Penny Johnston shrugged her shoulders and moved down the road to Warren when she learned she couldn’t set up her float rope doormat making business in Waldoboro.

Norman Hunt is back in Damariscotta ready to take on his competition by matching prices for building materials supported by strong customer service.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectman will meet in special session Fri., Sept. 4 at 10 a.m. to call for a special town meeting to be held September 16.

On Oct. 15 at 6 p.m., Healthy Lincoln County and Lincoln County Healthcare will hold a meeting for parents regarding underage drinking. The meeting will be held at the Lincoln County Education Center on 66 Chapman St. in Damariscotta.

Dick Butterfield, a Jefferson volunteer for the Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association (DLWA) took a workshop to identify invasive aquatic plants.

Police have arrested two Augusta residents following a lengthy investigation into a string of burglaries in Lincoln and Kennebec Counties.

Maine State Police said a Wiscasset woman died Sept. 12 following an auto accident in Pittston.

A man died Sunday night after capsizing his canoe in Damariscotta Lake in Jefferson earlier that same afternoon.

Labor Day is observed on Mon., September 7. Post offices and all state regulated businesses will be closed. The Lincoln County News office will also be closed. Any early copy will be appreciated.

Combination ad deadline is Friday, Sept.4.

News copy and ads may also be left in the box in the entryway at the News office.

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen ordered a halted downtown construction project fenced and authorized the town lawyer to bring a legal action against the developer.

Waldoboro Board of Selectman chairman Clinton Collamore, on behalf of the town, accepted a Spirit of America Volunteer Recognition award during a ceremony at the Blaine House in Augusta Tuesday.

Waldoboro joined 21 other communities in receiving awards.

Drivers in two motor vehicles were lucky to escape with their lives following two separate collisions with moose in Bristol over the weekend.

Wiscasset selectmen decided Tuesday to hire an attorney to conduct a police department investigation on the recent time sheet change question.

Palermo School will keep its $6000 eighth grade class trip.

In assuring that the revised proposed budget includes the expense, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 directors cleared a hurdle – equity in the eight towns – that will bedevil the RSU in weeks to come.