A tough growing season for hay, rising costs of fuel, electricity and other animal feed have forced some Lincoln County farmers to either sell their herds or change business strategies.

A scheduled appearance by murder suspect Corina Durkee in Lincoln County Superior Court Aug. 27 was postponed as her case has been continued.

Wiscasset selectmen have ordered Town Manager Arthur Faucher to investigate a question of altered time sheets adding 10 extra hours of pay for Wiscasset three full time police officers.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program (NLMP) confirmed on Sept. 24 that a plant discovered growing in Damariscotta Lake in Jefferson is an invasive plant species called hydrilla verticillata.

The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest Parade will step off in Newcastle at 2 p.m. Oct. 10. The procession will stage at The Lincoln County News offices on Mills Rd. beginning at 1 p.m.

A Jefferson resident sustained what officials said seemed to be minor injuries after she crashed her car into a telephone pole on the Bunker Hill Road (Rt. 213) in Jefferson Wednesday morning.

“This seems to be our frequent flyer spot,” Jefferson Fire Chief Sheridan Bond said.

State officials steered the question of off shore wind power into Lincoln County’s coastal waters Tuesday announcing the possibility that a 10 mile long area off the historic and protected Damariscove Island, or a site near fabled Monhegan Island, could become the site of an experimental off shore wind power test.

Deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office will be out in full force during the Labor Day holiday period. This is part of a two-week enforcement detail which began Aug. 21.

Planning board members in Waldoboro once again faced opposition to shoreland zoning ordinance amendments during their regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday night.

Taxpayers from Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties are subsidizing much of the state corrections costs, but have little or no say on the rules or rates, a state official said last Thursday.

A private squabble went public Monday when a resident read a letter to the state before the Westport Island Board of Selectmen, challenging a building permit for home construction next door.

Maine State Police arrested Alan Burgess, 62, on Wednesday, on allegation of possession of hundreds of various forms of child pornography.

Randy Joubert knew he had a brother out there somewhere, but never realized he would work with him for several months before making the discovery.

Alna voters overwhelmingly approved the reworded warrant article for a $200,000 loan for a firehouse at a special town meeting Aug. 26.