Place it out for bid, or transfer it to a different town department? That is the question that will determine the future of Edgecomb Eddy School’s broken John Deere tractor.

A car-pole accident on Pond Road in Newcastle early Wednesday, Dec. 24 resulted in a 64-minute outage for 8,407 customers in nine Lincoln County towns.

The Atlantic Salmon Foundation and the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association have approached the towns of Alna and Whitefield with proposals to either purchase or negotiate the removal of Alna’s Head Tide Dam and Whitefield’s Coopers Mills Dam.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office launched its first compliance check in Lincoln County on Saturday, Dec. 20 and found 10 area businesses that sold alcohol to minors. The sheriff’s office is using the violations discovered as a teachable moment.

After seven years and $40,000 raised by donations and fundraisers, the 1885 Washington School’s belfry was raised and attached to the building in Round Pond Tuesday, Dec. 16.

A 71-year-old Waldoboro man died at the scene of a Friday night crash in Warren.

After 11 years with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and more than 30 years in Maine law enforcement, Detective Robert McFetridge has retired. His last day with the sheriff’s office was Nov. 5.

Government Notices Alna PUBLIC NOTICE – TOWN OF ALNA NOMINATION PAPERS As of Tuesday December 23, 2014, nomination papers are available at the Town Clerk’s Office for the following positions which will be vacated at the conclusion of the Annual March Town Meeting. That meeting will be held on March 20 and 21, 2015. Second […]

School officials in Jefferson are considering budget curtailments and possibly going to the voters in efforts to accommodate a roughly $216,000 unanticipated shortfall in the town’s K to 12 education budget.

A Newcastle man is hoping to open an auto repair and state inspection station on Vannah Road in Nobleboro this spring, and is working to get the necessary ducks in a row.

The Edgecomb Planning Board and town attorney Bill Dale were present at the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen meeting Monday, Dec. 29 to discuss issues that have embroiled the planning board and the town in legal complications.

A Newcastle man faces charges punishable by up to 30 years in prison for allegedly trafficking in the prescription narcotic Suboxone at his Academy Hill Road apartment this spring.

Municipal officers and court officials gathered at the Lincoln County Courthouse to celebrate Chester Fossett’s 44 years of service to Lincoln County on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Fossett has served as the Register of Probate since 1987, overseeing the operations of the Probate Court.

He leaves his post in January 2015.

An Edgecomb man has been charged with aggravated assault for allegedly striking a 20-month-old toddler in the face and breaking the child’s arm, according to a Dec. 12 Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office press release.