The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen voted unanimously March 26 to oppose the budget being put forward by Gov. Paul LePage.

Boothbay Harbor Police are searching for a local man they allege is connected to numerous burglaries in the area between 2011 and 2013.

Readers of the monthly pet pages in the The Lincoln County News were familiar with the writings of Judith Hancock through her Dog Talk columns.

The National Weather Service has upgraded what most Lincoln County residents hope will be the last Winter Storm Watch of the season into a Winter Storm Warning. This NWS advisory is in regard to a weather system forecast to visit the area beginning Monday night and continuing through Tuesday.

The fire that struck the Washburn & Doughty shipyard on March 12 is only the latest to have started in the ventilation system there, according to Boothbay Fire Chief Richard Spofford.

The hearing officer for a water level petition for Clary Lake has denied a motion to dismiss a petition from members of the Clary Lake Association and others to set a water level regime for Clary Lake.

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.

A Medomak Valley High School student was transported for medical treatment after a one-car accident on Chapel Road, Feb. 14.

While pumps and valves in several fire trucks froze up during a fire that took one life on Crummett Mountain Road Jan. 24, all but one of those trucks has been repaired and is back in operation, according to Somerville Fire Chief Mike Dostie.

Lincoln Theater installed a digital cinema projector Jan. 31, a major upgrade in technology from the two 1940s-era 35 mm film projectors previously in place.

Ten middle school students competed Feb. 7 for the right to represent Lincoln County at the statewide Scripps Spelling Bee, part of the nation’s largest and longest-running educational promotion.