“My hands are filthy!” 8-year-old Rosy Kate Adams exclaimed while throwing her hands in the air, showing her “elder” friend Roberta Atkinson the mess she had made.

The Damariscotta Board of Appeals voted 3-2 that an appeal from Our Town regarding the 435 Main St. project did not have standing and dismissed the appeal Tuesday, March 27.

A crowd of people lined the Damariscotta-Newcastle Bridge from noon to 1:30 p.m., Saturday, March 24 as part of the nationwide March for Our Lives, an effort to prevent school shootings.

Damariscotta residents voted to approve the purchase of the barbershop site in the municipal parking lot for the site of new public restrooms during a special town meeting Wednesday, March 21.

To celebrate the release of the film adaptation of “A Wrinkle in Time,” Skidompha Library in downtown Damariscotta invited families to a Wrinkle in Time Extravaganza on Saturday, March 17.

Around 40 South Bristol residents approved a 43-article warrant in the span of about an hour and a half during the annual town meeting Wednesday, March 14 at South Bristol School.

Bristol residents approved a decision to hire a full-time fire chief during an open town meeting lasting almost four hours on the evening of Tuesday, March 20.

Bruce’s Barbershop, a fixture in downtown Damariscotta for 36 years, has signed a two-year lease to move into a space at 752 Main St., near the intersection of Main Street and Route 1.

Bristol officials presented Carrol Voss, 98, with the Boston Post Cane at his home overlooking the ocean on Sunday, March 11.

Damariscotta residents will decide whether to purchase the barbershop building in the municipal parking lot for the construction of public restrooms during a special town meeting Wednesday, March 21.

The Lincoln County Animal Shelter in Edgecomb participated in a successful Puppy Palooza event Saturday, March 3. Seventeen animals found homes, including 12 dogs from Mississippi.

The town of Damariscotta has reached an agreement to purchase the barbershop in the municipal parking lot as the new location for the planned public restrooms.

The municipal parking lot in downtown Damariscotta flooded for the second time in two months during an astronomical high tide Friday, March 2.