The Lincoln County News

A company owned by Nobleboro oyster entrepreneur Brendan Parsons is applying for a new 20-year, 12.98-acre aquaculture lease in the Damariscotta River.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a new hemp program, days after Maine officials went to bat for a Whitefield farm that lost its financing and insurance over a lack of clarity in federal hemp regulations.

A single-vehicle crash on Route 1 in Wiscasset sent one person to the hospital and closed the road to traffic the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 26.

An SUV rear-ended a box truck on Route 1 in Newcastle the morning of Monday, Oct. 28, mangling the Jeep but causing no serious injuries.

Bluefields Farm, of Whitefield, will receive a conservation award next month for practices that include a successful initiative to attract wild bees and other pollinators to its blueberry fields.

The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office says a fire at a vacant building in Waldoboro on Saturday, Oct. 26 was intentionally set.

The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands is planning a timber harvest at Dodge Point, a state property in Newcastle popular with hikers, this winter and next.

As the weather becomes crisper, the new Wiscasset Farmers Market is taking shelter at The Morris Farm.

The old Pemaquid Beach building went up in flames during a training exercise for local firefighters Sunday, Oct. 20.

The Lincoln County News swept first, second, and third place for its efforts to engage young readers and Lincoln County Magazine took first and second in the category for special publications in the 2018-2019 Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.

The developer who wants to transform the former A.D. Gray School in Waldoboro into housing fielded questions from the public during a meeting at Waldoboro Public Library on Wednesday, Oct. 16.