The Lincoln County News

Newcastle voters approved a $3.13 million municipal budget as part of a 7.16% overall budget increase at annual town meeting on Tuesday, June 20.

About 50 Dresden voters approved all 27 articles at the two-hour annual town meeting on Tuesday, June 20.

Eating a whaleboat calzone stuffed with lemon haddock, cheese, fresh spinach, and tomato while enjoying a breeze off the Sheepscot River and watching the lines of people queuing up at Red’s Eats and the lines of traffic heading north over the Davey Bridge is a unique pleasure that will be missed when Sarah’s Cafe closes its doors for the last time on Friday, June 23.

After years of collaboration and the success of their baking business and cafe, Crystal Berg, of Bremen, and Annie Leck, of Damariscotta, have brought breakfast back to a familiar Damariscotta location with their new Main Street restaurant, Barn Door Breakfast.

About 25 Damariscotta residents dispatched 43 warrant articles in about an hour on Wednesday, June 14, approving a 9.17% budget increase with questions about differing recommendations from the select board and budget committee.

“You’ve spent  your whole life longing for the day you grow up and take life by its horns,” said Medomak Valley High School class of 2023 salutatorian Quinn Overlock, “until you actually get there.”

Residents and neighbors of Waldoboro spent a long weekend celebrating the town’s 250th anniversary in all kinds of weather and all around town from Friday, June 16 to Sunday, June 18. Organizers and attendees brought dedication, a sense of humor, and a love for their town to carry them through the rain.

A 41-year-old Jefferson man was killed Monday, June 19, in a single vehicle crash on River Road in Boothbay.

Waldoboro voters approved a $6.85 million budget, the purchase of the town’s solar array, an aquaculture lease moratorium, and several ordinance amendments at annual town meeting by referendum on Tuesday, June 13.

Wiscasset voters returned incumbent select board member Terry Heller to office for a second two-year term and reelected former select board member Pam Dunning in during Wiscasset’s annual town meeting by referendum on Tuesday, June 13.

Wiscasset Middle High School graduated 25 students on Thursday, June 8, in a ceremony that emphasized the resilience and growth of its seniors over several particularly challenging years. 
(LCN intern Frida Hennig contributed to this article.)

Agreeing Ed Pentaleri’s actions as a private citizen were enough to create an appearance of bias, the two remaining members of the Alna Select Board voted to recuse Alna’s First Select Board member from participating in litigation related to a controversial boat ramp.