The Lincoln County News

Everyone was able to exit safely, including some pet birds, from a suspected furnace fire at 288 Birch Point Road in Wiscasset on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 10.

After 10 years of fun-filled shows and a whole lot of “razzle dazzle,” the performance group Hearts Ever Young has formally dissolved, leaving its founders and participants conflicted.

The Damariscotta Planning Board concluded a two-part public hearing concerning a proposed 102-bed nursing care facility on Piper Mill Road on Monday, Dec. 5 and must now make a decision on the application within 30 days.

Human remains found off Old County Road in Waldoboro were identified as those of 54-year-old Douglas Barter, who had been missing since Nov. 9, 2021, according to a press release from Waldoboro Police Chief John Lash.

Signed. Sealed. Delivered! Letters to Santa are in this week’s edition of The Lincoln County News.

The Whitefield Select Board abruptly ended its Tuesday, Dec. 6 meeting with items still on the agenda after residents voiced their frustration at the board’s rejection of a citizens’ petition.

A native seed sowing workshop at the Hidden Valley Nature Center on Friday, Dec. 2, taught participants that the Maine winter isn’t as dead a time as some think. The workshop, held in partnership with Wild Seed Project, showed attendees to identify plants native to the state and collect seeds from them responsibly, then how to store and sow them.

Cara Brindisi, a former contestant on the NBC vocal competition series “The Voice,” sang her heart out in a performance for a leg of her The Snow Globe Tour at Wanderwood in Nobleboro on Saturday, Dec. 3.

On Saturday, Nov. 26, the family and friends of the late Schuyler Leroy Fairfield gathered to celebrate his life at the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset.

With a positivity rate of just 1.8%, down from 4.2% last week, LincolnHealth spokesperson John Martins said by email that the data is “very encouraging.”

With just one vote separating first and second place, Julia Brown emerged victorious in the November #LCNme365 photo contest with her picture of a foggy morning at Hillside Cemetery in Damariscotta.