The Lincoln County News

Bristol residents approved a school renovation referendum at the polls on Monday, March 20, and approved all warrant articles at annual town meeting the following day.

RSU 40 has been granted a summary judgment in a lawsuit filed in 2019 by a Medomak Valley High School graduate alleging two years of sexual harassment from former Principal Andrew Cavanaugh.

After almost two years of fizz and fermentation Maine Booch Brewing will be closing its doors for good on Monday, March 27. Before it goes it will host a final slate of events, a celebration of a place that featured not only organic craft-brewed hard kombucha, but also local musicians, open mic storytelling, poetry readings, and what owner and founder Chauncey Erskine described as “the occasional raucous rock concert.”

South Bristol’s annual town meeting lasted well into a fourth hour as residents picked their way through a 46-article warrant Thursday, March 16.

A man died in a single-vehicle crash that closed a portion of Route 129 in South Bristol for more than an hour the evening of Monday, March 20. 

A Nobleboro horse is the star of a new children’s book series told from his perspective, with its first volume released last weekend by author, and owner, Virginia Shaw Genthner.

Twenty years after voters rejected a similar article, Bristol Consolidated School will see renovations, as residents approved a school renovation referendum at the polls on Monday, March 20.

A local man with a reputation for violence is facing charges including aggravated attempted murder following a shooting at an apartment complex on Reed Road in Boothbay Harbor Sunday, March 19.

An alleged incident at the South Bristol town office in early January will now be investigated by an attorney following the withdrawal of a consultant hired to create a report and recommend policies.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020, Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask invited his son, Austin Trask, to the fire station as a way to get out of the house.

A third candidate will appear on the ballot for one of the two Edgecomb Select Board seats up for election on Saturday, April 15.

House District 45 voters will return to the polls on June 13 for a special election to fill the legislative seat formerly held by Rep. Clinton Collamore, D-Waldoboro.