Four Lincoln County residents face various drug charges following the execution of two separate search warrants within the past week.

Trudy Petrovitz is only one of many Lincoln County residents whose lives have been affected by drug and alcohol abuse. The 79-year-old Petrovitz has lived in North Waldoboro for 45 years and lost two sons to drunk driving accidents.

For the first time in 43 years, YMCA of the USA has unveiled a new brand strategy to increase understanding of the impact that YMCAs make in communities across the country.

Hatch Well Drillers is a family-run business that’s been operated out of the same location on Rt. 1 in Nobleboro since 1962. After all that time, they’re moving to a larger, more modern shop.

Brian and Cashel Fanslau of Wiscasset are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Isaac Samuel Fanslau.

A proposed sober house in Jefferson faces an uncertain future as plans to pursue approval from the Jefferson Planning Board for a change of use on the building backers hope to use may be stalled.

If all goes according to the plan, the Twin Villages will soon see the Damariscotta Baptist Church Steeple raised to its former position overlooking downtown Damariscotta.

An aphid-like insect called the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) has invaded hemlock trees in at least 19 coastal Maine towns, including five in Lincoln County.

The Bristol Board of Selectmen held a public hearing at the Bristol Town Office July 14 to hear public opinion on a proposed plan to purchase property for use as a public park. The property, approximately 1.7 acres of land at 1180 Bristol Rd., situated along the Pemaquid River, contains a 19th century cape and barn and a detached garage built in the 1970s.

Following complications with the Waldoboro town budget this year, many residents expressed dissatisfaction with the current town meeting process. Several residents plan to begin circulating a petition to revert to open town meetings.

Jason Nehrboss and Celeste Mosher of Wiscasset are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Holden Xavier Kent Nehrboss.

It may only be the summer, but both the Lincoln County Republican and Democratic camps are ramping up campaign efforts in the last few months leading up to the midterm elections in November. Each side is claiming to have the organizational strength necessary for victory in the fall. Though most political analysts are predicting Republican gains, the Democrats believe their slate of candidates will perform well at both the local and state level.

Clinton Collamore, Chairman of the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen, announced in a letter to the board that he is resigning from his position on the Board of Selectmen.

An overwhelming majority of Bristol voters rejected a question to allow wolf hybrid kennels or refuges, 269-87, in Special Town Meeting voting July 20.