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 open roads and clear driveways — things will be changing soon, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Presently, the NWS is calling for 4 to 8 inches of accumulated snowfall by the time the storm is forecast to leave town Weds. morning. Any change in the storm’s course could mean heavier, or lighter, snowfall totals.

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 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.

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.

After a daylong search, the Maine Warden Service recovered the body of a Waldoboro man in Damariscotta Lake on Jan. 14.

Daniel E. Benner, 28, Damariscotta, criminal mischief, Two Bridges Regional Jail 75 days, all suspended; assault, Two Bridges Regional Jail 75 days; domestic violence assault, $300, Two Bridges Regional Jail 364 days, all but 75 days suspended, probation one year.

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.

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