Maine Department of Transportation and Wiscasset have been trading legal barbs as an April 12 court date nears on a requested preliminary injunction to prevent MDOT from demolishing the Haggett…
Police, Fire and Courts
UPDATE: At approximately 9:30 p.m. Monday, detectives from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office arrested a Waldoboro woman for the robbery of the Damariscotta Bank and Trust in Bristol Monday…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
On Wednesday March 28, the Lincoln County Sheriffs’ Office conducted a county wide check of establishments licensed to sell alcohol for off premise consumption. Of the 48 licensed establishments…
Wiscasset's Public Safety Advisory Committee finalized questions March 27 for a survey on community concerns about the town's agencies.
The survey will be available online and in person.…
Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority approved an extension with Penobscot County to board inmates for another 90 days at the current rate.
The decision followed an executive session.…
Luck changed quickly for South Thomaston’s Jonathan Marr, 35, Friday night. The jeep he was driving…
Accident remains under investigation
WALDOBORO — The Waldoboro Police Department, Fire and EMS responded to the report of a vehicle submerged in the Medomak River at the…
Wiscasset and New Hampshire men jump in to save man
UPDATE: ROCKPORT — A Thomaston man was rescued by Good Samaritans after his Grand Cherokee Jeep left the highway and landed in Chickawaukie Lake this evening, March 23.
The call came…
The Edgecomb Fire Department will host an EMS (Emergency Medical Services) responder course in May. Upon successful completion, students will be licensed as a Maine EMS first responder.
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Public encouraged to check their own storage units
ROCKLAND — Maine State Police, working with the four sheriff’s offices in the Midcoast, are asking owners and renters of storage units to check them following the arrest…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Detective Sergeant Ron Rollins was honored as Deputy Sheriff of the Year at the Maine Sheriffs’ Association award banquet in Biddeford March 15, according to Lincoln County Sheriff Chief Deputy…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has been advised of a possible scam attempt occurring over this past weekend. On Sunday, March 18, at about 10:15 a.m., a Bristol resident…
Probe to include that of 4-year-old Wiscasset girl; Early May report anticipated
AUGUSTA — The Maine Joint Legislative Government Oversight Committee (GOC) voted March…
Lincoln County Courts
The Lincoln County Clerk reported the following closed cases for February. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Christopher Lennon Gilley, 33, of…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
As a result of the continued investigation into the March 9 shooting on Clark’s Cove Road in Walpole, Angela Lemire, 39, of Walpole was taken into custody and charged with Domestic Violence…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
One person was being treated at Maine Medical Center in Portland after being shot in Walpole Friday, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lt. Brendan Kane said Saturday.
The injuries are non-life-…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County commissioners agreed March 6 to buy a new recycling truck to replace the second Peterbilt truck in the fleet. Because the Peterbilt trucks were long-haul, they required expensive…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
An investigation under way into an alleged March 3 assault at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset has led to one arrest.
The assault allegedly occurred at about 12:04 p.m. Saturday and…
Following a two-month investigation, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said five members of the same family have been arrested for importing and selling fentanyl in the Midcoast.
Those…
Wiscasset filed a preliminary motion for injunction on March 2 in the Business and Consumer Court. The motion would restrain MDOT from construction connected with altering Route 1 in town until…
Alna selectmen
Following budget talks Feb. 28, a new Alna town office is still in play and voters may consider starting to fund a redo of the fire station’s parking lot. Fire Chief Mike Trask said the lot,…
Wiscasset’s first budget meeting of the season Tuesday involved public safety and the waterfront. Fire Chief T.J. Merry requested one change from Town Manager Marian Anderson’s budget. He sought…
Sarah Riggens, 41, of Wiscasset, who was arrested Jan. 9 on sex charges involving minors, has been ordered to undergo a competency examination to determine if she can participate in her defense.…
On Wednesday, Feb. 21, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received information that a dance instructor at Midcoast Dance Studio in Newcastle…
A boy who attends Lincoln Academy in Newcastle has been charged with terrorizing, a Class D misdemeanor, after he allegedly made threating comments to other students during school on Thursday Feb…
Business and Consumer Court
The Business and Consumer Court has given Wiscasset more time to respond to the Maine Department of Transportation’s answer to the town’s request for a permanent injunction preventing MDOT from…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office released the following media alert Friday:
This afternoon the following statement was released from the administration at Lincoln Academy:
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Area officials have confirmed authorities are investigating a comment the Alna for Choice in Education website received Wednesday. The website formed around Alna’s school choice issue voters face…
Superior Court Justice Daniel Billings has ruled on a longstanding dispute between Westport Island and two of its property owners. In a Jan. 30 decision, Billings found for plaintiffs Leslie…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 21 calls between Jan. 1 and Jan. 30. Local Emergency Management Agency Director Bill Witzell reports January saw a “fairly even distribution” of motor…
Wiscasset selectmen voted at Wiscasset Community Center Tuesday night to reject a consent judgment with Maine Department of Transportation.
The nine-page judgment would have required MDOT…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Commissioners on Tuesday joined a class action lawsuit against companies that manufacture and distribute opioid drugs, to recoup the costs of law enforcement, emergency medical…
Department of Corrections
Dr. Joseph Fitzpatrick, commissioner of the Maine Department of Corrections, has submitted a report to the governor’s office and the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations, proposing taking…
This week, Wiscasset EMS hired three per diem Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). But Wiscasset, like other Midcoast ambulance services, is having a hard time attracting and keeping EMTs. Over…
Damariscotta
With the Super Bowl coming up, Lincoln Academy YMCA Teen Leaders and local law enforcement partnered with Healthy Lincoln County and businesses to conduct a Sticker Shock event in five alcohol…
Wiscasset Public Safety Advisory Council
Police Chief Jeff Lange told the Wiscasset Public Safety Advisory Council Jan. 30, he is having difficulty attracting and keeping officers for a variety of reasons, chief among them the perceived…
Lincoln County Courts
The following closed cases were reported by the Lincoln County Clerk for January. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Paul S. Jones, 40, of…
Firefighters were called to a structure fire at 12 Matthews Road, off Beath Road, in Boothbay Tuesday shortly after 5 a.m. Firefighters from Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Southport and Edgecomb…
Lincoln County Courts
Accused murderer Shawna Gatto of Wiscasset had her bail reduced at a bail hearing at Knox County Courthouse on Jan. 25. She was represented by her attorneys, Phillip Cohen and Jeremy Pratt. She…
Knox County Courts
Former Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy Kenneth Hatch III pled no contest in a Knox County courthouse Friday to a charge of furnishing a place for a minor to consume liquor, a Class D misdemeanor.…
Wiscasset Ambulance Service and Westport Fire Department and EMS aided a man struck by a tree off Westport Island’s Main Road Sunday afternoon, Westport Fire Department officials said.
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Westport Island’s Fire Chief Robert Mooney will leave the volunteer fire department Jan. 31.
Mooney provided selectmen with a letter about his intention to leave the department at a mid-…
Lincoln County Courts
Shawna Gatto, 43, of Wiscasset, accused of murdering her fiancee’s 4-year-old granddaughter, Kendall Chick, in December, pleaded not guilty to the charge at her arraignment Jan. 12.
Her…
Firefighters from five towns responded to a structure fire at 131 Head Tide Road in Alna Sunday night. No one was hurt and the homeowner should able to stay there once a hole in the outside wall…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 25 emergency calls between Dec. 1 and Dec. 29.
On Dec. 1, first responders answered an emergency call at the intersection of Eddy Road and Route…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Wiscasset woman with sex offenses involving minors. After an investigation stemming from a child abuse referral from the Maine Department of…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
In a short meeting Jan. 9, Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett informed commissioners he decided to terminate Deputy Kenneth Hatch III’s employment Jan. 3.
The action came following an…
Lincoln County Courts
A Lincoln County grand jury on Jan. 3 indicted Shawna Gatto, 43, of Wiscasset, in a charge of depraved indifference murder in the killing of Kendall Chick, 4, also of Wiscasset. Chick had been…
At about 4:16 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Detective Adam Temple arrested Damon Peacock, 19, whose last known address is on Nelson Road in Chelsea, on multiple warrants stemming…
Lincoln County Courts
The following information was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Nicholas Wallace, 29, of…
