The ringing of a historical bell at Jefferson Village School each morning started as an off-hand practice but has grown into a daily ritual for the school’s technology coordinator, Bill “Mr. Bill” Howard.

Dow Furniture co-owner Dana Dow is planning to purchase the former Science Source building in Waldoboro and with it aims to expand not only the business’s discount furniture showroom space but its customer reach as well.

Damariscotta North LLC has purchased the Spencer’s Greenery property at 49 Center St. in Damariscotta from Eola Ball and Edsel Spencer as of Dec. 17.

Alyson Marie Graham and Christopher Aaron Fleming, of Jefferson, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Leo Patrick Fleming.

The structure fire at 452 Mills Rd. in Whitefield that required the response of seven area fire departments on Tuesday, Jan. 27 was caused by a juvenile burning a dog leash, the State Fire Marshal’s Office determined.

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Local Woman Pleads Guilty to Hit-and-Run, Resisting Arrest

Wanted Wiscasset Man Arrested in Jefferson

Waldoboro Woman Faces OUI Charge After Head-on Accident

Whitefield Burglary and Assault Under Investigation

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Concord Coach Lines, the public bus company that serves the Lincoln County towns of Wiscasset, Damariscotta and Waldoboro; has cancelled all service to the area for Tuesday, Jan. 27.

Five conservation organizations spanning from Southport to Montville are exploring consolidating into a new, regional organization, and proposals could go before their respective boards and memberships as early as this summer.

Ellie Busby, of Waldoboro, always knew she had friends, but she hates calling on them in time of need, which is why her friends have gone ahead and set up an online fundraiser on Busby’s behalf, “Angels for Ellie.”

Violations remain at the 15-unit apartment building Newcastle Center more than a year after its owner agreed to pay a $12,000 fine and remedy fire and plumbing code violations.

Sheepscot Bay Physical Therapy will soon be moving a short distance from the spot it has occupied for almost 10 years in downtown Waldoboro to a bigger, more easily accessible space on Route 1.

Blake and Donna Hollis, of Bristol, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Cameron Jane Hollis.

Updated 1/30 at 4:09 p.m. – Latest NWS bulletin warns that heaviest snowfall for the Friday storm will arrive in evening and night-time hours.

Precipitation was falling as wet snow, ice or rain as a weak storm gained strength while passing through Lincoln County mid-day on Friday. Fluctuating temps are forecast to bring more mixed precipitation through the early afternoon as the storm intensifies, then the precipitation should change over to all snowfall as temps slide lower in the evening, according to forecasters. The most intense snowfall is forecast in the late afternoon and evening hours, according to the National Weather Service.

We have had a few winter storms come through the area recently with more on the way. Another type of storm appears to be forming in Augusta. This particular tempest touches on the topic of taxes. As promised, Governor LePage is striving to eliminate our Maine state income tax.