A special town meeting in Bremen on Thursday, Dec. 12 will ask voters whether to approve expending up to $60,000 which would make up a local match in an upcoming grant application for improvements at the town’s Hay property.

Rebekah “Becky” Applin, a familiar face around Wiscasset’s town office for the past 32 years, will retire Friday, Dec. 6.

Christmas gifts come in many ways, usually wrapped in festive paper and ribbons — but sometimes as simply as a neighbor’s visit. An elderly couple in Whitefield may be alive today because of such a visit.

Apparently nearing a conclusion on a petition process that began nearly two years ago, the Department of Environmental Protection is seeking comments on a draft order for a water level to be set on Clary Lake in Whitefield and Jefferson.

A group of Lincoln Academy students plans to film a documentary about ghost traps and use it to teach younger students about the ocean environment.

Updated Dec. 26 at 2:35 p.m.

Despite an expectation of “light and fluffy” snow from today’s storm, both the National Weather Service and Central Maine Power are anticipating the snowfall could affect power restoration efforts.

The Bristol Wind Power Advisory Committee hopes to determine whether the town has any authority to regulate an offshore-wind project.

Waldoboro Police Department is seeking information related to a cat which was pierced with an arrow and later died, according to Chief Bill Labombarde.

Municipal Notices AOS 93 AOS 93 Annual Meeting December 10, 2013at 6:30 p.m. at Great Salt Bay School. Bremen The Bremen Town Floats will be pulled out the week of December 1, 2013 Town of Bremen Board of Selectmen will meet at 4:00 PM on Thursday Dec. 5, 2013 to review the Engineer’s Report for […]

A Wiscasset man is in custody at the Kennebec County Jail after he was questioned following a shooting in South Gardiner Dec. 7.

The heat is on, and preparations for the seventh Annual Gingerbread Spectacular are keeping the region’s kitchens working late into the evening, and the bribing of judges has reportedly begun.

Updated 12/25 at 12:46 p.m.

In an effort to assist thousands of residents without power on Christmas Day, warming stations have opened at three locations in Lincoln County. Readers in the area who have power and out of state readers unaffected by the power outages may want to contact others they may know who are suffering from a power outage in Lincoln County and advise them of these locations. All of the locations will remain open until power is restored.

About 50 people turned out at the Wiscasset Middle School Dec. 19 to meet the seven candidates seeking to become members of Wiscasset’s school committee.

The Lincoln County Commissioners approved a county budget of $10,428,517 for fiscal year 2014 while meeting for the final time in 2013 Dec. 28.