Rachael Miller and J.W. Oliver were married Oct. 4 at Lakehurst in Damariscotta.

Lincoln County residents may want to be prepared for possible power outages during the overnight hours of Wednesday into Thursday, according to the latest bulletin from the National Weather Service. Thousands of power outages that have occurred in the past several hours in areas south of Lincoln County may be a harbinger of things to come. Those areas are already experiencing the high winds and heavy snowfall yet to arrive in our area.

Jamel Martin Torres is joining the town of Wiscasset team to fill its open position as Wiscasset’s town planner. His first day will be Monday, Dec. 8.

A malfunctioning motor filled two Lincoln Academy classrooms with smoke and called Newcastle and Damariscotta fire departments to the Newcastle school late Tuesday night, Nov. 18.

The Animal House, an award-winning, family-owned business in Damariscotta since 2005, is opening a second location in Westbrook in the Kohl’s plaza on Nov. 15.

The Maine Human Rights Commission has ruled there are reasonable grounds to believe a longtime employee of Moody’s Diner in Waldoboro was discriminated against by her boss for religious reasons, which resulted in a hostile work environment.

Update Nov. 4 at 3:50 p.m.
Several area fire departments responded to Sheepscot Harbour Village & Resort in Edgecomb the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 4 as flames tore through the roof of the resort’s recreation building.

For the third time in six years, a Lincoln County school superintendent has been named Maine’s Superintendent of the Year.

Lincoln Academy’s residential program attracts students from all over the world. This year, the program includes 64 students from 14 countries spread across three continents.

Flying Santa will not stop at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse in December 2014.

Almost as soon as heavy, wet snowfall began to fall in Lincoln County, motorists began to slide out of control on area roads. They slid off the road, or into each other, or backwards on a steep incline.

A 27-year-old man faces a felony OUI charge after a fatal SUV-bicycle accident on Feylers Corner Road in Waldoboro the night of Saturday, Nov. 22.

Central Maine Power Company expects to restore electricity to 4,279 customers in seven Lincoln County towns by 2:15 p.m. “if everything goes well,” according to CMP dispatch.

Wiscasset Town Manager Marian Anderson has announced the pending retirement of Wiscasset Town Assessor Sue Varney next month.