The Lincoln County News

The manager of the Nobleboro-Jefferson Transfer Station was recently recognized with an award from the Maine Resource Recovery Association.

The Boothbay Harbor Country Club celebrated the completion of its new clubhouse with a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 11, a week prior to the club’s opening May 18.

Residents and town officials convened at the Waldoboro town office to discuss the future of the A.D. Gray School and come up with ideas for what to do with the vacant structure Tuesday, May 17.

Edgecomb residents have long requested the ability to register vehicles online. At the annual town meeting Saturday, May 21, residents will have the ability to vote on it.

Edgecomb will vote for its municipal officers Friday, May 20 with two newcomers running unopposed for seats on the board of selectmen and the school committee. Ted Hugger is running for a seat on the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen; Mark Graham for a seat on the Edgecomb School Committee.

William Emrich’s newly released book, “Wild Maine Adventure,” tells the story of how the retiree from Tampa, Fla. built a secluded off-grid cabin next to a pond in the Maine woods. If that sounds fairly uneventful, it wasn’t.

A fish living in the Damariscotta Police Department has inspired a popular “cupcake cake” in the bakery at Hannaford Supermarket in Damariscotta.

The Boothbay Harbor Country Club celebrated the completion of its new clubhouse with a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 11, a week prior to the club’s opening May 18.

Help wanted signs line the major business corridors in Lincoln County, as a long-predicted workforce shortage hits home in Maine’s coastal communities.

The Maine Department of Transportation has studied Wiscasset traffic congestion for more than 40 years and spent more than $1 million exploring a bypass that is no longer an option, Project Manager Gerry Audibert said. Three new proposals are on the table to improve traffic flow through downtown Wiscasset and the DOT needs the town to make a decision, he said.

The Maine Department of Transportation’s plans to place a conservation easement on more than 130 acres around Sherman Marsh has frustrated a group of property owners living around the marsh.

A Bremen resident with long ties to the community recently discovered several boxes of historic municipal documents in the attic of a family residence.

Lincoln County fire departments will host their first-ever county-wide open house Wednesday, May 18 in what fire officials call a sign of the recruitment issues throughout the volunteer fire service.

Mark Zaccadelli and Nick MacPhee, both of Bristol, broke RAW American Powerlifting Federation Maine records at the Maine state championships held at Fournier Karate in Westbrook on Saturday. Sixty power lifters competed in the event.