Konstantinos Rigas, 31, of Boothbay Harbor is scheduled for a competency exam July 2 to determine if he can stand trial.

Rigas faces a long…

With Lincoln County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mark Bridgham retiring at the end of the month and Sgt. Aaron Beck resigning to join Boothbay Harbor Police Department, deputies Kevin Dennison and Jared Mitkus…

The Woolwich Select Board on Monday night unanimously approved new rates for the town’s ambulance service. The increase will bring the town more in line with Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements,…

At the 70-year mark, Alna Volunteer Fire Department is doing as well as others in Maine, Fire Chief Mike Trask said.

And like the others, Alna's could use more members, he said.

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Vandals spray-painted and smashed up the inside of Alna’s former town office, leaving it such a mess it needs cleanup and repainting over profane words and images before the town can try to sell…

The following are closed criminal cases for May in the Lincoln County Courts. All information was provided by the court clerk. Unless otherwise noted, sentences are…

Navy Diver Second Class John E. McLeod of Wiscasset, Maine, and Navy Diver Second Class Thomas E. Parhiala Jr. of Salem, New Hampshire, will be presented the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at the…

On Thursday, June 6 at approximately 6 p.m., Daniel H. Lewis, 26, of Wiscasset was arrested without incident by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on Wawenock Road in Edgecomb, according to a…

Acting quickly to replace Engine #3, Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter informed selectmen June 3 that a 1991 KME Renegade pumper was for sale in Scio, New York, a town of about 1,800, south of…

A 62-year-old Alna man was killed Thursday, June 6 at the intersection of Route 1 and Old Ferry Road in Wiscasset in a truck-motorcycle collision.

According to a report from Wiscasset…

ROCKLAND — A Wiscasset woman was arrested late Friday night, May 31, after police say she…

Woolwich’s EMS director Brian Carlton asked the select board Monday for permission to use reserve monies to cover costs toward ambulance coverage.

Carlton wants to draw up to $10,000 from…

Patrick Shorey, 26, of Waterville, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, all but three suspended, and four years’ probation, for a 2017 crash that claimed an elderly woman’s life.

The crash…

On Sunday, May 26, Lincoln County Animal Control Officer Will Snowman responded to a report of a possible rabid fox that…

Former state representative Jeffrey Pierce, 56, of Dresden has had three Class E charges of Fraudulently Obtaining or Possessing a Hunting License dismissed by District Attorney Natasha Irving.…

The Woolwich Select Board unanimously accepted a $149,615 ambulance bid Monday night from Autotronics. The Bangor-based company specializes in selling emergency vehicles and was the lowest of six…

In July, Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset will lose one of its longtime boarding counties, Waldo County, and with it, a nearly million-dollar contract.

However, Col. James Bailey,…

Michael Holbrook, 47, of Boothbay took an Alford plea to address several charges stemming from a night of violence and mayhem on April 14 and 15, 2017.

Holbrook took the plea, similar to a…

A Lincoln County grand jury indicted Matthew Plummer, 36, of Wiscasset May 15, charging him in connection with an eight-hour police standoff Dec. 14-15, 2018 at his apartment on Heritage Lane.…

Chief Robert Hasch of the Boothbay Harbor Police Department has released the following information about the standoff which occurred today (May 15) at 31 Oak St.:

“On 5-15-2019 at…

UPDATE: A standoff at 31 Oak St. came to a head around 1:15 p.m. as Boothbay Harbor officers and Lincoln County deputies safely apprehended Konstantinos Rigas, 31,…

The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority decided May 8 to create a committee to look into options for Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) for opioid addiction at the jail.

According to Col. …

Danielle Ward, 35, of Hope, was sentenced to six years in prison May 6 after changing her plea to guilty in March in connection with a January 2017 crash that claimed the lives of a Woolwich…

Megan McLaughlin, hired this year to replace County Planner Bob Faunce, has resigned effective May 17.

According to County Administrator Carrie Kipfer, McLaughlin, whose background is…

Please join us on Wednesday, May 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. for a presentation of the Maine Flood Resilience Checklist by Abbie Sherwin of Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission (SMPDC)…

A corrections officer at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset has been identified as one of the corrections officers who participated in an online meme challenge called #feelingcute.

The…

Maine Drug Enforcement agents and State Fire Marshals have charged a man and woman from New York with selling heroin and attempting to burn down a Richmond house Wednesday night, May 1.

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Shawna Gatto, 45, of Wiscasset, was found guilty of depraved indifference murder in a verdict Justice William Stokes rendered Tuesday. Gatto was on trial for the murder of her fiance’s…

A Camden man was arrested in Wiscasset Sunday night and charged with criminal speed, operating under the influence of drugs, unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs, and refusing to submit to…

On Saturday, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office continued its search for 36-year-old Casey Main of Wiscasset, and at about 12:30 p.m., his body was discovered, still inside his vehicle.

On Friday, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office continued its search for 36-year-old Casey Main of Wiscasset. Main was reported missing Thursday morning. The initial search centered in the…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Casey Main, 36, of Wiscasset. Main has health care issues that require regular attention. He left his work at 5:30 a.m. Thursday, April 25, in…

UPDATE: Brianna Ayers was arrested later Tuesday in Lewiston and taken to Androscoggin County Jail.

Original post:

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said six people have been…

At 9:53 p.m. April 18, the Bath Police Department received a report of a male who had fallen into the Kennebec River from a floating dock located by the north parking lot of the Kennebec Tavern in…

During the April 16 Lincoln County commissioners’ meeting, Sheriff Todd Brackett introduced the Addiction Recovery Center’s new recovery counselor, Theresa Arita. Arita replaced Bill Ellsworth,…

The bench trial of Shawna Gatto, 44, of Wiscasset, concluded Monday, April 8, with her defense lawyers trying to sow doubt about who may have killed 4-year-old Kendall Chick on Dec. 8, 2017.…

During the closing arguments of Shawna Gatto’s trial for the murder of 4-year-old Kendall Chick, the defense mounted a two-tier close.

The state cited the medical, physical, timing, and…

In a brief opening statement for Kendall Chick’s alleged murderer Shawna Gatto on Monday, defense attorney Philip Cohen asserted that while “human nature” wanted someone to blame for the death of…

At the May 4 annual town meeting, Woolwich will consider ordinances allowing the fire department to bill for some emergency calls and false alarms.

One of the proposed ordinances would let…

The second session in a series of workshops titled “Our Voice, Our Legislature” will take place on Monday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Newcastle Fire Station, 86 River Road…

Stephen Hood, grandfather to 4-year-old Kendall Chick, faced cross-examination by Philip Cohen for the defense Friday morning. Hood's fiancée Shawna Gatto is on trial for murder in Chick's death…

Stephen Hood, grandfather to 4-year-old Kendall Chick, testified April 3 in the trial of Shawna Gatto. Gatto Hood's fiancee, is charged with murder in Chick's death in 2017.

Before…

As of shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday, Stephen Hood, grandfather of Kendall Chick of Wiscasset, is on the witness stand in an Augusta courtroom. He is testifying as a prosecution witness in the…

On the second day of the Kendall Chick murder trial Tuesday, Maine Chief Medical Officer Mark Flomenbaum testified that the cause of the 4-year-old Wiscasset girl’s death was blunt force trauma to…

The bench trial for Shawna Gatto, 44, alleged murderer of Kendall Chick, 4, of Wiscasset got under way Monday. Chick died Dec.  8, 2017, at the home she shared on Crickets Lane with her…

The following are closed cases for March. All information was furnished by the Lincoln  County Clerk of Courts. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.…

A man who authorities said was under the influence of multiple drugs when he caused a fatal crash in Dresden in June 2017 has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Fire Marshal investigators say the fire that destroyed a sawmill at the N.C. Hunt Lumber Company in Jefferson late Friday night was accidental.

Lumber yard workers had completed repairs to…

Four set fires burned a two-story cape to the ground on Wiscasset's West Alna Road Saturday morning. But this was no crime: Wiscasset, Alna and Dresden firefighters worked the fire as training.…

Sheriff Todd Brackett announced Tuesday, Kevin Dennison was named Deputy of the Year. He said Dennison was the kind of deputy Brackett would “like to clone.” Dennison served in the Army, then…