A Whitefield resident sustained injuries to his face after rolling his van off Rt. 218 in Alna Tuesday morning and was transported to Miles Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Edgecomb School Committee members met with some staff and town selectmen Jan. 5 to discuss the possibility of adding grades 7 and 8 into the Edgecomb Eddy School’s K-6 structure. Committee members also approved filing a notice of intent to form an Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) with Georgetown, Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor and Southport during their Jan. 5 School Board meeting.

In other court news:

Two bulletins have been issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in regards to a wind and rain storm that has left a path of watery devastation as it chugged across the country and is now expected in Lincoln County beginning early Mon. morning.

Four suspects were brought in just hours after a break-in at the Village Store on Center Street in Nobleboro on Jan. 17.

Police responded to an alarm that went off at the store at around 8:38 p.m.

Nicholas Jordan and Calah Whitney, of Cushing, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Owen Marshall Jordan.

A car accident on Jones Road in Somerville snapped a utility pole Jan. 7.

At about 8:55 a.m. Jeremy Hallowell pulled out of his driveway at 118 Jones Rd. He made it about 200 yards before hitting a utility pole.

The survivor of an attempted murder in Waldoboro has filed suit against her attackers seeking an anticipated judgment in partial compensation for medical expenses, injuries to her throat, loss of voice and suffering.

A group of Lincoln County churches are sponsoring a benefit dinner to raise funds to aid Haitian earthquake relief efforts.

Medomak Valley High School’s cheerleading squad finished second in the West Class B.

After nearly a month long investigation, Waldoboro police arrested a Rockland man Jan. 12 for the alleged abuse of a herd of horses on a farm at 432 Chapel Rd. in Waldoboro, said

According to Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde. Donald L. Genthner, 51, has been charged with seven counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty, and four counts of felony aggravated animal cruelty.

Danielle Bushman and Randy Heath Sr., of Whitefield, are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy, Randy Lee Heath Jr.

As the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee hears testimony on the merits of LD 1671, also known as Gov. Baldacci’s $438 million supplemental state budget plan, it has already given a green light to legislation of its own creation.

A Lincoln County Superior court has ruled James A. Nelson violated the South Bristol Town Shoreland zoning ordinance when he cut more than 70 trees from his, and his neighbor’s shorefront property.

The finding came recently when Justice Andrew Horton granted a summary judgment in a suit brought by South Bristol stemming from an incident that took place in October 2006.