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.

As Dan Wentworth tells it, he shouldn’t be alive, much less back behind the bar at the King Eider’s Pub in Damariscotta.

As dozens of familiar customers gathered to greet his return Tuesday, Dan explained how a simple afternoon kayak trip turned into major heart surgery that saved his life.

Statehouse News ServiceThe Christian Civic League is urging Senate President Elizabeth “Libby” Mitchell to open a meeting scheduled for Dec. 9 to the public.

John and Michele Cooney, seasonal residents of South Waldoboro, proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Carlie Bossert Cooney.

The large tree on the corner of Main and Jefferson streets in Waldoboro is getting too big to decorate for Christmas and town officials are thinking of other places to hold the town’s annual lighting ceremony.

The Granite Hall Store closed for the season the day before Christmas with a special sales event designed to help the neighbors find a few stocking stuffers, clear some inventory and raise a bit of cash.

All Post Offices nationwide will be open Christmas Eve, Thurs., Dec. 24 and New Year’s Eve, Thurs., Dec. 31, but most will shorten retail lobby hours and close at noon.

The 60 photovoltaic (pv) solar panels installed on a newly constructed barn at The Jojoba Company in Waldoboro will provide enough energy to supply all of its electric power needs, including heat.