The Lincoln County News

After years of working in agriculture, Wiscasset resident Hilary Crowell has taken her farming skills and her love for the craft of weaving and created The Cultivated Thread, a small-batch weaving studio that sells items such as towels and napkins.

Lincoln County’s first-ever housing study, released in May, found population and construction trends have created a housing crunch that may require large affordable housing developments to pause. It concludes that at least 1,048 new year-round units must be provided in the next decade to keep housing from becoming any more unaffordable.

In a departure from the rain of June, Fourth of July festivities in Round Pond village saw intermittent sunshine and warmth while attendees from near and far lined the streets in anticipation of the noon parade. Attendance for the parade was larger than expected, but the number of participants in the parade itself is still regaining its stride after COVID-19.

After spending the last year establishing her popular breakfast and lunch spot on Route 1, Jodie Roquemore, owner of Jodie’s Cafe and Bakery in Wiscasset, is leveling up. On June 27 she purchased Sarah’s Cafe, one of the town’s most well-loved and longtime businesses, and will shift her focus from breakfast to dinner.

This year’s Fourth of July marked an additional milestone for the town of Damariscotta, as a long weekend’s worth of events celebrating the town’s 175th anniversary concluded with a packed fireworks show over the river.

Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service’s Nicholas Bryant received recognition for local and regional contributions to the emergency medical system with the Maine EMS Merit Award, issued by the state’s EMS board.

Westport Island residents approved the 60 articles before them at their annual town meeting Saturday, June 24, including accepting the donation of the former town dump, setting up various reserve accounts and agreeing to provide health benefits for town office employees.

Despite the likelihood of a stiff mil rate increase this year, Somerville voters took a pragmatic approach while dispatching a 26-article warrant during a three-plus hour annual town meeting at the Somerville Elementary School on Saturday, June 24.

Bremen voters returned incumbent municipal candidates to their seats at the polls on Saturday morning, June 24, and worked through a 55-article warrant with little debate at annual town meeting that afternoon.

Granite Hall has been a beloved fixture in Round Pond for 150 years, and the Herndon family has been the driving force behind the counter for the last 40. 

Following an occasionally tense two hour meeting at the Alna town office Thursday, June 22, the Alna Select Board formalized the findings of a June 8 ethics hearing recusing Alna First Selectperson Ed Pentaleri from further participation in litigation issues related to Jeffry Spinney’s private boat ramp.

Damariscotta residents will notice a special element to their Fourth of July celebrations this weekend in events planned around town to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the town’s incorporation.