The Lincoln County News

Edgecomb voters will consider the 2020-2021 education budget again, with a few changes, in a referendum vote Thursday, Oct. 15.

State Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, is running for reelection in District 89, which includes Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb, Southport, Westport Island, and part of South Bristol.

Former two-term state Rep. Stephanie Hawke, R-Boothbay Harbor, hopes to take back her seat in Maine House District 89 this year. The district includes Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb, Southport, Westport Island, and part of South Bristol.

The town of Wiscasset will use contingency funds to keep the Wiscasset Community Center open until it can hold a new vote to correct an error on the ballot for the recent annual town meeting by referendum.

A lot can be accomplished in 100 years, and Edgecomb resident Roslyn Strong is proof.

An online fundraiser is attempting to raise $30,000 to help Bhutanese student Phuntsho Choden — a Lincoln County Television volunteer staying in Round Pond — finish graduate school.

Carolyn Hatch tested positive for COVID-19 on May 14. When she was taken to the hospital about two weeks later, she was in such bad shape that she didn’t know if she would come back or ever see her family again.

Wiscasset voters elected Kimberly Andersson, Pamela Dunning, and Sarah Whitfield in a six-way race for three seats on the board of selectmen. During the annual town meeting by referendum Tuesday, Sept. 8, the voters also repealed the town’s historic preservation ordinance and approved ordinance changes to allow the redevelopment of the former Wiscasset Primary School.

The Sea Gull Shop, the iconic gift shop and oceanside restaurant at Pemaquid Point, was destroyed in a fire early Wednesday, Sept. 9.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention did not report any new cases of COVID-19 in Lincoln County residents this week.

State Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, is seeking her third consecutive term representing Senate District 23, which includes Dresden in Lincoln County and all of Sagadahoc County.

Holly Kopp, R-Topsham, vice chair of the Maine School Administrative District 75 school board, is seeking to represent Maine Senate District 23, which includes Dresden in Lincoln County and all of Sagadahoc County.