The Lincoln County News

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.

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.