The Lincoln County News

Although not as devastating as the recent wind storm, high winds once again blasted through Lincoln County on Friday, resulting in new power outages. There were over 2000 power outages reported in Lincoln County late afternoon on Friday at the height of the storm, according to Central Maine Power Co. Power has since been restored to all Lincoln County households, according to CMP.

An 18-year-old from North Whitefield was at his post in the engine room, which kamikazes would target in an attempt to disable ships, when a Japanese plane set its sights on the USS Goodhue off Okinawa on April 2, 1945.

Former U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Ralph E. Moxcey was on a boat crossing the Atlantic Ocean to France on V-E Day, May 8, 1945.

Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency director Casey Stevens believes that there is more damage from a recent wind storm in Lincoln County than has been reported, and encourages residents to identify these damages and report them so they can be eligible for assistance.

As owner of South Bristol-based JK Custom Woodworking, no two projects are the same for Jonathan “Jon” Kelsey.

A new science program at Great Salt Bay Community School is getting students out of the classroom, while also bringing in members of the community.

Ten days after a significant wind storm slammed the area with over 21,000 outages, power has been restored to all Lincoln County households, according to the report from Central Maine Power Co. issued Wednesday night at 7:18 p.m.

Damariscotta voters rejected a moratorium that would have placed a temporary ban on retail development larger than 2,500 square feet at the polls Tuesday, Nov. 7.

Damariscotta voters elected Louis “Lou” Abbotoni to the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

The Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission approved a certificate of appropriateness for the conversion of part of the former Wiscasset Newspaper office, at 47 Gardiner Road, into an office and water laboratory. The rest of the building could become an apartment or another office.