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 Lincoln County News will host the first of two candidate’s forums at the Mobius Center on Main Street in Damariscotta.

Launching with a big, one-day Early Bird breakfast on Nov. 1 from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and continuing regularly after Nov. 5, the Reunion Station Restaurant in Damariscotta will serve breakfast five days per week.

A freak wave Monday in Boothbay Harbor, believed generated by the high winds yesterday, stood up high enough to do some damage to a dock.

The submission Friday of a petition for a statewide referendum to repeal the state’s school administration consolidation effort tags Nov. 3, 2009 as the day the law might die.

Churches and volunteer groups from Jefferson and Whitefield are raising funds for the Damariscotta-based Community Energy Fund by hosting a spaghetti dinner on Sat., Oct 18.

Question 2 on the November ballot is the Casino question, asking voters, “Do you want to allow a certain Maine company to have the only casino in Maine, to be located in Oxford County, if part of the revenue is used to fund specific state programs?”

Eunice B. Cushing, 86, of Norridgewock, died Sept. 26 at the Augusta Rehab Center surrounded by her loving family. She was born Nov. 6, 1921.

The Wiscasset Police Report the following: