Newcastle residents debated the merits of a fireworks ordinance at a Feb. 13 public hearing before the Newcastle Board of Selectmen.

Hundreds of Republican caucus-goers gathered at the Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta Feb. 4 to choose the 2012 GOP presidential nominee.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of an ATV and other items from the Bristol/South Bristol Transfer Station, Lt. Michael Murphy said Feb. 8.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Special Weather Statement warning of the possibility for freezing rain and icy roads to affect Lincoln County through Wednesday afternoon.

The Dept. of Transportation wants everyone, including seasonal residents in every corner of the country, to be able to participate in a March 22 meeting about the South Bristol swing bridge project.

A Winter Storm Watch issued Tuesday by the National Weather Service (NWS) in regard to a weather system forecast to impact Lincoln County on Thursday has been reduced to a less ominous Winter Weather Advisory. The storm is now forecast to slide to the west, where a Winter Storm Watch is still in effect.

The Bristol/South Bristol Transfer Station Board of Directors didn’t authorize the purchase of a missing ATV two years ago.

Lincoln County emergency personnel don’t know when the bath salts epidemic might reach Lincoln County, but when it does, they’ll be ready, thanks to Mark Bridgham.

Nikolas Poland, 20, of Round Pond, a participant in a month-long burglary spree, was sentenced to 10 months in jail Feb. 8.

Governor Paul LePage made a guest appearance at the Lincoln County Republican Committee’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner on Feb. 4.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found a violation in the ownership of the former Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.

Maine Department of Transportation officials have announced the new Dresden-Richmond Bridge will be tall enough to accommodate the U.S. Coast Guard’s largest icebreaking ship, the 140-foot Thunder Bay.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Watch in regard to a weather system forecast to bring the season’s highest snowfall totals yet to Lincoln County.

Damariscotta and Newcastle plan to apply jointly for a federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant of up to $10 million.