The Lincoln County News

Almost 200 members of the Damariscotta River Association and Pemaquid Watershed Association overwhelmingly approved the unification of the land trusts in a town meeting-style vote at Darrows Barn in Damariscotta, Tuesday, Sept. 25.

Damariscotta has received an anonymous $1 million pledge for improvements to the waterfront, including the new public restrooms, according to Town Manager Matt Lutkus.

A medical emergency caused a collision on Bristol Road in Damariscotta that sent a South Bristol man to the hospital with internal injuries the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 25.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen decided to remove all mention of polystyrene foam containers from a draft single-use plastics ordinance after a public hearing Wednesday, Sept. 19.

A new group has formed to promote downtown Wiscasset during and after the Maine Department of Transportation’s construction project.

“This whole area suddenly becomes your backyard,” Flighttime member Sean Rafter said of flying, looking at a map of New England on the wall of a hangar at the Wiscasset Municipal Airport.

A retired U.S. Army officer and former teacher and coach at Erskine Academy hopes to unseat the incumbent in House District 80, which includes the Lincoln County town of Somerville.

State Rep. Richard Bradstreet, R-Vassalboro, is seeking re-election in House District 80, which includes the Lincoln County town of Somerville.

A recent assessment of substance use by local youth shows that more high school students are using marijuana than alcohol for the first time since the assessments began in 2009.