With school costs increasing and state subsidies dropping, calls to close Wiscasset Middle School have been steadily growing louder.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has withdrawn a Winter Storm Watch for a storm expected to visit Lincoln County on Saturday. The Watch was originally issued for Lincoln, Knox and Waldo counties. However, early on some local broadcast forecasters were expressing doubt that the storm would bring up to 7 inches of snowfall, as forecast by the NWS.

Damian Benner and Shannon Cochrane, of Waldoboro, are pleased to announce the birth of a baby girl, Seryna Ann Benner.

Ryan Benner and Ashley Ranco of Friendship are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Tayler William Benner.

Beginning in April, Edgecomb will be the home of a new fireworks store, “Pyro City.”

South Bristol Fire Chief Robert “Mitch” Mitchell will resign at the end of March.

Lincoln Academy wants the towns of the Central Lincoln County School System (AOS 93) to help it weather “a perfect storm” brought on by the recession and a dramatic slide in enrollment.

The driver of a pickup truck was killed in a single vehicle crash near Bristol Mills on Feb. 9.

The RSU 12 Board of Directors voted to postpone changes to the school unit’s cost allocation formula at its monthly meeting Feb. 9, putting off adoption of any new plan for at least a year.

Hans and Jennifer Albee of Brooks happily announce the birth of their son, Turner Winters Albee.

Lincoln County Superior Court Justice Jeffrey Hjelm sentenced Andrew Longe, 20, of Walpole, to nine months at Two Bridges Regional Jail for his role in a month-long burglary spree.

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.