Not long before his death Kurt Vonnegut famously wrote, “If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: ‘The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music’.”

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Dresden Adopts Comprehensive Plan, Passes Budget

Newcastle Design Review Changes Pass By One Vote

Somerville Passes Proposed Budget at Town Meeting

Damariscotta Keeps Interlocal Agreements Alive

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A 35-year-old man faces charges of driving to endanger and operating after license suspension after allegedly hitting a 10-year-old boy on a bike with his Hyundai, knocking the boy to the ground.

Just over 30 voters in Somerville took about three hours to work through the warrant at town meeting June 13, passing all articles essentially as presented and recommended, including a $411,744 budget for fiscal year 2015-2016.

The Lincoln Academy softball team defeated Gardiner 2-0 to win the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference championship at Thomas College in Waterville Saturday, June 6.

A 14-month-old Great Dane named Katahdin was voted Somerville Dog of the Year, Town Clerk Kelly Payson-Roopchand announced at the Somerville Board of Selectmen’s June 2 meeting.

For six years, Christine Wolfe has worked as the Wiscasset Town Clerk registering motor vehicles, issuing hunting, shellfish, and liquor licenses, registering voters, and organizing elections, among other tasks.

Chester Benner, 38, Bristol, operating while license suspended or revoked, April 3, $250.

The National Weather Service is advising that high winds hitting fully leafed trees combined with wet ground from heavy rainfall may result in downed trees and limbs, bringing the possibility of power outages on Sunday.

Recently retired Medomak Valley High School Principal Harold Wilson passed away this week, just months after being diagnosed with liver cancer and days after the district school board approved acting Principal Andrew Cavanaugh as Wilson’s permanent replacement.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the person or persons responsible for damaging the recently repaired baseball/soccer field at the Jefferson Village School sometime during the overnight hours of June 12-13.

Three of Waldoboro’s four candidates for two seats on the board of selectmen participated in a Meet the Candidates night on Thursday, June 4 and the video of the event will be shown on Lincoln County Television and is available on-demand.

Two seats on the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen are up for grabs this year, and four candidates are hoping to be among those that fill them.

A denied time-off request resulted in the resignation of Wiscasset’s school resource officer, a position the police chief fought hard to get and one that was narrowly approved at Wiscasset’s annual town meeting June 9.