Students were evacuated from Medomak Valley High School following the discovery of a bomb threat at the school on Manktown Road Friday morning, Feb. 15. According to Waldoboro Police School Resource Officer Tom Hoepner, the threat was delivered in the form of a note, which was discovered on a table.

The Department of Marine Resources issued an update, Feb. 8 for the northern shrimp season.

Staff at the Lincoln County Publishing Co. are pleased with the initial public response to the upgrades for TheLincolnCountyNewsOnline.com and The Lincoln County News E-Edition. However, as with many such projects, improvements and adjustments continue to take place; with many of these in response to input from readers.

The federal government has reimbursed Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company for $81.7 million in costs related to the spent nuclear fuel stored at the site of the former nuclear power plant in Wiscasset.

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline reports the following activities:

ArrestsFeb. 5, David Dunning, 42, of Wiscasset, was arrested for operating under the influence.

A bulletin from the National Weather Service has advised the storm that passed through Lincoln County on Wednesday will be of shorter duration than forecast. The original forecast called for a Winter Weather Advisory to remain in effect until 3 p.m. on Thursday. The bulletin, issued at 3:12 p.m. on Wednesday, now has the Winter Weather Advisory ending at 6 a.m. on Thursday morning.

An unpredictable winter storm brought more snowfall than expected to Lincoln County, with the midcoast area receiving the highest accumulations, according to The National Weather Service.

Wasting little time on small talk Tuesday night, the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen waded through a loaded agenda during their regular bimonthly meeting.

Police Det. Jason Benefield has been coming from Texas to visit his wife’s family in Hancock, every summer for years.

The Benefield family moved to Maine Jan. 18, so he could begin the training needed to qualify him for his new job as detective in the Waldoboro Police Department.

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, with assistance from local law enforcement agencies, executed a search warrant at a Bristol Road, Damariscotta residence Jan. 31.

Once again Lincoln County weathered another major winter storm with a minimum of damage – even though this time it was a history-making blizzard. There were the usual minor vehicle accidents, along with school and business closures, but no major incidents occurred during the event, according to Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency Director Tod Hartung.

“Lucky Fortune Fine Chinese Restaurant” opened on Main Street, Damariscotta early this month. So far, business has been good. Opening a new business of any kind can be risky in winter, but Wai Lam, the owner, knows an important truth.

“If you make the local people happy, you are all set by summer. Busy,” he said.

Wednesday’s storm seems to have slowed its march toward Lincoln County, with rainfall just beginning to hit the southern most tip of Southport around noon, according to radar images monitored at intellicast.com. The latest combined forecasts indicate the leading edge of the storm should begin to affect Lincoln County in the mid afternoon, bringing an initial burst of mixed precipitation or snow depending on what part of the county you’re in at the time.

The National Weather Service has now issued a Winter Storm Warning in regard to a weather system forecast to visit Lincoln County beginning early Sunday morning. Lincoln County is on the northern edge of the Winter Weather Advisory area, which means we may see milder weather than areas to the south.