A nearly 6 percent bump in the tuition rate Lincoln Academy can charge school districts was more than AOS 93 towns had budgeted for this year, but L.A.’s head of school said the increase is more in line with traditional increases than those in recent years.

Alna has a new second and third selectman following the March 21 town meeting. Doug Baston unseated incumbent David Reingardt to win the third selectman’s seat in a 102-62 vote. Melissa Spinney won the uncontested second selectman seat with 133 votes.

In less than 1½ hours, Bristol residents approved their education and municipal budgets, along with other articles, during the annual town meeting Tuesday, March 17.

Danielle Crockett, of Nobleboro, is pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Riley Owen Crockett, born on March 3 at 6:29 p.m. at LincolnHealth – Miles Campus weighing 6 pounds, 7 ounces, and 19½ inches long.

The Edgecomb School Committee submitted a budget of approximately $2.15 million to the budget committee Monday, March 9. Despite the previously stated hopes for a decrease in the school budget, Eddy School’s budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year is a 2.4 percent increase from the previous year.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Boothbay: Caren A. Minzy (Tr.), Charles D. Carswell (Tr.), and Red House Trust to Red House Trust, Caren A. Minzy (Tr.), and Charles D. Carswell (Tr.);

The new Waldoboro House of Pizza opened its doors on March 30 to what co-owner Charlie Koutsikos described as a busy lunch rush for a restaurant’s first day.

Nobleboro voters passed all articles as presented and recommended at annual town meeting March 21.

Laila Ata, 47, Waldoboro, OUI (alcohol), Dec. 23, 2014, transferred to jury trial.

Two Jefferson residents are running for a three-year term on the Jefferson Board of Selectmen; a seat longtime Selectman Jim Hilton vacated when he moved out of town last summer.

An Edgecomb man has been indicted on charges of aggravated assault, a class B felony; and domestic violence assault on a child less than six years old, a class C felony, for allegedly striking a 20-month-old toddler in the face and pulling his arm, causing broken bones.

Think Shrimp“Shrimp boats is a-coming, their sails are in sight”, the voice of Jo Stafford runs down memory lane for me this time of the year.

The tune and second line of the song “Shrimp boats is a-coming, there’s dancing tonight” has such a wishful spring feel one could almost believe that daylight savings time and the spring equinox may actually liberate us from the igloo like walls of snow.

Government Notices Bremen Bremen Clam Committee Working Session Friday, March 13at 10:00 a.m. at the Bremen Town Center Damariscotta Public Notice Town of Damariscotta SPECIAL TOWN MEETING The Municipal Officers of the Town of Damariscotta will hold a Special Town Meeting on March 18, 2015 at 5:30p.m. at the Town Office located at 21 School […]

Waldoboro officer’s responded to 186 calls for service in this time period. Below are a few of the highlights.

AccidentMarch 3, Joel Verrecchia, 30, of Friendship, pulled the 2009 Ford utility vehicle he was operating out of the Irving parking lot, into the northbound lane of the Atlantic Highway where he was struck on driver’s side by a 2005 Chevrolet sedan operated by Pamela Meserve, 72, of Damariscotta around 5:34 a.m. Meserve’s car was forced into the southbound lane where it came to rest. Officer John Lash investigated.