Students have a higher chance for success and will be least likely to drop out at Medomak Valley High School thanks to their Student Achievement Center and Accipiter Program.

A boat moored in Wiscasset sank last week, but the owner’s use of some Yankee ingenuity helped retrieve it to meet the harbormaster’s deadline Friday.

Chad Strater discovered his 1946 Chesapeake Bay cruiser built by Willis Brothers partially sank last Monday in the harbor leaving only a bit of the bow and cabin visible.

Police have arrested two students and charged them with Terrorizing, a felony, in the Thursday morning evacuation of Medomak Valley High School as a result of a bomb threat.

A Superior Court Justice has reversed his own earlier ruling in favor of the town of South Bristol, awarding legal fees and financial penalties in the case of a local landowner who admitted to cutting down 47 trees within the town’s shoreland zone in Oct. 2006.

The Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency (LCEMA) is encouraging residents to look out for each other while power outages affect many areas of the county. As nightfall approaches on Mon., low temps in the upper teens and winds from west-northwest at 15-25 mph will mean a dangerously cold overnight for those without heat.

Reba Richardson and Bill Plnecker of Warren are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl, Cecilia Jane Richardson Plnecker.

Holly and David Abbott of Jefferson are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Harris Wilson.

Wiscasset selectmen unanimously denied sewage damage claims from the Wiscasset Wine Outlet after discussing the issue during an executive session meeting Feb. 5.

On Feb. 9, Wiscasset Town Manager Arthur Faucher said Wine Outlet owner Luanne Clifford was present for the public part of the Feb. 5 meeting and left telling selectmen she would see them in court.

“I pay for sewage to be removed not to be put into my business,” Clifford said Tuesday.

Lauren Bradley and Matthew Aceto of Nobleboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Wyatt Burnet Aceto.

An action by the Department of Marine Resources regarding scallop harvesting season will be revisited for a third time in less than two weeks following a directive issued Jan. 30 by Gov. John Baldacci.

Central Maine Power Co. (CMP) will focus all of its efforts on restoring the remaining outages in the Midcoast communities by this evening.

Newcastle’s initial budget proposal for fiscal year 2009 totaled $4,130, 921, an increase of 1.36 percent over the current fiscal year.

Over the course of three meetings in 10 days, ending Feb. 23, the Newcastle Board of Selectmen pared down the proposed budget substantially to $3,366,098, not including non-profit requests to the town.

The Lincoln County Emergency Management Office is warning that there is a great possibility local residents without power now could remain without power through the night tonight.

Joseph M. Anderson, 22, Newcastle, operating under the influence, $500, Two Bridges Regional Jail 48 hours, license suspended 90 days.