The Lincoln County News

In Waldoboro, where about 10% of homes are not reached by traditional internet service, voters will decide in June whether to join other local towns in a partnership with a communications company to bring broadband internet service town-wide.

The town of Damariscotta will pay $250,000 to settle a disagreement over the cost of road work conducted by Hagar Enterprises Inc. in 2022 and 2023.

Following the Whitefield Planning Board’s nearly three-hour meeting the evening of Wednesday, April 17, the board decided to schedule a special meeting to vote on Harmony Haven LLC’s change in use application for the building at 132 Main St. in Coopers Mills.

The Newcastle Select Board voted to call a series of meetings to consider enacting a moratorium in regard to firearm sales in the town during a meeting the evening of Monday, April 22.

The RSU 40 Board of Directors diverged from the recommendation of the district’s budget committee on the evening of Thursday, April 11, voting to approve a budget of $37,619,219 for the 2024-2025 school year, a $1,619,966 or 4.5% increase from the current school year’s adopted budget of $35,999,253.

Traffic on Route 1 in Waldoboro was shifted to the side for nearly two hours the afternoon of Sunday, April 14 in an effort for drivers to avoid the scene of a flipped dump truck.

A new prekindergarten program planned for next year at Great Salt Bay Community School coupled with rising special education needs in the community are the major drivers behind the $7,976,984 budget approved by the school committee at its meeting on Wednesday, April 10, said AOS 93 Business Manager Peter Nielsen.

Over 40 people attended a public hearing at the central fire station in Whitefield the evening of Wednesday, April 10 armed with questions and concerns about a residential substance abuse treatment facility that is trying to make its mark in Coopers Mills.

Jefferson voters approved all 31 town warrant articles at the town’s annual town meeting by referendum on Tuesday, April 16, including a municipal budget of $1,376,164 and the use of $100,000 from the Jefferson Village School’s long-term maintenance fund for a special-education-related project at the school.

Four individuals have been charged with two counts of arson each following multiple fires in Dresden and Woolwich in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 14.

After a year of evaluating options to restructure AOS 93, voters in Bremen, Damariscotta, and Newcastle will likely decide whether to convert the Great Salt Bay Consolidated School District into an RSU, or regional school unit, in June.