State Rep. Mick Devin, D-Newcastle, recently presented Lincoln County News reporter Maia Zewert with a legislative sentiment in recognition of the Maine Press Association naming her the top young journalist in the state.
Devin presented the sentiment, co-sponsored by Sen. Dana Dow, R-Waldoboro, to Zewert during the Lincoln County Publishing Co. open house Jan. 17.
Zewert, of Newcastle, received the Bob Drake Young Writer’s Award during the 2017 Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest awards ceremony in October.
A Lincoln County News reporter has received the award three out of the past four years. Former LCN reporters Dominik Lobkowicz and Abigail W. Adams received the award in 2014 and 2016, respectively.