The Nobleboro Planning Board gave its unanimous approval Dec. 18 to Greg Collins and Nathan Chapnick to open GNC Auto, a used car dealership on two adjacent properties owned by their parents in North Nobleboro.

The Lincoln Academy Student Technology Team gives students an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a growing field and provides free maintenance for hundreds of school computers.

The Alna Board of Selectmen will contact the Department of Transportation about the possibility of establishing a school zone speed limit by Juniper Hill School.

The latest National Weather Service (NWS) advisory (11:32 a.m.) has upgraded the snowfall totals for Lincoln County regarding a weather front that has been dumping heavy, wet snowflakes on the area since early Thursday morning. Snowfall accumulation is now forecast at 8 to 12 inches for the entire area with possible exceptions for extreme coastal areas and the tips of south facing peninsulas where the snow may mix with rain, according to the NWS.

The 69-year-old Bristol woman who was the victim of a Dec. 9 fire in her garage died of “thermal burns and associated severe coronary atherosclerosis.”

Darren B. Maxcy, 42, of Bristol, is at Maine Medical Center after sustaining injuries in a single-vehicle accident on Route 1 in Newcastle Dec. 22.

The hand-raising vote on starting a process to withdraw from Sheepscot Valley RSU 12 taken at Palermo’s special town meeting on Dec. 5 was invalid and will need to be recounted through secret ballots, according to Town Clerk Sheila McCarty.

The South Bristol town office will close at 1 p.m. Christmas Eve, Mon., Dec. 24 and will not open Wed., Dec. 26. The town office will also close at 1 p.m. New Year’s Eve, Mon., Dec. 31.

Wiscasset High School is using Google Apps for Education as a tool to prepare its students for a network-based world, according to Thomas Steele-Maley, a teacher and the technology coordinator for the school.

Lincoln County Healthcare has agreed to postpone the closure of the emergency department at St. Andrew’s Hospital until Oct. 1, 2013, according to Jim Donovan.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has upgraded the advisory status for Lincoln County from a Winter Storm Watch to a Winter Storm Warning regarding a weather front that is forecast to bring snowfall to the area beginning Thursday morning and then continue into the evening hours as either snow, sleet or rainfall depending on what part of the county you’re in and what direction the weather tracks.

Damariscotta Police Officer Jason Warlick graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy Dec. 14 and is already putting his knowledge to work for the town.

A blustery mix of high winds and heavy rainfall buffeted Lincoln County beginning Friday afternoon, but it wasn’t until the evening commute at about 5 p.m. that wind velocities increased and damage reports started coming in to the Lincoln County Communications Center. First responders were summoned to trees and wires down throughout the county. By 8:35 p.m. there were 3,727 households with power outages, with every town in Lincoln County affected, according to Central Maine Power (CMP). Almost a third of the outages were in South Bristol where southeasterly winds with sustained velocities of 30-40 mph and gusts up to 60 mph wreaked havoc on the coastal peninsula.

On a snowy December evening, while some of their friends might have been complaining about a lack of things to do in Jefferson, a group of teenagers were gathered at the Jefferson Fire Station conducting an inventory of gloves, helmets and other protective gear that they will wear while helping firefighters.