A local woman has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and a year of probation after pleading guilty to 10 charges in connection with a July 15, 2014 hit-and-run in Wiscasset and resisting arrest in Damariscotta later that day.

Ben and Taryn Marcus, owners of Sheepscot General Farm and Store in Whitefield, are among the farmers featured in “Growing Local,” a film about the struggle of Maine’s local food movement to remain viable. The film premiered at the Camden Film Festival in September 2014 and will be screened at locations in Whitefield and Waldoboro in January.

Services for Wiscasset Police Reserve Officer Donald “Donnie” H. Smith Jr., who passed away unexpectedly at his home in Wiscasset Jan. 7, are scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 13 at the Wiscasset Community Center, beginning at 2 p.m.

The raffle of a secondhand Mazda sedan will raise money to place more American flags on utility poles in Damariscotta, Newcastle, and Nobleboro this spring.

Central Maine Power Company has restored power to over 1500 Lincoln County households within in a matter of hours on Tuesday afternoon. A total of 1545 outages were reported in Lincoln County according to the 1:43 p.m. update from CMP. The 3:58 p.m. update showed that all outages in Lincoln County had been restored.

Republican Gov. Paul LePage wants to get rid of the secretary of state position and replace it with a lieutenant governor.

Newcastle 1st Assistant Fire Chief Michael “Newman” Santos died unexpectedly Friday, Jan. 16. Santos, 67, was the president of the Lincoln County Fire Academy and authored “The Hose Line” column for The Lincoln County News.

Police have identified the three people injured Tuesday afternoon in a head-on collision on U.S. Route 1 in Northport.

Wiscasset Police Reserve Officer Donald H. Smith Jr. passed away unexpectedly at his home in Wiscasset Jan. 7.

As Jefferson’s K-12 education budget picture continues to fluctuate, the most recent numbers shared by school officials paint a bleaker scene than discussed in mid-December.

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.

A Wiscasset woman on probation for a March 30, 2014 assault outside a Wiscasset bar faces new charges after allegedly assaulting a man at a Wiscasset gas station Dec. 13, 2014.

A Waldoboro woman faces misdemeanor charges after she allegedly hit a handicapped man with a minivan in the parking lot of the Damariscotta Hannaford. Police said the woman then parked illegally in an handicapped space and continued into the store.