An ordinance governing architectural decisions and establishing a review process for building owners in Newcastle’s three historic districts will be open for discussion at a public hearing set for Thursday, Sept. 21.

The fire chiefs of Lincoln County recognized excellence and resilience in the members of their service at an annual business meeting and award ceremony in the South Bristol fire station on Wednesday, Aug. 16.

The Lincoln Academy bell tower, a beloved piece of the town academy’s history, is set to be removed Saturday, Sept. 9 due to structural concerns. School administration has launched the Save the Bell campaign to raise funds to restore the bell tower and the traditional bell ringing that marks athletic success and other campus celebrations.

After a two-hour meeting on Monday, Aug. 14, members of the Alna Board of Appeals unanimously agreed they did not have jurisdiction to consider an appeal of a decision by the Alna Select Board.

Residents and visitors alike descended to the tip of the Pemaquid penisula for the 69th edition of Olde Bristol Days Aug. 9-13.

A member of the Lincoln County community, Emma Lazzari, formerly of Damariscotta, had her residence in Lahaina, Hawaii destroyed by the devastating fires engulfing the western shores of Maui, Tuesday, Aug. 8.

Owls Head Transportation Museum Executive Director John Bottero is currently hard at work preparing for one of the museum’s biggest fundraisers of the year.

A Nobleboro man provided the crucial first link during an emergency call in June, successfully performing CPR on a 64-year-old man at Duck Puddle Campground.

Author and Vietnam War veteran Michael Uhl recently published his ninth book, “Safe Return: Inside the Amnesty Movement for Vietnam War Deserters,” a political memoir, with McFarland and Company, Inc.

Mile-a-minute weed, an invasive vine that particularly threatens tree growth, has been found in Maine for the first time at a home in Boothbay Harbor where a landowner found it among new landscaping plants.

It took Charles Harris, of Damariscotta, several days to recover from the mental and physical challenges posed by a recent nine-day road race called the Hemmings Motor News Great Race. The race is always grueling, but this year the daily temperatures of over 100 degrees took a toll on Harris, navigator Phillip Reinhardt, and Harris’ 1931 Reo Royale.