The dining room was full and customers waiting for food-to-go crowded the lobby on the opening night of Chen’s Village Chinese restaurant Oct. 9 in Waldoboro.

The new restaurant, located at Rt. 1 and Rt. 220, offers a full dinner menu and an all-you-eat lunch buffet seven-days a week.

Regional School Unit 40 Business and Facilities Manager for Scott Wyman is leaving his position for another job closer to home.

The superintendent of schools for MSAD/ RSU 40 said a document apparently copied in large part from that of another school district was only the first step in a long process.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is investigating several burglaires in Westpport Island and in the Ocean Point area of East Boothbay.

Crews from Central Maine Power (CMP) continue to repair power lines damaged by Hurricane Sandy in an effort to restore power to the 6,114 Lincoln County households suffering from power outages. Every Lincoln County town has outages, according to the CMP.

The auction of Duck Puddle Campground in Nobleboro scheduled for 11 a.m. on Oct. 26 has been postponed.

Waldoboro fire and rescue units are currently responding to a motor vehicle crash in the vicinity of Moose Crossing on Rt. 1 in Waldoboro.

Nobleboro citizens will have an opportunity to learn more about the single question on the town’s Nov. 6 ballot, at a public hearing on Wed., Oct. 24, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Law enforcement concern about a 36-year-old Bristol man, a parent of Great Salt Bay Community School students, triggered a lockdown at the school Oct. 3.

Sullivan Tire plans to move into Yudy’s, the Damariscotta auto repair and tire center, in the coming weeks, a Sullivan Tire representative confirmed today.

The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen has voted to partner with property owners and Maine Dept. of Transportation to resolve issues identified in a Road Safety Audit.

A routine traffic stop for Damariscotta Police Officer Michael Elwell turned into a low-speed chase and, eventually, the safe return of a disoriented, 85-year-old man to his Portland home.

The National Weather Service (NWS) is has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning regarding a line of strong thunderstorms that will impact Lincoln County through 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday. The NWS warns that this line of thunderstorms may produce a tornado. “Hail up to 3/4 inch in diameter, heavy downpours, excessive cloud to ground lightning and gusty winds up to 45 and 55 mph can be expected,” according to the NWS.

On Oct. 20, officers from of the Wiscasset Police Dept. responded to a reported burglary at the Taste of Orient Restaurant located at 306 Bath Road.