Two of Lincoln County’s largest healthcare employers face stiff challenges when it comes to fielding enough staff to attend to the medical needs of county residents. 

One Lincoln County school canceled classes in response to widespread concern regarding an apparent trend on the social media app TikTok encouraging users to call in various threats to schools. 

Break of Day Mental Health Group warned that the industry is in “a state of crisis” in Maine because of a lost sense of community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With small businesses still struggling to hire and retain workers in the economic upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, Waldoboro businessman and selectman Abden Simmons said he is running for state senate to support trade schools that will fill gaps in the workforce. 

The Whitefield Library will officially open on Jan. 14 after being closed to the public for more than two years.  

A dedicated audience welcomed Wreaths Across America to the Wiscasset Speedway, despite chilly temperatures and an hour-long delay. 

For the second week in a row, LincolnHealth saw a record-setting number of positive COVID-19 cases, according to LincolnHealth spokesperson John Martins.

Alna voters elected to maintain the structure of the town’s board of selectmen by a seven-vote margin in a special town referendum on Dec. 14. 

Alna residents accused the board of selectmen of illegally spending town funds on a private road at the board’s regular meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 1. 

The Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service Board approved a new formula for determining each town’s required budget for emergency response during a special meeting on Dec. 6.

A fire engulfed a camper trailer on Old County Road in Waldoboro on Thursday, Dec. 9, burning it completely.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen authorized Town Manager Matt Lutkus to send letters to the Maine Department of Transportation in support of a roundabout at the intersection of Route 1 and Belvedere Road and a project at the intersection of Main and School streets.