The Lincoln County News

After 36 years of teaching, retiring Bristol Consolidated School teacher Becky Cooper said her enthusiasm and passion for her career has never waned.

Although no cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed yet in Maine, LincolnHealth is preparing for what health officials see as a likely spread in the state and the county.

Newcastle voters approved a change to a town manager form of government during a special town meeting at the fire station Monday, March 9.

Nearly 100 people attended the caucus for most Lincoln County towns to hear speeches in support of President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates and elect delegates to the state convention at Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta on Saturday, Feb. 29.

Four Libertarians participated in a joint caucus for Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties at The Old Goat in Richmond on Thursday, Feb. 27.

The residents of a home at 30 Sunny Acres Lane in Boothbay were able to exit safely after a fire ignited at about 12:10 a.m., Thursday, March 5.

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.