Residents of Wiscasset and surrounding towns turned out in force to celebrate the 100th birthday of Ruth Applin on Saturday, April 15.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen instructed Town Manager Matt Lutkus to gather more information about the possibility of adopting an elderly tax deferral ordinance during its meeting Wednesday, April 5.

In an effort to increase school enrollment, the South Bristol School Committee is exploring the possibility of a partnership with Damariscotta-based Coastal Kids Preschool.

Four Lincoln County-based school districts, in addition to RSU 1 and the Bath Regional Career and Technical Center in Sagadahoc County, have been awarded a Maine Department of Education grant to spearhead a regional day program for students in grades six through 12.

With Gov. Paul LePage’s nomination of District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau to the Maine District Court, the four county Republican committees of Maine Prosecutorial District 6 convened at Wiscasset Elementary School on Monday, April 10 to recommend candidates to replace the six-term prosecutor.

Non-binding referendum questions on whether to maintain the position of town planner and whether to tuition out high school students will not go to voters at Wiscasset’s annual town meeting by referendum in June.

The RSU 40 Board of Directors voted to keep start times the same at district schools, including Medomak Middle School and Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro, during a special meeting at Medomak Middle School on Thursday, March 30.

Lincoln County officials and residents traveled to Augusta the morning of Wednesday, March 29 to testify before the Committee on State and Local Government about a bill that would shift the final authority over the county’s budget to the county budget advisory committee.

Two months after the applicant’s first appearance before the board, a developer received conditional approval from the Damariscotta Planning Board to build a Dollar General store and a Sherwin-Williams store at the intersection of Main Street and Biscay Road.

Readers of The Lincoln County News will notice the paper has become more colorful, after Lincoln County Publishing Co. doubled the color-printing capability of its newspaper press.

Moody’s Diner, the iconic restaurant on Route 1 in Waldoboro, will close for the day Wednesday, April 5, as about 25 staff members travel to Augusta to support legislative efforts to restore the tip credit.

The cause of the fire that claimed the historic Reed Mansion at 60 Glidden St. in Waldoboro early Sunday, April 2 is undetermined, according to officials at the Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office.

The fire that destroyed the Freedom Center in Dresden in October 2016 was like no other, because the displaced residents had nowhere to go, said Jeff Slack, case manager for Maine Medical Center’s CarePartners program.

With a tie between two photos and an hour until the polls would close, Laurie Mahan managed to pull ahead by five votes to win March’s #LCNme365 photo contest.