The “period of significance” associated with the Wiscasset Historic District has been extended in order to include the third incarnation of the First Congregational Church, according to Christi Mitchell, Maine’s coordinator for the National Register of Historic Places.

The first major winter storm of the season delivered a punch on Thursday, but Lincoln County just shook it off.

Dustin Bibber, 24, Boothbay Harbor, two counts violating condition of release, Two Bridges Regional Jail 30 days each count; refusing to submit to arrest or detention, physical force, Two Bridges Regional Jail 60 days; assault, $300, Two Bridges Regional Jail 60 days.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Winter Storm Watch Christmas morning advising that while the holiday itself may have been less than white with snowfall, conditions are forecast to change soon. The Winter Storm Watch warns of a weather front forecast to bring snowfall and some mixed precipitation to Lincoln County beginning Wednesday evening and continuing into Thursday night.

Mary Helen Ginnaty, 33, of Bremen, pleaded guilty Dec. 6 to the Class C charge of terrorizing. Three other charges were dismissed.

Town Manager John Spear said expenditures for overtime in Waldoboro’s Public Works Dept. have been in line with the previous year’s budget.

When the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association announced the death of Russell Libby at the age of 56, farmers and local foods advocates throughout Maine felt the loss.

The illegal immigrant who sexually assaulted a 5-year-old Damariscotta girl in June 2011 is unlikely to live in the U.S. again outside of a prison.

Consumers and businesses in Maine may be entitled to a cash refund from a billion dollar settlement fund. The fund is made up of settlements with 10 manufacturers of LCD (thin-film transistor liquid display) flat panels over an illegal conspiracy to raise the price of LCD screens used in televisions, monitors, and laptop computers.

Troy Chase, of Troy Chase Trucking in Pittston, is currently listed in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland after his tractor-trailer rolled over in Dresden the morning of Dec. 24.

Dressed in uniforms that included protective vests and side arms, Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde and School Resource Officer Tom Hoepner presented the Regional School Unit 40 Board of Directors with a report on the department’s activities at the Waldoboro schools.

The driver of a tractor-trailer that rolled off the side of Middle Road (Rt. 127) in Dresden Monday morning was LifeFlighted for his injuries, according to Major Ken Mason of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

The state fire marshal’s office is continuing to investigate the Dec. 9 garage fire that killed a 69-year-old Bristol woman at her Oceanside Lane home.

About 15 South Bristol residents unanimously approved changes to the floodplain management, shellfish conservation and shoreland zoning ordinances at a special town meeting Dec. 18.