The Lincoln County News

Despite frustration from families, RSU 40 has delayed the start of school to Monday, Sept. 14, due to a delay in the shipment of fans necessary to ventilate classrooms.

Democratic candidates for local and state offices discussed climate change, health care accessibility, and racial justice at the Lincoln County Democrats’ “Drive-in for Democracy” rally at the Wiscasset Speedway, Sunday, Aug. 30.

Jefferson School Committee Chair Russell “Al” Vorhis, elected July 14 to a fourth term on the committee, died Aug. 25 at an Augusta hospital.

New Harbor solar developer Midcoast Solar LLC and consultants framed a proposal for a 12.7-acre community solar farm as an opportunity for Bristol residents to buy locally produced renewable energy at a meeting of the Bristol Planning Board on Thursday, Aug. 20.

Edgecomb voters rejected the 2020-2021 education budget in their annual town meeting by referendum Saturday, Aug. 29.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported Lincoln County’s first new case of COVID-19 in 22 days on Saturday, Aug. 29.

Thirty-seven years ago, while still completing his surgical residency, Ed White visited the area and introduced himself to orthopedic surgeons along the Midcoast. A few years later, White came to Miles Memorial Hospital and St. Andrews Hospital as the hospitals’ first full-time orthopedic surgeon.

Former two-term state Rep. Jeffrey Pierce, R-Dresden, hopes to regain his seat in Maine House District 53: Arrowsic, Dresden, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Woolwich, and part of Richmond.

State Rep. Allison Hepler, D-Woolwich, is seeking a second term representing Maine House District 53: Arrowsic, Dresden, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Woolwich, and part of Richmond.