LINCOLN, Maine — As a local author spoke about the details of this town that are included in her memoir, the audience packed into the sitting area of the Lincoln Memorial Library came to life.

The crowd of nearly 50 people talked about the restaurants on the main strip and other memories of the once-booming mill town at the Thursday event.

But all the while, a Lincoln police officer stood by the door.

Her presence was the only reminder that Chris Davis’ appearance for her memoir, “Worthy: The Memoir of an ex-Mormon Lesbian,” was canceled for a single day in August over fears of community backlash because of the book’s topic and author.

The town councilor who asked the library to cancel the event, John Trask, said he wanted to avoid turning the library into “political football” and that

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