Bristol Town of Bristol Public Hearing Adoption of General Assistance Ordinance Appendices The Municipal Officers of the Town of Bristol will meet at the Town Office on October 7, 2015 at 7:00 pm to hear comment on the proposed local General Assistance Ordinance and yearly appendices for the period of October 1, 2015 through September […]

Lincoln County has initiated its budget-setting process for the 2016 fiscal year, which will begin Jan. 1, 2016. The recently elected budget advisory committee gathered to review the initial budget, composed of requests from department heads, some submitted just hours before the Thursday, Sept. 17 meeting began in Wiscasset.

No injuries were reported following a single-car accident in Waldoboro on Monday afternoon, Sept. 21.

After approximately 15 years, Wiscasset hosted a Bureau of Motor Vehicles mobile unit for the last time Thursday, Sept. 10. Lincoln County residents filed in to take advantage of the last day of the service.

Janelle and Josh Blake Sr., of Union, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Jillian.

A 32-year-old Salem, Mass. man who supplied convicted Lincoln County heroin dealers has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Breanna Churchill and Brett Ellis, of Gardiner, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Karli May Ellis.

The Lincoln County District Attorney’s Office has dismissed five counts of felony theft against a lieutenant at the Cumberland County Jail after the death of the alleged victim, a Waldoboro man. Waldoboro police had described the case as elder abuse.

A Jefferson man has kept busy this summer tending to his garden in preparation for a number of growing contests at the end of the season.

In the midst of their journey from Bar Harbor to Boston, a large group of sustainability-minded cyclists stopped by the shores of Damariscotta Lake in Jefferson last week.

A Waldoboro man was arrested for allegedly exposing himself to a customer at The Mad Hatter’s Smoke Shop, formerly Hoffman Collectibles, in Wiscasset the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 18, according to a Wiscasset Police Department press release. Michael Hoffman, 39, was charged with indecent conduct and violation of condition of release.

The Damariscotta Planning Board ruled a conditional use permit application from Mark Hoffman, of Maine-ly Pawn, to be incomplete Monday, Sept. 14.

The Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association will conduct water quality tests in the Damariscotta Mills area after a test last month found abnormally high levels of fecal coliform bacteria.

Officials from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office concluded their investigation into the death of an 80-year-old man in Bristol Thursday, Aug. 27.