The Maine Department of Education has denied a family’s appeal of the Jefferson School Committee’s decision not to allow their child to attend Jefferson Village School. Meanwhile, a Jefferson selectman plans to consult the Maine Municipal Association on the matter.

Local recycling and waste-management researchers and activists Michael Uhl and Mark Ward hope to further awareness and discussion of recycling and trash in Lincoln County with a public forum Thursday, Aug. 22.

Capt. Gorham Lilly, a volunteer firefighter in Dresden for nearly 60 years, was recognized as a “Hometown Hero” during a ceremony at Pownalborough Hall in Dresden on Wednesday, Aug. 7.

Authorities have confirmed that the body found in Greenland Cove, Bremen, on Monday, Aug. 19, was that of a Bremen man missing since Aug. 12.

Fifteen years after going to work with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Sgt. Mark Bridgham – better known as “Officer Mark” to hundreds of students at Lincoln Academy – retired from full-time duty July 24.

After the resolution of a bitter, years-long fight over dam ownership and water levels, the Clary Lake Association is planning a bright future for the ecology and enjoyment of the lake.

Local firefighters extinguished a woods fire off a logging road in the area of 1537 Bunker Hill Road, Jefferson, the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 5.

Drivers and bystanders ogled as the former Huber’s Market, on Route 1 in Wiscasset, went up in flames during a training exercise for local fire departments Sunday, Aug. 4.

A photo of buoys on the footbridge in Boothbay Harbor received 46% of readers’ votes to win the July #LCNme365 photo contest.

Fire destroyed a barn and killed a large number of chickens and ducks inside, although some cattle escaped, at 1071 Old Augusta Road in Waldoboro late Wednesday, July 31 and early Thursday, Aug. 1.

Demolition work, part of a project to preserve historical features at the Head Tide Dam in Alna and improve fish passage on the Sheepscot River, began July 24 after preparations started earlier this month.