Damariscotta voters elected write-in candidate Angela Russ to a three-year term on the Great Salt Bay School Committee June 10. Russ defeated Dana Orenstein 80-29.

The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen was split on approving the Wiscasset Airport Master Plan at its meeting June 3.

Voters in RSU 40 will have to meet again Thursday, June 12 to correct some figures in one budget article adopted at the district’s budget meeting held May 27.

The readers and editors of Down East Magazine have made their choices, and Lincoln County businesses are well-represented in the publication’s annual “Best of Maine” issue.

Two local teens face multiple charges related to a single-vehicle rollover that injured all three of the vehicle’s occupants on St. Patrick’s Day in Nobleboro.

Stephen N. Arsenault, 36, Boothbay, disorderly conduct, offensive words, gestures, April 27, $250.

Lincoln Academy has just finished the graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2014. These were enjoyable, inspiring, well-attended, and well-received. A good number of these graduates excelled in a host of areas, including traditional academics, performing and visual arts, sports, and trade skills.

Maine voters need to give Democrats and Republicans a “time out,” independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler said at Southport Town Hall, Tuesday, June 17.

A custom car show and benefit performance by local country rock band The Dyer Neck Gang is planned from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 14 at the Duck Puddle Campground in Nobleboro.

The pilot of an OH-58A+ helicopter that crashed in Whitefield May 30 allegedly told police and his employer the helicopter had fuel issues, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

Newcastle voters elected a first-time candidate to the board of selectmen and reelected another in municipal voting June 10. Both races were unopposed.

Considered a miracle by the church’s pastor, a new steeple has been erected on the Sheepscot Valley Community Church through the efforts of its congregation, a grant and a donation from a Whitefield couple.

A proposed $3,858,603 municipal budget for Waldoboro will be decided by referendum at annual town meeting on Tuesday, June 10.

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Round Pond Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Counterfeit Bills
A Round Pond man has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor forgery in connection with the passing of “numerous” counterfeit $20 bills in Damariscotta, Newcastle, and Waldoboro.

Man Pleads Guilty to Hitting Man with Car, Threatening Girl in Wiscasset
A Kennebec County man has pleaded guilty to hitting a man with a car and threatening to kill a Wiscasset woman and her 15-year-old daughter and blow up their apartment.

New York Man Gets 6 Years for Trafficking Oxycodone in Whitefield
A New York man will serve six years in prison and four years of probation for trafficking oxycodone in Whitefield.

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