Though the majority of businesses in Maine and in Lincoln County specifically are classified as “small businesses” there are a handful that, under the Affordable Care Act, are considered large. Among them are Renys, Lincoln County Healthcare, Darling Marine Center and Bigelow Laboratories, and Lincoln County government, to name a few.

Diane M. Impallomeni, 50, Nobleboro, operating under the influence, June 23, $1000.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Lincoln County by the National Weather Service (NWS). The line of storms extends along the length of the county and is moving fast, easterly at about 30 miles per hour. Residents should take proper steps to safeguard themselves and their property.

An appeal of the Newcastle Design Review Board decision to approve a new dormitory at Lincoln Academy questions the appearance and size of the building.

With the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act coming in January 2014, Maine individuals, and large and small business owners are scrambling to understand just what the law does, or does not, require them do to.

Come to the Vose Library in Union at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3 for the popular Soup and Suspense program.

(This is the second of a five article series looking at the five law enforcement agencies within Lincoln County.)

Bob Hasch, chief of the Boothbay Harbor Police Department, describes his town a tourist community and a service center – it has a large swelling of visitors and seasonal residents during the summer months, and steady traffic through the winter as people across the peninsula come to do business.

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline reports the following:

Arrests and summonsesOn Aug. 20, Erin Miller, 26, of Wiscasset, was issued a summons for failure to obtain a Maine license within 90 days.

Over 800 Lincoln County households are still without power following a violent storm that passed through the area overnight on Wednesday, according to Central Maine Power (CMP). More thunderstorms are in the forecast for Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

Wiscasset residents Sharon Nichols and Doug Smith delivered a citizens’ petition to the town office Tuesday morning with 231 signatures.

Locals and visitors from afar gave of both their wallets and their gardens to help support the Medomak Valley Land Trust’s conservation efforts and the Waldoboro Food Pantry at the seventh annual Medomak River Festival, according to MVLT Executive Director Liz Petruska.

A reconstructionist with the Maine State Police is working to determine the cause of single vehicle accident that left a Jefferson man dead in the early hours of Sept. 25, according to Chief Deputy Ryan Reardon, of the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office.

Pleasant Pond Mill, LLC, the company that owns the dam impounding Clary Lake, has issued notices of intent to file a second petition for release from ownership of the dam.

An original petition for release filed on April 2 with the Department of Environmental Protection remains unresolved, according to Kathy Howatt, the hydropower coordinator for the department.

Lincoln County grand jury indictments, Sept. 9 to 12 include:

Aaron E. Armstrong, 32, Jefferson, Class A aggravated cruelty to animals, Class E violation of condition of release.