AOS 93 Superintendent Lynsey Johnston will step down at the end of June after two years in the position.

Newcastle officials have tabled a contentious historic district special review ordinance indefinitely and expect to have it rewritten entirely when, or if, it comes to the public again.

A Waldoboro man and former Senate District 24 candidate has entered a guilty plea to a felony charge of assaulting an officer at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 as electoral college votes were being certified for the 2020 presidential election.

Damariscotta’s tax increment financing district, which voters approved in 2020 with a primary goal of funding sidewalk extensions downtown, brought in about $120,000 less than expected in its first four years, leading town officials to suggest expansion.

Anne Howell and Stephanie Mazerolle often find themselves lugging surveying gear up hills and through ravines across the Midcoast, sometimes bushwhacking through brambles in pursuit of a carefully researched colonial rock wall or a remnant of an old barbed wire fence.

The train tracks that cross Lincoln County have been mostly quiet for the past eight years, punctuated by occasional freight traffic and short-lived attempts to revive passenger service. A pilot passenger program in the 2023 tourist season looked promising, but mechanical issues, the closure of a primary freight customer, and deliberation at the regional level have placed Damariscotta-based operator Midcoast Railservice in an uncertain position.

Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service’s operating budget for the next year is up just over 10%, leveling off after pandemic-era increases. Service Chief Nick Bryant said costs to member towns are not likely to make sudden jumps in coming years, though the service is attempting to stay ahead of rising equipment and personnel costs outside its control.

The Great Salt Bay Community School cafeteria in Damariscotta filled with over 75 voters on Wednesday, Dec. 20 as AOS 93 residents faced increasingly expensive decisions about technology and staff retention in their central office’s budget.

Alna residents may pay more than twice as much as they did last year for code enforcement services after approving funding use at a special town meeting Saturday, Dec. 16. Town officials said the jump is due in part to the town’s rocky recent municipal past.

Development of affordable housing is underway across Lincoln County as new state and local programs offer funding to offset high construction costs in addressing a housing shortage.

Newcastle voters defeated a proposed amendment to the town’s core zoning code that would have broadened requirements for project review by the planning board at a special town meeting Monday, Dec. 11.