On Sat., Oct. 15 at 8 a.m., the gates will open at Mic Mac Campground on Rt 17, Union on “The First Backwoods Bash.”

Gamage Shipyard plans to remove a large, crumbling shed, long a prominent feature of South Bristol’s working waterfront.

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.

Alna Board of Selectmen Chairman Dave Abbott won the second place silver medal in his class at the Maine Senior Games archery competition Oct. 1 in Yarmouth.

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.

Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Recent incidentsOn Aug. 30, Deputy Brent Barter responded to a reported the theft of tools and a generator being tampered with at a residence on Cedar Grove Road in Dresden.

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed to a 10-year contract with Time Warner Cable at a Sept. 26 meeting.

The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen voted on Sept. 27 to rescind an application for a quiet zone around the railroad crossing on Goshen Road.

James A. Gilbert of Newcastle and Suzanne M. Gilbert of Newcastle were granted a divorce on Aug. 9. They were married in Bristol on Nov. 15, 1986. Shared parental rights of one minor child.

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen, by a 4-0 vote, awarded a three-year snow removal contract to Hagar Enterprises Sept. 12.