{"id":55,"date":"2026-07-02T17:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bdblake.com\/lincnews\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:13:01","slug":"our-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bdblake.com\/lincnews\/our-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bdblake.com\/lincnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lincoln-news-header.webp\" title=\"lincoln-news-header\" width=\"999\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdblake.com\/lincnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lincoln-news-header.webp 999w, https:\/\/bdblake.com\/lincnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lincoln-news-header-980x172.webp 980w, https:\/\/bdblake.com\/lincnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lincoln-news-header-480x84.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 999px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-13\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section et_pb_section_parallax\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-background et-pb-parallax-background--css et-pb-parallax-background-module--divi-section-2\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/bdblake.com\/lincnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bg-image2-300x200.png)\"><\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Introducing the Lincoln News Staff<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_pb_row_nested et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_0 et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_no_image et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Roberta Whalen<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Owner\/Publisher\/General Manager<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p><span>Roberta Whalen is the wife of previous owner David Whalen. As General Manager, Roberta oversees the daily operations at the news, personnel, all newspaper and commercial printing production, and community\/public relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:publisher@lincnews.com\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_1 et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_no_image et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Delores Dill<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Owner\/Publisher\/General Manager<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p><span>Delores, a Lincoln native, served in the Navy for 20 years in the communications field. Upon her retirement from the Navy in 2000, she moved to NH where she worked at New Hampshire Ball Bearing and worked her way up from an assembler to a technician. She moved back home to Lincoln in 2007 and joined the News staff in 2008 as a collater and worked her way up to her current position. Her duties include final newspaper layout production, creating ads as well as head of the Coming Events and Greater Lincoln Pages\u00a0and Area Sports Pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:Lossy.Dill@lincnews.com\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"tel:207-794-6532\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_phone_icon\"><span>Phone<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_2 et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_no_image et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Ben Meiklejohn<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">News Reporter\/Photographer<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p><span>Ben graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in English and concentration in creative writing. He has been a journalist for the Portland Phoenix and the Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Courier. Ben has lived in a diverse range of Maine towns,\u00a0including Acton, Kennebunk, Lincoln, Madawaska, Mount Desert, Old Town, Orono, Portland, Sangerville and Shapleigh -- giving him a comprehensive experience of the Mainer identity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:ben.meiklejohn@lincnews.com\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"tel:207-794-6532\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_phone_icon\"><span>Phone<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_3 et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_no_image et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Brian Brown<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">News\/Sports Reporter<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p><span>Brian Brown graduated from UMaine with a journalism degree in 2006. Brian\u2019s passion for sports shows in his highly accurate reporting of all Katahdin region school teams activities. Brian not only reports sports, he is also a fine news writer and supplies in-depth reporting of a broad range of newsworthy coverage on in the Katahdin arena.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:brian@lincnews.com\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_4 et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_no_image et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Morgan Burak<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Office Assistant\/Customer Service\/Production Assistant<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p><span>Morgan Burak joined the Lincoln News team in 2024 and quickly learned administrative functions, customer service\u00a0and ad layout to include display ads, classified ads, public notices as well as Cards of Thanks, In Memoriams and obituaries. She is also responsible for management of the subscription database\u00a0and updating billing and payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:news@lincnews.com\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"tel:207-794-6532\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_phone_icon\"><span>Phone<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_5 et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_no_image et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Shandi Daigle<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Customer Service\/Production Assistant<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p><span>Shandi Daigle\u00a0joined the Lincoln News team in\u00a02015 after working at the Lincoln Memorial Library for several years. She helps with customer service as well as doing production layout. Shandi is in charge of the Katahdin section of the newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:news@lincnews.com\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"tel:207-794-6532\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_phone_icon\"><span>Phone<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et-vb-row--no-module et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_6 et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_no_image et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Shelley Farrington<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Freelance Reporter - Katahdin Region<\/p><ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:katnewsews@lincnews.com\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_7 et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_no_image et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Diane York<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Print Shop Manager<\/p><ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:printshop@lincnews.com\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_11 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_8 et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_no_image et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Avern Danforth<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Katahdin Region Advertising Sales<\/p><ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:katnews@lincnews.com\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_7 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_12 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_9 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bdblake.com\/lincnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/molly.jpg\" alt=\"Molly\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdblake.com\/lincnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/molly.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bdblake.com\/lincnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/molly-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" class=\"wp-image-71\" title=\"molly\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Molly<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Local newshound<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>Molly is are newhound, guardian, bacon and snack thief. 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