The Lincoln County News

Bristol residents will convene the business portion of their annual town meeting Tuesday, March 21 already knowing the answer to the biggest question placed before the town in a generation.

Nobleboro voters will weigh in on municipal and education budget increases driven by new costs and projects at annual town meeting on Saturday, March 18.

A modest increase in the budget and changes to the building and development ordinance will be on the table for Whitefield residents to consider during the annual town meeting scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 in the Whitefield Elementary School gymnasium.

South Bristol opened its annual town meeting with the election of municipal officers on Monday, March 13, but ended up delaying the open portion of the meeting due to a winter storm the following evening.

A new nonprofit in Alna is looking to repair and preserve historic buildings in the town, some of which have stood for more than two centuries.  

Time and space are against it, but given the option, Jim Jones said he probably would like to build one more lobster boat. A traditional wooden 30-footer, similar to the kind his father used to make.

Almost eight miles of 70-year-old transmission lines in Jefferson owned by Central Maine Power Co. will be rebuilt this summer as part of a 22-mile project stretching from Windsor to Warren. The Jefferson Planning Board approved a building permit for the project at its Tuesday, March 7 meeting.

For the fourth year in a row, there will be no Alewife Festival held at the Damariscotta Mills fish ladder in May — this time, because of the deteriorating 70-year-old footbridge over the ladder.

South Bristol’s officials now have a code of ethics and conduct, and may see more policies once a new municipal consultant submits his report about an alleged town office incident from early January.

Waldoboro Lions Club member Bill Blodgett received the international organization’s highest service award on Wednesday, March 1, the first time it has been awarded there in the club’s 93-year history.

Motivated by increases in suicides, overdose deaths, and delays to access mental health treatment, Rep. Lydia Crafts, D-Newcastle, recently proposed legislation to incentivize licensed social workers to provide services to Maine residents.

Shelley’s Flowers and Gifts owner Shelley Pease, who celebrates 40 years in business this year, has won national and state awards for her work but is firmly a part of Waldoboro. She said the last four decades have brought big changes to her business and the town, and throughout all of them she has continued educating herself.

A Newcastle farm is one of two in the state this year to receive a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant that helps rural businesses expand processing, marketing, and sales for value-added products.