The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners approved a $17.5 million budget for fiscal year 2026 during their regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Revisiting two reoccurring agenda items Tuesday, Nov. 25, the Edgecomb Select Board authorized the purchase of a new fire truck for the town and discussed the next steps for dealing with the town’s recently rediscovered sailboat.

Sweet, tiny kittens jumped over bolsters and crawled through bent limbs during kitten yoga at Live From Love Center in Bremen on Sunday, Nov. 30.

Wiscasset residents and town officials wrestled over the definition of the word “recent” during a public hearing on the subject hosted by the Wiscasset Planning Board on Monday, Nov. 24.

Spirits were merry in Damariscotta and Newcastle on Saturday, Nov. 29 as people gathered for the ninth annual Village of Lights celebration.

The Johns Bay Coastal Alliance committee elected officers and discussed its transition plan for leaving AOS 93 at its meeting on Nov. 19.

The sounds of nail guns and good-natured hollering filled the brisk November air at Medomak Valley High School as volunteers laid new shingles on the building that houses the school’s heirloom seed bank on Friday, Nov. 21.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Texan man after an investigation into a scam that pressured victims with false claims of a federal arrest warrant.

Aaron Bradbury, the deputy chief of the Nobleboro Fire Department, will once again take over the leadership role after the resignation of Matthew Kilpatrick.

The Bristol-South Bristol Transfer Station was a hive of more than the usual activity on Saturday, Nov. 22 as the Wood Chips, an all-volunteer offshoot of the Community Housing Improvement Project Inc., made a major push to split and stack cords of donated firewood that will provide essential heating assistance in the cold months ahead.

AOS 93 Board members discussed the impending withdrawal of Bristol and South Bristol during its meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Waldoboro residents raised concerns about a proposed cell tower on Friendship Road during the Thursday, Nov. 13 meeting of the Waldoboro Planning Board.

As many families across the nation faced food insecurity earlier this month, two Whitefield Elementary School staff members helped to ease the burden on students and their families.

Knox County inmates may soon be transferred to Wiscasset as Two Bridges Regional Jail works on a one-year agreement with the neighboring county.