The Lincoln County News

Despite some recent public opposition, a historic preservation ordinance will go to a referendum vote in Damariscotta on Tuesday, March 3.

Fourteen students in Medomak Valley High School’s advanced photography class have kept busy taking pictures of students and staff members at the Waldoboro high school, documenting why each and every one of them matters.

The Maine Department of Transportation will extend the 30-mph speed limit on Main Street in Damariscotta from the intersection with School Street to the intersection with Back Meadow Road.

A driver was transported to a hospital after another failed to stop at a stop sign, causing a T-bone crash on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 12.

The Cable-Burns Applied Technology and Engineering Center at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle sustained heavy water damage after a tree fell onto the building during stormy weather Friday, Feb. 7.

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved an abatement of property taxes for “dorm parent” apartments at Lincoln Academy, saying Newcastle may not tax the housing because it contributes to the school’s tax-exempt purpose.

Fourteen homeschooled children from eight families across Lincoln County put their knowledge on display in the atrium of Skidompha Library as part of Homeschooler Cultural Day on Thursday, Jan. 30.

Wiscasset Town Manager John O’Connell will resign effective in June, citing “family and other commitments.”

As officials in China try to contain the novel coronavirus that originated there and has infected thousands, in Maine, state and local officials are taking precautions in case the deadly disease starts to spread in the U.S.

A new family farm in Nobleboro, between Bayview and Morgan Hill roads, is bustling with activity, even in the dead of winter.

Democratic voters will decide an unusual three-way primary to select their nominee in the race to replace term-limited state Rep. Mick Devin, D-Newcastle.