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Who to Call in Damariscotta

207-563-1909 · 207-563-5168 · 207-563-5105

Damariscotta Police Department · Town Office · Great Salt Bay Sanitary District

The town's own numbers, grouped and tappable — the office that closes on Fridays, the after-hours route, water and sewer, and help if money is short.

The numbers a resident of Damariscotta actually needs, in one place and tappable. Almost everything municipal runs out of one building — the old Castner School at 21 School Street, which holds the Town Office and the Police Department under one roof — and the town office keeps unusual hours: it opens at half past seven three days a week, does not open until one on Wednesday, and is shut all day Friday. Everything below was read off the town's own department pages, or Newcastle's for the two county services.

Out of hours, the police number is the way in

If you need the town urgently when the office is shut — emergency help with heat, rent or food, a water main, a road — ring the Police Department on 207-563-1909. The town names it as the after-hours route for General Assistance, and it is staffed around the clock. Call 911 instead for anything where somebody is in danger.

The town office is closed on Fridays

It opens 7:30 am to 5 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and 1 to 5 pm on Wednesday only. General Assistance starts at 9 am rather than 7:30 on the days it is open. A Friday errand has to wait until Monday, so it is worth ringing before you drive in.

In an emergency

Police, fire or ambulance

Any emergency

Phone
911

Dispatch prioritises every call and cannot tell you a response time. Have ready: where it is, what has happened, when, who is calling, and descriptions of anyone or any vehicle involved.

Damariscotta Police Department

Non-emergency, and the town's after-hours line

Hours
Office Monday to Friday 8 am to 4 pm; emergency services 24 hours a day

The entrance is at the north end of the building, separate from the Town Office doors. Fax 207-563-8986. Report every car accident here whatever the damage. This is also the number to file your vehicle and contact details with, so an officer can try to reach you before anything is towed in a snowstorm.

Damariscotta Fire Department

Non-emergency enquiries and burn permits

The Massasoit Engine Company, the town's fire department since 1875 and staffed by trained volunteers. Mail goes to P.O. Box 1206. Ring 911 for a fire.

Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service

Billing and non-emergency enquiries

CLCAS has run advanced life support out of Damariscotta since 1968 for nine towns — Bremen, Bristol, Damariscotta, Edgecomb, Jefferson, Newcastle, Nobleboro and South Bristol among them — and also does non-emergency transfers. Ring 911 for an ambulance; use the service's own site for billing questions.

Lincoln County Emergency Agency

Emergency management for the county

Preparation for and recovery from storms and other disasters, county-wide. Ring 911 in an emergency.

The Town Office

Town Office

The main number — it reaches the Clerk, the Assessors, Code Enforcement and Public Works

Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 7:30 am to 5 pm; Wednesday 1 to 5 pm; closed Friday

In the former Castner School. From Main Street (Route 1B) go north and turn left onto School Street; it is the brick building on the left, sharing two large car parks with Full Circle Family Medicine. Two entrances, east and west. Fax 207-563-6862.

Town Clerk

Vital records, licences, registrations and elections

Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 7:30 am to 5 pm; Wednesday 1 to 5 pm; closed Friday

Birth, marriage and death certificates, marriage licences, dog licences, hunting and fishing licences, liquor and vending licences, voter registration — and vehicle, ATV, boat and snowmobile registrations.

Assessors' Office

What your property is assessed at, and the exemptions

Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 7:30 am to 5 pm; Wednesday 1 to 5 pm; closed Friday

The office to ring about the figure on your tax bill, the homestead, veteran and blind exemptions, and an appeal. This town's Estimate Your Property Tax page does the arithmetic.

Code Enforcement and Planning

Building and plumbing permits, shoreland zoning

Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 7:30 am to 5 pm; Wednesday 1 to 5 pm; closed Friday

Ring to ask about a permit or to make an appointment. Septic plans for an address can be looked up through the State of Maine's own permit search rather than here.

Public Works

Roads, plowing, sidewalks, potholes and street signs

Weekly downtown trash collection, mowing the town's properties, Biscay Beach, snow plowing and clearing the sidewalks, potholes and street signs. Out of hours, use the police number.

Town Manager

Andrew Dorr

Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 7:30 am to 5 pm; Wednesday 1 to 5 pm; closed Friday

The town's manager since 2022, answering to the five-member Select Board.

Water, sewer and rubbish

Great Salt Bay Sanitary District

Drinking water and wastewater — including a burst main or a backup

Hours
Monday to Friday 7 am to 3 pm

A publicly owned utility, not a town department: water for Damariscotta and Newcastle, wastewater for Damariscotta, Newcastle and Nobleboro. Four staff under an elected six-member board; Scott Abbotoni is the superintendent. Mail goes to P.O. Box 23. The trustees meet at 5 pm on the second Wednesday of the month.

Nobleboro–Jefferson Transfer Station

Trash, recycling and bulky items

Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 8 am; the gate shuts at 3:50 pm and the scale at 3:30 pm

Shared by five towns. You need a sticker or proof you live in a member town — Damariscotta residents get one at the Town Office. This town's Transfer Station page has the full list of what it takes.

If money is short

General Assistance (Town of Damariscotta)

Emergency help with rent, heat, electricity or food

Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9 am to 5 pm; Wednesday 1 to 5 pm

The town's own last-resort fund for basic necessities — housing, heat, LP gas, electricity, food and household supplies. There is an application and the administrator decides. Out of hours, ring the Police Department on 207-563-1909.

Midcoast Maine Community Action

HEAP — help paying for heating fuel

The agency that takes HEAP applications for the whole of Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties, Damariscotta included. Toll free 800-221-2221. This town's heating page has the income limits and the documents to have ready.

Getting there, and keeping an eye out

Lincoln County FISH

Free volunteer-driver rides — Friends In Service Helping

An all-volunteer group that drives Lincoln County residents, at no charge, to medical appointments, the shops, and other errands. Damariscotta has no public transport of any kind, so for anyone who cannot drive this is the ride. Ring ahead to book — they ask for notice.

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office

Non-emergency county line

The county's own number, separate from the town police. It runs Damariscotta's animal control, and Project Lifesaver — a tracking bracelet for someone at risk of wandering, which the Sheriff's Office can explain. Ring 911 in an emergency.

Animals

Animal Control

A stray dog, or a complaint about an animal

Damariscotta's animal control is handled by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office rather than by the town, so this is a county number, not the Police Department's.

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