The Lincoln County News

The Damariscotta River Association will buy and preserve an 87.8-acre property in Damariscotta, once part of the Piper Village Subdivision.

A Somerville woman on her way to church escaped injury when her minivan rolled over on East Pond Road in Nobleboro, near Route 1, the morning of Sunday, March 3.

A Wiscasset car dealership will revive its giveaways of former loaner cars to local families in need, as a 2015 gift to an Alna family continues to benefit the community.

A Waldoboro man’s photo of a pair of bald eagles sitting on a tree overwhelmingly won the February #LCNme365 photo contest.

The student council at Great Salt Bay Community School has completed one of its biggest projects ever – establishing a “comfort closet” with hygiene items and snacks for students in need.

The Bristol Parks and Recreation Department has won a $300,000 grant for the replacement of the pavilion at Pemaquid Beach Park. With the grant and another $330,000 already in hand, the department plans to start construction in September.

More than 100 people donned their finest period wear for the Through the Pages costume ball at Skidompha Library on Friday, Feb. 22 to support efforts to digitize the entire archives of The Lincoln County News.

Damariscotta’s ban on plastic shopping bags, which voters approved Nov. 6, 2018, will take effect Friday, March 1.

An electrical fire destroyed a ranch-style house at 6 Greenleaf Road in Westport Island the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 27. Three pets died, but a fourth survived. No one in the family of five that lives in the house was home when the fire started. Almost immediately, a community effort was building to support the family.

The Waldoboro Police Department welcomed its newest officer when  Dwight “D.J.” Jones took the oath of office during a selectmen’s meeting Tuesday, Feb. 26. 

Some Dresden residents fear the town could lose its current office staff if voters approve a change from electing to appointing four positions, although the people who hold the positions support the change.

High winds the night of Monday, Feb. 25 blew the metal roof off a mobile home and onto two cars at 45 Townhouse Road in Whitefield.