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The Lincoln County News

Serving Maine and Lincoln County for over 140 years

Backyard Wildlife Back From a Brief Hiatus with More Wildlife Tales

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Earlier this year, I wrote what I believed was my last column for The Lincoln County News. After writing for nearly two years, I bade farewell to my readers and assumed that a door had firmly closed. However, after going three months without writing the column, I realized that I missed Backyard Wildlife. The door, as it turns out, was merely ajar. I’m pleased to say that I’m back and writing again. Like before, I welcome reader comments and feedback via the email account listed above.

SOME LOCAL ISSUES TO THINK ABOUT

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I spent last weekend as the on-call reporter from Friday afternoon to Monday morning. That means I was responsible for listening to pages from the Lincoln County Communications Center for breaking news, like fires and accidents. The editorial staff takes turns doing this.

Round Pound Schoolhouse Association

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Take a trip back to Maine’s past when you visit the Washington Schoolhouse in Round Pond. Throughout August, the museum at the 19th-century schoolhouse will be open on Wednesdays from 2-4 p.m. Visitors can imagine themselves learning as they sit in the lovingly restored classroom from bygone days.

Energy Matters Climate change: What price externality?

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The European Commission’s Joint Research Center estimates that the recent Northern-European floods will cost $9.25 billion in damages. By 2100, Europe’s flood costs could rise to $56.5 billion annually. Over the remainder of this century that totals $4.52 trillion.

Characters of the County: Frau Baade’s Miraculous Memory

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Ragnhild Baade taught German at Boothbay Region High School for 33 years before she retired at the age of 70. Known to countless Boothbay graduates as “Frau Baade,” she dedicated her career to teaching German and English. But above all else, she is fluent in storytelling.

Waste Watch

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It has been a few weeks since you’ve heard from the Nobleboro/Jefferson Transfer Station, so I felt like I needed to communicate with our customers.

Round Pond

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For many months there has been much speculation and rumors flying around as to what is happening with the White Church. Everyone has been so hopeful that somehow it could be saved by and for the village, instead of becoming another gallery or kitchy store. Finally “every ‘I’ has been dotted and ‘t’ crossed” and the information can be relayed.

SOME EDITORIAL GUIDANCE

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Lincoln County sure knows how to make a woman feel welcome. Thank you to all who sent me emails, stopped by for a visit, and recognized me from my picture in the paper, and told me your names and a bit about your Lincoln County connections. I can’t leave the office without making a new friend, learning a bit of local lore, or hearing a compelling story.

On the Trail Castner Creek Community Forest, Damariscotta

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Castner Creek Community Forest in Damariscotta is a diamond in the rough. Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust acquired the 85-acre property in 2019. It was part of the Piper Village Subdivision. In 2020 University of Maine forestry graduate student Noah Begin did a site analysis of the property.

Off Route 1

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When I tell people that I grew up in Woolwich and they ask, “where’s that,” simply saying “off Route 1” is usually enough. It’s about the only major road in Maine where you stand a chance of getting “from there from here,” as long as wherever you’re going is along the coast.


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