The Lincoln County News

Almost eight miles of 70-year-old transmission lines in Jefferson owned by Central Maine Power Co. will be rebuilt this summer as part of a 22-mile project stretching from Windsor to Warren. The Jefferson Planning Board approved a building permit for the project at its Tuesday, March 7 meeting.

For the fourth year in a row, there will be no Alewife Festival held at the Damariscotta Mills fish ladder in May — this time, because of the deteriorating 70-year-old footbridge over the ladder.

South Bristol’s officials now have a code of ethics and conduct, and may see more policies once a new municipal consultant submits his report about an alleged town office incident from early January.

Waldoboro Lions Club member Bill Blodgett received the international organization’s highest service award on Wednesday, March 1, the first time it has been awarded there in the club’s 93-year history.

Motivated by increases in suicides, overdose deaths, and delays to access mental health treatment, Rep. Lydia Crafts, D-Newcastle, recently proposed legislation to incentivize licensed social workers to provide services to Maine residents.

Shelley’s Flowers and Gifts owner Shelley Pease, who celebrates 40 years in business this year, has won national and state awards for her work but is firmly a part of Waldoboro. She said the last four decades have brought big changes to her business and the town, and throughout all of them she has continued educating herself.

A Newcastle farm is one of two in the state this year to receive a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant that helps rural businesses expand processing, marketing, and sales for value-added products.

There were 20 new cases of COVID-19 identified in residents of Lincoln County in the past week, according to Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention data current as of Sunday, Feb. 25.

The Route 17 culvert that collapsed in Jefferson last week has led to a month-long road closure for replacement by the Maine Department of Transportation.

Two residents escaped unharmed as a structure fire devastated their mobile home in Wiscasset Thursday, Feb. 23, according to the Wiscasset Fire Chief Rob Bickford.

The Wiscasset School Committee appointed Gina Stevens as interim principal for the remainder of the Wiscasset Middle High School during a meeting at the school library on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Damariscotta residents approved the transfer of ownership of sewer lines under the municipal parking lot to the Great Salt Bay Sanitary District during a special town meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 15.