The Lincoln County News

First-term Lincoln County Judge of Probate William Avantaggio, D-Bremen, faces a reelection challenge from Meegan Burbank, I-Jefferson.

n Saturday, Aug. 1, a 10.8-mile funeral procession along Route 1 from Bath through Wiscasset honored Richard Kubler, a former New Jersey firefighter and recent transplant to Wiscasset who died July 25 of cancer related to his service at ground zero after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Lincoln County dedicated a memorial Tuesday, Aug. 4 to law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.

Two Bremen residents plan to open Damariscotta’s second and final – for now – medical cannabis storefront, Above and Beyond, in Main Street Centre, at 464 Main St.

The digital archive of The Lincoln County News and its predecessors is now available for newspaper subscribers at lcnme.com.

Waldoboro is considering whether to stop leasing its blueberry fields at Quarry Hill Farm to commercial harvesters and instead make the fields available to residents for blueberry picking.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported one more case of COVID-19 in a Lincoln County resident and two more recoveries in the past week.

Jim Donovan, LincolnHealth’s president for the past 12 years, has announced that he’s chosen to retire as of March 30, 2021, capping more than three decades of health care leadership in Maine.

Maine Open Farm Day has been an annual, statewide tradition for 30 years, but this year the festivities looked a little different.

A small barn burned down in the Christmas Cove area of South Bristol early Saturday, Aug. 1.