The Lincoln County News

The first class to graduate from Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro celebrated its 50th reunion Saturday, Sept. 21.

Imagine if the electrical grid went down for weeks or months at a time. What would you do? How would you eat, get clean water, or stay warm? Where would help come from if the rest of the state or the country was also without power and struggling to survive?

Former Wiscasset Fire Chief Tim Merry and the department’s membership are expressing concern about the town manager’s removal of Fire Chief T.J. Merry – Tim Merry’s son – for his handling of the Huber’s Market training burn.

Somerville Road Commissioner Josh Platt intends to resign, citing hostility from residents. The Somerville Board of Selectmen did not accept his resignation, however, instead voting to hire a replacement before releasing him from his contract.

The Edgecomb Planning Board heard preliminary plans for a seasonal eat-in and takeout restaurant on Route 1, next to Peapod Jewelry, on Thursday, Sept. 19.

A Waldoboro business is offering a reward for information about a recent theft of 21 copper hot-tank coils.

A Pemaquid woman on a test drive at Norm’s Used Cars in Wiscasset crashed through the wall of the dealership after confusing the gas and brake pedals Tuesday, Sept. 24.

A 21-year-old South Bristol man died in a high-speed car crash on Route 129 in South Bristol the night of Thursday, Sept. 19.

The Miles Memorial Hospital League closed its gift shop at LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta on Friday, Sept. 13, as the charity examines its current operations and future goals.