After an executive session during a special meeting Monday, Jan. 9, the Wiscasset School Committee voted unanimously to request a special town meeting to allow voters to weigh in on the school department’s proposed $1.75 million energy conservation performance contract with Siemens Inc.

The Nobleboro Board of Appeals unanimously denied an administrative appeal of the Nobleboro Planning Board’s approval of an application to install a 30,000-gallon propane tank at Maritime Energy’s facility at the corner of Route 1 and Vannah Road.

The Bristol Board of Selectmen has hired former state legislator Christopher “Chris” Hall as Bristol’s new town administrator.

After working for almost two years to develop a fireworks ordinance, the Alna Planning Board presented the results in a public hearing Monday, Jan. 9, with mixed reaction.

The town of Bremen became the first in Lincoln County to adopt a temporary ban on marijuana-related businesses in a special town meeting the evening of Thursday, Jan. 5.

More than 30 people gathered at Split Rock Distilling in Newcastle on Friday, Jan. 6 to taste 12 oysters from Mook Sea Farms and carefully rank them based on flavor, texture, appearance, and other factors.

The Head Tide Dam Committee’s recent proposal for the dam might not be ready to go to a vote at Alna’s annual town meeting in March, selectmen said at the Alna Board of Selectmen’s Wednesday, Jan. 4 meeting.

Wiscasset voters will soon decide whether to adopt a six-month ban on marijuana-related businesses to give the town time to develop regulations for the businesses.

The Jefferson and Nobleboro boards of selectmen convened for the annual meeting of the Nobleboro-Jefferson Transfer Station the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 28.

The community outreach and support provided through the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office contract with Mid Coast Hospital’s Addiction Resource Center is unique in Maine, said Bill Ellsworth, recovery coach with the Addiction Resource Center.

Concerns about a pit bull attack on Ward Brook Road in Wiscasset in early December culminated in a request for a disorderly housing ordinance, a tool that would enable law enforcement to take action against several residences that have been an “ongoing problem” for law enforcement, Wiscasset Police Chief Jeff Lange said.

Since the discovery of a tumor the size of a large walnut in 12-year-old Alice Skiff’s brain at the end of October, Alice and her family have received an outpouring of support from friends and community members.