Municipal officers and court officials gathered at the Lincoln County Courthouse to celebrate Chester Fossett’s 44 years of service to Lincoln County on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Fossett has served as the Register of Probate since 1987, overseeing the operations of the Probate Court.

He leaves his post in January 2015.

An Edgecomb man has been charged with aggravated assault for allegedly striking a 20-month-old toddler in the face and breaking the child’s arm, according to a Dec. 12 Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office press release.

After four years and several revisions, the Wiscasset Airport Master Plan was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration in October. The master plan, a long-term vision for the airport, is fundamental to the airport receiving federal funds for needed capital improvement projects.

Wiscasset residents voted 367-133 to close Wiscasset Primary School in a referendum Tuesday, Dec. 9.

Following a joint meeting with the budget committee Dec. 2, the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen voted to hold a special town meeting Thursday, Dec. 11, asking the voters to purchase a new truck for the town’s public works department.

A gingerbread manhunt came to a head Dec. 17 when Waldoboro police officers, apparently in the right place at the right time, captured a confectionery fugitive escaping from Deb’s Diner in Waldoboro.

A Boothbay Harbor family lost their home and pets to a fire Christmas night. The community responded by raising $25,000 to help the family rebuild.

An Indiana man has been extradited to Wiscasset for allegedly posing as a Maine high school student on Facebook and convincing a Lincoln County minor to send him sexually explicit photographs.

Government Notices Bremen Bremen Clam Committee will meet with Department of Marine Resources on Wed., Dec. 17, 2014at 10:00 AM at the Bremen Town Center to Discuss Bremen’s Clam Ordinance Bremen Selectmen Will Meet at 4:00 pm on Dec. 18, 2014 to Discuss the Budget. Regular Meeting Will Follow. Bristol TOWN OF BRISTOL Nomination papers […]

In what could qualify as one of the shortest special town meetings on record, Wiscasset voters needed less than five minutes to approve the purchase of a new snow plow truck Dec. 11.

After serving the town of Wiscasset for 37 years, Sue Varney was honored Dec. 19 at the Wiscasset Community Center by the state of Maine, town officials, past town officials, former town employees, family members, her friends, and the people of Wiscasset.

A total of 189 households, most in the northern part of Lincoln County, were the first power outages reported as heavy rainfall and high winds blasted through the area Tuesday night. The outages were included in the 7:28 p.m. update from Central Maine Power. A Wind Advisory issued by the National Weather Service remained in effect until 11 p.m. as winds gusting to 50 mph were forecast to buffet Lincoln County.

Mobius Inc. Executive Director David Lawlor will retire Dec. 31 after almost 18 years as head of the Damariscotta nonprofit.

From my earliest days on this planet, I was well taught the universal Christian principle, “it is more blessed to give than to receive.”