Valentine’s Day is coming. Some people give a card, some people give a flower, but really romantic people engage the Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus to send a quartet to the home or workplace of their significant other to deliver a card and a rose, and best of all, to sing a couple of romantic songs to the love of their lives.

The Lincoln County News will have an early deadline for the Jan. 2 edition.

Jim Tolbert of Webster, Wis., correctly identified last week’s photo as a bone dish, used during the Victorian era to hold discarded fish or chicken bones from a diner’s main plate at the table, essentially a dedicated side plate for bones.

The Whitefield Library, at 1 Arlington Lane in Whitefield, is seeking entries to its second annual chili cook-off on Saturday, Jan. 25.

The Lincoln County News will have early deadlines for the Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 editions.

Medomak Valley Senior Citizens met at the North Nobleboro Community Center on Nov. 18, enjoying a combination Thanksgiving and Christmas party. Prior to that day, seniors decorated the hall. Buffalo plaid tablecloths, red tableware and holiday napkins were on the tables.

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is a significant step closer to bringing the community’s vision of a fully accessible, mile-long trail connecting Round Top Farm to Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta to fruition, thanks to the update of a conservation easement owned by Laura and Vanessa Shields-Haas in early November.

The Wood Chips, who process and deliver firewood to neighbors needing help throughout central-eastern Lincoln County as part of the nonprofit Community Housing Improvement Project Inc.’s supplemental heating program, have been busy.