Charles Stuart’s brand-new documentary film “Into the Light,” set to screen Saturday, Feb. 17 at Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, is “a riveting story and an uplifting film about the stigma and shame surrounding mental health in this country,” said the 73-year-old Nobleboro filmmaker in a recent interview at a local cafe.

Lincoln County Outreach has expanded its addiction recovery services to Waldoboro in an effort to better serve area residents.

An appeal almost a year in process has recently come to a close, as the Damariscotta Board of Appeals voted 3-2 to overturn the Damariscotta Planning Board’s approval of Stepping Stone Housing Inc.’s project at the former Blue Haven property during a meeting Monday, Feb. 5.

The full parking lot at the Alna town office the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 31 was an indicator that the meeting of the Alna Board of Selectmen might be a lively one, and it did not disappoint.

While residents voiced support for the repair of the Bristol Mills Dam and fish ladder as well as the ecosystem of the Pemaquid River, an overwhelming majority of residents voted in favor of keeping the dam in a non-binding straw poll at the close of a public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 30.

Lincoln Academy, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, announced that Head of School David Sturdevant will retire June 30.

A passenger ejected from a sedan involved in a collision with a box truck near the intersection of Routes 126 and 215 in Jefferson sustained a head injury and was flown to the hospital the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 24.

A Dresden resident is proposing a refurbishing of the old town hall on Middle Road as a center for the community.

The RSU 40 Board of Directors has named Medomak Valley High School Assistant Principal Linda Pease acting principal for the remainder of the 2017-2018 school year.

About a dozen Edgecomb voters approved moratoriums on recreational-marijuana businesses and floating structures during a special town meeting at the town hall Tuesday, Jan. 16.

Members of three religious faiths, high school students, and an anti-racism group banded together to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a series of events open to the community.

The Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit Board of Directors did not allow comments about bullying and other issues at Whitefield Elementary School during its meeting Thursday, Jan. 11, despite the presence of parents, teachers, and community members hoping to revisit the issues.