The Lincoln County News

With 72.5% of votes cast, Bruce Skinner, of Carver, Mass., won the August #LCNme365 photo contest with a photo from a recent hiking trip.

The local nonprofit CHIP Inc. is assisting with repairs at Lincoln County Dental Inc.’s future low-income dental clinic in Wiscasset.

A family physician and U.S. Army veteran who lives in New Harbor and practices medicine in Waldoboro is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree in Maine’s 1st Congressional District.

After two hours of spirited discussion during the “Talking Trash!” forum about waste management in Damariscotta, one thing became clear: there are no simple answers to the question of what to do with the never-ending stream of waste in modern society.

The Sheepscot Valley Health Center has renamed its building in Coopers Mills in honor of its first physician, Dr. Roy Miller.

A unique event combining snowmobiles with summer is returning to Jefferson for a second year.

From a 57-year veteran to one of the county’s newest firefighters, the Lincoln County Fire Chiefs Association recognized excellence in the fire service Aug. 21.

Damariscotta will have a property tax rate of $16.10 per $1,000 of valuation for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, 20 cents less than last year’s $16.30.

The state now expects its boat launch on Damariscotta Lake to close Thursday, Aug. 29, when the contractor arrives to start work.

A vacant mobile home in the Pemaquid Villas mobile home cooperative, off Bristol Road in Pemaquid, burned early Monday, Aug. 26.

Fire destroyed a house at 515 Feylers Corner Road in Waldoboro the afternoon of Sunday, Aug. 25, displacing a family of four.

After nearly 135 years of manual winding by volunteers, the town clock and 900-pound bell inside the steeple of the Damariscotta Baptist Church have new automatic controls.