Damariscotta Police Department conducted two speed details on Church Street, one speed detail on Biscay Road, one speed detail on Bristol Road, six traffic controls at Great Salt Bay School, one bail check in, 28 property checks, issued 18 warnings and had six paperwork services in this one week period of time.

The Westport Selectmen have cancelled their October 29 meeting due to heavy weather generated by Hurricane Sandy, according to a field report from LCN reporter Dominik Lobkowicz.

Eight candidates for local seats in the Maine legislature engaged in spirited debate during the first night of The Lincoln County News‘ biannual candidates forum.

The First, N.A. has agreed to match Great Salt Bay School’s “Kids Make Change” campaign to raise money for a new school playground.

A burglar or burglars broke into Mike’s Place, in Newcastle, the night of Oct. 14-15 and stole cigarettes and “a few thousand” dollars in cash.

A friendly bet became a countywide collaborative fundraiser this week.

Mia Feltis, owner of Mia’s Shear Perfection, mentioned to Andrea Fossett Gray that she had been putting pink stripes in hair during October to raise awareness of Breast Cancer for a year or two.

An evening panel discussion was the highlight of the first annual Aging in Place Symposium Sept. 27 held at Mid-Coast Energy Systems Showroom, and featuring multiple professionals in a panel discussion format on “difficult dialogues.”

The majority of residents speaking at a Sept. 26 public hearing expressed support for the Damariscotta Police Department and some offered suggestions for a compromise.

For the second time in three years N.C. Hunt’s Lumber has earned industry accolades for safety.

Susan M. French Murray of South China, and James A. Seigars Jr. of Wiscasset were joined in marriage Sept. 22, on the shore of Three Mile Pond in South China.

Despite the threat of high winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy, grocery stores, lumber yards, and hardware stores in the coastal areas of Lincoln County aren’t seeing big changes in purchases.

It’s that time of year when modern culture remembers its ancient past and celebrates the Gaelic traditions of Samhain, a sliver of time between fall and winter when it was believed that the veneer between the world of the living and the dead was thin enough for the dead to pass through and visit the living.

About 15 Bristol citizens unanimously authorized the use of surplus funds to replace the school’s overboard discharge system at a special town meeting Oct. 10.

Travelers on Rt. 32 in Waldoboro and Jefferson should plan for a detour, Tues. and Weds., Oct 16 and 17.