The Bristol Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to appropriate $3500 to repair a portion of Sodom Road, near Bristol Mills, at their Sept. 8 meeting.

The ghost hunters moved carefully through the basement, probing corners and ceiling joists for stray energy that might signal the presence of some otherworldly spirit.

At 12:08 p.m. Thursday, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Tropical Storm Watch for coastal Lincoln County in regards to hurricane Earl, presently over 900 miles away to the south-southeast and churning up the Atlantic as category 4 storm with sustained winds of 145 miles per hour.

In an impassioned and occasionally heated meeting Monday night, the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen outlined a plan of attack for the growing dispute over the Mount Hunger gravel pit site, addressed the progress of the new fire station, called for a public hearing on the Gateway 1 District development and honored the 250th anniversary of Lincoln County.

The driver of a midsize Chevy pickup truck is “lucky to be alive,” said Nobleboro Fire Chief Ryan Gallagher at the scene of single-vehicle crash on East Pond Road in Nobleboro at around 2:15 p.m. on Sept. 20.

Lincoln Academy’s golf team were crowned KVAC champions on Thru., Sept. 30 at Bath Country Club.

Volunteers shucked 13,682 oysters Sunday, Sept. 26, at the tenth annual Pemaquid Oyster Festival – “all by hand,” Event Director Greg Latimer said.

“It was packed,” Schooner Landing co-owner Charlie Herrick said. “We had lines at the oyster bars from noon to 3:30, 4 o’clock.”

Megan Russell and Eric Turner of Wiscasset are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Audrey Lea Turner.

In Scottish Rite Freemasonry, there is no higher order than the 33rd Degree.

Darryl Flagg, a Jefferson resident who has been a member of the Masons for 25 years, was honored with his 33rd Degree on Aug. 31.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is currently looking for a man involved in an attempted home invasion in Jefferson Sunday night.

Lincoln County High School Golf Matches are postponed.

The Dept. of Transportation (DOT) began a scheduled closure of Sheepscot Road Sept. 20. The road will remain closed to through traffic until Oct. 1, Public Information Officer Mark Latti said.

DOT crews are replacing a culvert about halfway between the road’s intersection with Rt. 1 and the village of Sheepscot, Latti said.

A 24-year-old Waldoboro man pleaded guilty on Sept. 30 in Lincoln County Superior Court to five counts of possession of sexually explicit material of minors under 12 years old.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Aug. 26, Deputy Todd Chilton took a burglary complaint in the Jefferson area. The complainant stated that sometime between Aug. 22-26, someone(s) kicked in his back door and stole a Husqvarna chainsaw – approximate value of $400 and a black/yellow Dewalt Sawzall – approximately value of $100.