The Lincoln County News

A former chairman of the Newcastle Planning Board and past president of the Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary Club spent three and a half years in Afghanistan assisting in the reconstruction of the country’s agriculture industry.

A new business specializing in firearms sales, education, and manufacturing is applying the finishing touches and getting ready to open its doors to the Waldoboro community at 65 Washington Rd.

For about eight years, Amy Warner has been a fixture at the Alna Town Office. She has applied her customer service skills to the position of tax collector and town clerk to make the experience of registering a vehicle or paying taxes as pleasant as possible, she said.

A discussion on the town manager’s contract during the citizen comment portion of the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen meeting drew a full house to the town office on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Residents offered the board their advice on the state of the town, the board of selectmen, the town manager, and the community’s direction moving forward.

Firefighters from a half-dozen fire departments extinguished a house fire on Washington Road in Waldoboro the afternoon of Monday, Feb. 8.

Saundra and Eric Neperud have collectively lived in 17 different states and on two Native American reservations over the course of their lives. As of December 2015, Wiscasset is their home; they are the new owners of the Wiscasset Motor Lodge.

A former Republican state committeewoman, and Damariscotta resident, has registered as a candidate for the Maine House of Representatives.

Benjamin Averill will begin work as Wiscasset’s new town planner on Monday, Feb. 22, according to a press release from Wiscasset Administrative Assistant Kathy Onorato.

A Newcastle man has filed a civil complaint against the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the sheriff, and a deputy, saying actions by the deputy led him to have a heart attack.

The Bremen harbor master has again denied an application for a mooring permit filed by the owner of the fishing vessel Columbia.

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners announced Tuesday, Feb. 2 that Carrie Kipfer will take the reigns as county administrator following the departure of John O’Connell.

Celebrated artist and longtime Pemaquid Beach resident Cabot Lyford passed away at the age of 90 on Jan. 21, leaving behind countless sculptures of metal, wood, and stone.