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Google search the topic “minimum wage.” I can guarantee that you will get a new article every day. This is a topic under constant scrutiny and controversy, but we will rise above petty politics to a higher sphere of inquiry. Won’t we?
Note a conversation I overheard the other day between two of my friends to whom I will refer as Betty Business and Lydia Labor.
A structure fire in Wiscasset April 29 called out area fire departments and blocked Route 27 for several hours as firefighters battled to get the blaze under control. As late as 11 p.m., thick, gray smoke could be observed pouring from the building, located at 807 Gardiner Rd.
Kris Sliker, 57, of Wiscasset, has been arrested for the third time in six weeks after allegedly making phone calls from Two Bridges Regional Jail to a witness involved in Sliker’s second arrest.
A discarded cigarette butt was probably the cause of a small brush fire outside Hannaford Supermarket in Damariscotta April 22.
A 10-year-old Jefferson girl is hoping to raise $500 in a fundraiser she created for the Lincoln County Animal Shelter.
Updated April 4 at 2:00 p.m.
A car stolen from Rockland last week was found in Waldoboro April 13 as law enforcement were investigating an unrelated matter on Old County Road, according to Waldoboro Police
Chief Bill Labombarde.
Cold, snow and high winds did not stop the cold, chapped hands of workers in Damariscotta Mills this winter. With a narrow window of time to work on the fish ladder, the restoration project was in full swing all winter.
A Jefferson man was arrested for allegedly subjecting a juvenile relative to unlawful sexual contact, a Class B felony, and unlawful sexual touching, a Class D misdemeanor, but he claims the child targeted and attacked him, according to court documents.
The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen and the town’s budget committee have voted in favor of a $3,858,603 proposed budget, which would be an increase of $148,601 or 4 percent over the current year.
Law enforcement agencies in Maine collected 27,040 pounds of prescription drugs on April 26, setting a new collection record for the state, according to Michael Wardrop, the resident agent in charge for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Maine.
The Damariscotta Police Department along with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency will be attending a drug take day at LincolnHealth – Miles Campus in Damariscotta April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Bristol and South Bristol firefighters and a state forest ranger extinguished a brush fire at 306 Route 129 in Walpole the afternoon of April 22.
Kaili Mayberry and Zachary Blackler of Jefferson/Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Aylah Irene Blackler.
