Waldoboro Planning and Development Director Emily Reinholt will depart effective Thursday, July 13. For the next year, the Midcoast Economic Development District will provide planning services to the town at a cost of $61,000, a savings of about $4,000.

Work to remove debris from the Reed Mansion site on Glidden Street in Waldoboro began Monday, July 10. A fire destroyed the historic building April 2.

The discovery of a suspicious package at LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus the afternoon of Sunday, July 2 brought the Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office, Maine State Police Special Services, and several other agencies to the hospital to investigate.

Salt Bay Cafe will close in mid-July after about 30 years in downtown Damariscotta.

A LifeFlight helicopter transported a motorcyclist to the hospital after a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Route 220 and Old Augusta Road in Waldoboro the morning of Sunday, July 2.

A Tenants Harbor man was allegedly under the influence when he drove a pickup truck the wrong way on Route 1 in Damariscotta and struck a semitrailer head-on, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. A female passenger in the pickup sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries, and a passenger in the semitrailer was also taken to the hospital.

The Midcoast Code Enforcement Officers Association recently named Stan Waltz, of Nobleboro, Code Enforcement Officer of the Year in recognition of his commitment and professionalism.

Both occupants of a Chevrolet sedan experienced non-life-threatening injuries after a single-vehicle accident on South Clary Road (Route 215) in Jefferson.

The Bremen Lobster Pound Co-op on Keene Neck has been a fixture of Bremen’s working waterfront for decades. After a merger between the fishermen’s association and Community Shellfish LLC, the co-op’s new owner is looking to keep it that way.