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The Lincoln County News

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Skidompha Skoop

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The time has come for us to welcome our new executive director, Matthew Graff, to Skidompha Library.

The Mobius Strip The green team

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A lot goes into recycling. There is sorting, packing, and placing the items into a vehicle and taking them to the transfer station — easy enough.

From the Legislature: Rewarding Work on the Marine Resources Committee

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Every member of the 129th Legislature serves on at least one of the many committees we have at the State House. They all hear bills that are within their scope of focus and oversee executive-branch departments. Every committee has two co-chairs, one from each chamber. Because Democrats currently hold the majority in the House and Senate, both co-chairs are Democrats, but the committees are made up of Republicans, Democrats, and independents.

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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Hangin’ with the Hulk’s mom: Last Friday, May 24, my colleague here at the LCN, Kathy Lizotte, tipped me off to the buzz going around Facebook, namely that abstract painter Marie Rose Ruffalo has an art exhibit on the walls of Red Cup Coffee House in Boothbay Harbor.

GRIPE FOR SOLUTIONS

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Last week, Waldoboro residents had an opportunity to voice any law enforcement concerns directly to their police chief and members of his staff. This week, they have an opportunity to ask questions about any facet of town government during a candidates forum with the current chair of their board of selectmen and his challenger in the June election.

Lyme Time TICK Act bill

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Last week, I wrote about working closely with Sen. Susan Collins’ staff and her strong interest in taking up the fight against Lyme and tick-borne disease that her people of Maine were facing. I eluded to the fact that she was prepared to do something about it and here it is.

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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Art abounds in Lincoln County: As gallery season is about to really hit, it’s good to be reminded that in addition to the fabulous big visual-art venues in the area – for example, the four Bristol Road Galleries, Stable Gallery, and River Arts in Damariscotta, and Saltwater Artists Gallery and Pemaquid Art Gallery down the Bristol-Pemaquid peninsula – there are smaller, more unexpected places to view excellent art. The Bristol Area Library, located at 619 Old County Road in Pemaquid, is one such spot.  

Newcastle History Gay store break, 1949

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It was a rainy windy night in January 1949 when the T. E. Gay and Son grocery store on Main Street, above the bridge, was broken into. Thomas Gay writes of it in his memoirs.

REMEMBER AND LEARN

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We will observe Memorial Day on Monday and for most of us, our thoughts will turn to our country’s monumental losses in past conflicts.

Commentary: At High Risk of an Outbreak

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Most people would agree that it’s better to prevent a disease than to treat it after it occurs. As Benjamin Franklin said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Yet, the numbers of Maine children who are not vaccinated continue to grow, and measles, a disease that was considered eradicated in the United States in 2000, has spread to 22 states across the country.

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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The art of speaking, listening, imagining: “You may choose to listen as opposed to watch.” Those were the words of Griff Braley, Heartwood Regional Theater Company’s artistic director, when he introduced the dramatic staged reading of “Medea” about to begin on the afternoon of Saturday, May 11 in the Parker B. Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy.


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