It is with gratitude and relief that we report, on this week’s front page, the survival of a Waldoboro police officer who was shot while responding to a domestic disturbance in the wee hours of Sunday, Jan. 22.
Lincoln County Artsbeat
Learning to paint: I received an email from a reader after I mentioned in this column that talented Damariscotta artist Will Kefauver gives painting lessons, asking that I include more information in the future about other local artists that offer lessons. This column is going to do just that.
Two Tales of One City
This past weekend I attended the inauguration of President Trump. I was also present while the women’s march took place the following day. Please allow me to share with you what I saw, heard, and experienced about these two historic events.
Local Political Action
Americans are very politically divided. Of the roughly 57.9 percent of eligible voters that voted in the presidential election, 48.2 percent voted for Hillary Clinton and 46.1 percent voted for Donald Trump.
Benefit Dinner to Support Merrill and Shirley Bailey
Merrill and Shirley Bailey, of Nobleboro, lost both their home and barn in a fire the evening of Jan. 10 and in the early hours of Jan. 11. The fire consumed the barn quickly and then ignited the home just after the Baileys were awakened by Devin Benner, son-in-law and neighbor, and brought safely away from their home. We are fortunate to still have them in our lives.
LET’S DO BETTER
On Friday, we will have a new president.
As was the case four years ago and four years before that and four years before that, roughly half of voters will approve and half will not.
Lincoln County Artsbeat
Local gem: I had the opportunity to meet Damariscotta singer-songwriter Kathi Nordone recently when she stopped by The Lincoln County News to chat with me
Damariscotta History Great Races of American and British Clippers in the China Tea Trade
Marjorie and Calvin Dodge
In the 19th century, the two nations of Great Britain and the United States of America were having their shipyards build vessels with faster speeds. Each nation was challenging each other in the China tea trade. The London Daily News ran an article urging Great Britain to make good her claim of maritime supremacy by accepting a challenge between Great Britain and the United States.
From the Legislature: Legislature Must Fix Anti-Business Laws
Sen. Dana Dow
I am delighted to once again have the opportunity to serve the people of Lincoln County, as well as the towns of Washington and Windsor in Knox and Kennebec counties, in the Maine Senate, and would like to sincerely thank the voters who have entrusted me to represent them in Augusta.
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Tom Brady deserves the MVP award.
After a four-game suspension to start the season, Brady threw for 28 touchdowns and only two interceptions – an NFL record for touchdown-to-interception ratio.
Jefferson Column
Driving Route 32 in the cold air this morning, I saw the dark cloud bank of the storm that is expected later today. The sun skimmed the steel gray cloud in front of me to the south. As the sun rose over the line of demarcation between the nearing front, the sky behind it turned pink, then orange, then brilliant gold.
Lincoln County Artsbeat
Watershed connections: As readers may have heard, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, at 19 Brick Hill Road in Newcastle, was recently awarded a $35,000 Art Works: Creativity Connects grant to support a series of public programs in collaboration with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. I recently asked Claire Brassil, Watershed’s program and marketing coordinator, to elaborate on what the grant means for the center in 2017.
TOP STORIES
As we look back at the headlines of 2016, the story of the year on the national level was a presidential race unlike any other in our lifetimes.
Lincoln County Artsbeat
Welcome to a brand-new year and a brand-new column, Lincoln County Artsbeat. In this weekly column, I intend to report on arts happenings of all sorts, from visual-art exhibitions to live music and theater to noteworthy films, readings, and more.
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