The Lincoln County News

The Damariscotta Planning Board reviewed an updated application for a multi-family affordable senior living development during their meeting on Tuesday, April 11. Board members requested several additional changes but agreed that the project is nearing approval. A public hearing is scheduled for Monday, May 1.

Linda Blanchard would rather not talk about herself.

Facing higher ambulance service costs from both town providers and increased staff needs, Jefferson residents will vote on a $1,379,705.92 budget at annual town meeting on Tuesday, an increase of $232,597.92 or 20.27%.

Head Start, a farmers market, and a public playground are set to return to Waldoboro in the next year. The Waldoboro Select Board discussed these opportunities and numerous other projects at its Tuesday, April 11 meeting.

For the past six months, a 10-foot-long whale sculpture has been in progress in environmental artist Marnie Sinclair’s Damariscotta studio.

Administrators in the Central Lincoln County School System have proposed the exploration of a comprehensive restructuring of the district in an effort to reduce inefficiencies and inconsistencies.

With a little more than a month to go before the annual town meeting, Edgecomb voters go to the polls Saturday, April 15 to redraw the town’s select board. Polls will be open at the Edgecomb town office on Town Hall Road from 1-7 p.m.

A Newcastle mother has filed a complaint against the Great Salt Bay School Committee, three school employees, and AOS 93’s superintendent for allegedly violating her 14th Amendment rights.

Much like local groups including the Bristol Footlighters and the Willing Workers, the Bristol Area Lions Club will soon pass into their town’s storied history.

South Bristol’s Rutherford Library serves a small town, but has begun to offer a mighty array of programming in the last year through the combined efforts of a new board and librarian.

A crowd of over 300 gathered at Alna’s firehouse to share a ham and bean supper for the first time since 2019 on Saturday, April 1, brought by local effort to revive the event.

Two experienced legislators, Republican Abden Simmons and Democrat Wendy Pieh, will face off for a seat in House District 45 in the June 13 special election to fill the seat previously held by Clinton Collamore, D-Waldoboro.