LINCOLNVILLE — Doris Weed has worked at the Lincolnville Town Office since 1986, and while she has loved every day there, she is so ready to retire she breaks out in a grin every time the word is mentioned. Friday, Feb. 1, is her last day at work, so if you want your last dose of Doris behind the counter, get to Lincolnville Center today. Otherwise, she'll likely be in the woods, skiing or snowshoeing.

"I'm going to enjoy my 60 acres of land," she said. "I am going to learn how to snowboard, and I am going to make my own bunny slope."

Weed (Doris Ann Flagg Weed) and Ken live near Tanglewood, and her brother Tom Flagg, had made a groomer to drag behind the snowmobile. She and Ken keep the trails groomed through the winter.

When the weather warms up — which she doesn't really like, but she accepts — "I'm going to learn now to paddleboard."

She will also be sternman for her husband, Ken, when they go lobstering.

She has enjoyed her 27 years at the town office, but set Feb. 2, 2013 (2-2-13) last August as her retirement date. Feb. 2 is her birthday, and the number 13 has been the lucky one for her entire life. It was the lucky number for her whole family, as well. For her father, Tom Flagg, who had a blacksmith shop at Lincolnville Beach, for her sisters and brother, Tom, Ellen and Jane. Her sisters still own their parents' property at the Beach, while Doris and Ken live over by Tanglewood. Her brother, Tom, passed away.

Her father was a unique character and had nicknames for all his children: Doris' was Robie; Jane's was Jim; Ellen's was Phil. That's the sense of humor he carried. They had a pony and horse, and Doris and her siblings know Lincolnville inside and out.

Doris married Ken in 1968. She graduated with the Camden-Rockport High School Class of 1966, the first class (of 125 students) to graduate from the two-town combined high school. Ken graduated a few years earlier from Camden High School.

"He was a friend of my brother's," she said. "He would drop by, after giving my brother a ride home. Mum would make him supper."

They have two sons, Stephen and Kenny, Jr., and grandchildren who are close by.

"Doris?"

"Yes, dear?"

That's her exchange with Town Administrator David Kinney, whom she taught just about everything he needed to know about Lincolnville when he assumed his post in 2003. Weed is an efficient multi-tasker, doing 20 things at once, and as office coordinator, she has kept the town humming.

"It's nice to have an employee with the depth and breadth of knowledge that Doris had when I arrived," he said.

"He's going to be fine," said Weed.

"I am attempting to learn," said Kinney. "Am I capable?"

"Yes, you are."

At their Jan. 14 meeting, Lincolnville selectmen voted to divide Weed's responsibilities between the finance director and the administrative assistant.

"Because no one person could possibly fill the role of the former office coordinator," said Kinney.

Weed just rolled her eyes.

The best part of the job for her was the townspeople, "all 2,200," she said. "They are kind of like my boss. We work for them."

She never had a bad encounter, that she remembers.

"You just listen to them," she said.

Elections were her favorite times, and when her granddaughter Jarica was young, Weed would take her along to the office with her, setting up a nap spot in the corner.

Weed has a long history of service to the town: She was on the appeals board, 1977 to 1979; on the school building committe at the same time. She served on the budget committee, as town treasurer, on the Center Community Building Committee, as assistant town clerk, on the charter commission and comprehensive plan committee, as administrative assistant, deputy registry of voters, deputy town treasurer, deputy tax collector, deputy town clerk, registrar of voters, planning board alternate, deputy town administrator, office coordinator, deputy welfare director, alternate code enforcement officer, and on the municipal building committee.

Is she now going to step back onto a committee?

"No!" she said. "I'm just going to fade into the sunset...."