Despite mixed opinions from residents, the Wiscasset Select Board voted to support a bill that aims to dedicate the town’s Route 1 railroad crossing to writer and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson.

A little over a week into her new role as the principal at Dresden Elementary School, Erica St. Peter said she is busy getting to know the school, its staff, and its students.

Plans to rebuild Schooner Landing Restaurant and Marina’s pier were approved by the Damariscotta Planning Board during its Monday, March 3 meeting.

A structure fire on Jones Woods Road in Newcastle on Sunday, March 2 destroyed a two-story home and displaced the residents.

During the same meeting in which it approved the rebuilding of a pier and heard concepts for a parking lot renovation, the Damariscotta Planning Board also heard a proposal for a housing development at the end of Vine Street.

Over a year after it was closed to the public due to financial and operational concerns, The Morris Farm in Wiscasset will see activity again.

Though a stretch of mild winters has made snowmobiling more of an occasional hobby in recent years, a spate of snowstorms this winter has created ideal conditions local snowmobile clubs are eager to take advantage of.

With spring approaching, the renovation of Damariscotta’s municipal parking lot is set to resume once weather warms. Work began last in September and stopped in November 2024.

Citing First Amendment and other legal concerns, the Somerville Select Board voted unanimously Feb. 19 to rescind a conflict resolution policy members adopted at its previous meeting.

The Waldoboro Select Board unanimously supported a grant application on Tuesday, Feb. 26 that business owner Jim Davis, of North Country Wind Bells, said would help him bring employment opportunities to town.

Phil Page, the spirit of Lincoln Academy, has announced he will retire after almost 49 years in education.

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jeffrey Rogers was taken by surprise the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 18, when he was honored as the department’s 2024 Deputy of the Year.