Brandon B. Trank, the defendant in the Damariscotta double-stabbing trial, will testify in his defense this morning.

The Regional School Unit 40 board of directors rejected the latest version of the Many Flags/One Community proposal when they met, Oct. 4. Under RSU 40’s weighted voting system, the vote was 522-381.

Five suspects pleaded guilty in Lincoln County Superior Court, Oct. 1 to crimes relating to an illegal hunting operation. A sixth person, also charged as part of the case, was convicted earlier.

Great Salt Bay Community School has been locked down as a precaution and Damariscotta Police Department officers and Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies are present at the scene.

MacKenzie J. Murray III, 20, Waldoboro, sale and use of drug paraphernalia, $300; transportation of drugs by a minor, $150; license suspended 30 days.

A Damariscotta woman has started an online fundraising campaign for a 32-year-old fisherman she knew in grade school.

The Wiscasset Town Office will be closing early due to weather, according to a field report from LCN reporter Dominik Lobkowicz. The town office will close at 4 p.m. instead of 6 p.m.

An excavator that caught some utility lines snapped one utility pole and pulled a second pole over near the intersection of the Eddy Road and Route 1 in Edgecomb around 8 a.m. Friday morning.

National Weather Service officials visited Newcastle Oct. 16 to present Arlene Cole with the Thomas Jefferson Award, the most prestigious award for the service’s volunteers.

The defense attorney for the man who stabbed two men in the Damariscotta municipal parking lot March 10 is arguing his client acted in self-defense.

Sullivan Tire plans to move into Yudy’s, the Damariscotta auto repair and tire center, in the coming weeks, a Sullivan Tire representative confirmed Oct. 4.

One of three men, arrested March 12 on charges that they risked serious bodily injury to three Nobleboro residents by firing a weapon at the house they were in, has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Great Salt Bay Community School has been locked down as a precaution. Damariscotta Police Department officers and Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies are present at the scene.

Bristol resident Gil Jaeger remains at Maine Medical Center in fair condition at press time after a neighbor accidentally shot him, probably during target practice.