The Lincoln County News

The South Bristol town office is fully staffed for the first time in four years after South Bristol Select Board members voted to appoint two applicants for the remaining open municipal positions at its Thursday, Nov. 30 meeting. Board members also announced the launch of the town’s new website.

School committees across AOS 93 started weighing options to restructure the Central Lincoln County School System last week and closed the door on a regionalizing choice that would have created a six-town middle school and two new prekindergarten programs.

A 29-year-old man was airlifted by LifeFlight to Maine Medical Center the morning of Saturday, Nov. 25 after sustaining injuries in a rollover crash on Route 32 in Jefferson.

A hearing regarding the Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Gina Stevens will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 3:30 p.m., according to Wiscasset School Committee Chair Jason Putnam.

Chip Getchell, quality control manager at Delta Ambulance, and Chuck Vaughan, Coopers Mills Fire Department Association member, spoke to the Whitefield Select Board on Tuesday, Nov. 21 about a possible future for Delta Ambulance in Coopers Mills.

After a whirlwind summer of renovations, equipment installation, and preparations, prekindergarten programs at schools across RSU 40 are providing full-time learning for nearly 100 young students from throughout the district.

After a few years of modified plans, Villages of Light took to Damariscotta and Newcastle with its traditional slate of events on Saturday, Nov. 25.

At the RSU 40 Facilities Committee meeting on Thursday, Nov. 16, members of the RSU 40 Board of Directors discussed next steps for funding necessary maintenance at the district’s aging facilities and improving their relationship with the community after an $81 million bond proposed to cover maintenance and upgrades was quashed by voters earlier this month.

“What do you like best about our garden?” Debora Thibodeau, guidance counselor at South Bristol School, asked her preschool students as the class prepared for their last harvest of the season on a cool autumn afternoon.

Wiscasset Middle High School students held a walkout on Monday, Nov. 20 in support of the school’s principal, who is currently on paid administrative leave.

After months of development, member towns of AOS 93 have specific options to consider for restructuring the school system, which administrators said will reduce inefficiency, improve education options, and save money.