Waldoboro will hold its annual town meeting by referendum July 14, instead of June 9, to coincide with the new date for the state primary.

A 91-year-old hospice patient who lives in Damariscotta has donated $30,000 to three local nonprofits to assist with coronavirus relief efforts.

Lincoln County school districts are taking a variety of approaches to distance learning while school is out due to the coronavirus.

Although Lincoln County saw only one new case of COVID-19 over the past week, the county and the rest of Maine are preparing for a surge in hospitalizations in the coming weeks.

An anonymous donation is allowing Damariscotta’s Main Street Grocery to distribute $9,500 in gift cards to first responders and out-of-work restaurant staffers.

Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett is using emergency authority to appoint special deputies in case several regular deputies contract COVID-19, but so far the force remains healthy.

As schools closed and parents scrambled to find child care, at least one day care owner in Lincoln County expected to be “overrun” with requests for care. But with parents out of work and others working from home, demand has plummeted instead.

A bicyclist suffered a broken ankle when a pickup truck hit her on Route 32 in Round Pond the morning of Tuesday, April 7.