The Lincoln County News

Santa Claus kicked off the holiday season with a visit to Damariscotta just after noon on Saturday, Nov. 26.

Santa Claus arrived by helicopter at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park shortly after noon, Sunday, Nov. 27, to hand out candy canes and pose for photos with dozens of excited children.

In a special meeting Tuesday, Nov. 22, the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen voted to shorten the standard 85-day time frame for municipal elections to fill the vacancy on the board created by a recent resignation as quickly as possible.

Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro closed Tuesday, Nov. 22 – a day earlier than it would have closed for Thanksgiving break – after a test revealed problems with the school’s water supply.

A new board of directors at the Waldo Theatre in downtown Waldoboro is working to reopen the historic building to the community after a years-long closure.

The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid is seeking support from local towns and businesses in its effort to take over the day-to-day management of the Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site from the state.

There were a variety of complex interests involved in the 2014 Farm Bill, which will allocate about $466 billion over a five-year period to U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation, food-assistance, and agricultural programs, U.S. Rep Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said during a forum at The Morris Farm in Wiscasset on Friday, Nov. 18.

There are tennis courts, a freshwater pond, a deepwater dock, a community building, and community gardens along the Sheepscot River in the Clark’s Point Development in Wiscasset. However, there are only two finished homes on the 200 acres on River Point Road that have long been slated for development.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s efforts to find a permanent home for spent nuclear fuel, is “creating energy that is very positive,” said Marge Kilkelly, senior policy advisor to U.S. Sen. Angus King.

Damariscotta voters approved two bonds totaling more than $500,000 for public works projects and equipment during a special town meeting Wednesday, Nov. 16.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen has decided to delay further conversation about a temporary ban on marijuana establishments and social clubs until the state of Maine establishes regulations governing legalization.

Twenty Midcoast residents and students gathered at Skidompha Public Library on Sunday, Nov. 20 to assemble self-driving robots that will be used for research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The outstanding performance of the responders to an emergency call at Two Bridges Regional Jail on Sunday, Oct. 16 saved an inmate’s life, Wiscasset Ambulance Service Director Toby Martin said.