The Lincoln County News

The Lincoln County News collected 18 first, second, and third place awards in the 2024 Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, including top honors in the General Excellence – Advertising category.

Former Damariscotta Fire Chief and longtime community stalwart James “Jimmy” Hall passed away at his home in Damariscotta on Oct. 14 following a lengthy illness.

Surrounded by dozens of friends and conservation-minded confidantes, Bambi Jones and David “Tracy” Moskovitz, of Whitefield’s Hidden Valley Farm, were awarded the New England Leopold Conservation Award on Saturday, Oct. 19.

To Howard Tuttle, superintendent of RSU 12, school leadership is all about teamwork, creativity, patience, and communication.

State Rep. Lydia V. Crafts, D-Newcastle, advocates for addressing climate change, increasing affordable housing, and bettering health care in her campaign for a third term in the Maine House of Representatives.

Mary Lou J. Daxland, R-Newcastle, said she wants to fight to reduce the cost of living and change education should she be elected to represent House District 46.

Nearly 60 audience members listened as four candidates for state office discussed topics ranging from health care concerns to suggested improvements to education in the final forum co-hosted by The Lincoln County News and the Boothbay Register on Thursday, Oct. 10.

The 17th annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta brought the festival’s highest post-COVID attendance yet and produced a state record for Maine’s largest pumpkin.

As a child, Neal Shuman remembers his father pointing out a dirt drive cut into the weeds alongside Route 220 in North Waldoboro. The road, he said, led to the cemetery where one of Shuman’s great uncles was buried. But it wasn’t until decades later – when Shuman and his sons traveled up that overgrown path to begin a mammoth restoration of the cemetery at its terminus – that he would discover the depth of knowledge and history the site contained.

In a special town meeting that lasted roughly 15 minutes, Newcastle residents voted 43-5 in favor of amending the town’s core zoning code to include retail firearm sales facilities.

In his reelection bid for House District 47, Rep. Edward J. “Ed” Polewarczyk, R-Wiscasset, is focused on budgeting, whether it’s through lowering energy costs or cutting taxes.

As a real estate agent, Wayne K. Farrin, D-Jefferson, has helped people find homes for more than 35 years. Now, Farrin wants to help people find homes as legislator for House District 47.