The Community School District planning and vote on the $89 million school renovations and building dominated the local news in 2023, with the end result being the voters turning down the plan in November. This coming year, voters will be asked to.
John Cooper is the latest name added to an exclusive list of the Sara Leone Leadership Award recipients presented annually to an Edgecomb Eddy School graduating sixth grader. Sara Leone attended Edgecomb Eddy until she completed sixth grade in 2002.
A change in the Set For Success back-to-school program has Edgecomb education officials scrambling for a new plan. During the June 12 meeting, school committee members learned of a significant change in the program. This year, Set For Success will.
Boothbay Harbor Police Department made three arrests between Jan. 25 and Feb. 23. On Jan. 27, Sgt. Patrick Higgins arrested Tavish Rogers, 18, of Boothbay Harbor for aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs. On Feb. 9, Officer Jennifer Gosselin.
The Lincoln County HazMat team is no more. Emergency Management Agency Director Casey Stevens told county commissioners Dec. 6 the team was being discontinued. The team met twice per year for training sessions, but hadn’t responded to an incident in.