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.

Between preparing for the annual town meeting in March, compiling the municipal budget, and attending various committee meetings, Bristol Town Administrator Christopher “Chris” Hall is “drinking from the fire hose” as he settles into his new post.

Every Monday and Tuesday, a group of students at Great Salt Bay Community School willingly gives up their recess to learn a new language.

The Lincoln Academy Business Club hopes to bring members of the community to its first business talk, an event where speakers with entrepreneurial backgrounds will share their experiences and offer advice to those in attendance.

As the annual town meeting in March draws closer, the Bristol Board of Selectmen continued its discussion regarding the Bristol Parks and Recreation Commission’s proposal of a $1 increase to the entrance fee at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park and the commission’s intent to hire a parks and recreation director.

A former Damariscotta resident and 2013 graduate of Lincoln Academy is helping millennials hone their “adulting” skills through her work at a Massachusetts business that teaches financial literacy to ages 20-40.

A Bristol woman recently purchased a business that rents bounce houses, dunk tanks, carnival games, and inflatable boxing and jousting sets for parties and other functions.

In order to complete improvements to the town’s waterfront in a timely manner, the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen is contemplating breaking the estimated $2.8 million parking lot reconstruction project into phases to be completed over five years.