Lincoln Academy will welcome 64 resident students – 29 more than last year – as the new school year starts and the private Newcastle high school’s boarding program continues to grow.

A Damariscotta man has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and two years of probation for assaulting a neighbor with a shovel in July.

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen presented the town’s Spirit of America Award to volunteer fundraiser Richard McFarland Monday, Sept. 22.

Waldoboro officer’s responded to 406 calls for service between Aug. 18 and Sept. 6. Below are a few of the highlights.

ArrestsJaymelynn Smith, 23, of Waldoboro, domestic violence assault, Aug. 28.

Route 1 is open to traffic again after a two-vehicle accident sent two people to the hospital and halted traffic for about 45 minutes just before 3 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10.

A Nobleboro man issued a summons following an unintended structure fire in Waldoboro Sept. 2 says the dilapidated mobile home that burned was town-owned for years and the town should have disposed of it.

Melissa Gluchanicz of New Harbor and Paul Gluchanicz of New Harbor were granted a divorce on July 15. They were married in Rosemont, Penn. on Jan. 7, 1995. Shared parental rights of one minor child.

Not to be outdone by its students, Nobleboro Central School had a fresh new look for the first day of school this year, sporting a redesigned front entrance and coat of paint to boot.

A Belfast women died from injuries she sustained in a head-on collision on Route 1 in Warren on September 29, and the Edgecomb couple in the truck she hit suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

A 32-year-old Bristol woman faces felony theft charges after allegedly stealing guns from a Bristol man and a Damariscotta man in separate incidents this spring.

A Bristol man faces a felony drug-trafficking charge after law enforcement allegedly seized a large quantity of marijuana, as well as cocaine and firearms, from his home Friday, Sept. 19.

Before a packed library at the Wiscasset High School the Wiscasset School Board voted 3 to 2 on September 15 to close the Wiscasset Primary School, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year.

A daughter, Caroline Faith Bennett, was born Sept. 4 to Rebecca Nantz and Timothy Bennett at their home in Southport.

Government Notices Bristol Bristol Planning Board Agenda 9/18/2014, 7:00 p.m. Bristol Town Hall 1. Eric Lax and Karen Sulz-berger, 120 South Side Road (Map 22 Lot 6A), plumbing permit application on dock. Damariscotta Public Notice Town of Damariscotta Public Hearing & Special Town Meeting The Municipal Officers of the Town of Damariscotta will hold a […]