As a life coach, Dresden resident Elizabeth Sylvester said she sees people visibly transform from despair to a renewed sense of purpose and confidence.

The Board of Directors of Damariscotta Bank & Trust Co. (DB&T) announces the appointment of Scott Conant to the office of president and CEO.

The Wiscasset Community Center is seeking volunteers to assist with their efforts to provide a shelter for those affected by the recent power outages, according to the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency. For information on how you can help, call 882-8230. The Wiscasset Community Center is located at 242 Gardiner Rd. (Rt. 27) in Wiscasset.

Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Bracket was honored with a Legislative Sentiment read into the record by the Clerk of the House of Representatives Tuesday.

A 63-year-old man escaped injury Saturday morning when he inadvertently drove his car into an ice pressure ridge on Damariscotta Lake, causing the ice to collapse under the car in 40 feet of water, according to the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IF&W).

The Somerville Fire Department joined with the Washington Fire Department for an annual cold-water training day on Feb. 6 at the Washington fire station.

The Maine Department of Transportation is planning to upgrade the traffic lights at the intersection of business Route 1 and Biscay Road in Damariscotta. Construction is anticipated to begin during the summer.

For those Lincoln County residents who may have been envious of the snowfall our southern neighbors have been receiving; and for those who were all set with a nice Feb. thaw – things will be changing soon, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). On Mon, afternoon the NWS issued a Winter Storm Watch regarding a storm that is forecast to develop off the New Jersey coast Mon. night and then chug up north, delivering a good slug of snowfall to Lincoln County beginning Tues. afternoon.

In its inaugural round of grants, the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program has awarded nearly $2 million to help 11 public and non-profit groups move forward on important resource protection projects across Maine, including the Chewonki Foundation in Wiscasset.

The death of a 19-year-old Waldoboro man last July was caused by accidental drowning, according to a State Medical Examiner’s report.

Damariscotta Police are looking for two young women who are believed to be involved in the misuse of a debit card in the Damariscotta area Wednesday.

Construction on a cell phone tower in Bremen, planned for this spring, may face delays.

No charges are anticipated in an incident involving four trucks falling through thin ice Friday on the Kennebec River in Dresden, according to Sgt. Daryen Grenata of the Maine Marine Patrol, despite the fact that his department was not notified until mid-morning Saturday.

Pastor Les Dancer Jr., formerly of Whitefield, gave his first message Sunday in a church that, a year ago, was headed for ruin. He too, he said, “was a broken man” before he turned his life around several years ago.