Lincoln County will discontinue its participation in a federal grant program because of changes to the terms and conditions attached to the funding.

On the morning of July 8, the Ecumenical Food Pantry’s volunteers operated like a well-oiled machine. Workers flitted across the Second Congregational Church basement in Newcastle, keeping tables of produce, baked goods, and other groceries well-stocked for pantry visitors.

The South Bristol School Board voted in favor of proceeding with the process of applying to withdraw from AOS 93 and create a two-town education service center, or ESC, with Bristol during a board meeting Tuesday, Aug. 5.

As the popularity of pickleball increases in Maine, so do the related noise complaints, the turmoil of which has recently reached the village of Round Pond in Bristol. The Round Pond tennis court, which the Round Pond Village Improvement Society oversees, was converted to accommodate pickleball in 2021.

Jefferson voters will consider an education budget increase of 17.47% over last year at the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 12.

A new era is unfolding at the storied Waldoboro Custom House.

With minimal discussion, Wiscasset voters passed a new education budget totaling $10,744,119 for the 2026 fiscal year during a special town meeting in the Wiscasset Elementary School gym on Wednesday, July 23.

Local and state officials gathered at 16 Mills Road on Tuesday, July 29 to celebrate the near-completion of a 16-unit affordable housing development after nine months of construction.

 David Hasenfus, who owns hundreds if not thousands of gem and mineral specimens, can’t choose a favorite among them.

Families who welcomed loved ones into the world at Damariscotta’s MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital gathered at Round Top Ice Cream on Sunday, July 20 to connect with other families and the medical professionals who were among the first people to meet their children.

 Jon Amirault, tax collector for the town of Somerville, has engaged a current and a former member of the Somerville Municipal Broadband Board in a lawsuit over the members’ alleged violation of the Maine Freedom of Access Act.

 With the town’s police chief set to depart Friday, Aug. 1, the Damariscotta Select Board took steps regarding the future of the police department, including appointing an interim chief and discussing the hiring process, during its Wednesday, July 16 meeting.

Posted weight limits on bridges at either end of a long stretch of Somerville Road have left upwards of 60 homes technically inaccessible to some firefighting vehicles.