The Lincoln County News

Jefferson voters approved all warrant articles but one at annual town meeting by referendum on Tuesday, April 18, funding a $1.35 million budget to meet rising ambulance service and town office costs.

After six years of being purposefully portable, Hearty Roots is looking to find its permanent home, kicking off a $1.5 million capital campaign to purchase a campus for mindful adventures.

After two failed votes and lengthy discussion about the needs of district teachers and students, the RSU 40 Board of Directors narrowly approved a $37,255,527 budget on Thursday, April 13.

Bremen, Damariscotta, and Newcastle voters will consider a June warrant article to borrow $1 million on a 10-year note for facility improvements at Great Salt Bay Community School.

After three years of referendum votes and red tape, the former A.D. Gray School is set to be demolished and a 36-unit affordable senior housing development built in its place.

A small flock of domestic geese is known to occasionally stop traffic when they cross the road near Damariscotta Mills. The geese don’t belong to anyone, but Robert and Phyllis Elwell, of Damariscotta, have been keeping the abandoned flock going for the last seven years.  

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.