During its first meeting of the new fiscal year, the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen appointed a new committee charged with developing an amendment to the land use ordinance integrating the concept of form-based code.

A Wiscasset man died after falling off his boat on Damariscotta Lake in Jefferson on Sunday, July 9.

The petition calling for a new vote on the Wiscasset planning department budget was successful. It was turned in and certified with 222 signatures the afternoon of Wednesday, July 5, Wiscasset Town Clerk Linda Perry said.

The discovery of a suspicious package at LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus the afternoon of Sunday, July 2 brought the Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office, Maine State Police Special Services, and several other agencies to the hospital to investigate.

Salt Bay Cafe will close in mid-July after about 30 years in downtown Damariscotta.

A LifeFlight helicopter transported a motorcyclist to the hospital after a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Route 220 and Old Augusta Road in Waldoboro the morning of Sunday, July 2.

A Tenants Harbor man was allegedly under the influence when he drove a pickup truck the wrong way on Route 1 in Damariscotta and struck a semitrailer head-on, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. A female passenger in the pickup sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries, and a passenger in the semitrailer was also taken to the hospital.

The Midcoast Code Enforcement Officers Association recently named Stan Waltz, of Nobleboro, Code Enforcement Officer of the Year in recognition of his commitment and professionalism.

Fire destroyed a Bradford Road home in Wiscasset, displacing two residents, the afternoon of Wednesday, June 28.