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The Lincoln County News

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Wildcat Weekly

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Our first newsletter of the year yet it seems that we’ve been back for some time. Students and staff have made the transition back into school very seamless and everyone is picking up the rhythms of school quickly.

Thrifty Good Food Saucy Chicken, Crisp Cauliflower, and More

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Last night the crickets in the garden were most insistent in their song, signaling the end of summer and our approaching fall. Fall is my favorite time of the year when the nights are cool, and the days are still full of brilliant sun. This time of the year also can’t help to energize the cook when viewing the colorful vegetable mounds at local farmers markets.

Characters of the County: The Joy of Sarah Begin

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Everyone says “I love you” a little differently. Some say it over the phone, some in person, and others don’t say a word. For ceramicist, fiddle player, guitarist, and Bred in the Bone sous-chef Sara Begin, her most heartfelt declaration is in her cooking.

Skidompha Skoop

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I confess I took a moment before I started typing trying to come to terms with September only a couple of days away. How is this possible?! This morning I noticed a few trees with leaves just barely, barely starting to turn. I can’t speak for anyone else, but it feels like summers pass so quickly in Library Land.

Round Pond

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Driving by Phyllis Loney’s house (the old Floyd and Bertha Leeman home) and noticing this tree stopped me in my tracks. It is bad enough that the burning bushes in the area are getting that faint tinge of red on their tops, but this is an undeniable hint that fall is on its way and there is not much we can do to hinder it. Autumn is a lovely time of year, one of everyone’s favorites, it is just too bad that it is not followed by spring!

Characters of the County: Among Boats and Buttons, Bobo Hachmeister is Free

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When Bobo Hachmeister first saw a photo of Waldoboro’s former Paragon button factory — all five stories and roughly 25,000 square feet of it — he was paging through a boating magazine at home in Beaufort, N.C., where he lived at the time. An aerial photograph showing the building and the Medomak River first caught his eye. The factory was listed as “for sale.”

Newcastle History On Its Way To The Sheepscot

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Congratulations to Linda Bailey on her winning picture in The Lincoln County News photo contest for the year 2023. Her picture was taken in the snow at Kerr Brook. I was happy to see it. It brings back many pleasant memories to me. It was a part of my youth. I haven’t been there for 70 years.

Bringing Food Home WIC and the Farmers Market Nutrition Program

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In efforts to highlight all the state benefits that support nutrition while increasing spending with farmers (like SNAP and Maine Harvest Bucks, Farm Fresh Rewards, and the Maine Senior FarmShare Program), let’s look at the Maine Women, Infants, and Children Program, aka WIC, and the seasonal benefit called the Farmers Market Nutrition Program. 

Sole and Tread PSAC and the Comp Plan

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PSAC, as you may recall, is the Public Safety and Accessibility Collaborative, which contributes this “Sole and Tread” column, addressing such matters as safety and accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists in the local area. What is the plan of the title?

Bringing Food Home Twin Village Food Bank Farm

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Thursday mornings my coworker and I head to Twin Villages Food Bank Farm on Belvedere Road in Damariscotta for a few hours of work. We are greeted by Sara Cawthon who started this farm with her partner, Megan Taft, in the Salt Bay Farm fields donated by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust.


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