Great Salt Bay Community School parents say budget cuts in effect this school year are having a negative impact on the education of their children.

Government Notices Bremen TOWN OF BREMEN 208 Waldoboro Rd. – 529-5945 Nomination papers are now available for the following offices to be voted on at Municipal election on Saturday, March 29, 2014. 1 – Selectman/Assessor/Overseer of the Poor (3-Year Term) 2 – Planning Board Members (3-Year Term) 1 – School Committee Member (3-Year Term) 1 […]

Amy Cecilia Kirkwood and Erickson John (E.J.) Maynard were married Sept. 14, 2013 at the Linekin Bay Resort in Boothbay Harbor.

Philip S. Cohen, 45, Waldoboro, domestic violence assault, Nov. 16, 2013; violating condition of release, Nov. 19, 2013, both transferred to jury trial.

Updated at 5:22 p.m. — Latest NWS bulletin increases forecast snowfall accumulation from 1 to 4 inches to 2 to 5 inches. Heaviest snowfall expected along immediate coast.

At 11 a.m. Saturday the National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory in regard to a storm forecast to move through the area beginning in the afternoon hours. Snowfall may be heavy at times in the late afternoon and evening hours of Saturday, with a total accumulation of 1 to 4 inches, according to the NWS bulletin. The Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until midnight.

The newly elected Wiscasset School Board will meet Saturday Jan. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Wiscasset High School library, 272 Gardiner Rd.

Updated at 8:15 a.m.

Lincoln County remains under a Winter Storm Warning, a Wind Chill Advisory and a Coastal Flood Watch through the morning hours of Friday as a significant winter storm begins to taper off in the area, according to the latest bulletin from the National Weather Service. A Blizzard Warning has been withdrawn.

On a visit to her native country, a Nobleboro resident on a trip to the Philippines in December found that despite millions of dollars of foreign aid flowing in after Typhoon Haiyan, certain areas of the country are still having trouble getting the help they need.

The resident students at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle will celebrate the most important holiday in China at school this week.

Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde reports Waldoboro officers responded to 245 calls for service in this time period, and include the following:

Arrests and summonsesDec. 24, 2013, Officer Larry Hesseltine summoned Heather Dakin, 32, of Warren, for theft.

Natalie Castonia of Edgecomb, has accepted the Children’s Librarian position at Wiscasset Public Library.

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a sailboat in distress off Pemaquid Point as authorities investigate whether the report was a hoax.

A new chiropractor in Nobleboro uses what he says is “almost an engineer’s approach” to evaluate and adjust his patients as part of an overall focus on their health and lifestyle.

The National Weather Service upgraded their alert status for the ongoing storm to a Blizzard Warning in their 3:40 p.m. bulletin on Thursday. The existing Winter Storm Warning was cancelled. Snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches, winds gusting to 40 mph, and wind chills at 30 degrees below zero can expected during the overnight hours, according the NWS.