Eden Hutchins and Garret Matthews of New Harbor are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Kayla Alexandra Penny Matthews.

Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director reported Monday to county commissioners $25,000 in public damage during last week’s ice storm, not enough for state of emergency funding.

The Lincoln County Family Holiday Wishes Program is hobbled by reduced donations and faced with a greatly increased need in the last week of their annual gift collection drive.

The shellfish industry in Maine could shudder to a stop if the Maine state legislature passes cuts proposed for the Dept. of Marine Resources.

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.

A 38-year-old Wiscasset woman, reported missing early Friday morning, notified police around midnight Friday of her whereabouts and safety at an undisclosed location.