Residents of Friendship, Waldoboro, Warren, Washington, and Union will see a $37.2 million budget for RSU 40 at the polls this June. Voters approved all items recommended by the school’s board of directors at the district’s regional budget validation meeting on Tuesday, May 16.

Waldoboro will see at least six more years of Town Manager Julie Keizer and may receive complete broadband coverage in the coming years. The Waldoboro Select Board reviewed both of these agreements, along with several grant opportunities, at its Tuesday, May 9 meeting.

The Nobleboro Central School has been awarded a $2,500 grant from the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission to assess traffic flow and parking limitations at the school. 

Laura Azevedo-Dominguez and Leo Azevedo, owners of Three Little Buds Farm in Newcastle, balance their full-time jobs with a growing flower farm to make their agricultural dreams a reality.

Potential neighbors have expressed alarm, but the future executive director of a residential substance use disorder treatment facility in Whitefield says there is no cause for concern.

Seven months after his death, family, friends, and community members will gather to celebrate the life of Damariscotta resident Robert “Haas” Tobey at Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s Darrows Barn from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, May 19.

RSU 40 voters will consider an $81 million bond this November to fund renovations and additions for all eight district schools, with a focus on Medomak Valley High School and Miller School in Waldoboro.

Pemaquid institution The Seagull Shop and restaurant opens for its 86th season this year under the full ownership of Brooke Cotter, who began working there as a waitress 13 years ago.

Three people survived a two-car, head-on collision in Damariscotta on Sunday, May 7, although all were transported from the scene by the Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service.