At the urging of two conservation organizations, the Alna and Whitefield boards of selectmen separately agreed to form committees of stakeholders interested in the future of two dams on the Sheepscot River.

With a blizzard warning now in effect, the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency is urging residents to stay at home and off the roads on Sunday, Feb. 15, when the worst of the latest blizzard is forecast to pummel the area with heavy snowfall rates and high winds. According to a National Weather Service briefing issued Friday at 4 p.m., “Travel will be treacherous and may become impossible late Saturday night and Sunday. Anyone traveling Saturday night and Sunday should be prepared to spend an extended period of time in their car should they become stranded.”

Longtime Miles Memorial Hospital general surgeon Dr. Frank O. Avantaggio Jr., of Damariscotta and South Bristol, died Sunday, Feb. 8 at the age of 80.

A Somerset County Corrections prisoner transport van went off the road and through a snowbank in Jefferson Feb. 2, but no one was injured and the van had no reportable damage, according to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lt. Rand Maker.

Meeting with the Alna Board of Selectmen Jan. 29, Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask announced the Alna First Responders will formally cease operations as of March 1.

Taking to the road to rally support for his proposed budget, Maine Gov. Paul LePage brought his case to the people Wednesday night, appearing before the monthly meeting of the Lincoln County Republican Committee Feb. 18.

A Whitefield woman has been sentenced to seven months in jail and two years of probation for sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in December 2013.

Government Notices Bremen TOWN OF BREMEN Public Hearing The Municipal Officers of the Town of Bremen will hold a public hearing Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 5:00 pm at the Town Center, 208 Waldoboro Road to hear public comments on the following: Proposed Amendments to the Shellfish Ordinance Proposed Amendments to the Traffic/Parking Ordinance Public […]

Whitefield’s much-anticipated new fire truck, Engine 1, arrived at the municipal fire station at approximately 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12.

Nancie Atwell founded the Center for Teaching and Learning in 1990 to bring to life the innovative principles of education that she had written about and traveled the country speaking about. Twenty-four years later, the Center for Teaching and Learning has touched thousands of students and tens of thousands of teachers, transforming their lives and their classrooms.

An anonymous $750,000 gift to Lincoln Academy will pay for the construction of a turf field and jump-start efforts to build new baseball and softball fields and a new track.

Schools and many businesses were closed on Monday as the latest snowstorm to visit Lincoln County pummeled the area with high winds and heavy snowfall.

Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett announced the Maine Sheriffs Association’s vote to back legislation that would revert Two Bridges Regional Jail to county control at the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday, Feb. 3.

A few fishing vessels in Bremen got a helping hand from the U.S. Coast Guard when the Rockland-based cutter Tackle came to town on an ice-breaking mission Feb. 24.