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.

The Boothbay Regional Humane Society (BRHS) is now in compliance with state law and is licensed as a charitable organization, effective until Nov. 30, 2009.

Tamra Patrie of Whitefield was granted a divorce from Stephen R. Patrie of Winslow on Oct. 31. They were married in Whitefield on Feb. 2, 2002. Shared custody of one minor child.

Lincoln County commissioners and the local Sheriff’s Dept. union chairman signed a three-year union contract Tuesday morning affecting 27 employees, giving them a 3 percent increase.

The Waldoboro Police report the following activities from the previous week

AccidentDec. 7, Officer Jeffery Fuller investigated an accident on the Atlantic Highway at 3:26 p.m. Jeremy Wentworth, 33, of Vinalhaven, who was driving a 1998 Pontiac, 4 door sedan, slid off the road due to icy road conditions.

Chimney fires and other hazards pose a threat to homeowners, but a Waldoboro chimney sweep tells how dangers can be avoided and prevented, along with other problems.

A storm that was supposed to swing south of Lincoln County on Fri. defied forecasters and chugged through the area leaving 2-5 inches of snow on the ground, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). And, another storm is just around the corner, forecast to bring snowfall totals in the double digits beginning Sun. afternoon, according to the NWS.

During the past three weeks, 270 wreaths decorated by local businesses and individuals were sold to the highest bidders throughout Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo Counties in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Bids For Kids Annual Wreath Auction.

Last month, architect Richard Wills of Royal Barry Wills Associates was inducted into the New England Design Hall of Fame. Presented with a “Lifetime Achievement” award, Wills received the honor after being nominated by fellow architect, Richard Bertman of CBT Architectural Firm in Boston.

Food pantries around Lincoln County are receiving plenty of donations, but sources say they won’t turn up their noses at more.

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.