The Lincoln County News

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.

Firefighters contained a fire to the second floor of an antique shop on Route 1 in Waldoboro, near the Warren line, the night of Wednesday, Feb. 26.

A Nobleboro woman and her best friend won cash and prizes with a combined value of $63,550, including a vacation to the Caribbean island of Aruba, on an episode of “Wheel of Fortune” that aired Wednesday, Feb. 19.

About 14 Damariscotta voters approved the creation of a tax increment financing district in a near-unanimous vote at a special town meeting Wednesday, Feb. 19.

Wiscasset businessman Gregory Lemar, 59, died in a snowmobile crash on Moosehead Lake the evening of Sunday, Feb. 23.

With help from local volunteers, the county’s law enforcement agencies and the Lincoln County Communications Center are offering a new service that involves daily check-ins on disabled and elderly residents.

A co-owner of Moody’s Diner who grew up with the business and spent virtually his entire working life there died Feb. 8 at his home on Damariscotta Lake in Nobleboro.