The Lincoln County News

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen will ask the Maine Department of Transportation to evaluate the speed limits on six town roads after receiving a letter from 8-year-old Max Blake about speeding on Timber Lane.

Newcastle voters will decide whether to authorize the selectmen to open a $1 million line of credit for repairs to Academy Hill and North Newcastle roads during annual town meeting Monday, June 18.

Lincoln Academy freshman Isabelle Manahan, 15, of Newcastle, has died of injuries sustained in a car crash in Edgecomb the afternoon of Friday, June 8, according to a spokesperson for the family.

The Damariscotta Planning Board will hold a public hearing on a proposal to open a medical cannabis, or marijuana, caregiver’s storefront in downtown Damariscotta next month.

Only one of the two candidates for first selectman in Somerville showed up for a candidates forum at the former Somerville School on Saturday, June 2.

The five candidates for three seats on the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen fielded questions about the Maine Department of Transportation’s downtown project, the future of Wiscasset Middle High School, and several other town issues during a forum at the municipal building Thursday, May 31.

The Edgecomb Board of Selectmen plans to make a decision regarding the town’s contracted ambulance service at its next meeting, Monday, June 18.

Two of the three candidates for selectman in Waldoboro participated in a candidates forum at the town office Tuesday, June 5.

Forty-five residents attended a candidates forum Monday, June 4 to ask the three candidates for first selectman in Dresden about their vision for the town.