To honor his late father and in support of the alewife fish ladder in Damariscotta Mills, Linwood Palmer III, is selling Christmas trees at his home in Nobleboro.

SueAnn Shiffer loves the idea of going to school in her own hometown.

Now working as a receptionist for a Miles Medical Group physician practice, Shiffer, 19, wants to become a nurse because she is driven to help people. The new Lincoln County Healthcare Education Center brings that dream close to home.

Politicians, scientists and policy-makers seek to the put Maine at the forefront of an energy revolution powered by world-class wind power blowing against the state’s entire coast.

Lincoln County Superior Court made decisions on numerous criminal cases involving drugs, theft, and sex charges, as well as probation violations from Oct. 7 through Dec. 18.

The state’s unemployment rate continued an alarming upward trend last month; shadowing nation-wide increases in jobless rates that are tied to an ongoing recession.

A storm that was supposed to swing south of Lincoln County has already dropped 3.5 inches of snow on the Bristol peninsula, and a Winter Storm Watch has already been issued regarding another storm expected to arrive Sun. afternoon, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

Tom Finn, President of Damariscotta Bank & Trust Company (DB&T) is pleased to announce that Samantha Page has recently been promoted to Assistant Vice President.

Putting the finishing details on a log dollhouse has kept a couple of inmates at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset busy as the Dec. 17 date to raffle their creation off to raise funds for Lincoln County seniors approaches.

The drastic market fluctuations up and down recently, have multiple causes, local and national impacts, and possible solutions, all of which can be difficult for the layman to understand.

Jeff and Karen Philbrick are pleased to announce the birth of a baby girl, Allison Claire Philbrick.

Governor John Baldacci and Maine Emergency Management Agency Director Rob McAleer visited the Wiscasset Community Center to survey the power outage situation here in Lincoln County on Sunday night.

Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity:

On Dec. 9, Tyanna A. Waters, 19, of Waterville was arrested of operating after suspension and summonsed to court for an unregistered motor vehicle and for failure to produce evidence of insurance

At their Dec. 18 meeting, the Lincoln County Television (LCTV) Board of Trustees celebrated moving into their new building, and beginning to set-up it as a television production studio.

A Kennebec County jury has determined that John A. Okie is criminally responsible for the murders of his father and school friend in July 2007.