A Lincoln Academy student recently tested positive for COVID-19, the school said in an email Monday, Nov. 23.

After a discussion about space concerns and rising enrollment at the Bristol School Committee’s Nov. 4 meeting, a new committee has formed to address urgent space needs and look for long-term solutions, including an addition or possibly a new building.

An approximately 90-year-old tradition of smoking herring is continuing for another year next to the S Road School in South Bristol, in the same building where it started.

As the fall surge of COVID-19 continues in Maine, Lincoln County continues to see a rise in new cases. The 31 new cases in the past week more than double the past weekly high of 13 — set last week — and the county has its first two outbreaks.

The contractor replacing sewer lines in Damariscotta’s municipal parking lot temporarily halted work because two employees on its pipe crew tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, Nov. 16.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention opened an outbreak investigation Monday, Nov. 16 after three more employees at Cove’s Edge, a long-term care facility on LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta, tested positive for COVID-19.

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, in partnership with Kieve-Wavus Education Inc., plans to install a 243-kilowatt ground-mounted solar array behind its headquarters at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta.

A developer plans to build an approximately 5-megawatt commercial solar farm on 32.9 acres off Christian Hill Road, just north of the village of Bristol Mills.

As COVID-19 continues to surge in Maine, Lincoln County is also seeing a steady rise in cases, adding a second straight weekly high of 13 this week.

An employee at Cove’s Edge, a long-term care facility on LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta, has tested positive for COVID-19, but universal testing has found no other cases among workers or residents.

The town of Bristol is preparing for a second phase of the Bristol Mills fish ladder project — but first needs to raise another $400,000 to pay for it.

Newcastle celebrated the reconstruction of Academy Hill Road with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, Oct. 29.

As cases of COVID-19 surge across Maine, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 12 new cases in Lincoln County, the highest weekly total since the beginning of the pandemic, and confirmed community transmission in the county for the first time.