LCN 12-19-12

The Nobleboro Planning Board reviews plans for a car dealership on Upper East Pond Road. Shown clockwise from left are planning board member Frank Cunningham, applicants Greg Collins and Nathan Chapnick, planning board member Alan Beck and Chairman David Kramer. Also present were planning board member Jake Oliver, secretary Sharon Abair and Code Enforcement Officer Stanley Waltz. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

Jefferson Fire and Rescue Explorers Post 343 President Casandra Stone leads a meeting at which members of the troop worked on completing their wardrobe of protective clothing. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

The site map for GNC Auto in North Nobleboro shows two areas on East Pond Road for displaying cars, as well as a parking area of Upper East Pond Road. Customers will travel between the areas by shuttle or footpath. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

A Christmas display in front of the Sprowl Block on Friendship Street in Waldoboro speaks to the many facets of this season's celebration. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

With or without snow, festive balsam, highlighted by bright red flowers and ribbons, brightens the season. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

None of the estimated 10 children aboard a Nobleboro Central School bus were injured following a collision with another vehicle on Dec. 18 on the Lower Cross Rd. near the Morgan Hill Rd. in Nobleboro. The Nobleboro Fire Dept. and Dept. Brian Collamore of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office provided assistance and a Central Lincoln County Ambulance was summoned to the scene as a precaution. At press time, no further information is available. (Greg Latimer photo)

Wiscasset Harbor on a calm, late fall morning. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde tells Miller School Kindergarten students that their missing gingerbread man was found at Moody's Restaurant. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

Waldoboro Kindergarten students welcome Gingy back to their classroom at the Miller School. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

This box truck was hit by the rear end of a tractor trailer and pushed into the utility pole in the center of the photo. (D. Lobkowicz photo)

Jason Ham, 34, of South Berwick examines the damage to the truck he had been driving following an accident on Rt. 27 in Edgecomb Dec. 14. (D. Lobkowicz photo)

Troop 213 Boy Scouts went winter camping at West Branch Preserve in Somerville last weekend. Scouts built benches for the fire pit as a service project for Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association. Pictured (from left) are Johnny Braley, Keith Farnsworth, Damon Crummett, Hollis Farnsworth, Sam Ramsley, Thomas Lailer, Mark Crummett, Harrison Ramsley and Garrett Grant. Temperatures dipped into the teens Saturday night. Scouts practiced fire building and compass skills and went hikiing. (Chris Roberts photo)

Mark McGuy (left) and John Smigielski are co-owners of the Davis Island Grill in Edgecomb. (D. Lobkowicz photo)

Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multi-County Jail Authority Chair Harold "Bud" Lewis (left) and Two Bridges Regional Jail Correctional Administrator Col. Mark Westrum (right) present plaques to Authority member Sheridan Bond (second from left) and recent member John Atwood in recognition of their service on the board on Dec. 12. (D. Lobkowicz photo)

Waylon Bogart's still life. (D. Lobkowicz photo)

At the Blaine House are (from left): Waylon Bogart, Alyssa Urquhart, Alyssa Smith and Charles Colby were honored for their artwork at the Blaine House on Dec. 18. (D. Lobkowicz photo)

Cantor Daniel Leeman with the Menorah and dreidels. (N. Wilson photo)

Charles Colby's handmade paperand print. (D. Lobkowicz photo)

Waldoboro School Resource Officer Tom Hoepner returns Gingy to a Kindergarten classroom at the Miller School. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

Bremen Deputy Town Clerk Kelly Clancy will begin her new job on Weds., Jan 2, 2013. Seated behind Clancy, from left to right, are Town Clerk Martha Varsano and Deputy Town Clerk Penelope Card. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

Ad hoc Withdrawal Committee Chair Malinda Caron presenting to the RSU 12 board on Dec. 13. (D. Lobkowicz photo)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences recently opened Phase 1 of their new science and education building on a 64-acre campus at 209 East Point Rd. in East Boothbay, Dec. 14. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Executive Director Graham Shimmield invited guests and Bigelow's more than 70 employees alike to, “pause and marvel at the wonders of the natural world in which we live.” (Shlomit Auciello photo)

Bigelow Laboratory Research Assistant Dave Drapeau describes some of the work he does in the Gulf of Maine that puts local occurrences in a global context. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

Aaron Robinson signs his new release "Does God Sing?" for fans Emma, Katherine and Kayleigh Tolley as Kristen T. Robinson watches with delight. (E. Busby photo)

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, greets Dept. of Economic and Community Development Commissioner George Gervais, right, at the start of a ceremony to mark the offical opening of the new Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences campus in East Boothbay. (Shlomit Auciello photo)

From left: Matt Gordon, Mrs. Claus (Mattie Welch), Heather Peaslee, Bob MacDonald, Santa Claus, Carolann Rines, Larry Rines, and Deb Schaffer volunteer at the "Breakfast with Santa" event at the Wiscasset Community Center on Dec. 15. (D. Lobkowicz photo)