The former Samoset Restaurant in New Harbor was demolished Feb. 20 to clear the way for a new restaurant.

When Barbara Ann Johnson got a call from a telephone scammer Feb. 19, she didn’t hang up on them. Instead, she played two different characters to tempt the two men who called her before finally frustrating their efforts.

A domestic violence complaint in Wiscasset late Thursday night prompted a brief police standoff, and led to the arrest of a Wiscasset man.

Announcement has been made of the engagement of Mollie R. Landers and Andrew W. Hatt, both of Concord, N.H.

In a Feb. 11 letter to Members of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Maine Department of Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte said the state remains ready to take over the county jail system.

A son, Ryder Eugene Ross, was born Feb. 8 at 4:29 a.m., to Cynthia Ross and Brandon Ross at their home in Bath.

Hagar Enterprises Inc. will continue to clear Damariscotta roads for at least two more winters.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen voted 4-0-1 to exercise town options to extend its contracts with the business Feb. 19.

A Waldoboro man pleaded guilty Feb. 25 to attempting to rob a bank in Union last November.

The results of a Bristol Wind Power Advisory Committee survey about the Maine Aqua Ventus I offshore-wind project show little public support for the project.

Whitney Rice, 23, of Newcastle, a charge of operating a vehicle while license suspended or revoked was filed with cost, for an incident in Brunswick on Sept. 26, 2013.

Board members and administrators still have weeks of budget workshops ahead of them, but the current draft budget for RSU 40 for 2014 to 2015 stands at $23.1 million, an increase of $957,740.16 or 4.32 percent over the current year.

In September 2013 Paula Roberts, The Lincoln County News Sports Editor, was traveling south on Route 1 between games when she spotted a bright object in the early evening sky.

The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory in their 10:49 a.m. bulletin on Thursday. The advisory warns of snow, sleet and freezing rain during the overnight hours of Thursday.

A Waldoboro man pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact Feb. 24 and a Class A felony charge of gross sexual assault on a then-13-year-old girl was dismissed, according to court documents.