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.

A storm that was supposed to swing south of Lincoln County has already dropped 3.5 inches of snow on the Bristol peninsula, and a Winter Storm Watch has already been issued regarding another storm expected to arrive Sun. afternoon, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

Tom Finn, President of Damariscotta Bank & Trust Company (DB&T) is pleased to announce that Samantha Page has recently been promoted to Assistant Vice President.

Putting the finishing details on a log dollhouse has kept a couple of inmates at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset busy as the Dec. 17 date to raffle their creation off to raise funds for Lincoln County seniors approaches.

To honor his late father and in support of the alewife fish ladder in Damariscotta Mills, Linwood Palmer III, is selling Christmas trees at his home in Nobleboro.

The Wiscasset Police Dept. reports the following activities form the previous week:

Arrests and Summonses

On Nov. 5 Lt. John Allen arrested a male juvenile, 17, of Wiscasset for Juvenile Probation Officer for violation of conditions of release.

A $50 million projected budget overage flagged last month isn’t as bad as first thought, but fixing it will still affect services for developmentally disabled people that allow them to live outside of institutions.

By Tammy L.R. Meserve

Superintendent Eileen King, 51, of Boothbay Harbor has been named Maine’s 2009 Superintendent of the Year.

Bernadine Pozerycki and Peter Brackett of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Kamaryn Brackett.