The Lincoln County News will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 25 due to the holiday. Any early copy will be appreciated.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Alna: Joyce E. Wanger to Joyce E. Wanger and William H. Wanger;

A year and a half after moving the store to Camden, owner Gail Montgomery said she has moved The Well Tempered Kitchen back to its former Waldoboro location because business was better there.

On New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, enjoy an open mic for musicians and the public at Savory Maine Organic Restaurant, 11 Water St., in Damariscotta, from noon to 3 p.m. with a sign up for performers at noon.

The National Weather Service has extended an Ice Storm Warning until 4 p.m. on Monday, advising in a bulletin issued at 11:40 a.m. that precipitation and ice accumulation will continue during that period.

Molnlycke Health Care has selected Wiscasset over Brunswick for the expansion of its MIdcoast Rynel facilities. Molnlycke Development Director James Detert made the announcement at the board of selectmen’s meeting Dec. 17.

A grand jury has indicted a Damariscotta man for allegedly assaulting a Bristol man in the parking lot of the Wiscasset town office July 10.

After, six meetings and extensive research, a legislative commission voted unanimously Dec. 6, to recommend a reconstruction of the Unified County Corrections System and giving the Board of Corrections more authority.

Ken and Kathy MacLeod are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Molly Anne MacLeod, of Friendship, to Philip Francis George, of Edgecombe, son of Philip Solomon George, of Abergaenny, Wales.

Mary Helen Ginnaty, 34, Bremen, disorderly conduct, offensive words, gestures, June 21, 2012, unconditional discharge; terrorizing, June 21, 2012, dismissed.

A lone Central Maine Power customer in Jefferson has the only power outage in Lincoln County on New Year’s Eve, according to CMP.

Updated Dec. 30 at 9:05 a.m.

Snowfall totals fell below the 6 to 10 inches predicted from the late Sunday afternoon storm which stretched into Monday, Dec. 30, but power outages in the county lead the state among Central Maine Power customers.

Updated 12/23 at 7:15 p.m.

Crews from Central Maine Power are working in the dark of night under subfreezing conditions to return power to thousands of Lincoln County homes. The massive effort, with over 65,000 homes without power statewide, follows a slow moving storm that spread a coating of ice over the area during a 43-hour period.

Wiscasset’s Town Manager Laurie Smith will leave her post Feb. 7, 2014, to become Kennebunkport’s town manager. Smith submitted her resignation to the board of selectmen Dec. 10, and broke the news to town employees the next day during the weekly office meeting.