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.

Both drivers escaped injury during a traffic accident in Edgecomb Monday afternoon that involved a tractor trailer ripping open the side of a box truck.

A University of Maine Ph.D. candidate with deep roots in the local community has written a successful grant to take his former teacher on a research trip to Alaska’s Denali National Park.

An Augusta-based company that owns 10 pharmacies in Maine will take over the former Waltz Pharmacy location at 5 Friendship St. in Waldoboro.

Elisa “Nicki” Robbins and Eric Benner of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Alanah Ellen Katherine Benner.

A special town meeting scheduled for Wed., Jan 23, 2013 will not take place, after Nobleboro Fire Chief Ryan Gallagher informed Board of Selectmen Chairman Dick Spear that a 1995 4-Guys fire truck the town hoped to purchase is no longer available.

A $420,154 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Monhegan Plantation Power District will lead to more affordable electricity rates for island residents.

Howard Tuttle has conditionally accepted the position as Sheepscot Valley RSU 12 Superintendent, contingent on negotiation of his contract, according to Hilary Holm.