Developer Paul A. Kelley, Jr., personally and as a member of Pleasant Pond Mill Limited Liability Company (PPM LLC), has begun a lawsuit against the Town of Whitefield.

Sheepscot Valley RSU 12 has set Sat., Sept. 19 for the next district meeting to adopt a budget; the referendum vote is scheduled for Tues., Sept. 29.

Calm Moments Day Spa, which opened in Oct. 2008 as the national economic recession neared its peak, is closing, according to owner Rhonda Nordstrom.

“I guess there were several reasons, but it just is not happening here,” she said.

The Calm Moments spa will be open until Friday, Aug. 21.

A motorcycle rider was injured after colliding with a box truck at the intersection of Center St. and Rt. 1 in Nobleboro around 7:30 a.m. Monday.

Firefighters from Newcastle and Damariscotta responded to a chimney fire at the Newcastle Publick House shortly after 4 p.m. today.

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

AccidentsJuly 28, Officer Thomas Bartunek investigated an accident on the Atlantic Highway at 6:25 p.m. Jake Dixon, 19, of Waldoboro, was operating a 2005 Piagg motorcycle southbound on the Atlantic Highway when he lost control while trying to down shift. Dixon sustained a possible broken arm. The Piagg sustained $800 damage.

Norman Bragg fired up his 1923 Model-T Ford last Monday night for the first time in 50 years.

Waldoboro High School alumnus Jim Graffam coaches students not just about the game of basketball, but also about the game of life.

The Newcastle town has notified the developers of the dormant Newcastle Marine Condo project that they are in violation of town ordinances and ordered them to pay a $500 fine.

The Miles Memorial Hospital League Rummage Sale has been rescheduled for late October, MMHL president Ruth Anne Bryant announced this week.

Fresh off a glancing blow of Hurricane Bill and looking ahead to the potential of Tropical Storm Danny this weekend, Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency issued a review of key information on hurricane preparedness, 72 hour Home Shelter kits, and hurricane warnings.

Tricia Clark, a longtime resident of Damariscotta will be joining the crew of Nails By Gail & Hair Salon in Nobleboro.

John Hammond says the swinging bridge over the South Bristol “gut” is the busiest bridge on the coast. He may be right.

Clam diggers have been working the flats in the Medomak River in Waldoboro since the Dept. of Marine Resources lifted the rainfall conditional areas closure at 5 a.m. Aug. 7. The flood closure was lifted more than a week ago, according to Waldoboro Shellfish Warden Bill Bragg and as far as he knows, red tide has not been a problem in the Medomak River.