, 23, Wiscasset, domestic violence terrorizing, Feb. 15.

Updated Feb. 5 10:50 a.m.

A historic house in Whitefield was consumed with flames as the Whitefield Fire Department battled the town’s second structure fire in seven days.