A fire of yet unknown origin burned about 2.4 acres of woodland in the Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association’s West Branch Preserve in Somerville May 6.

Newcastle voters approved the town’s 2015-2016 secondary education budget during a special town meeting at Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta Wednesday, May 13.

The board of the Central Lincoln County YMCA voted the morning of May 13 to terminate its lease of the former A.D. Gray school building from the town of Waldoboro, according to CLC Y Executive Director Meagan Hamblett.

A 31-year-old Salem, Mass. man who allegedly supplied convicted Lincoln County heroin dealers has been indicted in Maine and is currently awaiting trial at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.

On Monday, May 25, Americans celebrate Memorial Day, a day set aside each year to honor the men and women who gave their lives while in the service of the country.

The results for Edgecomb’s contested elections are in. Challenger Mike Smith defeated incumbent Stuart Smith to win a seat on Edgecomb’s Board of Selectmen.

A group of teachers, parents, and community members are working to raise $15,000 to send Miller School students home with books for the summer to help combat reading level loss.

Wiscasset selectmen placed ambulance services out to bid to answer a question Chair Pam Dunning said is asked every budget season – would ambulances services in Wiscasset be cheaper if contracted through a private company? The answer came at the selectmen’s meeting May 5.

A Dresden man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years of probation and must pay the state $6,662.61 in restitution unemployment fraud. Meanwhile, the state dismissed two arson charges in connection with a 2013 fire at his home.

The Rockland and Rockport lime industry created a demand for small and mid-size schooners which were used to carry and transport lime which was packed in rough spruce casks. This gave the small shipyards along the Maine coast, like Newcastle and Damariscotta, a market for their medium sized, two-masted schooners.

Jessica Hisler and Michael W. Hoffses, of Cushing, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Nova Lynn Hoffses.

The Little Village Bistro opened its doors for business Friday, April 17. Town officials had a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 65 Gardiner Road to welcome Tony and Cassandra Bickford’s new business to town the same day.

The Bristol Board of Selectmen met April 8 with several residents who want the town to reconsider paving dirt roads.

The Damariscotta and Newcastle boards of selectmen have agreed to continue working toward an extension of the interlocal agreement between the towns for public works.