Voters will decide whether to accept changes to Waldoboro’s land use and shellfish conservation ordinances at a special town meeting today, Feb. 25, at 6 p.m. at the Waldoboro Municipal Building.

With a projected shortfall in revenue of close to $60,000, many parts of Jefferson Village School’s budget will be under a spending freeze until the end of the school year.

Alternative funding sources will be needed in order to fund a shuttle service from Wiscasset to Boothbay this summer, according to Lincoln County Planner Robert Faunce.

The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement warning that a line of thunderstorms may impact Lincoln County through 8 p.m. Friday. Small hail, brief heavy downpours, cloud to ground lightning and gusty winds of 35 to 45 mph may arrive with the storms, according to the NWS.

Lincoln County Democrats are holding their 2014 election year town caucuses Sunday, March 2 at four county locations.

A report released by the National Transportation Safety Board Feb. 10 attributed the sinking of the HMS Bounty in October 2012 largely on a poor decision by the ship’s captain.

Shaun and Crystal O’Brien of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Connor.

A Waldoboro woman was arrested for robbery, burglary, and other charges early on Feb. 16 after allegedly driving off as an employee of the store she is said to have burglarized was hanging out of the vehicle’s window in an attempt to stop her.

Lincoln Academy has a new associate head of school on board to spearhead the private Newcastle high school’s efforts to finance capital projects and programs.

An immature Bald Eagle looks for something to eat on a cold windy day in Bristol.

Updated Jan. 8 at 1:50 p.m.

Local firefighters fought not only flames but snowy roads and cold temperatures as they attempted to save a mobile home that was ravaged by fire the evening of Jan. 2.

Nicholas and Ariel Gosling of Lacey, Wash. are pleased to announce the birth of Micah Emery Gosling.

Updated Jan. 22 at 2 p.m.

A report of a sailboat in distress and a person in the water off Pemaquid Point, possibly a hoax, prompted a massive search Jan. 17.

The Bremen Board of Selectmen will meet in an executive session beginning at 4 p.,m. today to discuss a personnel issue.