Maine Department of Transportation Region 2 Traffic Engineer David Allen presented the department’s findings from a review of Bristol Road speed limits during the Wednesday, Feb. 15 meeting of the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen.

The Central Lincoln County YMCA plans to give land near the Y to Damariscotta to help the town remedy inadvertent violations of grant agreements from the 1980s.

A breeder of olde English bulldogges on Hanna Lane in Bristol raises the animals in a family atmosphere and has earned recognition for its work. After eight years in business, Wicked Good Bulldogges is gaining new recognition for breeding the mascot of Yale University.

Several Colby & Gale Inc. customers received a Valentine’s Day surprise Tuesday, Feb. 14, when the business’s delivery drivers showed up to fill their oil tanks free of charge.

During a career spanning more than three decades, Dr. Allan “Chip” Teel has been able to experience multiple sides of the health-care industry, including as a primary-care physician and a co-founder of seven home-like assisted-living facilities in Lincoln County. Now, in his new role as Eastern Maine Health Systems’ medical director for clinical systems innovation, Teel, of Nobleboro, hopes to fulfill his mission to improve the way society cares for its elders.

Huston Dodge, a living piece of Damariscotta history, passed away Monday, Jan. 30, four months shy of his 100th birthday.

Almost 14 months after purchasing the 31-acre Chapman Farm property at 741 Main St. in Damariscotta, the nonprofit Inn Along the Way Inc. received unanimous planning board approval for its plans to create a senior community.

The Maine Department of Transportation has decided not to move forward with its Sherman Marsh Wetland Bank project, which would have placed conservation easements on properties around the marsh in Newcastle and Edgecomb.