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.

According to its brochure, the Lincoln County recycling program is one of the oldest in New England and the largest in Maine. Currrently under new leadership, the program has a renewed sense of purpose, and, according to supervisor Tim Richardson, is gearing up “to take off and thrive.”

Government Notices Bremen The Bremen Board of Selectmen will meet on Jan. 22, 2015 at 3:00 pm to discuss the budget. The regular Selectmen’s Meeting will immediately follow at 5:00 pm. TOWN OF BREMEN Nomination Papers will be available starting January 2, 2015, for the following offices: 1 – Selectman/Assessor/Overseer of the Poor (3 year […]

Boothbay Town Manager James Chaousis II has been offered the job of Rockland city manager.

There are currently no leads and no suspects in a mid-December burglary and theft at the Pemaquid Hotel at Pemaquid Point, according to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Brendan Kane.

The Medomak Valley High School boys and girls varsity basketball teams defeated Lincoln Academy at home Saturday night, Jan. 31.

On Dec. 10, 1967, Richard Loren watched Jim Morrison get arrested onstage in New Haven, Conn. – Loren booked the concert.

Blizzard conditions overspread Lincoln County Tuesday morning, prompting school and business closures and keeping first responders busy with widely scattered minor traffic and wire incidents. Reports of power outages began with the 12:13 p.m. update from Central Maine Power Company, with many of the outages reported in Waldoboro and Bremen.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch in advance of a weather system forecast to bring snowfall to Lincoln County beginning Saturday afternoon and continuing into the night.

Longtime employees of the Chamberlain and Round Pond post offices could lose their jobs as the result of a U.S. Postal Service effort to eliminate “postmaster relief” positions, although local and nationwide petition efforts seek to save the positions.

The Lincoln County Courthouse welcomed Bethany Gagnon as its new clerk of courts Jan. 5.

Damariscotta Town Manager Matt Lutkus will remain in the post through 2016 after the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen approved a new, two-year contract with Lutkus Wednesday, Jan. 7.

A forecast for clear skies on Sunday will allow Lincoln County residents a brief respite from high winds and heavy snowfall, and a chance to get set for the next storm on Monday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch in regard to the third recent snowstorm to visit Lincoln County. This one is forecast to arrive in the early morning hours of Monday, bringing snowfall, heavy at times, during the day on Monday before chugging out of the area Monday night.

Eight members of Erskine Academy’s Friends of Rachel club traveled to Whitefield to give a presentation about the power of kindness at Whitefield Elementary School on Monday, Jan. 26.