The Lincoln County News

The 18th annual Pumpkinfest & Regatta brought a weekend filled with pumpkin-centric festivities new and old.

Assisted by Maine Warden Service K-9 Officer Storm, Maine Game Wardens safely recovered a 91-year-old Edgecomb man in the woods near his home just as temperatures dipped below freezing Thursday, Oct. 9.

Newcastle residents voted to allow a transfer of $1.45 million for the Lynch Road bridge project with minimal discussion at a Tuesday, Oct. 14 special town meeting.

The Bristol and South Bristol school committees unanimously voted to continue supporting the effort to form an education service center and to submit the second part of their application to the Maine Department of Education at their meetings on Thursday, Oct. 2 and Tuesday, Oct. 7, respectively.

In a continuation of debate on a potential data center, the Wiscasset Select Board heard several public comments related to the possible development at their Tuesday, Oct. 7 meeting.

Twenty years ago this week, heavy rains from a weekend storm swept away an earthen dam in Newcastle, destroying Sherman Lake and creating the conditions for Sherman Marsh to thrive.

After receiving verbal approval from their respective select boards, Damariscotta and Newcastle town officials will continue fleshing out figures for a potential shared public works department.

Elroy Morgan, of Charleston, took home not one but two victories at this year’s Great Pumpkin Commonwealth Weigh-Off.

Residents of Jefferson voted to approve a revised education budget at a special town meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at Jefferson Village School, marking the third attempt to pass an education budget for the 2026 fiscal year.

After almost 40 years of fighting fires, Darren Delano is taking on a new responsibility as Dresden’s fire chief.

Almost 50 years to the day since Daniel Thompson found a whale washed up on the shore of New Harbor, his granddaughter, Katherine Thompson, found a whale washed up in almost the exact spot.