The Damariscotta Board of Appeals held its first meeting to discuss an appeal filed by the neighbors to Stepping Stone Housing Inc.’s transitional housing development Monday, April 24, but a decision on the matter will wait until the abutters file an amended appeal based on the Damariscotta Planning Board’s notice of decision.

Just before 1 a.m. on a Sunday, Christina Nelson is driving to meet Violet, the foster puppy she and her family will take in for the foreseeable future. The puppy, Violet, is one of many dogs rescued from high-kill shelters in the South by Underhound Railroad.

Phil Nicewonger, pastor of youth and Christian education at the First Baptist Church of Waldoboro, plans to start a new Baptist church, the Twin Villages Church, in downtown Damariscotta.

The Damariscotta Police Department is warning area businesses and residents to be on the lookout for fake $100 bills.

Tucked into a wooded, 4-acre plot of land on Abbie Lane in Damariscotta, the nature-based play program at Little House School allows children ages 3-6 to learn about their environment.

More than 40 Newcastle residents attended a public forum at Lincoln Academy’s Cable-Burns Applied Technology and Engineering Center to learn about and give feedback on the first draft of the town’s new comprehensive plan and land use code Tuesday, April 11.