The Dresden Planning Board unanimously approved Michael Stewart’s application to open a retail storefront for his medical marijuana business at 353 Patterson Road following a public hearing at Pownalborough Hall on Monday, July 19.  

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen met with members of Newcastle’s Taniscot Engine Co. to discuss a fire department ordinance and a possible shift to an all-volunteer department during a workshop on Wednesday, July 14.

The coordinators and volunteers of the Waldoboro Free Clothing Closet want the residents of the town and surrounding communities to know that they are eager for business.

The Seagull Gift Shop and Restaurant, the 83-year-old establishment at Pemaquid Point that burned last September, got some wings at a concert fundraiser with nationally recognized singer-songwriter Jud Caswell at Pemaquid Beach on Monday, July 12.

For the Ward family, of Nobleboro, this year’s Fourth of July celebration was one that will never be forgotten. It was the day that, after 13 months of deployment, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Ward returned home to his parents, wife, and children.

The Edgecomb Board of Selectmen met with state Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, and Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett on Monday, July 12 to discuss issues related to construction on the intersection of Route 27 and Route 1.

The goose on Eastern Avenue in Augusta was a famous landmark to many Lincoln County residents who traveled up Route 17 on their way to Augusta. Now, the story of the goose and the woman who owned it has been immortalized in a new children’s book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

During the Bremen Board of Selectmen meeting on Thursday, July 1, Chair Wendy Pieh announced that Selectman Hank Nevins had handed in his written resignation.

The long-awaited public restrooms in downtown Damariscotta opened right on schedule and just in time for the Independence Day fireworks show in the municipal parking lot on Sunday, July 4.

Kristen Budlong wanted out of the hubbub of Boston.