The Lincoln County News

Many Wiscasset residents know David Cronk as a worm dealer and digger who has been featured in Down East magazine, but he also has a stable of four horses, a pony, and now two foals, born July 5.

A new species has invaded Lincoln County, causing people of all ages to search the county and catch them all. But only those with a smartphone or tablet can see them – Pokemon.

A Lincoln County native who works as a musician and producer in Brooklyn, N.Y. will teach a kids rock-and-roll camp in Newcastle from Aug. 1-5.

The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen have scheduled a public hearing to discuss a potential townwide vote in November on whether to adopt pay-as-you-throw at the Waldoboro Transfer Station.

The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen will meet with the fire department in an effort to repair a relationship that has been fractured since the board voted down allowing firefighters to wash their personal vehicles at the station. The meeting was requested by Selectman Judy Flanagan as an opportunity for both the board and the department to explain their positions.

Dresden’s new boat ramp at the site of the old Dresden-Richmond bridge now has a parking area to encourage its use during the first summer season since its completion. The grassy area across the street from the boat ramp on Lincoln Road was recently mowed and can accommodate several cars, or about four vehicles with trailers, Third Selectman Allan Moeller said.

A 58-year-old man survived a 60-foot fall from an oak tree in South Bristol the afternoon of Thursday, July 21.

As of July 1, Bonita’s Early Childhood Learning Center in Damariscotta has a new owner, a Jefferson woman with experience in child care and education.