Anyone who has passed through the Damariscotta area since the late 1980s and stayed for any amount of time likely ran into longtime bartender, innkeeper, Great Salt Bay Sanitary District Committee member, and public television host Robert “Bobby” Whear, of Damariscotta Mills.

According to local heating assistance providers, more Lincoln County residents than ever are struggling to stay warm this winter. As frigid temperatures are set to continue, and with an application “backlog” slowing distribution of federal heating assistance dollars, local agencies are scrambling to fill the gap.

While the overall budget is decreasing, the five towns associated with the Nobleboro-Jefferson Transfer Station are going to see an increase in their contributions to the station’s approved 2025 budget.

Bristol’s seven-decade tradition of celebrating its history with a weekend of festivities will look different this summer with the absence of a parade, daytime fairground with vendors, and activities for kids.

In Waldoboro, an array of vibrant aquatic ecosystems thrives year-round, cultivated, designed, and cared for by Medomak Valley High School sophomore Owen Heald.

After rejecting a proposed version of the budget last month, Bristol, Jefferson, Nobleboro, and South Bristol voters will consider a revised and reduced AOS 93 central office budget of $1 million on Wednesday, Jan. 22.

One year after back-to-back storms devastated Lincoln County’s coastline, affected residents, businesses, and towns are still rebuilding and preparing for the future.

Somerville residents elected Kathryn Jennings to fill the third select board seat during a special election on Tuesday, Jan. 7.

After roughly eight years as the owner of Edgecomb’s Glidden Point Oyster Farms, Ryan McPherson is planning some changes to the property at 637 River Road.

Newly elected Commissioners David Levesque and Evan Goodkowsky joined William Blodgett in Wiscasset for the first Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting of 2025 on Tuesday, Jan. 7.

Sinking golden shovels into the dirt of a vacant Depot Street lot, representatives from the public and private sectors ceremonially began construction on a new MaineHealth medical arts facility in Waldoboro Monday, Jan. 6.

The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit Central arrested a local man in connection to the body found in the Schmid Preserve in Edgecomb in December.

At the start of each year, the volume number on the front of this newspaper increases by one. With this edition we enter volume 150, celebrating the start of a sesquicentennial of publication.

Readers selected Kate Bryant, of Wiscasset, as the winner of the 2024 #LCNme365 photo contest with a picture of an English setter enjoying the final days of summer.