A change in the status of Lincoln County Healthcare and the way the government pays Lincoln County Healthcare will ensure its sustainability, its CEO said.

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline reminds motorists to be cautious and aware while driving, especially with the increased tourist traffic in the summer months. Rear-end accidents such as the six which occurred in Wiscasset this week are potentially avoidable if drivers pay more attention, according to Cline.

Starting off on the first day of his new job July 1 with a failed budget and half the district’s eight towns in various stages of withdrawing from the unit, Sheepscot Valley RSU 12 Superintendent Howard Tuttle has his work cut out for him.

Lincoln Academy Director of Resident Life Ken Stevenson brings experience and a lifelong love for the Midcoast to the Newcastle high school’s new boarding program.

There is still time to sign up for either of two workshops July 23 and 24 that will help homeowners prevent erosion and keep sediment and pollutants out of lakes and streams.

A Boothbay Harbor man has been sentenced to over eight years in prison and must pay restitution of over $3 million after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud in United States District Court in New Haven, Conn.

South Bristol will soon have a public boat landing, dock and park if voters approve a plan to buy waterfront property on Thompson Inn Road.

Jefferson citizens reduced their education budget by $240,000, eliminating funding for four teaching positions, when they met in open town meeting July 9. It was the second such meeting on the fiscal year 2014 budget.

After a tense meeting with officials and residents, Edgecomb developer Tony Casella plans to move ahead with a 48-unit hotel on Davis Island.

A piece of town-owned waterfront property on Westport Island provides public access to the Back River for both recreational and commercial use. The site, the Wright Landing is a historical site for the people of Westport Island.

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Lincoln County. The advisory is unusually scant with information but apparently concerns a fast moving line of thunderstorms tracking east-northeast and just entering New Hampshire at the time of this posting, according to radar images monitored at intellicast.com. The NWS advisory is in effect until 9 p.m. Saturday evening. Local broadcast forecasters have timed the arrival of the storm for the late afternoon and early evening hours.

Pemaquid Watershed Association’s annual meeting on Wednesday, July 17, at Lakehurst Lodge in Damariscotta will feature a talk by Maine Audubon biologist Susan Gallo, “The Challenges of Parenthood: How Where and Why Nesting Common Loons Succeed (or Fail) in Maine.”

One man was hospitalized in serious condition and another was charged with two felonies as the result of an alleged confrontation behind the Wiscasset Municipal Building the morning of July 10.

The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen agreed to present voters with a budget that is not supported by the town’s budget committee, following a two-and-a-half-hour-long meeting July 18.