The Lincoln County News

Lincoln County’s draft 2018 budget totals $11,546,877, an increase of $195,031 or 1.72 percent from the 2017 budget.

The line of customers at Round Top Ice Cream in Damariscotta went out the door for most of closing day, Tuesday, Oct. 10, as friends and community members showed up to support 13-year-old Newcastle resident Alice Skiff.

The hot topic at the Tuesday, Oct. 10 meeting of the Whitefield Board of Selectmen was the Wednesday, Oct. 4 rear-ending of a horse-and-buggy on East River Road by a Whitefield resident driving an SUV.

Residents of Englebrekt Road in Edgecomb have concerns about a state plan to modify the nearby intersection of Route 1 and Route 27, but the project engineer says a small tweak can resolve the issue.

Another rainy regatta couldn’t keep the crowds away from the 2017 Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta. The event, celebrating its 11th year drawing thousands to the Twin Villages on Columbus Day weekend, was another success, according to co-founder Bill Clark.

By a nearly 2-to-1 margin, area residents oppose the prohibition of recreational marijuana retail shops, social clubs, commercial cultivation, and other operations in Damariscotta, though a majority of respondents favor regulations, such as a limit on the number of business licenses and zoning.

About 100 people attended an informational meeting with the Maine Department of Transportation on Thursday, Oct. 5 to discuss Wiscasset’s downtown traffic improvement project, which does not sit well with many residents and businesses in town.

The town of Edgecomb unveiled a plaque Thursday, Oct. 5 dedicating its 5-year-old fire station to the town’s volunteer firefighters.

Midway through its renovation of a house and barn into apartments for its clients to live independently at an affordable rate, Mobius Inc. invited neighbors and community members to an open house at 21 Academy Hill Road on Saturday, Sept. 30.

The Alna fire station was the location for a public informational meeting the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 3 to discuss the possible relocation of Bailey Road. Michael Abbott, the recently hired environmental coordinator of Topsham-based Crooker Construction LLC, which operates the large gravel pit on Bailey Road and Route 218 in Alna and Whitefield, hosted the meeting. The meeting came on the heels of a Sept. 6 notice of violation received by the construction company from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection that it had excavated too close to Bailey Road, encroaching upon the required 100-foot setback from the road. 

The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 to oppose the removal of parking spaces in Wiscasset on Tuesday, Oct. 3. The selectmen also voted 5-0 to request a meeting with Gov. Paul LePage and Maine Commissioner of Transportation David Bernhardt to discuss the removal of storefront parking in Wiscasset as part of the Maine Department of Transportation’s downtown traffic project.