The new Maine Lobstering Union will enable lobstermen to negotiate better catch prices, union leaders told local lobstermen at a meeting in Damariscotta Oct. 17.

No longer will The Village Bakery & Café in Waldoboro be an early morning stop for coffee and a cinnamon roll, but the business’s new hours will help the bakery cut costs and more effectively serve its customers, according to Liz Petruska.

Facing a potential budget shortfall, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 officials have enacted a freeze of the current budget.

U.S. Senate candidate Shenna Bellows visited Damariscotta today, meeting with supporters at Skidompha Public Library as part of a five-day tour of Maine’s 16 counties.

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline reports the following activity:

Arrests/Summons On Sept. 17 Scott Hawkes, 26, of Bath was arrested on a warrant for unpaid fines.

Central Maine Power Company is planning a $2.8 million expansion of its substation on Jones Woods Road in North Newcastle.

Gov. Paul LePage talked about the economy, the lobster industry, Maine newspapers and energy policy in an exclusive interview with The Lincoln County News Sept. 27.

One student and one community member from the towns of Regional School Unit 40 has been diagnosed with viral meningitis, according to interim Superintendent Michael Cormier.

The Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency and area emergency service agencies will be participating in disaster exercises during the week of Nov. 4-8.

Christmas is just around the corner, traditionally a time for people to reflect and be thankful for their blessings throughout the year. Giving back is a key value here at Atlantic Motorcar, and after 10 great years in business, they would like to share their blessings with others.

Two auctions for local properties were scheduled at the former Davis Island Grill in Edgecomb Oct. 18, but only one sale proceeded.

The ripple effect of the rejection of Wiscasset’s assessing budget by voters in June, and again Sept. 10, is creating more problems for the town.

The real-estate developer and restaurateur Xavier Cervera will buy the Samoset Restaurant property in New Harbor and build a new, year-round restaurant on the site.

On the heels of stricter enforcement of ordinance-required recycling at the Waldoboro Solid Waste Transfer Station, a meeting between the transfer station committee and waste haulers brought no widespread agreement on whether or where related problems exist.