The Lincoln County News

After a lengthy discussion, Whitefield voters authorized the allocation of the remaining funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 at the Saturday, March 16 annual town meeting.

RSU 40 students showcased their creativity and craftsmanship at the quadrennial district-wide art show, using media from clay to collage and a spectrum of color and perspectives to explore the theme of “home.”

The town of Edgecomb turned 250 years old this month, and it still knows how to throw a party.

Bristol residents dispatched with the 48-article annual town meeting warrant in two and a half hours while posing questions to representatives from Bristol Consolidated School and the AOS 93 office about the education budget.

Following nearly three hours of contentious discussion between Nobleboro voters, the select board, the budget committee, and the school committee, residents approved a $5 million education budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year at the town’s annual meeting on Saturday, March 16.

Damariscotta will have a new company plowing its roads next winter after a vote to mutually end its contract with longtime winter maintenance provider Hagar Enterprises Inc. two years early on Wednesday, March 6.

On Saturday, March 9, Lincoln Academy Robotics Team 8030A won the Maine State Robotics Championship, becoming the first Lincoln Academy team in history to do so.
(Connor Parson is a member of the 8030A state champion robotics team and a staff writer for The Eagle’s Talon. This article appears through a content-sharing agreement with the Talon.)

Changes are on the horizon for the town of South Bristol after voters approved every article on the warrant at the annual town meeting the evening of Tuesday, March 12.

Like many Midcoast food producers, Ellie Young and Derek DeGeer started their businesses as small passion projects. Young, of Cozy Cove Microbloomery in South Bristol, started growing microgreens and mushrooms as a hobby with her young daughter. DeGeer, of Hootenanny Breads in Nobleboro, began baking for friends in a borrowed oven.

The AOS 93 Board discussed updates on restructuring the AOS, joining an Educational Service Center, and hiring a replacement for Superintendent Lynsey Johnston in advance of her June departure at its Tuesday, March 12 meeting.