The Lincoln County News

Dresden residents and local dignitaries dedicated a 65-year-old bridge in honor of veterans during a ceremony on Veterans Day, after learning the 1955 dedication didn’t stick.

As the fall surge of COVID-19 continues in Maine, Lincoln County continues to see a rise in new cases. The 31 new cases in the past week more than double the past weekly high of 13 — set last week — and the county has its first two outbreaks.

A part-time community navigator will start work at the Waldoboro town office on Dec. 1.

The contractor replacing sewer lines in Damariscotta’s municipal parking lot temporarily halted work because two employees on its pipe crew tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, Nov. 16.

The applicant behind a rejected proposal to build a permanent boat ramp on the Sheepscot River in Alna is now proposing to use a temporary aluminum roadway to launch boats at the site.

Whitefield Elementary School has a COVID-19 outbreak, with five people testing positive, while two other Lincoln County schools are reporting individual cases.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention opened an outbreak investigation Monday, Nov. 16 after three more employees at Cove’s Edge, a long-term care facility on LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta, tested positive for COVID-19.

A 58-year-old Yarmouth man, a painter with a Portland contractor, died in a workplace accident at a Wiscasset business on Friday, Nov. 13.

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, in partnership with Kieve-Wavus Education Inc., plans to install a 243-kilowatt ground-mounted solar array behind its headquarters at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta.

A developer plans to build an approximately 5-megawatt commercial solar farm on 32.9 acres off Christian Hill Road, just north of the village of Bristol Mills.