LincolnHealth saw a record-setting number of positive COVID-19 cases from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5, according to an email from LincolnHealth spokesperson John Martins.

After President Biden signed the initial infrastructure bill into law earlier this month, towns in Lincoln County began identifying potential development, broadband, and road rebuilding projects that could benefit from the federal grants soon to be available. 

The Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service is fundraising for new equipment to lift patients on stretchers into and out of an ambulance that is safer for both emergency first responders and patients. 

After receiving grant funding through the state’s ConnectME broadband program, fiber optic broadband installation in Bremen is almost complete, with connection to the system available to all residents.

With 22 days until Christmas, now is the perfect time to purchase or reserve a tree at one of Lincoln County’s many local tree farms and stands. 

The boards of selectmen in Damariscotta and Boothbay Harbor gave their blessing to their town managers to work on creating a shared town planner position. 

Regardless of whether household Christmas trees emerged from attics and basements the day after Halloween or the day after Thanksgiving, the 2021 Parade of Lights ushered the Christmas spirit into Newcastle and Damariscotta on Nov. 28.

LincolnHealth has rescheduled some surgeries that could be suspended without a negative impact along with most other hospitals across Maine struggling to preserve bed capacity, according to an email from LincolnHealth spokesperson John Martins.

A double row of holiday wreaths are displayed on a short wooden railing facing Route 1 at Depot Street in Waldoboro. More wreaths fill a nearby trailer. A couple of folding tables are arrayed with whoopie pies, banana breads, candy and cookies. There are trays of freshly-baked yeast rolls, ready to eat or easy to freeze. 

For more than a decade, brothers Ken and Todd Lincoln have carried on the tradition of smoking herring. The brothers once again will sell strings of the smoked fish next to the S Road School in South Bristol from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 27.

With a staggering 74.2% of the vote, Robin Nolan won the November #LCNme365 photo contest with a picture of her husband walking through a field of milkweed at sunrise.

The Midcoast support group for survivors of domestic abuse, New Hope For Women, officially changed its name last week to New Hope Midcoast to reflect all individuals who experience abuse, including men and people who are gender non-binary.

Former Alna selectman Ed Pentaleri is the lone candidate running to fill the town’s vacant first selectman’s seat.