Jefferson resident Danielle Pierce is stepping into a role the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Lincoln County Board of Commissioners have said is urgently needed countywide.

A newly completed addition at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay represents a renewed commitment to discovery despite mounting challenges to science in the U.S., laboratory President, CEO, and Senior Research Scientist Deborah Bronk said.

In the wake of Jefferson voters’ rejection of an initial education budget for the 2025-2026 school year at the polls in June, they will consider another, higher proposal from the school committee on Wednesday, July 9.

The island of Monhegan has been powered by an assemblage of rented and county-owned generators over the course of the past week following a power outage on island that left residents and businesses with limited water and power.

Somerville voters elected Andrew Holmes to the select board, C.J. Rideout to the office of road commissioner, and passed a municipal budget of $759,864 at their 2025 annual town meeting.

Some of Alna’s solar energy converts opened their homes to curious neighbors on Saturday, June 21, in an effort to forward conversations about what renewable energy can look like for residents.

Three people were injured and two transported by LifeFlight of Maine after two cars collided head-on on the Jefferson-Whitefield line the evening of Friday, June 20.

About 729 Waldoboro residents turned out to vote in their annual town meeting by referendum on Tuesday, June 10, approving an $8.5 million budget and electing a select board member, school board member, utility district trustee, and three budget committee members.

The diverse accomplishments and fierce kindness of the 133 members of Lincoln Academy’s class of 2025 were on display as seniors crossed the commencement stage on Friday, June 6.

Every weekday, Darlene Gilligan, of Union, welcomes dozens of local students to school with a cheery “good morning.” Then, later that afternoon, she bids them farewell with the same care and attention.

Every day at the Lincoln County Communications Center, dispatchers are hard at work answering calls and handling emergencies. Often, the conversations they have on the line change lives forever, as dispatchers Craig Balsdon, of Boothbay Harbor, and Richard Hasch, of Southport, know well.