The Lincoln County News

A local musician and teacher has seen support from the community, including an online fundraiser that has brought in more than $65,000, after a fire destroyed her Damariscotta home Saturday, June 27.

Gail Beck joked that she knew it was time to retire when she started getting the grandchildren of former students.

The typical end-of-school routine for a high school junior involves SATs, spring sports, prom, and final exams.

An electrical issue may have caused a fire that consumed a tent and its contents at Duck Puddle Campground in Nobleboro on Wednesday, June 24.

Connor McLean was good at most things.

He was a soccer player, a champion of Wii bowling, and a master of the playground game four square. He was a music aficionado who could play guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards. To his friends, he was a leader – cool, calm, talented, and tough. He always felt like family.

Brandon Rodriguez, the lone graduate from the Central Lincoln County Adult Education program this year, had always aspired to complete high school and further his education, but never had a chance to stop working long enough to make it happen.

Area residents held brightly colored signs and banners outside the Damariscotta post office Tuesday, June 23 to show their support for the U.S. Postal Service.

There were no injuries in a two-vehicle collision on Route 1 in Waldoboro the morning of Tuesday, June 23.

A car crash near the junction of Bayview and Borland Hill roads in Nobleboro temporarily closed the nearby rail line to train traffic as crews removed the car from an embankment near the tracks, Tuesday, June 23.

A Bremen farmer recently harvested her first crop of sugar kelp, which she describes as nutritious, tasty, and good for the environment, from her new aquaculture operation in Muscongus Bay.

Forty-four seniors graduated from Wiscasset Middle High School on Friday, June 12 in a drive-in ceremony at Wiscasset Speedway.