The Damariscotta Select Board discussed several pending projects at their Wednesday, Aug. 6 meeting.

Months after Bristol town officials considered doing away with the event, Olde Bristol Days, returned to Pemaquid Peninsula with bang Saturday, Aug. 10.

For the second time this summer, Jefferson voters rejected a proposed education budget of over $10 million at the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 12, sending the budget back to the school committee.

The Bristol School Board voted unanimously to begin the process of withdrawing from AOS 93 and forming a two-town education service center with South Bristol at a meeting on Monday, Aug. 11.

The Maine State Police remain tightlipped four days after a 53-year-old Waldoboro woman was discovered in her home, the victim of a homicide.

Damariscotta and Newcastle town officials met to discuss next steps for a possible shared public works department at the Damariscotta town office on Wednesday, July 30.

Lincoln County will discontinue its participation in a federal grant program because of changes to the terms and conditions attached to the funding.

On the morning of July 8, the Ecumenical Food Pantry’s volunteers operated like a well-oiled machine. Workers flitted across the Second Congregational Church basement in Newcastle, keeping tables of produce, baked goods, and other groceries well-stocked for pantry visitors.

The South Bristol School Board voted in favor of proceeding with the process of applying to withdraw from AOS 93 and create a two-town education service center, or ESC, with Bristol during a board meeting Tuesday, Aug. 5.

As the popularity of pickleball increases in Maine, so do the related noise complaints, the turmoil of which has recently reached the village of Round Pond in Bristol. The Round Pond tennis court, which the Round Pond Village Improvement Society oversees, was converted to accommodate pickleball in 2021.

Jefferson voters will consider an education budget increase of 17.47% over last year at the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 12.

A new era is unfolding at the storied Waldoboro Custom House.

With minimal discussion, Wiscasset voters passed a new education budget totaling $10,744,119 for the 2026 fiscal year during a special town meeting in the Wiscasset Elementary School gym on Wednesday, July 23.