The Lincoln County News

Local firefighters deployed booms and pads to contain an apparent diesel spill in the water near the South Bristol drawbridge the evening of Tuesday, July 16.

Area firefighters battled a fire at an 1850 cape in Boothbay Harbor for over two hours the morning of Tuesday, July 16. The house has heavy damage, but the owners and their cat safely exited when the fire started.

About fifty-nine voters packed the meeting room at the Damariscotta town office for a special town meeting Wednesday, July 10, where they approved a total transfer of $96,343 from surplus to help fund the Bristol Road sidewalk project.

Two people were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a three-car collision at the intersection of Cross Road and Route 1 in Edgecomb the morning of Sunday, July 14.

The veteran operations chief and one of the founding members of the Lincoln County Fire Academy, responsible for the training of hundreds of local firefighters, stepped down in late June.

Bristol Fire Chief Paul Leeman Jr. credits smoke detectors with the safe exit of a family of four from a home near Pemaquid Point after a fire broke out early Monday, July 15. 

A small group of living history interpreters are bringing to life a reproduction of a 17th-century cod fisherman’s settlement at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site.

Vintage typewriters, Civil War relics, and sterling silver lockets make the Montsweag Flea Market a roadside stop for thousands of visitors each summer. This season, the flea market has a new food stand, Maritza’s Place, where Daisey Cunningham and Alex Echevarria, of Wiscasset, serve homemade empanadas and sofrito seasoned rice.

After a disappointing 2018, Whitefield’s annual Fourth of July parade and fundraiser saw a considerable uptick in floats and visitors.

A 64-year-old Whitefield man died when a car struck him as he walked across Head Tide Road to check his mail the afternoon of Tuesday, July 9.

The men’s winner of a hot dog-eating contest in Bristol polished off 13 dogs after a steak dinner, while a tie in the women’s contest forced an eat-off, all as part of a fundraiser to send kids to camp at the CLC YMCA.