Sue Varney was summoned from retirement to the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday, May 19, in addition to the wife and family of former Selectman William J. Curtis, to hear the dedication of the 2014 town report.

Damariscotta voters will reconvene Thursday, May 28 to consider the same 2015-2016 secondary education budget proposal voted down at a special town meeting May 6.

Edgecomb voters will decide two contested elections when they take to the polls Friday, May 15. Two contenders turned in nomination papers to challenge the incumbent candidates for the positions of tax collector and selectman.

The 42 semester students at The Chewonki Foundation competed in a sustainability challenge the week of April 27 to determine how much energy they could collectively not use.

It was standing room only at Whitefield’s central fire station Tuesday, May 12 with over 50 residents crowding in to attend an informational session held by the board of selectmen about a personal property tax survey recently sent to every Whitefield household.

The Wiscasset Town Office is currently unable to conduct business due to lightning striking the office’s computer server during the Thursday, May 28 thunderstorm.

A 36-year-old Bristol man was sentenced to a year in prison and two years of probation May 11 for trafficking Suboxone in Newcastle, as well as a concurrent 10-month term for a burglary in Bristol.

The Wiscasset Primary School is not eligible for property insurance, town officials were informed following a loss control survey conducted by Wiscasset’s insurance company.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen and Damariscotta Budget Committee will hold a special joint meeting at the town office at 5:30 p.m., Monday, May 18.

Due to an increase in state valuations and a decrease in the amount of surplus applied to reduce 2015 taxes, some municipalities in Lincoln County will see a significant increase in their county tax commitment.

Firefighters from several area departments are currently on the scene of a woods fire burning in an area off Rocky Mountain Road in Somerville. The Lincoln County News has a reporter on scene and will post more details here when they become available.

Wiscasset Board of Selectmen meetings will no longer be broadcast by LCTV, the community media organization supported by Wiscasset for over 24 years. Following the Wiscasset selectmen’s April 21 decision to remove LCTV funding from the annual town meeting warrant, the station adopted a new fee-for-service funding model for municipalities that do not provide financial support to the organization.

Damariscotta voters approved the town’s 2015-2016 secondary education budget during a second special town meeting for the purpose in the Great Salt Bay Community School cafeteria Thursday, May 28.

As part of a deferred disposition agreement, a Wiscasset man who has pleaded guilty to felony domestic violence charges could get a break if he meets certain conditions and refrains from new criminal conduct over the next two years.