The travel agency Village Travel has moved from owner Ruth Etheridge’s Round Pond home to an office in the Damariscotta Center building.

Bremen’s Maine Cat Catamarans has joined 67 other worksites in Maine to be recognized under the federal Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program, also known as SHARP.

Updated: the RSU 40 Board of Directors’ next meeting has changed locations to Medomak Valley High School on Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.
At their next meeting, the Regional School Unit 40 Board of Directors will consider moving Medomak Valley High School’s club football team to varsity status or possibly taking the issue to the district’s voters.

Boothbay Town Manager James Chaousis II and Midcoast Economic Development District Executive Director Jeffrey Kobrock are the finalists for the Rockland city manager post, according to the Bangor Daily News.

In the cold-cold-winterFolks in Lincoln County take a polar plunge at Pemaquid Beach Jan. 1 to raise money for the Lincoln County Animal Shelter.

A Waldoboro man who eluded police for nearly a year is behind bars.

The Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity:

ArrestsFrederick Fondriest, 56, Los Gatos, Calif., operating under the influence, Dec. 31, 2014.

Updated 1/25 at 10:57 p.m. – The National Weather Service has upgraded the weather alert to a Blizzard Warning, which is in effect from 10 p.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Wednesday. “Snow will spread into the area… And will likely be heavy at times during the day Tuesday… Winds will be strong on and near the coast… Producing blizzard conditions,” according to the NWS.

Forecasters are in agreement that a major storm will plow through Lincoln County beginning late Monday night and continuing into Tuesday night, bringing the possibility of heavy snowfall, high winds and blizzard conditions.

The Great Salt Bay School Committee is forming a committee to research interest in and costs of a potential pre-kindergarten program either at Great Salt Bay Community School or throughout AOS 93.

With the Maine Board of Corrections in turmoil, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners and Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett spoke about the uncertain future of the county jail system at the Tuesday, Jan. 20 commissioners meeting.

A new student program at Nobleboro Central School lets students in grades six through eight have “voice and choice” in what they’re learning as part of the implementation of proficiency-based education, according to Principal Ann Hassett.

In the spring of 2014, neighbors reported seeing dozens of trucks outside the Musical Wonder House in Wiscasset. The museum’s collection of antique music boxes, which had achieved international acclaim, was loaded into them.

Two separate accidents in Waldoboro Dec. 23 resulted in drivers being charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, according to the Waldoboro Police Department.

Thomas Dostie, of Somerville, joined the U.S. Army in 2001 at the age of 17. He wanted to become a diesel mechanic. His life was cut short three years later in Mosul, Iraq.

A suicide bomber detonated explosives at Forward Operating Base Marez’s mess tent at approximately noon Dec. 21, 2004. Twenty-two were killed; one was Dostie.