Wiscasset residents were deeply saddened this past week with the news that Lawrence “Larry” Gordon passed away, a man who was well known and respected by the citizens of the town for his dedication to Wiscasset for nearly a half of a century. He served on the board of selectmen for over 26 years, and chair for 21 of those years.

LincolnHealth has seen two weeks of increases in positive COVID-19 tests and four weeks of increases in the number of tests administered, according to LincolnHealth spokesperson John Martins.

Broad Bay Church in Waldoboro was awarded a Maine Preservation Honor Award by Maine Preservation, at an online ceremony March 31. 

Elver season is winding down as almost 8,000 pounds of the tiny glassine eels have been pulled from Maine waters, including the Pemaquid and Medomak rivers in Lincoln County.

This week, Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust closed on a 476-acre piece of land next to the wild Half Moon Pond in Bristol, making it “the biggest single-day purchase in the history of Coastal Rivers and our parent organizations (Damariscotta River Association and Pemaquid Watershed Association),” according to Coastal Rivers Executive Director Steven Hufnagel.

All is quiet in the Maine State Aquarium in West Boothbay Harbor, where tanks usually bubble with oxygen and marine creature’s movements. It is almost ghostly, the still bodies of construction equipment in place of the animals.

The Waldoboro clamming community gathered at the town’s Pine Street Landing on the morning of Saturday, April 9, to search for one of their own. 

A silver 2001 Buick LeSabre rolled over in downtown Damariscotta shortly after midnight on Wednesday, April 13.

Cases of COVID-19 have ticked up in the past week after a month of downward trends in the number of people testing positive for the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus, LincolnHealth spokesperson John Martins said by email on April 12.

There were no injuries to the driver after a car rolled over on Mills Road in Newcastle on Tuesday, April 12.

The flats, exposed at low tide under a light rain. The sensation of the sea turned inside out. They are almost lunar. But they are not. They are right here, in Bremen, on earth – providing.

Waldoboro has a familiar face in its new Emergency Medical Service Chief Derek Booker.

Lincoln County Commissioners approved the 2022 tax commitment at their meeting April 5 with $11,745,515 to collect from taxes.