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.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen and the Damariscotta Budget Committee disagree about whether town employees should receive raises, and how much the raises should be.

Round Pond landmark the Anchor Inn will open for its final season under restaurateurs Rick Hirsch and Jean Kerrigan. Both confirmed that this, their 27th season running the establishment, will be their last.

The town of Damariscotta has no candidates for two seats on the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen and one on the Great Salt Bay School Committee.

Wiscasset High School’s Diversity Day on April 18 was highlighted by a father’s plea to students for help with protecting the rights of his transgender daughter.

Government Notices Alna TOWN OF ALNA Request for Bid • Lawn Mowing Services You are invited to submit a bid for mowing services and related lawn care service for the Town of Alna. Sealed Bids must be received in the Office of the Town Clerk by Wednesday, April 23, 2014 by 6.00 p.m. Bids sent […]

Nobleboro Central School held its annual fundraiser on April 11. Over 250 guests attended the fun family school event. It was not a dinner, exactly. It was not just a raffle.

A maximum-security inmate at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset faces new felony charges for allegedly punching two corrections officers.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a vehicle rollover on Calls Hill Road in Dresden in which the driver allegedly fled the scene of the accident.