Thomas and Kathleen Bryant, whose property abuts a storage facility owned by Allen Cohen and his wife Melissa Cohen, received a final rejection of their suit on Dec. 19 from the Maine State…
Police, Fire and Courts
On Thursday Dec. 28, the Lincoln County Sheriffs’ Office conducted a county wide check of establishments licensed to sell alcohol for off premise consumption. Of the 50 licensed establishments…
A small fire in a garage New Year’s Eve was mostly out when the Wiscasset Fire Department arrived, Deputy Fire Chief John Merry said in a phone interview from the fire station Sunday night.
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Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office
A Woolwich man is recovering from a knife wound to the neck, according to a press release from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office. The man was stabbed while visiting a relative in West Bath…
Elections 2018
Alna First Selectman David Abbott has put in about 20 years on the board over four decades beginning in the early 1980s. His latest term is up in March and Abbott said he will not be on the ballot…
Wiscasset Police Department, Wiscasset Ambulance Service and the emergency medical dispatchers of Lincoln County 911 helped deliver a baby boy Dec 21.
At about 8:34 p.m., crews were called…
On Thursday, Dec. 21, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Detective Scott Hayden arrested Nancy Leigh Ann Brann, 43, of Windsor and charged her with one count of gross sexual assault, Class A and one count…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Ken Desmond, employee of the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency, was named to the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission, according to County EMA Director Casey Stevens at the Dec. 19…
Gusty wind apparently forced an airplane taking off from Wiscasset Municipal Airport Sunday back down and into the snow near the runway, interim airport manager Rick Tetrev said.
Longtime…
Kendall Chick had injuries so severe, parts of her head had to be held in place for a photograph, according to police affidavits released Friday, the morning after State Police arrested Shawna…
Shawna Gatto, 43, of Wiscasset, charged with the murder of her fiance’s granddaughter, 4-year-old Kendall Chick, made her first court appearance Friday.
Gatto has been charged with…
State Police have arrested a Wiscasset woman and charged her in connection with the death of a 4-year-old girl last Friday. Shawna Gatto, 43, was arrested by detectives at her home just before 6 p…
Wiscasset asked a court Dec. 13 to give the Maine Department of Transportation more time to respond to the town’s request for a preliminary injunction to prevent MDOT from demolishing the Haggett…
Maine State Police
The death of a 4-year-old Wiscasset girl is under investigation by Wiscasset police and the Maine State Police’s Major Crimes Unit, according to Public Safety Spokesman Stephen McCausland, though…
Snow and slippery roads are being blamed for two accidents in Edgecomb on Saturday night, Edgecomb Fire Lt. Roland Abbott said. At about 5:30 p.m., a car driven by Ethan Murray of Newcastle was…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 31 calls between Nov. 1 and 29.
On Nov. 1, the department responded to four calls. Firefighters began the first of several days checking for…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett asked for two kinds of body armor after a National Institute of Justice presentation gave him concern that the equipment his officers were using was out of…
Lincoln County Courts
The following cases were closed in Lincoln County Courts in November. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences were or will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail. All information was provided by the…
Kathy Blagdon, supervisor at Lincoln County Communications Center, has been recognized for her 33 years of service and outstanding performance…
A lawsuit Wiscasset filed against the Maine Department of Transportation in hopes of a temporary restraining order to prevent the demolition of the Haggett building on Water Street has been moved…
Lincoln County Courts
Anthony Casella of Edgecomb filed suit Nov. 3 against John Hutchins III and John Hutchins IV, doing business as Sheepscot 617 LLC, Sheepscot 802 LLC, Sheepscot Village Venue Center LLC, Sheepscot…
Wiscasset and Alna firefighters put out a mobile home fire at 24 Fowles Hill Road Tuesday morning, Wiscasset Fire Captain Nick Grover said.
The fire apparently started in the area of an…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett responded to a comment Kenneth Hatch III’s attorney Richard Elliott made after Hatch’s jury deadlocked on 20 of the 22 charges against his client Nov. 20.…
Capital Judicial Center
After nearly a full day of deliberations, a jury Monday came back deadlocked on 20 of the 22 counts of the Kenneth Hatch indictment. Only on counts 13 and 14 did the jury reach a verdict, each a…
On Sunday, Nov. 19 at about 9:39 a.m., Sagadahoc County Regional Communications received a request to conduct a welfare check on Edward "Ted" Berrett, 70, who lives alone at 63 Beaver Brook in…
Woolwich’s new fire truck, Engine 2, officially went into service Sunday afternoon following a ceremony that included a blessing of the vehicle and dedication of the truck to a 44-year fire…
Capital Judicial Center
UPDATED: The jury was sent home for the weekend shortly before 6 p.m. Friday and will resume deliberations Monday morning.
Original post: On Friday, Nov. 17, after closing arguments by the…
Capital Judicial Center
The prosecution rested Wednesday following testimony in the trial of Kenneth Hatch III.
Early in the day, the alleged victim’s mother testified, corroborating the alleged victim’s brother’…
Capital Judicial Center
Around 10 a.m. Thursday, Kenneth Hatch took the stand in his own defense. Defense attorney Richard Elliott led Hatch through his education and career, with a particular focus on the vehicles he…
Kenneth Hatch III, facing multiple charges of sexual assault and giving drugs to his alleged victims, will likely take the stand in his own defense, his attorney Richard Elliott said before court…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority on Nov. 8 gave Administrator James Bailey the authority to enter into a contract with the Bernstein Shur law firm. The firm, chosen following a request for…
The local emergency planning committee for Lincoln County held its quarterly meeting Thursday, Nov. 9 at Bigelow Laboratories in Boothbay. Updates concerning hazmat training and table top…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 17 emergencies in town and three mutual aid calls between Oct. 3 and 31.
On Oct. 3, the department responded to a medical call on McKay Road for a…
A smoke detector woke a woman at 497 Lowelltown Road, Wiscasset, Sunday morning and she escaped the fire that claimed the home she was renting, she and a fire official said.
The fire was…
On Oct. 24, Lincoln County sheriff’s detectives arrested an Alna man on a charge of Domestic Violence Assault involving a child. Myles Jordan, 64, was arrested after an investigation into a…
The Lincoln County Budget Committee wrapped up deliberations Oct. 26 by reviewing the county’s single largest budget, the Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff Todd Brackett justified the increase…
Emergency Management Director Casey Stevens said Lincoln County was surprisingly hard hit by Sunday night’s storm. “Almost everyone was out of power at some point in Lincoln County. The (county’s…
Cindy Seigars slept through a stormy Sunday night and into a stormier Monday morning at home on Cross Road in Alna near the West Alna Road end. Then she woke when a transformer blew about an hour…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has arrested a mother and daughter from Lincoln County and charged them with selling thousands of Oxycodone pills in Lincoln and Knox counties over the past year…
Wiscasset Public Safety Advisory Council
Police Chief Jeff Lange told the Wiscasset Public Safety Advisory Council Tuesday, there have been some changes to personnel in the department owing to a change in the required number of hours for…
Easing into retirement can be difficult for aging workers and the same is apparently true for aging fire engines. In a letter to Westport residents, Fire Chief Robert Mooney is asking for…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County’s tax anticipation note has been retired after 206 days, finance director Michelle Cearbaugh told county commissioners Tuesday. That is 13 days fewer than last year, and saved the…
The Maine Department of Transportation has responded to a September request for reconsideration by Wawenock LLC et al. The plaintiffs filed their motion on the grounds that one of the counts was…
The Wiscasset Fire Department held its annual open house Wednesday night, Oct. 11 at the fire house. Alna, Woolwich and Boothbay Harbor sent fire trucks to the event that included demonstrations,…
Wiscasset Police Department
Nancie Atwell, 66, of Southport has been summonsed for a third theft charge after she allegedly shoplifted a dog leash worth less than $30 from Ames Supply in Wiscasset on Oct. 5. According to…
Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter said Oct. 5, Jack Sarmanian was missing that night’s unveiling of a plaque for the fire station because the selectman was doing just as he and many other residents…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 14 calls in September.
On Sept. 2, the department responded to a medical call on Cross Point Road. The patient showed signs of being nauseous,…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett got commissioners’ approval Tuesday to hire Benjamin T. Cook as animal control officer in Waldoboro. On County Administrator Carrie Kipfer’s recommendation,…
In response to a letter from Gov. Paul LePage threatening to fire sheriffs in Maine who do not comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests to hold inmates beyond the legal…
Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority
James Bailey, who has been serving as interim jail administrator at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset since October, was appointed permanent jail administrator Sept. 27 at a special meeting…
