The Lincoln County News

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.

Rain held off as students, teachers, and community members gathered on the Bristol Consolidated School playground on Tuesday, June 13, to watch as the Bristol School Committee hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for building renovations and structural additions.

Former Maine Rep. Clinton Collamore, of Waldoboro, will serve 72 hours jail time and complete 100 hours of community service on 11 misdemeanor charges of unsworn falsification and one of criminal violation of the Maine Clean Election Act.

Abden Simmons, R-Waldoboro, emerged victorious with 52.22% of the vote in the special election for House District 45 on Tuesday, June 13.

A four-vehicle crash north of the intersection of Route 220 and Route 1 in Waldoboro slowed traffic for over an hour on the morning of Tuesday, June 13.

Friends and families gathered in the Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta on Tuesday, June 6 to celebrate the graduation of the seven members of Central Lincoln County Adult Education class of 2023.