The Lincoln County News

New COVID-19 cases reported in Lincoln County residents dipped for the second week in a row—with 53 new cases, down from 66 last week and 129 the week prior.

“Summer didn’t happen this year,” said Tim Beal, co-owner of the Damariscotta River Grill. 

Senator Bill Diamond, D-Cumberland, accompanied by legislative colleagues and volunteers, completed the “Walk a Mile in Their Shoes” campaign to raise awareness of fatal child abuse cases in Maine on Sept. 29, at the Wiscasset Community Center. 

Every week The Lincoln County News publishes the top three scores from the Wiscasset Senior Center’s cribbage games on Tuesday and Thursday. 

Stanley “Stan” Waltz has been working in the code enforcement business for the past 18 years for 11 towns in Lincoln County.

A small girls’ school in Basti Awan, Pakistan continues to grow, thanks to the efforts of a local physician and the generosity of the people of Lincoln County.

“The Taste of Maine restaurant is in Woolwich, but the best cooking in Maine was by Martha Brackett,” The Rev. Bobby Ives raved by phone on Tuesday, Oct. 5.

The New Harbor United Methodist Church, at 8 Southside Road on New Harbor Hill, is restarting a capital campaign for a new bell tower and other improvements to the building.

The town of Jefferson is facing a more than 1,000% increase in the cost of Emergency Medical Services service next year.

New COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County residents dropped by nearly half this week—with 66 new cases identified, down from the record-setting total of 129 last week.

The 2021 Damariscotta Pumpkinfest got off to a smashing start when Edwin Pierpont, of Jefferson, beat his own state records for heaviest giant pumpkin and giant green squash at the festival’s weigh-off on Sunday, Oct. 3.