Two best friends recently opened a barbershop in Wiscasset village for men, women, and children alike.

The Damariscotta-born and Newcastle-based department store chain Renys recently received Maine Preservation’s Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Preservation Champion Award for its commitment to Maine downtowns and their historic buildings.

A chef and proprietor of three restaurants plans to reincarnate the Water’s Edge Banquet & Function Facility, on Davis Island in Edgecomb, as a restaurant, which he hopes to open in mid-April.

Lincoln County Publishing Co. honored two employees with a retirement party the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 27.

The Wiscasset Planning Board approved an application to open a veterinary hospital at 161 Gardiner Road on Monday, Nov. 25.

The Bristol surveyor at the helm of the former Leighton & Associates Inc., of Boothbay, has given the 59-year-old firm a new name – Boothbay Region Surveyors – and is introducing new technology to serve its clients.

The owners of a Newcastle clothing and home goods business are launching a new division: Citizen Maine.

Plans for a seasonal eat-in and takeout restaurant on Route 1 in Edgecomb have fallen through.

A new generation has taken over the management of Peapod Jewelry in Edgecomb.

The new Dollar General store on Route 1 in Wiscasset opened on Halloween, Thursday, Oct. 31.

A Pilates studio has moved from Boothbay Harbor to downtown Damariscotta, where it offers private and semi-private sessions on the second floor of the Weatherbird building.