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A Waldoboro man is in custody after a standoff with police near downtown Waldoboro early Friday, Nov. 4. No one was hurt in the incident.
Brian J. Bennett, 36, was taken into custody at about 7:10 a.m. after the standoff at a residence on Main Street between Friendship Road and Route 32, near the Medomak River. He faces six counts of burglary.
Lincoln County plans to split the position of director of communications and emergency management – currently one full-time position – into two full-time positions, according to County Administrator Carrie Kipfer.
One of the oldest houses in Round Pond has found new life as a bed-and-breakfast and event center.
The Maine Department of Transportation is asking the town of Wiscasset to sign a letter of intent instead of a more formal contract regarding the town’s future maintenance responsibilities in connection with the DOT’s downtown improvement project.
On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, Waldoboro residents will not only have a chance to weigh in on state and national issues, but two local matters as well.
Wiscasset voters will answer the question of whether the town will allow its firefighters to wash their personal vehicles at the station Tuesday, Nov. 8.
The Nobleboro Planning Board has approved, with conditions, an application from Maritime Energy to install a 30,000-gallon propane tank at its location at the corner of Route 1 and Vannah Road.
The Lincoln County Budget Advisory Committee concluded its review of the county’s fiscal year 2017 budget Thursday, Oct. 27, approving an $11,112,592 budget, a 1.52 percent increase over the previous year’s budget.
The Oct. 28 dress rehearsal of Heartwood Regional Theater Company and Lincoln Academy’s production of the Melanie Marnich play “These Shining Lives” revealed a well-rehearsed and very capable cast and crew consisting entirely of Lincoln Academy students.
The work of Damariscotta artist Bernice Masse Rosenthal – painted wood assemblage and ink-on-paper collage – currently occupies the walls and sections of the floors of two rooms at the Pemaquid Watershed Association’s office-gallery on Main Street in Damariscotta.
The Maine Press Association has named Lincoln County News reporter Abigail W. Adams the 2015-2016 recipient of the Bob Drake Young Writer’s Award.
The Wiscasset Wastewater Treatment Plant is facing a Maine Department of Environmental Protection fine for violations resulting from a malfunction of the plant’s processing system in 2015.
The CLC YMCA has announced that the vision of a newly updated Y is six months and $1.5 million away from reality. It’s no secret that capital fundraising has been underway to build a sustainable new facility to support its growing, 10-town, 25-mile service area.
The afternoon of Monday, Oct. 10, Dr. Carol Eckert went on a bike ride through her Windsor neighborhood.
