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The Lincoln County News

Serving Maine and Lincoln County for over 140 years

Characters of the County: Kaity Newell’s Community of Music

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Kaity Newell has spent her adult life teaching, organizing, and promoting community folk music and country dances, building connections in the county and around the state with her fiddle in hand. The Damariscotta resident brought to life local institutions including the Great Salt Bay Community School strings program, the Seacoast Community Orchestra, Maine Fiddle Camp, and the Maine Country Dance Orchestra over the years while teaching countless students and raising a family at home.

Damariscotta Revisits Underperforming TIF District

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Damariscotta’s tax increment financing district, which voters approved in 2020 with a primary goal of funding sidewalk extensions downtown, brought in about $120,000 less than expected in its first four years, leading town officials to suggest expansion.

Characters of the County: Robin Maginn in Motion

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At the turn of the new year, folks around the country flock to their local gym to fulfill fitness resolutions. Anyone who has signed up in the last 20 years at the CLC YMCA in Damariscotta may have run into the longtime fitness instructor, outdoor enthusiast, and singer Robin Maginn during their fitness journey.

Six Years of ‘Misfits’ in Somerville Draw to a Close

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After calling Somerville home for more than half a decade, the property that houses Misfit Farm will soon be on the market, as owner Carrie Basile and her husband Kenny Bunker seek a new home in southern Maine. When they find it, the 62 abandoned or neglected animals that have found a home at the sanctuary will be along for the ride.

Founder of ComeFit Zone Brings New Life to Gym in Jefferson

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Community, movement, and comfort are at the heart of how Stacy Gogolinski approaches exercise – and those values are tangible inside The ComeFit Zone, a gym that Gogolinski founded more than a decade ago and which has recently returned to Lincoln County after changing hands several times.

‘Lucky Larry’: Remembering the Heart of GSB’s Hallways

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From the late 1980s to the early 2010s, those who walked through the spotless hallways of Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta were strolling through the work of Lawrence “Larry” Gross, a custodian at the school for nearly 30 years and a beloved school community member.


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