The Monhegan Plantation Power District recently celebrated the completion of a $1 million-plus upgrade to a cleaner, more reliable, safer energy source in the form of diesel microturbines.

The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen may soon call a special town meeting to request authority to use reserve funds to prevent another tax hike. With $2.5 million in lost valuation from an increase in the homestead exemption and $1.1 million in lost valuation from Maine Yankee property, the town needs about $650,000 to hold the current mil rate of $18.71, Town Manager Marian Anderson said.

Students arrived at Wiscasset Elementary School for the first day of school Tuesday, Sept. 5 and were greeted by a new principal. Open communication, high visibility, and a focus on the needs of the “whole child” will define Principal Stacy White’s approach to her new position, she said.

An Edgecomb man was sentenced Monday, Aug. 28 for an armed robbery at a Boothbay Harbor hotel on Sept. 18, 2016.

A Hawaii-based production company shot portions of its debut film in Christmas Cove, Jefferson, New Harbor, the Twin Villages, and other locations around Lincoln County during the last week of August.

Three hundred and fifty Jefferson and Whitefield residents have signed a petition urging the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to take enforcement action against the owner of the Clary Lake Dam. The petition was turned into the DEP office in Augusta on Monday, Aug. 21, said George Fergusson, secretary of the Clary Lake Association.

Bristol residents, by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, approved a temporary ban on recreational marijuana-related businesses during a special town meeting by referendum Tuesday, Aug. 22.

Two baby boys born at LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta on Wednesday, Aug. 2, have more in common than just the same birthday – they’re also cousins. Sisters Sam Maynard, of Jefferson, and Kaitlyn Kelley, of Damariscotta, gave birth to sons just 12 hours apart.

The Lincoln County Fire Chiefs Association recognized members for lifetime achievement and for their ongoing commitment to the fire service and the association during its annual meeting Wednesday, Aug. 16.

The AOS 93 Board will hold a special meeting at the central office at 5 p.m., Monday, Sept. 18 to plan a future public forum regarding issues and concerns with Lincoln Academy.

A 97-year-old Chamberlain man who still walks to the Chamberlain Post Office each day from his home on Long Cove Point Road received Bristol’s Boston Post Cane during a ceremony at his home Wednesday, Aug. 9.

In the wake of violence at a large gathering of white nationalists and counterprotestors in Charlottesville, Va. the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 12 and 13, area residents held two vigils Monday, Aug. 14 as demonstrations against racial hatred.

Volunteers stepped up to ensure this year’s Olde Bristol Days, held Aug. 9-13, was another great success, Bristol Town Administrator Chris Hall said.