Heavy snowfall and high winds marked the first official day of winter in Lincoln County as a Nor’easter moved into the area on Sun. afternoon for an overnight visit. Lincoln County should wake up on Mon. morning to snowfall accumulations in the 12-17 inch range inland and the 10-15 inch range along the coast, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Scattered snowfall is forecast to continue through the day, and accumulated snowfall will be blown about by 20-30 mph winds from the west-northwest, according to the NWS.

The toughest part about the Jefferson Market losing their power for three days isn’t the amount of product that thawed out and couldn’t be sold, but the loss of business from being closed during that time.

It took a couple of hours for firefighters to extinguish an illegal brush fire near the intersection of Turner Ridge and Patricktown Roads in Somerville Dec. 7. Somerville firefighters called in mutual aid from Whitefield after they discovered the toxic and extremely hot debris fire behind a resident’s house.

A hush washed over the bustling chamber of the House of Representatives Dec. 2 as Sen. Libby Mitchell stepped to the microphone to name Maine’s first-ever female attorney general.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Alna: Kenton B. Perley and Mollie H. Perley to Raymond Daniel Cheney and Sandra S. Cheney;

The Midcoast Bypass Task Force has wrapped up months of meetings on aspects of the proposed Rt. 1 bypass with an innovative solution for a Rt. 218 connector road to a full interchange at Rt. 27.

The National Weather Services issued a winter weather advisory for the state of Maine today and the Mid Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross is reminding its residents to prepare for this and other storms.

Bad news a couple of weeks ago about possible layoffs and housing pod reductions has since turned into good news for Two Bridges Regional Jail with additional revenue sources, some from the state.

A bulletin released by the National Weather Service (NWS) at 4:36 p.m. on Sun. warns motorists to “avoid all travel tonight” and includes a forecast for snow to fall at a rate of 2 inches per hour at times during the overnight hours. The high rate of snowfall combined with winds gusting to 35 mph will “reduce visibility to near zero”, according to the NWS bulletin. There is also a warning for “thunder snow” for areas near the coast through 8 p.m. this evening.

Edward and Lou Reed of East Machias, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Vanessa Lorraine Reed to Andrew Richard Chapman, son of Samuel and Carolyn Chapman of Waldoboro.

Farmers across the country have been up in arms the last few weeks over an Environmental Protection Agency proposed “cow tax.”

A two-vehicle crash on an icy Carrabassett Valley road proved fatal to a Whitefield man early Monday morning.

Perry and Sharon Thompson of New Harbor are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer M. Thompson, to Mathew A. Cunningham, son of Owen and Deborah Cunningham of Nobleboro.

Lincoln County Healthcare and healthcare providers around the state received a domestic violence advisory, issued by the Public Health Director at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) on Dec. 9.