The Lincoln County News

Amid renewed interest in commercial development in Damariscotta, the town will form a committee to draft an amendment to the land use ordinance integrating the concept of form-based codes.

Edgecomb Eddy School Principal Lisa Clarke will soon take the helm of the Southport Central School, leaving the school where she has spent the majority of her career in education. Her resignation from the Edgecomb Eddy School will take effect July 1.

Some male students wore white and some female students wore black at the Lincoln Academy Class of 2017 graduation June 1 – a product of a student-led debate about gender equality and the color of graduation gowns.

The LincolnHealth Board of Trustees, along with boards of trustees at organizations throughout the MaineHealth system, have spent the last eight months discussing a possible system-wide reorganization that would align local organizations and their boards under a system-wide board of trustees and a unified financial structure.

The Dresden Board of Selectmen is considering applications for the position of fire chief, although the town already has a fire chief and has previously accepted firefighters’ choice for the position.

Wiscasset Ambulance Service Director Toby Martin, anticipating a future consolidation of the ambulance service and the Wiscasset Fire Department, is purchasing personal protective gear that will meet the needs of both departments.

The Wiscasset School Department’s proposed $1.75 million energy conservation performance contract, the town planner’s budget, and two social service requests were voted down at Wiscasset’s annual town meeting by referendum Tuesday, June 13.