Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stephen Prior of Bristol are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Tracy Jean Prior to Matthew Craig Garner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Craig Garner of Reidsville, N.C.

Oak Point architects reviewed a draft of the concept design for the proposed new school in Jefferson with school board members, members of the Building Committee and town citizens on Feb. 4.

They showed the schematic of where the main school building might best be located on present school grounds in relation to ball fields and parking areas. Oak Point President Robert Tillotson described how the school could be placed on the existing Jefferson Village School site

After just over a year in business in Damariscotta, About Face Skin Care and Cosmetics Boutique is expanding with an aesthetician on-site to offer face and body pampering services for healthier skin and greater relaxation.

Penalties for non-compliance with the state’s school consolidation law means those units that do comply reap the benefits of those that do not.

Matthew Cushing entered four guilty pleas in York County Superior Court; three counts of murder and one count of arson.

There are still mostly unknowns about how much federal stimulus funding is headed Maine’s way and how it will be divided, though understanding about what the money can be spent on is solidifying.

With the annual audit and budget complete, officials in the town of Bristol are firming up last minute details for the business portion of town meeting on Tues., March 17 at Bristol Consolidated School at 7 p.m. During a year of dropping excise tax revenues and increasing costs, the board of selectman managed to reduce the budget by $118,390.36.

It is with great pleasure that the parents of Brianna Sweeney and Peter Koster announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.

LCTV kicked off the new year with a round of activities designed to get its new Sheepscot Road media center up and running. Throughout January board members and community volunteers turned out regularly to transfer equipment, paint interior walls, and complete other projects so that the new facility could go live on Jan. 17.

Tough economic times might soon collide with a requirement that the state provide care for people diagnosed with mental illness. That could lead to a renegotiation of a 20-year-old judgment that an attorney for the people who benefit from it called “shocking.”

In a press release submitted to The Lincoln County News, Newcastle Public House, LLC is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for work in U.S. waters in conjunction with continued work on a floating marina in Newcastle.

The state Revenue Service has released the new 2009 valuation figures for Lincoln County municipalities totaling $8.27 billion compared to last year’s $7.98 billion.

Parents Jason and Elizabeth Dmitrieff of Whitefield are proud to announce the birth of their new baby boy, Robin Shane Dmitrieff.

A proposed bill that would attach fiscal impact statements to citizen-led initiative questions is being championed by its sponsor as a move toward transparency, but opponents said it would create an unfair disadvantage.

Rep. Emily Cain (D-Orono), is sponsoring “An Act to Modify the Citizen Initiative Process,” which would require the Office of Fiscal and Program Review to generate a fiscal note for citizen-led legislation.