Pearl Griffin and Donald Hipkins, of Hallowell, are pleased to announce their engagement.

A van topped with a dolphin led the group walking through Damariscotta, Newcastle, Edgecomb, and Wiscasset on Route 1 with handmade signs, yellow sweatshirts, and flags in the shape of whales on Thursday, Oct. 15. Passersby honked, waved, or looked on with bemusement as participants in the Maine Peace Walk slowly made their way through Lincoln County.

It is all a matter of perspective. For many area residents and visitors, Bristol Road is a throughway to the Pemaquid peninsula. For Damariscotta and Bristol residents who live along Bristol Road, however, it is their home neighborhood, and just pulling out of their driveway or walking their dog has become a challenge.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has taken steps to enforce the water level order it issued to Pleasant Pond Mill LLC, owner of the dam that impounds Clary Lake, almost two years ago.

From early spring, with the jarring announcement that Damariscotta’s 50-year-old Maine Coast Book Shop and Cafe was up for sale, all efforts were made to reassure worried patrons that their favorite bookshop was in no danger of disappearing and that, in fact, as highest priority, everything possible would be done to find the perfect new owner and keep the same excellent bookshop on Main Street for many years to come. In the months since, however, few have seemed much comforted.

An Indiana man convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor in Lincoln County Superior Court in February will serve one year in a Maine Department of Corrections facility due to a partial probation revocation.

Governor Paul R. LePage has ordered flags on all public buildings and grounds to be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset on Tuesday, Oct. 6, in honor of the victims of the mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon.

The Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity from Sept. 28 to Oct. 4:

SummonsCindy Chapman, Wiscasset, speeding in a school zone, Main Street, Sept. 29.

A 38-year-old Waldoboro woman faces felony theft charges after allegedly shoplifting thousands of dollars of cosmetics, toys, and many other items from Lincoln County stores.

Lincoln Academy graduate and Bentley University senior Malcolm Oliver has won the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association championship held Oct. 25-26 for the second time.

Boothbay Harbor OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE Municipality of Boothbay Harbor Public Sale of Municipal PropertyThe Town of Boothbay Harbor is offering through a public sale, a 21′ 1990 Steiger Craft Block Island boat. The sale includes a 2013 Yamaha F115LA 4-stroke Series (x1) outboard engine with approximately 750 hours of use. Also included in the sale […]

Newcastle voters will decide whether or not the town will develop its own public works department during a special town meeting Monday, Oct. 19.

The Damariscotta Planning Board is in the process of creating a stand-alone sign ordinance.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Wiscasset Town Office is closed for normal business today.