Jefferson School Committee Chair Russell “Al” Vorhis, elected July 14 to a fourth term on the committee, died Aug. 25 at an Augusta hospital.

An 8-year-old Waldoboro girl in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia has a new playhouse, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Fire destroyed a vacant one-story house on Depot Street in Waldoboro the evening of Thursday, Aug. 27. There were no injuries.

State Rep. Richard Bradstreet, R-Vassalboro, is seeking a third term in Maine House District 80, which includes the Lincoln County town of Somerville.

A Waldoboro man was flown to a Bangor hospital after crashing while fleeing from law enforcement on Manktown Road, Thursday, Aug. 13.

The Maine Warden Service is investigating a fatality on Pemaquid Pond in Nobleboro.

After visiting the Bremen waterfront in mid-July and an East Boothbay marine lab last week, U.S. Senate candidate Sara Gideon returned to Lincoln County for a roundtable discussion on how the federal government can better serve veterans at Waldoboro’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4525, Tuesday, Aug. 11.

A Chrysler Town & Country minivan crashed and caught fire on Route 235 in Waldoboro, near the Warren town line, Monday, Aug. 10. There were no injuries.