Fernald’s Country Store in downtown Waldoboro will host its 19th annual Christmas party from 1-5 p.m. on Thursday, Christmas Eve.

Hogs at a Whitefield farm have better shelter this week, according to a state animal welfare official.

The following are closed case reports from the Lincoln County Superior Court:

Nov. 16 – Nov. 27Nathan E. Brewer, 22, Newcastle, assault on an officer, Two Bridges Regional Jail, 40 days, probation partially revoked, probation continued.

Savings Bank of Maine took ownership of Roger Bintliff’s Edgecomb Development property on Davis Island for $7.5 million at a public auction held at the closed resort restaurant on Dec. 28. Several people showed up, but made no bids.

By John Maguire

Former Wiscasset town clerk Sandra Johnson was sentenced in Lincoln County Superior Court Thursday to serve nine months at the Two Bridges Regional Jail for theft of town funds.

After her release, she will serve three years’ probation and has been ordered to pay a total of $115,651.95 in restitution, according to District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau.

Johnson was arrested in October, 2008 after a town audit revealed over $90,000 missing.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) is investigating a motor vehicle fatality that occurred on Rt. 27 in Edgecomb, according to LCSO Lt. Rand Maker. The accident was reported Weds. evening during a major snowstorm.

Winds gusting between 20 to 40 knots, plus a high tide around noon pushed the river waters nearly over the bank, and into Damariscotta’s back parking lot Thursday, Dec.3.

A former Boothbay Harbor physician’s assistant was ordered to serve 21 months in prison Wednesday, with the rest of the five-year sentence to be on probation.

The Lincoln County News is pleased to announce the hiring of Samuel J. Baldwin to better serve our readers.

Baldwin will cover Waldoboro, Jefferson Somerville, Nobleboro and Bremen as a general assignment reporter.

Corey J. Main, 34, of Waldoboro, possession of marijuana, $350.

A single passenger car rolled over on Rt. 215 or S. Clary Road in Jefferson Monday morning.

In January, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 directors will present voters a 2010 budget that is slightly higher than the 2009 amount for all eight schools before they operated as a single unit.

First responders from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) and the Edgecomb Fire Dept. are presently on the scene of a traffic accident at the Eddy Rd. and Rt. 27 in Edegcomb.

Officials have closed Rt. 27 near the Eddy Rd. in order to facilitate assistance to the accident victims and conduct an investigation, and there is no estimate as to when the road may re-open.

A Damariscotta physician told the town selectmen Wednesday that poor nutrition and lack of activity could cause many members of the current generation of children to die before their parents.

Dr. Tim Goltz, the town’s health officer said during a 20-minute presentation, that studies show 33 percent of Maine’s children and 61.5 percent of adults are overweight.