Less than two months ago, David Monti, 32, of Damariscotta was a dying man. Diagnosed with failed kidneys due to diabetes in 2007 and determined to be too weak to survive a transplant, Monti was in dire straits.

Kris Goldston and Greg Weinand of Waldoboro were joined in marriage on Oct. 11 in Searsport.

In a wartime environment like Iraq, much destruction occurs in mopping up operations, but Dresden veteran 2nd Lt. Joe Cowing had the privilege of literally building things up during a 16-month tour of duty.

Hannaford Supermarkets is ranked fifth among the 10 healthiest grocery stores in America according to a survey in the November issue of Health magazine.

(posted 11/5 at 2:45 a.m.) Most Lincoln County towns have reported their voting results from the election on Tues., but several of those that haven’t reported yet could significantly effect some races that are still in doubt.

Towns reporting as of this posting: Alna, Boothbay, Bremen, Bristol, Dresden, Edgecomb, Jefferson, Monhegan, Newcastle, Nobleboro, South Bristol, Westport Island and Wiscasset…

Proud parents Jenna and Derek Hanna announce the birth of their baby girl, Natalie Elizabeth Hanna on Nov. 12, at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta.

Baby girl Natalie weighed seven pounds, four ounces at birth.

An early morning Friday fire forced a Barter Island couple and their two small children to flee to safety with their dog before the blaze gutted the inside.

Jessica Toothaker and Nathaniel Kane of Phippsburg are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl Natalee Mae Kane.

Having returned from his seven-month tour of duty in Iraq just over two years ago, this week Marine Jim Hovance, of South Bristol, reflected on his tour of duty, and the current issues surrounding that conflict.

Lincoln County Superior decided numerous criminal cases Oct. 10-24, including two theft cases involving two Waldoboro residents.

Staff members of The Lincoln County News will be busy tonight as local election results start coming in after the polls close at 8 p.m.

Those results will be posted here at The Lincoln County News website as soon as they are received, according to editor Sherwood Olin.

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

Alna: Mary Eliza Wengren to Richard E. Wengren Jr. and Mary Eliza Wengren; Allyson Strout (Tr.) and 2263 Alna Road Residential Land Trust to Abode Real Estate Services LLC;

The Bremen Lobster Realty Co-op hopes to remove the decaying hull of a wooden schooner, make repairs to their lobster pound and purchase new equipment with funds offered to them by a grant from the Working Waterfront Access Pilot Program.

Steven C. Libby, 39, of Waldoboro, a charge of violating conditions of release was dismissed.