The Lincoln County News

Interlibrary lending services by van delivery will restart in Maine at the beginning of September, ending a disruption that has affected libraries statewide since early summer, according to Maine State Librarian Lori Fisher.

The start of school is just around the corner, and Todd Sanders, a seasoned coach, educator, administrator, and the new superintendent of Damariscotta-based AOS 93, is ready to get out on the field.

First responders from several departments are on the scene of a structure fire on Somerville Road in Jefferson the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 22.

The Maine Town, City, and County Management Association honored Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons with a leadership award during the organization’s annual luncheon in Newry on Wednesday, Aug. 14.

At the polls in November, Jefferson voters will consider a request from Jefferson Fire and Rescue to partially finance a new firefighting vehicle.

The Gulf of Maine is not only home to lobsters and oysters, but also millions of phytoplankton, the ocean dwellers that Boothbay’s Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences concerns itself with.

From lobster boats to parade floats, the 70th Olde Bristol Days was celebrated all weekend long, all over the Pemaquid Peninsula.

The Monhegan community congregated atop Lookout Hill to celebrate the lighthouse’s 200th anniversary on Thursday, Aug. 9.

The Frances Perkins Center, the nonprofit managing the family homestead of the nation’s first female cabinet member, is seeking to make Frances Perkins’ former home in Newcastle a national monument.

On Friday, Aug. 9, the Maine Connectivity Authority approved a grant of $6 million to Lincoln County for the construction of fiber broadband internet in a project expected to bring internet service to residents across the county – including some who historically have not been able to get internet service at their homes.

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee gathered local blue voters and activists together at Cider Hill Farm in Waldoboro on Sunday, Aug. 4, for seafood, music, and speeches from local politicians and public figures.

Wiscasset Emergency Medical Services Chief Erin Bean and her crew are working on transforming Wiscasset’s Scout Hall into a training and meeting center, an operation that was unanimously approved by the Wiscasset Select Board during a meeting Tuesday, July 30.