A possible public safety building site left the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners split during their Tuesday, Dec. 16 meeting.

For Damariscotta-based optometrist Dr. John McCormick, retirement is the beginning of an exciting new era of travel and giving back to others.

Residents of Nobleboro and Jefferson approved the two-town AOS 93 central office budget for the 2027 fiscal year at a special town meeting on Monday, Dec. 15.

Bangor Savings Bank will close its branch at 100 Main St. in downtown Damariscotta, the original location of Damariscotta Bank & Trust, by the end of March 2026.

The Johns Bay Coastal Alliance Education Service Center Board approved a draft budget of $780,884.67 for fiscal year 2027 at its meeting on Monday, Dec. 8.

Despite residents’ ongoing land use violation concerns, Glidden Point Oyster Farm can now crack the shell on expanded operations in Edgecomb.

Aaron Bradbury, who previously served as interim chief and deputy chief of the Nobleboro Fire Department, was officially appointed to the chief position during a select board meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 3 after the resignation of Matthew Kilpatrick.

Despite receiving an incomplete petition on the issue, the Wiscasset Select Board voted to put the relocation of the town’s wastewater treatment plant back before voters in June 2026, over a year after the measure was originally approved.

A 67-year-old Alna man died the morning of Thursday, Dec. 11 after a car crash on Pittston Road in Whitefield.

After six months of searching, Damariscotta might have found its new police chief.

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners approved a $17.5 million budget for fiscal year 2026 during their regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Revisiting two reoccurring agenda items Tuesday, Nov. 25, the Edgecomb Select Board authorized the purchase of a new fire truck for the town and discussed the next steps for dealing with the town’s recently rediscovered sailboat.

Sweet, tiny kittens jumped over bolsters and crawled through bent limbs during kitten yoga at Live From Love Center in Bremen on Sunday, Nov. 30.

Wiscasset residents and town officials wrestled over the definition of the word “recent” during a public hearing on the subject hosted by the Wiscasset Planning Board on Monday, Nov. 24.