Residents from the eight communities of Sheepscot Valley Regional Union 12 (Alna, Wiscasset, Westport Island, Palermo, Somerville, Whitefield, Windsor, and Chelsea) gave preliminary approval June 4 to the fiscal 2012 budget at a meeting at the Windsor School.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Tornado Watch for areas south of Lincoln County, including neighboring Sagadahoc County.

Senator David Trahan’s legislative response to Bristol’s Wolf Ledge Refuge is now law.

Damariscotta voters rejected the proposed Damariscotta SmartCode, a controversial amendment to the town’s land use ordinance, in a June 14 referendum.

A former Waldoboro branch manager for Camden National Bank was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $600,000 in restitution, in US District Court in Portland on June 28.

The innocent victim of an inadvertent “dog-[kid]napping” is safely home in Newcastle after a two-day odyssey on his own in Bath.

Tonight’s Waldoboro downtown community forum is postponed. A new date has not yet been set.

A man escaped drowning June 17 after attempting to retrieve a backpack in the dangerous waters off Pemaquid Point.

There have been numerous bear sightings in Lincoln County over the past few weeks, including seven sightings in Boothbay and at least two in Newcastle.

From May 28-30, hundreds of guests and locals enjoyed the Fourth Annual Fish Ladder Restoration Festival held at Damariscotta Mills.

A charge of Class C theft by extortion – the sole charge against former Damariscotta Bank & Trust Vice President Roger Smith – was dismissed May 26.

Newcastle residents agreed to borrow up to $300,000 for the purchase of a new fire truck at their Annual Town Meeting June 11.

The June 28 meeting of the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen is postponed, town officials said in an email to The Lincoln County News.

Many professionals, especially people who excel in their field, stick around too long -Central Lincoln County School System Supt. Robert Bouchard, who clocked in for the last time June 24, is an example of the opposite – a leader departing at the peak of his career.