The Lincoln County News

Wiscasset Town Manager John O’Connell will resign effective in June, citing “family and other commitments.”

As officials in China try to contain the novel coronavirus that originated there and has infected thousands, in Maine, state and local officials are taking precautions in case the deadly disease starts to spread in the U.S.

A new family farm in Nobleboro, between Bayview and Morgan Hill roads, is bustling with activity, even in the dead of winter.

Democratic voters will decide an unusual three-way primary to select their nominee in the race to replace term-limited state Rep. Mick Devin, D-Newcastle.

An Edgecomb woman won the January #LCNme365 photo contest with her winter scene of sea smoke over the Sheepscot River at sunrise.

A sudden rise in special education costs is the leading factor in a 10.48% hike in Nobleboro’s education budget.

While many tend to huddle inside during the winter, the students at Bristol Consolidated School and Whitefield Elementary School are embracing the cold and snow, trekking through opportunities to compete, play, and be healthy this January.

Dresden First Selectman Trudy Foss will resign from the position because she is moving to Richmond, she said Tuesday, Jan. 21. Her last meeting will be at the end of February.

In a 27-7 vote, Dresden voters approved the appropriation of $50,000 from surplus to buy land at 540 Gardiner Road, next to the town office, during a special town meeting Wednesday, Jan. 15.