After several months of fundraising and a more than 5,000-mile journey, the two sons of a Lebanese archdeacon in the Episcopal Church are now studying at Lincoln Academy, thanks to the efforts of local Episcopalians.

LincolnHealth employees and project supporters gathered for a dedication of a suicide prevention awareness garden at the hospital’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta on Monday, May 10.

Central Maine Power Co. will start work in July to install a temporary “floating road” in Great Salt Bay in Newcastle to gain access to an island for improvements to a transmission line.

Local builder Scott Sutter Jr. became Bristol’s second full-time fire chief effective Saturday, May 1, succeeding Paul Leeman Jr. in the role.

Though vaccination options in Lincoln County are expanding, COVID-19 cases continue to climb, with 63 new cases identified in Lincoln County residents in the past week, up from 59 the week prior.

Walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations will be available at LincolnHealth’s clinic at the Boothbay Region YMCA’s Marylouise Tandy Cowan Fieldhouse in Boothbay Harbor on Monday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1-3 p.m.

With the turn of a large metal wheel, a wooden head gate rose and water began to flow into the new Bristol Mills fish ladder for the first time on Sunday, April 18.

The Newcastle Planning Board approved a zoning permit for the construction of a dozen 720-square-foot hoop houses, as well as a chicken coop and a shed, as part of a cannabis grow site at 129 Forest Road on Thursday, April 15.

Despite a well-vaccinated population, cases of COVID-19 in Lincoln County residents continue to surge with 59 new cases this week, up from 41 last week and 35 the week before that.