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.

Updated Jan. 27 at 9:15 a.m.
A listing of local closings of public interest. This listing will be updated as new changes, cancellations, or delays become available.

Following a lightly attended public hearing where one resident raised a number of concerns, the Somerville Planning Board voted to move ahead with proposed subdivision and site plan review ordinances as written and address any concerns at a later time.

The Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority Board of Directors discussed the future of the Maine Board of Corrections and how it affects Two Bridges Regional Jail during a board meeting Jan. 14.

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen appointed Kenneth Vinal to be the Newcastle code enforcement officer and licensed plumbing inspector during a meeting Monday, Jan. 12.

The Edgecomb Board of Selectmen discussed legal options for dealing with an Edgecomb property owner allegedly in violation of a 2013 consent order at their Dec. 29 meeting.