F & S Property Maintenance, of Damariscotta, will continue to mow Newcastle’s cemeteries through 2015.

Following in the footsteps of Whitefield, the Jefferson Board of Selectmen declined a request April 22 for the town to take on certain responsibilities for Clary Lake dam in an emergency situation.

According to a statement from Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, numerous Maine residents have contacted his office regarding the website, http://drivers-licenses.org/.

Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett recently presented Louis Doe Home Center with a community service award and renamed the award for the late Judy Doe.

The construction of a shellfish processing plant originally planned to be built in Bremen this year is being put off, according to John “Boe” Marsh, owner of Community Shellfish LLC.

During an interview with former selectman Ben Rines April 7, he said, “I will be attending Wiscasset’s open town meeting May 31, and I will be making a motion to adjourn.”

The Bradford-Sortwell-Wright American Legion Post 54, of Wiscasset, received their first donation toward their American Flag project from Wiscasset residents Richard and Jeannette Hanson.

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Boothbay to Consider TIF District at Town Meeting
Boothbay voters will decide whether to create a tax increment financing district and whether to give a town property to a land trust at annual town meeting Monday, May 5.

Boothbay Harbor Residents to Act on Municipal Budget May 3
Boothbay Harbor residents will convene Saturday, May 3 at 9 a.m. to act on a proposed $4,118,853 budget, which is a very slight increase over last year’s budget.

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A new candidate for the Newcastle Board of Selectmen wants to learn more about the various factors that affect property tax rates in the town.

The Wiscasset School Board has began looking into the feasibility of closing the Wiscasset Middle School, which would send some students to the high school and the others to the primary school.

Damariscotta Planning Board Chairman Fred Sewall will resign from the board effective Monday, June 2.

After two recent moves and a tough winter, the Well Tempered Kitchen has ended its 20-year run in the Midcoast.

Lincoln Academy broke ground on the Cable-Burns Applied Technology and Engineering Center with the help of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins at a ceremony April 11.

Though a recent letter from a local waste hauling company’s attorney threatened a lawsuit if Waldoboro enforces its waste and recycling ordinance, Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs said the town can and will continue enforcement.