Damariscotta’s town manager, Matt Lutkus, announced that his last day working for the town will be April 7, in an email to the board of selectmen on Feb. 6.

While overall testing dropped significantly at LincolnHealth in the last two weeks, positive case rates have remained high, according to LincolnHealth spokesperson John Martins.

Richard Lash, director of Waldoboro Emergency Medical Services, will retire on June 5, Town Administrator Julie Keizer announced at the Waldoboro Select Board meeting on Feb. 8.

In January, Clary Lake is an icescape. At the public boat access, just off North Clary Road, a few people huddle around an iceboat, slowly maneuvering it off its trailer. The lake is windswept but windless, the air still and bitter. Crows punctuate an otherwise white-grey sky.

With only four votes separating first and second place, Betsey Dalbeck, of Brookline, Mass., emerged victorious in the January #LCNme365 photo contest.

“Over the past year we have had one item after another decide it’s no longer able to work,” reads the start to the Wiscasset Ambulance Service’s Jan. 26 Facebook post calling for ideas from the community on how to address failing equipment. And fund its replacement.

Two vehicles collided in Edgecomb at the intersection of Route 1 and Cochran Road the evening of Feb. 1.

From Jan. 24-30, LincolnHealth recorded its lowest tests and positivity rate since the week of Dec. 20, according to LincolnHealth spokesperson John Martins.

Round Pond school counselor Cameron Reny is one of three candidates running for Senate District 13. 

Newcastle attorney David Levesque is one of three candidates running for Senate District 13. 

Damariscotta Police Chief Jason Warlick presented two Friendship men with the 2021 Life Saving Award for their heroic response to a fatal crash on Dec. 7, at a Damariscotta Board of Selectmen’s meeting on Jan. 19.

Once again, the COVID-19 case rate has reached a record high at LincolnHealth, with 60% of cases in those who are fully vaccinated, according to LincolnHealth spokesperson John Martins.

It can be a challenge to see the potential of the Pemaquid Mill while exploring its dusty caverns, but with a few hundred thousand more dollars in its reserve, the path to realizing that potential has become a lot clearer for the Old Bristol Historical Society.