The Jefferson School Committee changed tack at its Aug. 4 meeting, voting to use roughly $42,000 included in the budget to increase “specials” of art, music, and physical education at the school for two educational technicians instead.

A former Bristol woman will serve six months in jail and must repay $17,000 after defrauding a 71-year-old Nobleboro woman of the money in 2011.

Four members of the Jefferson School Committee attended the Jefferson Board of Selectmen’s meeting Aug. 25 to discuss options for fixing glass, metal, and other contamination of the Jefferson Village School’s new baseball field.

Eric B. Appleton, 28, Wiscasset, unlawful possession of hydrocodone, Nov. 22, 2013; unlawful possession of scheduled drug, Nov. 22, 2013, both dismissed.

An experienced teacher and child care worker is opening a new before- and after-school program to serve young students in the Jefferson area.

In doing more research and checking back into the history of the Longfellow School located in the village of Damariscotta Mills, we both came up with some real interesting history with the great help of George Weston, a longtime historian of the Mills area.

Updated Aug. 11 at 8:15 a.m.

A collision involving a Subaru hatchback and a Dodge Ram 3500 dump truck injured two individuals at the intersection of Route 1 and Sheepscot Road in Newcastle Thursday afternoon.

A structure fire on Farnum Point Road in Boothbay Monday morning leveled a barn and reportedly left one man injured.

A fire at 14 Fishhawk Hill Road in Boothbay leveled a barn and left property owner Seth Hedgecock with second-degree burns on one arm on Monday morning, Aug. 4.

Labor Day is observed on Mon., Sept. 1. Post offices and all state regulated businesses will be closed. The Lincoln County News office will also be closed. Any early copy will be appreciated.

Combination ad deadline is Noon, Friday, Aug. 29.

News copy and ads may also be left in the box in the entryway at the News office.

Waldoboro defense attorney Philip Cohen, 45, will be headed to Portland Oct. 1 for a hearing on a motion to terminate his deferred disposition agreement, among other motions filed by the state.

The bounty of colorful beansAugust is supposed to be our one chance at real summer in Maine as experience has taught us from past summers, but apparently Mother Nature has other designs for us this year. There is actually a cricket chirping on our patio already, signifying that it thinks that fall has come.

One might wonder what there is to like about the portable toilet business, but the Thayers, of Wiscasset, say it’ is enjoyable, profitable, and has allowed them to meet some really nice people along the way.

The only criminal summons issued during the two-day Wings Over Wiscasset event was issued to a Wiscasset man for allegedly assaulting a male juvenile.