Voting on the school budget, state primary and seats on the board of selectmen, school and budget committees and water district will all take place Tuesday, June 10, at the Wiscasset Community…

The June 9 meeting and rally in Damariscotta with Democratic candidate for Governor Mike Michaud has been postponed. Lincoln County Democrats announced that…

Although no candidates took out papers to run for selectmen, Damariscotta voters will still have plenty of articles on which to vote during the annual town meeting.…

Wiscasset residents have five candidates to choose from for three seats up for election to the board of selectmen on June 10. None would be newcomers to the board: Two are incumbents; the other…

Michael Dunn Jr. is the only person on the June 10 ballot for a two-year term on the school committee. No one turned in nomination papers for a three-year term that is also open;…

Wiscasset voters on May 31 will weigh proposed buys and projects one by one, instead of passing or rejecting an all-or-nothing package.

Bundling of the capital…

Small businessman and marine resources expert Jeffrey Pierce of Dresden is running for the Maine House of Representatives. Pierce seeks to represent District 53,…

Maine Democratic Party priorities in the next two years will be to advance progressive policies in the key areas of healthcare, early childhood…

Five candidates, including two current Wiscasset selectmen and three past ones, are running for three board seats in the June 10 elections, Wiscasset Town Clerk Christine Wolfe said.

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The clock is ticking on nominations for several posts up for election in Wiscasset, including seats on the board of selectmen and the school and budget committees.

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An anticipated referendum, that could have backed Westport Island out of its possible pullout from Regional School Unit 12, is now off. The Westport Island Withdrawal Committee is no…

Democrats moved many important issues forward in the current legislative session. A bill sponsored by Sen. Chris Johnson to expand the use of fresh local foods in…

It was April 1, but there were no April Fools’ jokes, as the Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) met at the Edgecomb Town Hall to discuss the…

A second, new member will be needed for the Wiscasset School Committee in June. Colleen Bennett has decided she will not seek a second term.

Bennett’s announcement April 14 came less than…

Wiscasset School Committee member Sharon Nichols is leaving the panel two years before her term is up. Her April 3 resignation letter states that she cannot…

If voters shut down Wiscasset's town meeting May 31, the town could wind up owing employees $256,000 in severance costs, Selectmen's Chairman Ed Polewarczyk…

Dresden’s Kim Rzasa has been serving the town in elected positions most of the time she’s lived there.

Now, the town clerk, treasurer and excise tax collector has decided she will not seek…

Would you like to serve the town of Dresden as an elected official? Nomination papers are available in Dresden for the following offices:

• Third Selectman, Assessor and…

Newcastle has tried it. Damariscotta, too. Now Wiscasset may try voting with hand-held keypads at town meeting on May 31.

The voting method could address one of the…

Alna voters head to the polls today for town elections that feature no contests. First Selectman David Abbott, Road Commissioner Jeff Verney and Regional School Unit 12 board member Ralph Hilton…

Wiscasset selectmen on March 18 held to their decision to have the town decide its next budget at an open town meeting, despite residents' latest urgings for them to change back to…

The March meeting of the Lincoln County Democratic Committee, to be held March 26, will focus on issues that are of particular concern to women in Maine and which have been under attack in Maine…

A quarter-million-dollar fire truck and a $50,000 fix for North Old Sheepscot Road are up for voters' consideration in Alna on March 22.

The annual town meeting…

Wiscasset Selectmen's Chairman Ed Polewarczyk will end his service on the board when his term runs out in June. Polewarczyk confirmed in an interview March 12…

Today, March 10, Les Fossel of Alna turned in the signatures for a place on the ballot as a candidate for Senate District 13 which covers most of Lincoln County,…

Lincoln County Democrats kicked off the 2014 campaign season with well-attended caucuses on March 2 in Whitefield, Wiscasset, Waldoboro and Damariscotta. Attendees heard some rousing speeches and…

Energized Republicans from 16 Lincoln County towns caucused on February 22 in a display of grassroots activism. The well-attended event at the…

A Wiscasset man wants a town vote to make clear residents' position on school consolidation.

Tony True told the Wiscasset School Committee on February 20 that he…

Nobleboro resident Todd Brackett announced Tuesday that he will seek another term as sheriff of Lincoln County. Brackett began his 27-year career in law enforcement in 1986 as a…

J. Scott Moody, chief executive officer of the Maine Heritage Policy Center, spoke to the Lincoln County Republican Committee on February 12 regarding the fiscal crisis facing…

Lincoln County Democrats are holding their 2014 election year town caucuses Sunday March 2 at four county locations. Participants will meet candidates for Maine legislative seats and choose local…

Barring any write-in runs, there will be no contests for Alna seats up for election March 21.

Town Clerk Amy Warner said the only people turning in nomination…

It's possible that the low temperatures were to blame for a low voter turnout January 7 in Wiscasset.

As of 2:30 p.m. only 80 people…

Early voting remained light as the deadline neared for picking up an absentee ballot in Wiscasset’s school committee election.

As of December 27, 44 absentee ballots had been given out, Town…

Wiscasset's new school committee has room for five of the seven candidates on the January 7, 2014, ballot.

All but Eugene Stover and Glen T. Craig face contests;…

Wiscasset resident George Green had urged for someone to put on a candidates' night for the seven people running for the town's new school committee.

Green, a regular at selectmen's…

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Doug Smith, Sharon Nichols and Gene Stover have joined together to run for school board seats. We have many years working together as a team and…

The voting is on for Wiscasset's new school committee. Residents have contests to decide on three of the five seats.

Absentee ballots are available at the town…

Wiscasset voters will have contests to decide for three of the seats on the town's new school committee.

Nominations closed at 5 p.m. December 5. Colleen Bennett…

The Wiscasset Budget Committee will put on a candidates' night for would-be members of the town's new school committee, the budget panel's chairman Bob Blagden announced.

Days before nomination papers were due for Wiscasset's new school committee, all five seats had drawn interest from potential candidates.

As of December 2, two…

Candidates for Wiscasset’s new school committee have until December 5 to get their nomination papers in to the town office.

The Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) met November 13 at the Wiscasset Town Office and were updated on state and national Republican…

Edgecomb will get fresh answers to some of its sewer questions.

In a 15-6, secret ballot vote on November 18, residents gave the go-ahead for a new engineering…

Wiscasset will pick its school committee January 7. Selectmen on November 11 put the election on fast forward.

The process needs to be sped up to give the new panel…

If Wiscasset wants, it can get a head start on planning for its first year away from Regional School Unit 12.

The town has the option to put together a transition…

Below are the results from the November 5 election in Damariscotta. More than 350 ballots were cast for the five state bond issues.

In…

Maine voters approved $150 million in bonds yesterday in support of transportation, higher education and the Army…

Wiscasset will withdraw from Regional School Unit 12 starting July 1, 2014.

On November 5, Wiscasset residents voted 613-280 to leave RSU 12. They cast enough ballots to hit the threshold…

With nearly five hours left to vote in Wiscasset, total ballots cast by shortly after 3 p.m. came to 523, Town Clerk Christine Wolfe said. That's 310 ballots shy of the number needed…