The Lincoln County News

J.R. Leigh, formerly of Jefferson, was a quiet, skinny kid while in high school at Lincoln Academy in the 1990s. He liked to tinker with cars and skateboard. He and his father bought and overhauled used cars, turning them into high-end machines teenage boys would love to drive.

Community policing has been the emphasis of Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline’s 4 1/2-year tenure at the department. On March 28, he will depart Wiscasset to lead the police force in the community he grew up in.

The Wiscasset Ambulance Service’s new director was not scheduled to begin work until April 4, but Toby Martin began almost two weeks early to ensure ambulances get out the door, he said.

Rice Farms has completed a new sugarhouse just in time for Maine Maple Sunday, an annual open house for sugarhouses across the state.

Jenny Mayher can still remember how she felt standing in the upstairs room of the Damariscotta River Grill on March 21, 2006.

Meeting with the Edgecomb Budget Committee Monday, March 21, the Edgecomb School Committee and school administrators unveiled the projected local share of education expenses for Edgecomb in 2016-2017, which is an 11 percent increase from the previous year.

Bristol voters elected Clyde Pendleton Sr. to serve a three-year term on the Bristol Parks and Recreation Commission during the annual election of officers Monday, March 21.

Following an executive session on March 15, the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to accept Peregrine Consulting LLC’s offer on two properties formerly owned by Mason Station LLC.

Students at Great Salt Bay Community School are getting a leg up on education, as classrooms throughout the building have started adding standing desks.

Lincoln County firefighters and first responders are calling on property owners to install highly visible address numbers in an effort to speed emergency response times.

Westport Island residents Stanley Lane and Dr. Norma Dreyfus had a very emotional ride home from an overnight trip on Feb. 25.

Students, parents, and teachers crowded into the Great Salt Bay Community School library during the school committee meeting March 9 to discuss the content and age-appropriateness of media shown in classrooms.

The Second Congregational Church in Newcastle is in the midst of a major roof replacement project set for completion in early summer.

A 17-year member of the Bremen School Committee and nearly 10-year member of the Great Salt Bay School Committee is stepping down.