Non-binding referendum questions on whether to maintain the position of town planner and whether to tuition out high school students will not go to voters at Wiscasset’s annual town meeting by referendum in June.

The RSU 40 Board of Directors voted to keep start times the same at district schools, including Medomak Middle School and Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro, during a special meeting at Medomak Middle School on Thursday, March 30.

Lincoln County officials and residents traveled to Augusta the morning of Wednesday, March 29 to testify before the Committee on State and Local Government about a bill that would shift the final authority over the county’s budget to the county budget advisory committee.

Two months after the applicant’s first appearance before the board, a developer received conditional approval from the Damariscotta Planning Board to build a Dollar General store and a Sherwin-Williams store at the intersection of Main Street and Biscay Road.

Readers of The Lincoln County News will notice the paper has become more colorful, after Lincoln County Publishing Co. doubled the color-printing capability of its newspaper press.

Moody’s Diner, the iconic restaurant on Route 1 in Waldoboro, will close for the day Wednesday, April 5, as about 25 staff members travel to Augusta to support legislative efforts to restore the tip credit.

The cause of the fire that claimed the historic Reed Mansion at 60 Glidden St. in Waldoboro early Sunday, April 2 is undetermined, according to officials at the Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office.