As municipal and utility crews struggle to recover from a devastating ice storm that began Thursday, officials at the state level are using a proactive approach to tapping into federal resources for help.

The Waldoboro Police Dept. responded to vandalism at Medomak Valley High School reported in the beginning of the day on Wed., New Year’s Eve.

After losing their principal donor this fall, the First Radio Parish Church of America (FRPCA) may not be able to raise enough funds to pay their bills. As a result, the churches morning religious program, “Daily Devotions,” may be forced to go off-air.

Lincoln County residents are invited to send thier photos and/or stories about the Sun. Nor’easter to The Lincoln County News for possible publication. Please click on “Full Story” for more information.

Newly opened in the basement of the Damariscotta Center building on Main St., Kindred Gifts offers local crafters and artists a place to sell their handmade goods.

A group of concerned businesses presented a letter with 114 signatures to the Damariscotta Board of Selectman Dec. 3 requesting a policeman on foot in the downtown area to help reduce incidents involving teenage loitering.

Members of the Maine Lobster Dealer Import and Export Association want to be included in the governor’s newest task force, established in reaction to the ongoing lobster market crisis.

Brandon Abbott, 25, East Boothbay, violating condition of release, Two Bridges Regional Jail 4 days.

The Maine Education Assessment test, which is used to gauge student and school progress on state and federal learning standards, will be replaced with a regional test already used by New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island.

Would you want an ugly kitchen? Certainly, not. Well, neither did Boothbay’s Knickerbocker Group’s Cosy Harbor clients. The kitchen in their 1980s spec house was not only dated, it had limited storage, an awkward traffic pattern, a low ceiling and was isolated from the rest of the house. The hosts were trapped in their “ugly kitchen.”

Jane Spofford of Boothbay said the view from her picture window is never boring. “There’s always something happening,” she said. “I see seals, ospreys, eagles… You name it!”

Snowfall began over much of Lincoln County in late morning hours of Sun. as a Nor’easter storm moved into the area for an overnight visit. At 12:47 p.m. the National Weather Service (NWS) reported that snowfall totals in Bristol were already at the 4-inch mark – well on the way to a total of up to 20 inches now forecast by the NWS in their latest advisory. The Bristol total was the highest in the state at the time of the NWS report.

Hannah Jenkins MacKenzie and Andrew Paul LeBlanc were married on Sept 6 at Clark’s Cove Farm. The bride is the daughter of Richard and Emily MacKenzie of South Bristol. The groom is the son of Larry and Joanne LeBlanc of Abington, Mass.

Maine Audubon’s Hog Island in Bremen will not be hosting summer programs next year. Employees were released from their work with the island on Nov. 15.