The Lincoln County News

Leaders of several religious faiths gathered at The Second Congregational Church in Newcastle on Monday, Jan. 16 for a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The interfaith event was dedicated to building the “beloved community” King often referred to as the end goal of the non-violent actions he led during the civil rights movement.

The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen voted to appoint an interim town manager during the board’s meeting the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 17.

The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 in opposition to a warrant for a special town meeting that would have brought the Wiscasset School Department’s proposed $1.75 million energy conservation performance contract to a vote in open session.

The data collection system Maine uses to track overdoses is “counting bodies after the fact,” said Tim Cheney, Walpole resident and founder of the addiction resource center Chooper’s Guide and its nonprofit advocacy arm Chooper’s Foundation.

A 15-year-old from Jefferson will march in the presidential inauguration parade with his Virginia school on Friday, Jan. 20.

In order to complete improvements to the town’s waterfront in a timely manner, the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen is contemplating breaking the estimated $2.8 million parking lot reconstruction project into phases to be completed over five years.

Lincoln County Communications and Emergency Management Agency Director Tod Hartung will step down Jan. 31 after four-plus years in the position.

A Somerville man who was a pastor in Maine for more than 40 years and the pastor of the South Somerville Baptist Church for the last 32 retired last month.

After an executive session during a special meeting Monday, Jan. 9, the Wiscasset School Committee voted unanimously to request a special town meeting to allow voters to weigh in on the school department’s proposed $1.75 million energy conservation performance contract with Siemens Inc.