The Lincoln County News

Boothbay Region children and their parents know how lucky they are to have a devoted teacher who volunteers her time to help develop young girls into better basketball players. Six years ago, Lauren Brown, physical education teacher at Boothbay Region Elementary School, started the Lady Dribblers for girls in grades one through five.

The uncertain future of RSU 12’s pre-kindergarten program came to an end with the passage of a federal spending bill that restored previously eliminated funds for a five-year grant RSU 12 won in 2014.

After purchasing the 31-acre Chapman Farm property in December, Inn Along the Way is moving closer to starting construction on an interdependent senior community in Damariscotta.

A former Jefferson Village School student and current sophomore at Lincoln Academy has proposed a project for the JVS school grounds as his Eagle Scout Project.

The Wiscasset School Department plans to take its commitment to providing athletic opportunities to students with disabilities one step further in 2016-2017 by instituting a unified sports team, where students with and without disabilities join together to compete against other schools.

A couple of weeks after giving a presentation about the risk of pollutants to the Medomak River and potential closures of clam flats, the Waldoboro Shellfish Committee is urging the town to take the matter seriously.

The pipe organ has been a part of Jay Zoller’s life since he was in high school, and on April 3, he will share his love of the instrument with the community during a benefit concert at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Newcastle.

A lobster boat with a long history of plying the waters around the Friendship peninsula will stay in the fishing community, changing hands from one generation to another, thanks to a generous donation.

A summer job in Boothbay Harbor in the early 1970s, taken to pay off student loans, turned into a new life for Irish-born John O’Connell – one which would involve seats at the table of municipal and county government.

With the news that the University of Maine-led offshore wind project has received additional funding, the Monhegan Energy Task Force is seeking input regarding potential community benefits of the project, including an offer of compensation from the university in lieu of receiving electricity through an undersea cable.

Bremen voters approved an amendment to the shoreland-zoning ordinance and a secondary-education budget down 10.79 percent from the previous year at annual town meeting on Saturday, March 26.

Jefferson residents elected two new members of the Jefferson School Committee and approved all 32 articles, including the municipal budget, during their annual town meeting by referendum on Tuesday, March 29.

For the past three years, August Avantaggio has considered opening a butcher shop in Damariscotta. By early May, Riverside Butcher Company will open at 49 Main St.