The Lincoln County News

“Winnie the Pooh said it best when he talked to Piglet,” said Bonnie Merrill, a staff member of Central Lincoln County Adult & Community Education, to the school’s six graduates and those gathered to celebrate them. “And he said, ‘Always remember, you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and loved more than you know.’”

Midcoast Adult & Community Education honored three graduates at a ceremony in the Medomak Valley High School library Thursday, June 13.

Around 40 Newcastle residents voted to pass all articles, including the establishment of new severe storm reserve and perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances reserve accounts at the hour-long annual town meeting Monday, June 17 in the Lincoln Academy cafeteria.

Westport Islanders will take up the balance of a 70 article warrant when they re-convene their annual town meeting on Saturday, June 22.

One by one, 125 members of the Medomak Valley High School class of 2024 crossed the graduation stage on the evening of Wednesday, June 12, celebrating the completion of their high school education as the sun set over Waldoboro.

Waldoboro voters approved 60 warrant articles at their annual town meeting by referendum on Tuesday, June 11, accepting a municipal budget of $8,258,355 and opting to invest $316,000 to bring fiber internet townwide.

Voters in Dresden decided to enact a moratorium regarding mineral extraction facilities and operations by a slim margin at the polls on Tuesday, June 11.

Community members and local students turned out in force to watch the premiere of “Getting Along,” the Lincoln Academy–Heartwood Theater collaboration film produced during this academic year, on Monday, June 10 at the Lincoln Theater.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission sided with Somerville on Tuesday, June 11, in its ruling that communications utility Consolidated Communications LLC, and not the town, must pay costs associated with readying telephone poles for the town’s long-planned fiber broadband network.

Wiscasset Middle High School graduated 21 students on Thursday, June 6, in a ceremony that highlighted their individual abilities to step into the next phase of life after experiencing many firsts and lasts together.

Wiscasset voters approved an $8.1 million municipal budget, as well as amendments to four of the town’s ordinances, at the Tuesday, June 11 town meeting by referendum.

Rain held off as family, friends, and members of the public gathered on the Col. Stanley G. Waltz Athletic Field at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle on Friday, June 7 to celebrate the class of 2024 as students received diplomas and recognition for their work.

At about 1:30 a.m. on Friday, June 7, the RSU 40 Board of Directors voted to repeal a policy outlining protections for transgender and gender expansive students.