From lobster boats to parade floats, the 70th Olde Bristol Days was celebrated all weekend long, all over the Pemaquid Peninsula.

The Monhegan community congregated atop Lookout Hill to celebrate the lighthouse’s 200th anniversary on Thursday, Aug. 9.

The Frances Perkins Center, the nonprofit managing the family homestead of the nation’s first female cabinet member, is seeking to make Frances Perkins’ former home in Newcastle a national monument.

On Friday, Aug. 9, the Maine Connectivity Authority approved a grant of $6 million to Lincoln County for the construction of fiber broadband internet in a project expected to bring internet service to residents across the county – including some who historically have not been able to get internet service at their homes.

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee gathered local blue voters and activists together at Cider Hill Farm in Waldoboro on Sunday, Aug. 4, for seafood, music, and speeches from local politicians and public figures.

Wiscasset Emergency Medical Services Chief Erin Bean and her crew are working on transforming Wiscasset’s Scout Hall into a training and meeting center, an operation that was unanimously approved by the Wiscasset Select Board during a meeting Tuesday, July 30.

The oak floor of Alna’s Village School at Puddle Dock lies under some checkered tiles now, but the history seeps through.

A group of trustees and volunteers gathered at the Pownalborough Court House on Wednesday, July 31 to witness a donation to the Lincoln County Historical Association for the restoration of a painting that holds the history of the area in its image.

The RSU 40 Board of Directors reinstated a district policy outlining protections for transgender and gender expansive students at their meeting on Thursday, Aug. 1, rescinding action taken on June 7 to delete the policy.

Maine’s native fruit was the star of Wild Blueberry Weekend as droves of locals and visitors attended the third annual festival at Fields Fields Blueberries on Saturday, Aug. 3 and Sunday, Aug. 4 in Dresden.

The investigation into a Waldoboro man’s suspicious death in Cushing on Friday, July 12 has led to a third arrest.

This summer, in the woods of Washington, elementary school students from across RSU 40 are taking part in quintessential summer camp activities, including playing among the camp’s tall pines, practicing archery and crafts, leaping into deep, cool water, and, during quiet moments of reflection, writing postcards home.

Grief, accountability, and mental health are at the forefront of Wiscasset-based author Robert Conlin Jr.’s latest book, “The Lewiston Shootings: an all-American tragedy.”