The Medomak Valley High School cheerleading squad has won the 2011 KVAC Class B cheering championships. The Panthers were the top team in a competition that ended earlier today at the Augusta Civic Center.

A Westport Island man was arrested Jan. 7 after police discovered his home was being used to grow large amounts of marijuana.

David and Liz Boynton are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy, Broderick William Boynton.

Damariscotta Police is urging pedestrians to exercise extreme caution when walking in Damariscotta’s downtown area. Ice falling from downtown rooftops may pose a safety hazard, particularly for pedestrians walking on Damariscotta sidewalks.

Whitefield selectmen recently received word that a legal action initiated by developer Paul A. Kelley Jr. concerning his Pleasant Pond Mill LLC property on Mills Road, Rt. 218, is over.

A Lincoln County Superior Court judge has granted, in part, a motion to suppress key evidence in the case of former Great Salt Bay Community School teacher Peter Simonds.

A son, Finnian Wynter Hickey, was born Jan. 18 to Kristin Shearman and Alexander Hickey at their home in Jefferson.

In a meeting of the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Jan. 25, Senator David Trahan (R-Waldoboro) introduced legislation.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Warning in regard to a weather system forecast to visit Lincoln County from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning.

January 7 Gov. Paul LePage announced the nomination of Phil Congdon, of Round Pond, to a cabinet post in his new administration.

Damariscotta Board of Selectmen Chairman Dick McLean said he is “hoping the board will agree” to call a special town meeting in order to consider amendments to a town ordinance regarding changeable signs.

At their meeting on Dec. 14, the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen approved a special town meeting to be held Jan. 11 to decide whether to place six-month moratoriums on methadone clinics and medical marijuana dispensaries.

James L. Finley, 46, of Boothbay Harbor, March 7, operating vehicle without a license, dismissed, pleaded to another charge; operating under the influence, $500, jail 38 hours, license suspended 90 days.

Jim and Sharon Aderman, like thousands of others, live in Lincoln County seasonally, splitting the year evenly between Damariscotta and Topeka, Kan. They began subscribing to The Lincoln County News 14 years ago.