Melissa Johnson of Nobleboro and Brandon Johnson of Honolulu, Hawaii were granted a divorce on Aug. 6. They were married in Leavenworth, Kan. on Sept. 18, 2012. Shared parental rights of one minor child.

Alna selectmen were urged at their meeting Oct. 8 to appoint a representative from Alna to serve on the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Strategic Planning Committee.

Arnie Gamage, of South Bristol, caught a rare tan lobster on Oct. 6 off the South Bristol coastline. “I’ve been fishing for 40 years. I have caught red ones, black ones, and blue ones, but I’ve never seen anything like this,” Gamage said of the rare crustacean.

Democratic candidate for governor Mike Michaud made campaign stops in Boothbay Harbor, Damariscotta, and Wiscasset Friday, Oct. 31.

John Gallagher, of the Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service, was named EMS of the Year at the Maine State Grange convention in Skowhegan Oct. 16.

The Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department’s seventh annual Scarecrow Festival held Saturday, Oct. 18, was a very successful event according to Parks and Recreation Director Todd Souza.

After an extensive nationwide search, the Board of Directors of the Central Lincoln County YMCA has announced Meagan Hamblett as the Y’s new CEO.

Power outages were on the increase in Lincoln County following a night with high winds and heavy rainfall. Power outages increased from 27 to 81 during the overnight hours, with households in six Lincoln County towns affected by the outages. Boothbay and Nobleboro were hardest hit, with 25 households in each town suffering from power outages.

Sunday, Oct. 5: here we are in the middle of the month of October which doesn’t seem possible. This is my first column of the month and a new week of my life at Crawford Commons.

Motorists on Rt. 1 in Wiscasset reported Oct. 14 that a number of campaign signs for U.S. Senator Susan Collins had been vandalized by someone who spray painted a symbol resembling a swastika on them. While the swastika image was painted in reverse, the intent of the vandal was clear, according to observers including Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline.

There are very few people living in Wiscasset that didn’t know William J. “Bill” Curtis. He was a man that served his country in the time of war, and a man that served his community until the very end. He completed his last term as selectman in June 2013, at the age of 85.

Working with sample state ballots specific to their respective towns, seventh- and eight-grade students both voted in and operated a mock election at Medomak Middle School Oct. 30.

Lincoln County News senior reporter Dominik Lobkowicz received the Bob Drake Young Writer’s Award during the Maine Press Association’s annual conference at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn Saturday, Oct. 18.

Government Notices Bristol TOWN OF BRISTOL Wind Power Advisory Committee Wednesday, November 5 at 6:30pm Bristol Town Office Public Invited TOWN OF BRISTOL Office of the Registrar The Bristol Registrar’s Office will be accepting voter registrations during the hours of 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday and will hold evening hours on Thursday, […]