The Lincoln County News

Ryan Gaul, a Damariscotta native and 1992 graduate of Lincoln Academy who has appeared on TV comedies including “The Last O.G.,” “Superstore,” and “House of Lies,” will return to Lincoln County for the Maine debut of his new short film at the inaugural MidCoast Film Festival.

The Alna Board of Selectmen accepted a $125,000 offer for the old town office Wednesday, July 24, from a Bath couple that plans to move into the house with their seven children.

Confusion about parking regulations – the subject of much discussion during the Nobleboro Planning Board’s first meeting about a proposed bakery – will not hold up the business, the board says.

Lincoln County strawberry farmers are reporting a late and short season – with especially brief pick-your-own opportunities – as the Maine strawberry season draws to a close.

A public meeting about plans to improve and rebuild the boat landing at Dutch Neck Marine Park drew a full house of neighbors and others to the Waldoboro town office Monday, July 22.

A Belfast woman told police she had swerved to miss a gopher when she crashed into and through a Jefferson cemetery, damaging a fence and several headstones, the night of Friday, July 19.

A new vegetable and flower garden is thriving at Edgecomb Eddy School, where the gardeners plan to teach students and community members about gardening and nutrition.

In his first week as interim executive director of The Carpenter’s Boat Shop in Pemaquid, Nat Shed learned everything he knows about boats. But, of course, The Carpenter’s Boat Shop offers more than boat-building lessons, and he looks forward to fulfilling the organization’s mission to nurture lives, build boats, and help others.

“I definitely know it’s not a decision that most people would be looking at, especially at this age, but I’m ready to go,” said 23-year-old Mary Catherine Eddyblouin, of Bristol, who will leave her familiar life in just over a month for a convent.

Firefighters promptly extinguished a house fire at 2189 Bristol Road in Pemaquid, just south of Bristol Consolidated School, the night of Friday, July 19.

Nick and Bobbi Ercoline, the couple embracing on the cover of the Woodstock concert album and still happily in love after 50 years, recently vacationed in Lincoln County, staying at the Mill Pond Inn in Nobleboro.

Every year, a New Jersey church sends a large group of youth and adults to The Carpenter’s Boat Shop in Pemaquid to serve the local community – a “work camp” that has become a formative experience for generations and developed lasting connections between the two communities.