The Damariscotta Planning Board concluded a two-part public hearing concerning a proposed 102-bed nursing care facility on Piper Mill Road on Monday, Dec. 5 and must now make a decision on the application within 30 days.

Human remains found off Old County Road in Waldoboro were identified as those of 54-year-old Douglas Barter, who had been missing since Nov. 9, 2021, according to a press release from Waldoboro Police Chief John Lash.

Signed. Sealed. Delivered! Letters to Santa are in this week’s edition of The Lincoln County News.

The Whitefield Select Board abruptly ended its Tuesday, Dec. 6 meeting with items still on the agenda after residents voiced their frustration at the board’s rejection of a citizens’ petition.

A native seed sowing workshop at the Hidden Valley Nature Center on Friday, Dec. 2, taught participants that the Maine winter isn’t as dead a time as some think. The workshop, held in partnership with Wild Seed Project, showed attendees to identify plants native to the state and collect seeds from them responsibly, then how to store and sow them.

Cara Brindisi, a former contestant on the NBC vocal competition series “The Voice,” sang her heart out in a performance for a leg of her The Snow Globe Tour at Wanderwood in Nobleboro on Saturday, Dec. 3.

On Saturday, Nov. 26, the family and friends of the late Schuyler Leroy Fairfield gathered to celebrate his life at the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset.

With a positivity rate of just 1.8%, down from 4.2% last week, LincolnHealth spokesperson John Martins said by email that the data is “very encouraging.”

With just one vote separating first and second place, Julia Brown emerged victorious in the November #LCNme365 photo contest with her picture of a foggy morning at Hillside Cemetery in Damariscotta.

A man was injured in a structure fire near Pemaquid Point in Bristol that drew response from six area fire departments the evening of Friday, Dec. 2.

After nearly 64 years, a pristine 10-karat gold 1958 Bridge Academy class ring belonging to Hazel Moody (née Robbins) has made its way home to the family of her son, Daniel Moody.

Meeting in a special session Tuesday, Nov. 22, the Alna Select Board voted to award a one-year snowplowing contract to the lowest of three bidders, accepting the $325,000 offer from Whitefield contractor Mike Jewett and Son Excavation and Forest Products.

The sixth annual Villages of Light Festival spread the holiday spirit throughout the Twin Villages of Damariscotta and Newcastle with a Santa Claus meet-and-greet, kids’ crafts, a movie, and a parade on Saturday, Nov. 26.

The COVID-19 positivity rate at LincolnHealth is in the single digits for the third consecutive week, according to hospital spokesperson John Martins.