Alna has two candidate contests for elections this Friday; one each for the second and third selectman seats.

Three candidates, Donna Wallace, Troy Giroux, and Tom Smith vie for the second selectman slot for which current office holder selectman Louis “Butch” Brown decided not to seek re-election.

Help could be on the way for Mainers who make their living harvesting clams, mussels, oysters and quahogs. Two Republican legislators report progress in brokering a deal to expedite the cleanup of contaminated shellfish flats.

Whitefield voters have a distinct choice this year as two candidates vie for a seat on the board of selectmen.

David Hardman, Jr.A self-employed businessman, David Hardman Jr., 46, believes the way the town’s money is spent and how taxes are assessed need improvement.

Failure to prove a rare 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence was ever a Wiscasset official town document was lost in the Virginia Supreme Court.

A Lincoln County jury deliberated on several cases Feb. 16-18, and delivered 31 criminal indictments for this quarter.

Steady snowfall that started in Lincoln County during the wee hours of Mon. morning will develop into a full-fledged storm by sunrise, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). A Winter Storm Warning issued by the NWS advises that snowfall rates could reach 1-2 inches per hour at times on Mon. morning. Some snowfall will continue through the day, for a total accumulation forecast at 8-14 inches, according to the NWS. For area closings and cancellations, click on the storm closings tile to the right of this story, made through special arrangement with WCSH channel 6.

Martial arts champion Don Grady will open the doors to his studio, Don Grady’s Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Waldoboro April 1.

A discussion of town roads, cemetery maintenance and the effects of school consolidation are expected to top the Somerville annual town meeting March 28 at the Somerville Elementary School gymnasium starting at 9 a.m. The polls will be open March 27 between 3 and 7 p.m. where voters will decide on the municipal positions of road commissioner, selectmen, town clerk and tax collector/treasurer.

The 2009 Maine Drama Festival state finals were held last weekend, with Lincoln Academy’s “Sonnets to Orpheus” grabbing the runners-up title for Class A. Falmouth High School’s, “Marie Antionette: The Color of Flesh” won first for Class A, and Yarmouth High School’s “Shakespeare in Hollywood,” won first for Class B.

South Bristol voters will have to head back to the polls during a special town meeting on Tues., March 31 to settle a dead heat race for one selectman seat.

After a recount revealed a tie between incumbent Donald G. Stanley Jr., and write-in candidate Kenneth D. Lincoln, (51 to 51), the voters will have to decide.

A one million dollar budget awaits Whitefield voter approval March 21 at the annual town meeting.

The spending plan includes stipends for firefighters and rescue workers and a first time 30-year loan payment for a $750,000 new town office center. Half of the project’s cost would come from surplus and half from property taxes, translatable to $50 on a house valued at $100,000.

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has allegedly uncovered further information regarding where Loren St. Cyr, 20, of Jefferson was before he was struck by an unknown vehicle and killed on the night of Sept. 20, 2008.

Another victim of the tough economic times resides closer to home this weekend as Dave Page closed the doors of Big Dave’s Convenience Store on top of the hill in Damariscotta.

Unless humans stop producing carbon tomorrow – which would require something as momentous as an asteroid obliterating the planet, quipped a University of Maine scientist – Maine will experience enough climate change in the next 100 years to affect nearly every living thing.