High winds emanating from Hurricane Sandy have knocked out power in 1569 Lincoln County households, according to Central Maine Power (CMP).

Wiscasset High School’s Dropout Prevention Committee is working on reducing the dropout rate and improving the graduation rate, said committee member Deb Taylor.

A Bristol man is in stable condition after sustaining a gunshot wound in the woods near his Upper Round Pond Road home late this morning.

Lincoln County residents are reporting that they have felt an earthquake and the US Geological Survey (USGS) has confirmed that an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 hit the area at approximately 7:22 p.m. Tuesday night.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen, at a special, Oct. 4 meeting, voted 5-0 to place a town charter amendment before citizens for a November vote.

A 16-by-8-foot antique painted curtain, found under the stage in the former home of Nobleboro Grange #369, will be offered for sale by the building’s new owner.

The Pemaquid Oyster Festival continues to be one of Damariscotta’s most popular attractions, attracting hundreds despite steady rain that turned into a downpour Sept. 30.

In three decades of service with the Alna Volunteer Fire Department, James Bruce has had a hand in seemingly every step of the department’s progress.

A 2005 Saab being driven by Mark Fleischer, of Massachusetts, was struck by a southbound Pontiac Grand Am driven by a Waldoboro juvenile in Damariscotta this afternoon.

Nobleboro citizens will be asked to decide whether the town should regulate the use of consumer fireworks, when they go to the polls in the Nov. 6 election.

At the end of Community Cleanup Day at Wiscasset Speedway on Sept. 16, owners Richard and Vanessa Jordan chose to hold the Speedway’s first and only race of 2012 on Sat., Oct. 20.

Waldoboro murder suspect Arline Lawless was indicted by a Lincoln County Grand Jury on a charge of “Intentional or Knowing Murder.”

Jonathan Bubar of Waldoboro and Jennifer Bubar of Waldoboro were granted a divorce on July 27. They were married in Dover-Foxcroft on Dec. 16, 1995. Shared parental rights of two minor children.

Members of Regional School Unit 12’s Board of Directors explained the methods and effects of their proposed cost-sharing plan, at the Somerville School Sept. 6, during the third of three meetings on the proposal.