Lincoln County’s first-ever housing study, released in May, found population and construction trends have created a housing crunch that may require large affordable housing developments to pause. It concludes that at least 1,048 new year-round units must be provided in the next decade to keep housing from becoming any more unaffordable.

Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service’s Nicholas Bryant received recognition for local and regional contributions to the emergency medical system with the Maine EMS Merit Award, issued by the state’s EMS board.

Bremen voters returned incumbent municipal candidates to their seats at the polls on Saturday morning, June 24, and worked through a 55-article warrant with little debate at annual town meeting that afternoon.

Newcastle voters approved a $3.13 million municipal budget as part of a 7.16% overall budget increase at annual town meeting on Tuesday, June 20.

About 25 Damariscotta residents dispatched 43 warrant articles in about an hour on Wednesday, June 14, approving a 9.17% budget increase with questions about differing recommendations from the select board and budget committee.

Residents and neighbors of Waldoboro spent a long weekend celebrating the town’s 250th anniversary in all kinds of weather and all around town from Friday, June 16 to Sunday, June 18. Organizers and attendees brought dedication, a sense of humor, and a love for their town to carry them through the rain.

Waldoboro voters approved a $6.85 million budget, the purchase of the town’s solar array, an aquaculture lease moratorium, and several ordinance amendments at annual town meeting by referendum on Tuesday, June 13.

Wiscasset Middle High School graduated 25 students on Thursday, June 8, in a ceremony that emphasized the resilience and growth of its seniors over several particularly challenging years. 
(LCN intern Frida Hennig contributed to this article.)

Former Maine Rep. Clinton Collamore, of Waldoboro, will serve 72 hours jail time and complete 100 hours of community service on 11 misdemeanor charges of unsworn falsification and one of criminal violation of the Maine Clean Election Act.

A four-vehicle crash north of the intersection of Route 220 and Route 1 in Waldoboro slowed traffic for over an hour on the morning of Tuesday, June 13.