Lincoln County residents are familiar with the work of local architect Rick Burt, including the Lincoln Academy Alumni Dining Commons in Newcastle and Rising Tide Community Market in Damariscotta. Recently, however, the Maine Senate recognized Burt for his role in another project – the 30-year-plus restoration of the Maine State House.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and a 13-year-old Newcastle resident halfway through treatment for a brain tumor hopes to raise awareness in the community.

Wizards and witches of all ages flocked to Skidompha Public Library on Thursday, Aug. 24 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” with wand-making, a costume contest, and a scavenger hunt through downtown Damariscotta.

Damariscotta Selectman George Parker will resign from the board because he and his wife, Carolyn Parker, plan to move to Newcastle. 

While Shannon Parker can trace her family’s roots in Maine as far back as the early 1800s, she chose to live in the state after visiting 37 countries and five continents. Now, with her second novel, “The Rattled Bones,” the Damariscotta author features the culture and history of her adopted home.

The Damariscotta Police Department welcomed a new reserve officer to its ranks earlier this month.

A year after a representative from the Maine Department of Transportation visited Newcastle and Nobleboro to discuss the installation of seasonal speed bumps in Damariscotta Mills, the selectmen of both towns decided to move forward with a traffic-calming measure of their own.

A LifeFlight helicopter flew a 21-year-old Cushing woman to the hospital after a single-vehicle accident on Finntown Road in Waldoboro the evening of Sunday, Aug. 20.

A petition from Damariscotta residents calling for a moratorium on commercial development is invalid due to a technical error, but needs only a minor fix, according to town attorney Jenny Villeneuve.