Auditors for Wiscasset’s 2008 finances who have completed investigation of missing funds said it would have been impossible to detect in past audits.

A dispute over property classification in Bremen has a local landowner and an ordinance review committee leader butting heads.

Maine realtors sold 22.56 percent fewer existing single family homes in Nov. 2008 compared to the same month in 2007.

The increasing number of fatal police shootings, including the shooting death of a Waldoboro teenager in 2007, and a subsequent legal justification by the Maine Attorney General’s Office have caused local legislators to propose the formation of a police shooting review panel.

The closure of a section of Charleston Correctional Facility and a reduction in state payments to hospitals were on a track toward being spared last week as legislative committees scrutinized spending cuts proposed by Gov. John Baldacci.

Alexa Oliver and Joey Hopkins of Damariscotta are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Mackenzie Lee Hopkins.

In polling Jan. 27, voters overwhelmingly rejected the proposed Alternative Organization System (AOS) proposed for 11 Lincoln County towns but enough voters approved the measure that a local AOS will still be formed.

Snowfall will begin on Weds. morning in Lincoln County and should increase steadily through the day, becoming heavy at times during the afternoon and evening hours, according to the most recent Winter Storm Warning from the National Weather Service (NWS). The potential exists for significant snowfall accumulating to 8-12 inches by late Weds. night, according to the NWS. There is also a possibility that the snowfall will mix with sleet as temps warm in the late afternoon and evening hours, especially along immediate coastal areas and peninsulas in Lincoln County, according to the NWS bulletin.

A Northern Hawk Owl, normally found in the boreal forests of Alaska and Canada, made its way to Bristol and attracted quite a crowd of people from Maine and beyond this week.

Protecting one of Maine’s most valuable natural resources – its forests – was the focus of the majority of testimony given Wednesday on Gov. John Baldacci’s plan to end the fiscal year in the black.

Becca Hamilton’s writing featured in The Lincoln County News comes from a quill dipped in a palette of worldly experience.

The Whitefield native has traveled to Chile, Argentina and South Africa and spent two years living in the Bahamas.

Scott Rittall and Samantha McLellan are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl, Olivia Laura Rebecca Rittall.

Lincoln County remained under a Winter Weather Advisory Weds. afternoon as morning snowfall changed over to sleet, making for slippery road conditions and leading to numerous school closures.

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

Boothbay: Rachel Van Lehn to Inhab. of Boothbay; Randall L. Phelps to Fortstone LLC;