The Lincoln County News

Commercial fireworks are once again allowed for general use in Waldoboro with some restrictions after voters turned back a 2020 ban at the polls Tuesday, Nov. 5 during a special town meeting by referendum held alongside the general election.

Around 70 Alna voters vigorously debated several funding questions in the course of dispatching a six-article warrant during a special town meeting at the Alna fire station Friday, Nov. 1.

On the evening of Saturday, Nov. 2, the lights dimmed inside The Waldo Theatre as a full house of about 300 audience members took their seats.

After polls closed Tuesday, Nov. 5, it appears Democrats will maintain their hold on the two Senate seats, according to unofficial results.

Firefighters from eight towns worked for five hours to contain a blaze that destroyed a two-story woodworking shop on the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 30.

In a special town meeting by referendum that gathered over 2,300 ballots, Wiscasset voters approved the relocation of the town’s wastewater treatment plant.

Wiscasset voters will decide if they would like to approve the relocation of the town’s wastewater treatment plant – a roughly $51 million project – during a special town meeting by referendum on Tuesday, Nov. 5 held concurrently with the general election.

Consumer fireworks and regulation of food from local farmers will be on the ballot for Waldoboro voters in November, along with a commercial clean energy ordinance and proposed amendments to the town’s shellfish conservation ordinance.

Firefighters from seven local towns turned out to battle a stubborn structure fire at a private home in Edgecomb on Friday, Oct. 25.

“Anybody can do it,” Leeroy Gandy said on the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 18, standing in his home among a half-dozen wooden canvases painted with carefully drafted geometric cardinals, chickadees, blue jays and more.

Four months into his term, Dresden Select Board member Gary Getchell has resigned, citing health issues within his family.

Development of an affordable housing project on Mills Road in Newcastle is underway, as Rob Nelson and his team celebrated the start of construction with a ground-breaking ceremony the morning of Monday, Oct. 28.