The Wiscasset Water District wants the town to join in a three-party effort to overhaul the sewer system, water system, storm drains and paving on Main St. and Federal St. Water District officials gave a presentation to the board asking for the town’s participation during the regular Tuesday night Board of Selectmen meeting.

Central Maine Power Company (CMP) is getting ready for a winter storm forecast to come through the area Wednesday.

This fall, a family and some local volunteers came together to keep a roof over an elderly Dresden man’s head.

Doug Harrington and his wife, Beatrice, moved to Dresden in the late 1960s.

The former Bridge Academy in Dresden, which is now a library, renewed their permit to discharge into the Eastern River. According to Dresden selectman John Ottum, the library discharges about 500 gallons of wastewater into the river each year, an amount that is considerably less than the average house. It is relatively clean, he said, as the waste is treated and filtered before it goes into the river.

Army private and Yankee fan Nick Slauenwhite has a new appreciation for the Red Sox after a personal encounter with Curt Schilling while coming home for Christmas from basic training at Fort Sill, Okla.

A hot water pipe bursting and soaking much of the Wiscasset Police Dept. over the weekend will not deter officers from enforcing the law, said police administrator Lt. John Allen.

Ethan Nichols of Boothbay Harbor and Rachel Nichols of Boothbay were granted a divorce on Nov. 2. They were married in Boothbay on Oct. 18, 2002. Shared parental rights of one minor child.

Waldoboro Town Manager Bill Post told the town’s selectmen on Tuesday night his next year budget goal is to flat fund, “just like last year.”

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Watch in advance of an approaching storm due to hit Lincoln County beginning Weds. morning.

Snowfall should begin in the morning hours then change over to rain and sleet as temps climb during the daytime hours. The storm’s effects are forecast to continue into the evening commute, but the precipitation is forecast to become lighter. Up to four to eight inches of snowfall is forecast to accumulate before the changeover to rain, according to the NWS.

The Winter Storm Watch is in effect from 9 a.m. Weds. morning through 1 a.m. Thurs. morning, according to the NWS.

A proposal to reorganize Whitefield’s fire protection system is headed for the March town meeting warrant.

Several vendors will sell their holiday crafts at the hall formerly used as the Dresden Fire Station on Sat., Dec. 5.

The 10th annual Christmas Fair will take place in the restored Pownalborough Hall, a first ever event for the restored hall town that officials hope will draw the crowds. The fair runs from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Town clerk Trudy Foss said they have 11 tables reserved for the event.

A 79-year-old Newcastle man died Christmas Eve after suffering severe injuries in an auto accident earlier in the month.

A crack state forester came to Damariscotta Thursday to survey Martha Scudder’s huge eastern white pine tree in Damariscotta.

A 62-year-old Scarborough man was killed in a two car collision that occurred in the wake of the severe storm that passed over Lincoln County Dec. 9.