After more than a decade of work to improve fish passage and habitat, the Sheepscot River Watershed Council will merge with the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association.

The Department of Transportation plans to take The Bridge House, a turn-of-the-century building on Rutherford Island, by eminent domain as it prepares to replace South Bristol’s swing bridge.

Members of Wiscasset’s Bradford-Sortwell-Wright American Legion Post commemorated Veteran’s Day with a brief ceremony, held at the armed forces memorial in front of the town’s municipal building Nov. 11.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Power outages are reported in 14 Lincoln County towns as the heaviest snow bands of a fast moving storm chug through Lincoln County. There are also reports of minor traffic accidents and vehicles off the road.

The Lincoln Academy Climate Action Club is a significant step closer to bringing a public restroom to the Biscay Pond beach.

The Lincoln County Bar Association donated $3000 to the Lincoln County Historical Association to help repair the historic Pownalborough Courthouse in Dresden.

The completion of the Central Lincoln County YMCA parking lot will have to wait until at least early December as the organization applies for municipal permits.

Jefferson resident Pat Brewer was elected Maine State Grange Master at their annual session on Oct. 21 in Skowhegan.

Norman St. Clair, of St. George, is in satisfactory condition at Maine Medical Center after sustaining injuries in a five-car collision in Newcastle Nov. 18.

Medomak Middle School honored the nation’s veterans in a brief ceremony at the Waldoboro school Nov. 8. More than 30 veterans from all branches of military service attended the annual service.

November’s local Veterans gathering at Chase Point saw over 30 Veterans of World War II, Korea, Guam and Vietnam.

Lincoln County residents should wake up to snowfall changing over to a wintry mix on Wednesday morning, but skies should clear by nightfall, making way for a sunny Thanksgiving Day, according to forecasters.

A Lincoln County grand jury indicted a Guatemalan national in November, alleging he raped a four-year-old Damariscotta girl.