Whitefield Tax Collector Robin White has admitted to stealing $17,000 from the town and has resigned, according to a statement by the Whitefield Board of Selectmen.

Five felonies out of 11 total charges, including burglary and various drug charges, against a Damariscotta woman were dismissed in a plea deal in October, and though the woman will serve no additional jail time, a substantial suspended sentence hangs over her head.

Westport Island residents voted to repeal the town’s budget committee ordinance with 195-175 vote during Nov. 4 polling.

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters overwhelming approved Question 3, which asked for permission to issue bonds for small-business loans in an effort to revitalize main streets, strengthen rural economies, and create job growth in Maine.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Boothbay: R. Michael Pitt (Tr.), Sue D. Pitt (Tr.) and Sue D. Pitt Living Trust to R. Michael Pitt, Sue D. Pitt and Sue Dodds Pitt; Steven Thoms and Holly Casey to Mark Doukakis and Janis L. Doukakis;

Christopher Hutchinson said he and his two crew members were on their way back to the mainland Saturday afternoon after a day of hauling traps when the seas and winds quickly intensified, causing his 45-foot lobster boat to flip.

It remains to be seen how many Lincoln County families will be without electrical power on Thanksgiving Day. In the early morning hours of Thanksgiving, a total of 9505 Lincoln County outages were reported by Central Maine Power. At the time of this posting, CMP had no estimate on how many of those customers will have power restored for Thanksgiving Day.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch well in advance of a weather system forecast to chug through Lincoln County on the heaviest travel day of the year – Wednesday, Nov. 26 – the day before Thanksgiving.

Patriotic music thundered from the speakers at the Wiscasset High School gym Friday, Nov. 14 as students entered to witness the raising of the school’s new American flag under the tutelage of American Legion Post 54.

Sometimes it seems like LincolnHealth Environmental Services Supervisor Carolyn Hatch never leaves the Miles Campus, said Lincoln County Healthcare CEO James Donovan.

David Warford, a Damariscotta native, was working as a meat cutter at Yellowfront Grocery in 1987. He went to Wiscasset Ford to buy a new car; he walked out with a new career.

A Democrat will continue to represent most of Lincoln County in the Maine Senate, although local Republicans were perhaps the big winners on Election Day.

Under the wing of “Mother Flocker” Darlene Landry, over 60 pink flamingos have started migrating around northern Lincoln County in recent weeks to help raise funds for the Sand Hill Cemetery Association in Somerville.

Waldoboro officers responded to 237 calls for service in this time period. Below are a few of the highlights.

ArrestsScott Jordan, 36, Standish, theft, Nov. 21.