After nearly 20 years of performing country and gospel music, the Monday Night Gang gave its final performance at Erskine Hall in Alna to about 35 toe-tapping, hand-clapping followers on Oct. 14.

The National Drug Enforcement Administration will host the National Take Back Day Initiative on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is a safe and convenient opportunity for Lincoln County residents to dispose of unwanted and outdated medications.

Jennifer K. Dalessandro, 29, West Gardiner, operating vehicle without license, Dec. 15, 2012; operating under the influence, one prior, Dec. 15, 2012, both dismissed.

Monterral Williams and Melody Clark of Windham were granted a divorce on June 17. They were married on July 29, 2008. Shared custody of one minor child.

It has been five years since Sandy Craig of Wiscasset was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now a survivor, she shares her story and offers of hope and encouragement to others, just as October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins.

Lincoln Academy has withdrawn its application to the town of Newcastle to build a new dormitory with space for 54 students and a half-dozen families.

The Bristol Budget Committee needs volunteers to help review the town’s annual budgets.

A group of Protestant and Roman Catholic teenagers from Northern Ireland are in Lincoln County with a program that works toward peace in the region.

The front entrance of Hannaford in Waldoboro was smashed in the early hours of Oct. 8 by a pick-up truck in a failed attempt to steal an automatic teller machine, according to Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde.

During the annual meeting of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel Sept. 26, the power company’s Public and Government Affairs Director Eric Howes reported that Maine Yankee is encouraged by initiatives this year to implement the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Fuel.

One student and one community member from the towns of Regional School Unit 40 has been diagnosed with viral meningitis, according to interim Superintendent Michael Cormier.

Robert and Erin Bennett of Bremen are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Olivia Bennett.

Five staffers of The Lincoln County News were recognized for their work during the Maine Press Association Fall Conference awards dinner, as winners in the Better Newspaper Contest, 2012-’13.

Damariscotta Police Chief Ron Young plans to apply knowledge from his career in the military and both small-town and urban law enforcement on the job.