The scheduled delivery of a new bus to Jefferson Village School Feb. 11 could not have been much more timely as the bus it will replace broke a leaf spring within sight of the school on its run that morning.

Updated Feb. 4 at 10:45 a.m. — Alert status upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning. Forecast accumulation downgraded to 4 to 8 inches.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch in regard to a weather system forecast to bring 6 to 10 inches of snowfall accumulation beginning in the early morning hours of Wednesday.

A blustery snowstorm that plowed through Lincoln County Tuesday night has left 51 households in Bremen without power, according to Central Maine Power.

The proposed education budget for Bremen high school students could result in up to a $72,340 or 27.9 percent increase for local taxpayers for the 2014-2015 school year.

A Jefferson woman faces charges of possessing a prescription narcotic and 11 hypodermic needles after police arrested her on Main Street in Damariscotta Feb. 22.

A 33-year-old Nobleboro man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for the burglary and theft of drugs from a Damariscotta dentist’s office.

Damariscotta winter roads contractor Hagar Enterprises Inc. will fulfill its contract if the town decides to extend the deal, according to a company press release.

The race to represent Lincoln County in the Maine Senate will likely be a rematch of a 2012 race so close a recount was necessary.

Aydan Daniel Bailey was safely delivered by his father Mark Bailey 11:30 p.m. Feb. 20 near the Eagle’s Nest in Newcastle.

Updated Feb. 18 at 9:39 p.m.

The latest in a series of winter storms dumped a moderate amount of snow on Lincoln County Tuesday night, but no major incidents had been reported at the time of this posting.

Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools plans to use its new Damariscotta headquarters to expand its work in area schools to the entire community.

At 3:11 p.m. on Wednesday the National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement warning of a line of snow squalls forecast to affect Lincoln County through 4:15 p.m.

One individual has been confirmed dead at the scene of a two motor vehicle accident on Route 17 in Somerville, just north of the Hewett Road intersection.

Updated Feb. 13 at 9:45 a.m.

As snowfall moved in to Lincoln County during the morning hours, the National Weather Service morning bulletin advised that up to half an inch of ice accretion is forecast to put the finishing touches on this storm.