Firefighters quickly knocked down a kitchen fire at 21 West Side Road on Barter’s Island, Boothbay, the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 31. The occupants of the home exited safely, but a dog and a cat died of smoke inhalation.

Although adjustments needed to be made due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are thrilled that the GSB Students Investigate program continued for its fourth year.

Readers selected Brooke Alley as the winner of the 2020 #LCNme365 photo contest with her picture of her horse, Camelot.

Lincoln County saw 41 more residents diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past week—the second-highest weekly increase since the pandemic began in mid-March—for a total of 296 cases identified.

Sheila Libby remembers listening to the beeps. Those sounds in the hospital after the birth of her son Hayden were audible symbols of his condition.

Photographer Kimberly McLain handily won the December #LCNme365 photo contest with her picture of the Pemaquid River at sunset, taking 65% of reader votes.

The Maine Department of Transportation has approved the sale of King Square — the parcel of land between Main and Vine streets home to the Damariscotta Region Information Bureau building — to the town of Damariscotta.

Hundreds of readers submitted thousands of photos to The Lincoln County News’ photo contest in its fourth year. Now it is up to readers to decide which of the 12 finalists will win the 2020 #LCNme365 photo contest.

Lincoln County saw 47 residents diagnosed with COVID-19 over the last week — the highest weekly increase since the pandemic began in mid-March.

LincolnHealth received its initial shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine in the late morning of Tuesday, Dec. 22 and administered its first doses to front-line caregivers in the afternoon.

The condition of Gage York, the Nobleboro teenager injured in a Dec. 8 crash, has been upgraded from critical to serious as of Tuesday, Dec. 22, according to a Maine Medical Center spokesperson.

Just before the start of the holiday season, in November, a truck pulled up to the Echo Hill Nursery in Waldoboro to transport a 9-foot-tall white pine to a place of honor at the Blaine House in Augusta.