The Lincoln County News

Former Waldoboro Selectman Lowell Wallace, a Republican, will challenge independent state Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos, of Friendship, in House District 91.

By a margin of 23-14, Jefferson voters rejected a moratorium on new gravel pits and expansions of existing pits during a special town meeting in the Jefferson Village School cafeteria Monday, March 2.

During a recent town caucus in Jefferson, local members of the Green Independent Party agreed to support independent U.S. Senate candidate Lisa Savage, but had a three-way tie on which Green presidential candidate to support.

Damariscotta voters passed a new historic preservation ordinance, rezoned the Teel House property, and elected a selectman at the polls Tuesday, March 3.

Four years after bucking the party establishment to back Bernie Sanders, Lincoln County Democrats narrowly preferred Joe Biden in the presidential primary Tuesday, March 3.

Sonia Turanski, the new executive director at The Carpenter’s Boat Shop in Pemaquid, wants to propel the organization into the future while continuing to honor its founding principles.

Damariscotta voters will choose between two political newcomers to fill an open seat on the board of selectmen in a special election Tuesday, March 3.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and former Maine Gov. Paul LePage were among the Republican luminaries at the Lincoln County Republican Committee’s annual Lincoln Day fundraiser at The 1812 Farm in Bristol Mills on Saturday, Feb. 22.

Wayne Farrin, D-Jefferson, and Michael Lemelin, R-Chelsea, are seeking their parties’ nominations for Maine House District 88, which consists of Chelsea, Jefferson, part of Nobleboro, and Whitefield.

A former Edgecomb resident won the February #LCNme365 photo contest with a photo of his toy poodle, Jax, frolicking through the snow.

The two tenants of a house in Newcastle’s Sheepscot village were able to exit safely when a hot pot of oil on the stove caught the kitchen on fire the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 26.

A public hearing on Somerville’s rules for marijuana businesses, which will allow a variety of businesses to open in the town pending a vote next month, drew only a few residents to the town office Thursday, Feb. 20.