Despite inclement weather Dec. 9, Wiscasset residents turned out in force to overwhelmingly vote in favor of closing the Wiscasset Primary School, 367-133.

Bristol and Newcastle pumper trucks released the waters that Damariscotta Fire Department’s new Engine 3 roared through during a wet-down ceremony at the Damariscotta firehouse Saturday, Dec. 6.

Robert and Margaret Baker, a Newcastle couple who passed away just days apart in late November, were people who gave both of themselves and their wallets to benefit Lincoln County towns in a number of ways.

Two separate accidents in Waldoboro Dec. 23 resulted in drivers being charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, according to the Waldoboro Police Department.

Thomas Dostie, of Somerville, joined the U.S. Army in 2001 at the age of 17. He wanted to become a diesel mechanic. His life was cut short three years later in Mosul, Iraq.

A suicide bomber detonated explosives at Forward Operating Base Marez’s mess tent at approximately noon Dec. 21, 2004. Twenty-two were killed; one was Dostie.

Three state legislators gathered at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset Wednesday, Dec. 17 to tour the facility and learn about budgetary issues that have plagued the facility since the consolidation of the county jail system in 2008.

RSU 12 was one of 13 school districts in Maine awarded a multimillion-dollar Department of Education preschool expansion grant on Dec. 10. A total of $14.8 million in federal funds will go to Maine schools to increase access to preschool education – approximately $3.2 million will go to RSU 12.

An Exeter, N.H. woman who had been missing since Friday, Dec. 12 was found in Newcastle around 6 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 13.

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen approved the sale and replacement of two of the oldest engines in the Taniscot Engine Company during a meeting Dec. 22.

“I’m just an old country girl with not much on my résumé,” Judy Greenleaf said. “You can quote me on that.”

Place it out for bid, or transfer it to a different town department? That is the question that will determine the future of Edgecomb Eddy School’s broken John Deere tractor.

A car-pole accident on Pond Road in Newcastle early Wednesday, Dec. 24 resulted in a 64-minute outage for 8,407 customers in nine Lincoln County towns.

The Atlantic Salmon Foundation and the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association have approached the towns of Alna and Whitefield with proposals to either purchase or negotiate the removal of Alna’s Head Tide Dam and Whitefield’s Coopers Mills Dam.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office launched its first compliance check in Lincoln County on Saturday, Dec. 20 and found 10 area businesses that sold alcohol to minors. The sheriff’s office is using the violations discovered as a teachable moment.