The Lincoln County News and Lincoln County Publishing Co. are beginning 2018 with a new hire, two promotions, and the retirement of a longtime employee.

A Bristol man faces charges of operating under the influence and driving to endanger after an accident on School Street in Damariscotta on Monday, Jan. 8, which sent a Bristol woman to the hospital.

Waldoboro residents voted 50-7 to establish a moratorium on recreational marijuana shops and social clubs during a special town meeting the morning of Saturday, Jan. 6.

A Lincoln County grand jury has indicted Shawna L. Gatto on a charge of depraved indifference murder in connection with the December death of her fiance’s granddaughter, 4-year-old Kendall Chick.

Linda Porter approaches Glenn James with a foam karate blocker around her arm. She wants James to attack her using a move she taught him in one of her karate classes.

Storm surge during the ongoing blizzard contributed to the flooding of the municipal parking lot in downtown Damariscotta flooded during the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 4.

Only 11 votes decided the winner of the annual #LCNme365 photo contest when polls closed the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 2. Sandee Brackett, of New Harbor, received 133 of the 675 votes cast to come away with the win.

A Nobleboro Democrat who served as Maine’s labor commissioner for eight years under Gov. John Baldacci will seek to represent Lincoln County in the Maine Senate.