The Topside Inn in Boothbay Harbor will offer a special package this summer, combining a stay at the award-winning inn with a cruise on the 118-year-old schooner Victory Chimes.
Driver Taken to Hospital After Damariscotta Accident
A driver was transported to LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus with non-life-threatening injuries after her vehicle went off Back Meadow Road in Damariscotta the afternoon of Saturday, April 6.
Gatto Trial Day Four: DHHS Checked on Girl Once in Three Years
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services checked on Kendall Chick just once in about three years between her placement with her grandfather and his fiancee and the girl’s death in December 2017.
Unity Man Wins March #LCNme365 Photo Contest
A registered Maine sea kayak guide handily won the March #LCNme365 photo contest with a photo from his kayak in Muscongus Bay.
BPL Cocktail Bar Coming Next Month to Downtown Damariscotta
Cerina Leeman and Paul Leeman III, of Round Pond, will open a cocktail bar in the space formerly home to Van Lloyd’s Bistro, at 85 Parking Lot Lane in downtown Damariscotta, in May.
Gatto Trial Day Two: Medical Experts Agree on Child Abuse, Differ on Timing
While two medical experts disagree on the timing of a fatal abdominal injury to a 4-year-old Wiscasset girl, they agree she was a victim of child abuse.
Damariscotta Selectmen Back Legislation to Allow Local Sales Tax
Damariscotta Town Manager Matt Lutkus recently testified on behalf of the town’s selectmen in support of legislation that would allow towns to implement local sales taxes with voter approval.
Damariscotta Selectmen Move Forward with Review of Marijuana Rules
Despite the chair’s call to table the issue, the Damariscotta Board of Selectman moved forward with its review of draft ordinances to govern licensing of medical and recreational marijuana businesses during a workshop Wednesday, March 27.
Fire Damages Waldoboro Mobile Home
Fire caused significant damage to a mobile home at 1384 Old Route 1 in Waldoboro the evening of Tuesday, April 2.
Photos Show Numerous Injuries to Kendall Chick, Defendant Calls Her ‘Accident-Prone’
During the first day of the trial of Shawna Lyn Gatto, charged with depraved indifference murder in connection with the death of 4-year-old Kendall Chick, prosecutors presented photos of the girl’s numerous injuries. Gatto, in a recording of an interview with police, blamed the injuries on the girl’s clumsiness.
Firefighters Prevent Spread of Flames at Jefferson Home
A quick response from two firefighters prevented flames from spreading throughout a two-story home in Jefferson on Monday, April 1.
Gatto Trial Underway in Augusta
The bench trial of Shawna L. Gatto, the Wiscasset woman charged with depraved indifference murder in connection with the December 2017 death of 4-year-old Kendall Chick, is underway at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta.
Late New Harbor Composer John Morris Honored at Academy Awards
The name and image of the late composer John Morris, who passed away at age 91 on Jan. 25 of last year, appeared on the big screen during the approximately four-minute-long “In Memoriam” video tribute at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in the star-studded Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood on Feb. 24.
Fire Destroys Sawmill at N.C. Hunt Lumber in Jefferson, Business Plans to Rebuild
Fire destroyed a sawmill at N.C. Hunt Lumber in Jefferson early Saturday, March 30. The business will rebuild and hopes to have a new sawmill in operation in four months, though it will lay off 17 employees in the interim.
