South Bristol obtained a $150,000 consent judgment against Jim Nelson Feb. 13, a settlement five years in the making.

A year after a 150-gallon kerosene spill, a tiny South Bristol church is completing repairs and trying to recoup damages.

Questions about the fire sprinkler system at Jefferson Village School nearly closed the building this week. As of press time on Feb. 1, school is open and the sprinkler system is working properly, officials said.

The Great Salt Bay Community School parent-teacher organization (PTO) wants to harness community resources to replace the school’s “decrepit” playground.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Watch in advance of a weather system forecast to bring up to 7 inches of snowfall to Lincoln County on Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Spurgat Sr. of Edgecomb are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Diana Joan Spurgat to Luigi Lubrano, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Lubrano of Molise, Italy.

The Maine Rural Water Association proposed several changes to Dresden’s Well Head Protection Ordinance at the Board of Selectmen’s regular meeting Jan. 30. Dresden had previously tasked Susan Breau-Kelley of the MRWA to review the town’s well head ordinance, which hasn’t been updated since the 1990s.

In what seems to be an ever-changing forecast regarding a storm scheduled to visit Lincoln County on Thursday, the National Weather Service (NWS) has now issued a Winter Storm Warning.

Residents who sued the town of Waldoboro over the method of a special town meeting have filed the first argument in their appeal with the state superior court.

A South Bristol fisherman says abandoned lobster traps on the ocean floor create major problems for shrimp draggers.

“It’s a nightmare,” David Osier said.

The Dept. of Transportation has pushed back the timetable for replacing of the South Bristol swing bridge by a year.

The Edgecomb Fire Dept. has developed a special partnership with the town of Verona, a small New Jersey town near Newark.

Medomak Valley boys’ basketball team will take on Gardiner tomorrow, Feb. 11 for the KVAC championship trophy. The game at Cony High School in Augusta is at 7 p.m.

The Alna Board of Selectmen will hold a workshop Wed., Feb. 8 to tackle numerous redundancies in the town’s financial accounts. Selectmen David Reingardt said there were 415 different accounts, more than the number of households in the town.