The Lincoln County News

Twenty years ago this week, heavy rains from a weekend storm swept away an earthen dam in Newcastle, destroying Sherman Lake and creating the conditions for Sherman Marsh to thrive.

After receiving verbal approval from their respective select boards, Damariscotta and Newcastle town officials will continue fleshing out figures for a potential shared public works department.

Elroy Morgan, of Charleston, took home not one but two victories at this year’s Great Pumpkin Commonwealth Weigh-Off.

Residents of Jefferson voted to approve a revised education budget at a special town meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at Jefferson Village School, marking the third attempt to pass an education budget for the 2026 fiscal year.

After almost 40 years of fighting fires, Darren Delano is taking on a new responsibility as Dresden’s fire chief.

Almost 50 years to the day since Daniel Thompson found a whale washed up on the shore of New Harbor, his granddaughter, Katherine Thompson, found a whale washed up in almost the exact spot.

Residents of Bristol and South Bristol will soon have the opportunity to learn about the months of work a committee has put into researching a possible way to mitigate rising education costs.

After a decade representing the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce, Executive Manager Pat Cloutier is ready to begin the next chapter of her life.

A 21-year-old Whitefield man died in a motorcycle crash on Vigue Road in Whitefield the morning of Sunday, Sept. 28.

Authorities with the Office of State Fire Marshal arrested an Augusta man on Wednesday, Sept. 24 in connection with a potentially explosive device recovered in during a traffic stop in Newcastle earlier in the week.

Forty-three Westport Island convened at the town office Wednesday, Sept. 17 to consider a three-article warrant that proposed creating an office of deputy code enforcement officer, overseen by the town’s select board.