The pews at the Wiscasset First Congregational Church were filled nearly to capacity on Saturday, May 7 for the memorial service honoring the late Lawrence “Larry” Gordon, a dedicated public servant who passed away, April 7. 

The positivity rate for COVID-19 tests at LincolnHealth dipped by 3% from last week’s levels to 9.68%, continuing a slight downward trend.

Ninety minutes into Art for Ukraine, a two-day benefit sale on April 29 and 30 organized by six Midcoast artists, half the donated art was already sold. The hosting artists had to pull additional pieces from their own collected works to be able to sustain the second day of the sale. Those sold too.

A brush fire threatened two homes and burned approximately four acres of woodland in Bristol on Saturday, May 7. 

Alicia Hunter of Damariscotta wanted more children. She had a son and daughter from her first marriage, and when she remarried, she and husband Joseph Clark tried to have another child. But there were difficulties – and after experiencing pregnancy loss, they started to talk about adoption. 

Lisa Pixley and her husband Christopher Campbell first noticed the St. Denis Parish Hall in Whitefield in early summer. Imagine the greens, the blossoms. It was 2021. They were driving north from their home in Portland, bypassing the congestion of visitors in Wiscasset, leading them up through Whitefield. Out front of the old building, with its distinctive architecture, plantings around the perimeter: A “For Sale” sign.

After weeks of increases, the percentage of positive COVID-19 cases at LincolnHealth has dipped by 3.52%, but is still relatively high at 12.68%, hospital spokesperson John Martins said by email.

Jefferson’s new Fire Chief Alan Johnston has been with the department for 46 years.

Democratic primary candidates for Maine Senate District 13 answered questions from community members in an open forum hosted by the Lincoln County Democratic Committee on April 26, at Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta.

Six teams with human remains detection dogs from the Maine Warden Service found no sign of missing Waldoboro resident Douglas Barter on April 20.

Jefferson Fire Chief Walter “Wally” Morris is retiring after 18 years with the department, serving 12 of those years as fire chief. Morris will remain with the department until October, serving as assistant fire chief.