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Damariscotta Voters to Decide Bond Issues

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Damariscotta voters will decide in November whether to borrow more than $500,000 for a construction project in the Elm Street neighborhood, the construction of public restrooms in the municipal parking lot, a new tractor, and the replacement of a large culvert on Egypt Road.

Education Focus of Dresden Fire Department Open House

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After a week of back-to-back calls, including a rollover, a major structure fire that displaced 13 people, and a kitchen fire in Richmond that displaced one, the Dresden Fire Department opened its doors to the community Wednesday, Oct. 5 for its annual open house.

State Farm Sues Wiscasset Over Ladder Truck Incident

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A June 2015 accident that took the Wiscasset Fire Department’s ladder truck, Ladder 1, out of service for more than a year is now the subject of a lawsuit. The State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is suing the town of Wiscasset for the cost of the insurance payment made when the wheel of the ladder truck separated from the vehicle and rolled across the roof of a car parked at the Little Village Bistro.

Jail Administrator Arrested on OUI Charge

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Update: The Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority Board of Directors voted unanimously to place Correctional Administrator Col. Mark Westrum on paid administrative leave after a closed-door session the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 12.

From Down Under to Damariscotta

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As a quick survey of license plates in downtown Damariscotta on Columbus Day weekend will show, the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest draws tourists to the area from across the state, the Northeast, and beyond. But if anyone still doubts what festival co-founder Buzz Pinkham often calls “the power of the pumpkin,” this year’s crowd also included a couple who traveled more than 10,000 miles – from Australia.

Two Dead in Boothbay Fire

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Two men died and four people were injured in a house fire at 116 Pleasant Cove Road in Boothbay the morning of Sunday, Oct. 9.

Baldomero Zamora, 50, and Lucas Farias, 23, both of Chicago, died in the fire, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland.

First LCN Candidates Forum Oct. 6

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The Lincoln County News invites the public to hear directly from local candidates for the Maine State Legislature during its candidates forums on Thursday, Oct. 6 and Thursday, Oct. 13.

Wiscasset Negotiating Sale of Primary School

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Wiscasset is currently negotiating the sale of the former Wiscasset Primary School, Town Manager Marian Anderson said at the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen’s Tuesday, Oct. 4 meeting. Negotiations are ongoing, but the entity the town is coming close to entering into a purchase-and-sale agreement with is taxable, Anderson said, which would return the Gardiner Road (Route 27) property to the tax rolls.

Stepping Stone Downsizes Transitional Housing Proposal

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Stepping Stone Housing Inc. will submit a new application for the development of the former Blue Haven property in Damariscotta after announcing it will scale back its plans during a Damariscotta Planning Board meeting Monday, Oct. 3.


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