Detective Richard Alexander of the Damariscotta Police Dept. is recovering from a back injury at Mid Coast Hospital following a Jan. 11 accident.

In what seems like a continuing trend, the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Warning for yet another storm expected to visit Lincoln County. This storm is forecast to bring snowfall, blustery winds and cold temps beginning in the early Friday morning hours of Fri., Jan. 21, according to the NWS. The heaviest snowfall is forecast to come mid-morning on Friday, with snowfall continuing into Friday evening, according to the NWS.

The nor’easter presently moving out of Lincoln County brought more intense snowfall than originally forecast, and is now delivering higher wind gusts, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

The formation of an easement on a pedestrian trail leading to Little Pond in Damariscotta will ensure permanent public access to the pond and, in the continuation of a decades-old tradition, allow local fishermen to continue storing canoes there.

The Damariscotta Planning Board granted conditional approval Jan. 3 for a change-of-use application that will allow a Bremen woman to open a restaurant and theater space in the former home of the Christian Science Reading Room.

The four South Bristol residents who traveled to Fort Kent Jan. 14-17 to cut ice for a unique, 80-foot by 28-foot ice castle reported a successful weekend.

The Waldoboro Police report the following activities from the previous weeks:

ComplaintsDec. 20, 2010, Officer Thomas Bartunek is investigating a report from Maritime Energy of criminal mischief done to one of their work vans while in Waldoboro; $300 in damage was done.

Gregory Vrooman, the State Trooper charged with one count of unlawful sexual contact and one count of tampering with a witness, made his initial appearance in Lincoln County Superior Court in Wiscasset on Jan. 27.

The exchange between Newcastle officials and the Newcastle Fire Co. regarding the proposed purchase of a new, $300,000-plus rescue pumper continued this week.

Newcastle Publick House, LLC, the Newcastle Harbor House applicant, did not meet conditions of approval set by the Newcastle Planning Board, rendering the applicant’s permit “moot,” town attorney Peter Drum said.

The nor’easter presently moving through Lincoln County is bringing a more intense snowfall than originally forecast, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). A revised Winter Storm Warning issued by the NWS calls for snowfall rates of 2-3 inches per hour, up from the 1-2 inches originally forecast. Another factor is that the storm path appears to have altered, changing the duration of intense snowfall. The original forecast called for several hours of intense snowfall in the morning hours. Presently the forecast calls for intense snowfall to continue into the early afternoon.

Anna Belknap, a successful actor on the popular CBS television series CSI:NY playing Crime Scene Investigator Detective Lindsay Monroe Messer, is back in her hometown of Damariscotta celebrating the Christmas holiday with her friends, family, and parents Louise and David Belknap.

On Dec. 18, Somerville firefighters discovered the generator they used to power the furnace at their new fire station on Rt. 105 had been stolen.

An act of vandalism left a New Harbor couple and their Huddle Road neighborhood reeling Jan. 15.