The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen approved the ballot for a Nov. 8 referendum special town meeting and scheduled a public hearing for Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. at the town office on Rt. 1.

A Winter Storm Watch issued by The National Weather Service (NWS) for Lincoln County in regard to a storm system forecast to impact the area beginning Saturday night has been upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning, meaning that severe weather is either imminent or approaching. The first line of the storm front should arrive in Lincoln County during the mid-evening hours, according to the NWS forecast. Any rainfall should change over to snowfall or an icy mix as the night progresses. Snowfall should continue through the night, heavy at times, and start to taper off Sunday morning.

Seemingly just in time for Halloween, a security camera at the Lincoln County Court House has taped a mysterious object as it floated down a hallway and disappeared through the solid wood of a closed door.

The South Bristol Historical Society and a handful of residents carried on a local tradition last weekend, smoking herring in the organization’s historic smokehouse.

Over 850 walkers trekked though Damariscotta Oct. 16 to raise money for research to help prevent breast cancer in the “14th Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.”

Great Salt Bay Community School has completed fundraising for a new sound system.

The musical duo Castlebay, Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee, have undertaken a new endeavor: collecting and preserving Midcoast Maine’s musical heritage.

Wiscasset Town Manager Laurie Smith informed the Board of the Selectmen Oct. 4 that the State would pay 80 percent of the cost of paving and raising the Federal Street sidewalk if the Town supplies the remaining funds.

A Winter Storm Watch issued by The National Weather Service (NWS) for Lincoln County in regard to a storm system forecast to impact the area beginning Saturday night remains in effect. But as the storm approaches, forecasters are having a hard time reckoning with the combination of variables that this early season event brings with it.

Matt Lutkus, a 32-year employee and presently the deputy city manager of Westminster, Col., will be Damariscotta’s next town manager.

Town clerks are reminding Lincoln County voters…

After a devastating frost destroyed almost their entire cranberry crop last year, Mother Nature has been significantly kinder to the folks at Popp Farm in Dresden.

The Nobleboro Fire Dept. held a practice burn Oct. 17 on West Neck Road.

The Great Salt Bay Community School robotics team might not be as well known as the school’s sports teams.