Damariscotta Police say a man found by the side of Rt. 1 early Monday was “very intoxicated,” but did not require medical attention.

Registered voters of Southport should know the four candidates running for positions on the school committee, town clerk and board of selectmen are uncontested as people go to the polls March 1. Ballot voting at the Southport Town Hall will be open from 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Joshua G. Nicholls, 26, of Somerville, two counts of operating vehicle while license suspended or revoked, seven days in jail, $500; violating a condition of release, seven days in jail concurrent.

Lincoln County Healthcare CEO James Donovan minces no words when he talks about the position in which Lincoln County’s largest employer finds itself.

A 20-year-old Damariscotta man was arrested early Sunday morning and a dozen others were detained following complaints of a loud drunken party.

From President Obama to the president of the Maine Senate, elected officials are focused on insurance premium rate hikes.

Attention all pet owners – rabies has been reported in Wiscasset. Please be certain pets are up to date on their rabies vaccine.

The Damariscotta Lake Farms restaurant and bed and breakfast on Bunker Hill Road in Jefferson will open for business Feb. 10.

A lawsuit against the Town of Whitefield and its appeal board has been dismissed in Lincoln County Superior Court.

The Wiscasset Police report the following activities from the previous week:

Arrests and summonsesFeb. 9, Lt. Allen issued a summons to Laurent P. Blanchette, 23, of Biddeford, for possession of usable amount of marijuana on Federal Street.

When Paul Leeman Jr. tuned 16, his father brought him to the Bristol Fire Department and signed him up.

“It was sort of a rite of passage at the time. When I turned 16, I joined the fire department, just like my father and grandfather,” he said.

Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) is pleased to announce the addition of two foreclosure prevention counselors to help borrowers who are in foreclosure or at risk. CEI was able to increase its foreclosure prevention capacity as a result of a new contract with the state Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection, which has taken a lead role in outreach, referrals and counseling to homeowners in trouble.

Although the nation’s economic climate is uncertain, Gary Gravel and his wife Jane Oliver Gravel are expanding their Damariscotta print business to include selling and printing promotional items.

The towns of Damariscotta and Newcastle, which awarded a joint cemetery maintenance contract Monday, are in talks to create a consolidated public works department.