The Lincoln County News

“I did not expect this at all,” said Somerville native Brian Milakovsky over a WhatsApp phone call. He was referring to the tens of thousands of dollars supporters have donated to a fundraising campaign to help Ukrainians.

Newcastle Board of Selectmen and Newcastle’s Taniscot Engine Co. have agreed on a proposed fire and emergency protections ordinance that will define the scope of the fire department and its relationship to the town.

Wiscasset residents were deeply saddened this past week with the news that Lawrence “Larry” Gordon passed away, a man who was well known and respected by the citizens of the town for his dedication to Wiscasset for nearly a half of a century. He served on the board of selectmen for over 26 years, and chair for 21 of those years.

LincolnHealth has seen two weeks of increases in positive COVID-19 tests and four weeks of increases in the number of tests administered, according to LincolnHealth spokesperson John Martins.

Broad Bay Church in Waldoboro was awarded a Maine Preservation Honor Award by Maine Preservation, at an online ceremony March 31. 

Elver season is winding down as almost 8,000 pounds of the tiny glassine eels have been pulled from Maine waters, including the Pemaquid and Medomak rivers in Lincoln County.

This week, Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust closed on a 476-acre piece of land next to the wild Half Moon Pond in Bristol, making it “the biggest single-day purchase in the history of Coastal Rivers and our parent organizations (Damariscotta River Association and Pemaquid Watershed Association),” according to Coastal Rivers Executive Director Steven Hufnagel.

All is quiet in the Maine State Aquarium in West Boothbay Harbor, where tanks usually bubble with oxygen and marine creature’s movements. It is almost ghostly, the still bodies of construction equipment in place of the animals.