The Wiscasset Police Department will have a Chief Chat from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28 at Moulinette, at 60 Main St., during the Wiscasset Art Walk. All community members are invited. Chief…
Police, Fire and Courts
Damariscotta selectmen
Damariscotta Police Chief Jason Warlick introduced his new officer, David Bellows, at the Sept. 19 select board meeting. The police department also received permission to purchase a 2017 Ford…
Maine Business and Consumer Court
Wawenock LLC and other companies operated by the Ralph Doering family have asked the Maine Business and Consumer Court to reconsider one aspect of its decision against them and for Maine…
Lincoln County Commissioners
The Lincoln County Commissioners on Tuesday approved this year’s court security contract for $190,000, which Sheriff Todd Brackett said was about 2.5 percent more last year. The contract will be…
Dresden selectmen announced the property tax rate and appointed former selectman and former fire chief Gerald Lilly interim assistant fire chief Monday, Sept. 18.
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Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority
Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said Sept. 13, the Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority has missed several opportunities for short-term contracts with sending jails due to the slow process of…
Lincoln County Superior Court
Five properties associated with the Sheepscot Harbour Village complex at Eddy Road and Route 1 in Edgecomb were slated for a real estate auction sale in October. The properties are the Sheepscot…
First responders are at the scene of a truck accident on Route 27 in Edgecomb near Edgecomb Potters as of around 2:30 p.m.
First responders are at the scene of a car accident on Route 27 in Edgecomb near Edgecomb Potters as of around 2:30 p.m. Traffic is being held up until the scene is cleared.
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During a routine traffic stop Sept. 10, a Wiscasset police officer was stuck by a bloody syringe that had been used for heroin, Police Chief Jeff Lange said.
The driver, Jene Sherman, 50,…
Maine Business and Consumer Court
On Sept. 11, a court ruled in favor of Maine Department of Transportation in a suit brought by a family owning several downtown Wiscasset properties. The suit regarded MDOT’s downtown Route 1…
A Connecticut man faces multiple charges following his arrest in Wiscasset Monday. On Sept 11, Wiscasset Police Chief Lange was working a speed detail and checked on the waterfront area, where he…
Wiscasset Police Department
Craig Worster, Wiscasset School Resource Officer, is now Sergeant Worster.
His pinning ceremony took place on Sept. 11 at the Wiscasset municipal building. Worster was sworn in by Town…
Wiscasset had the flag at the municipal building at half-staff and a memorial display in the fire department lot facing Route 1 Monday morning in honor of 9/11.
An American flag hung from…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
A month-long investigation at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset has resulted in numerous charges for drug trafficking. The investigation…
The following report was compiled by Edgecomb Emergency Management Director Bill Witzell:
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 22 calls between Aug. 1 and 13. On Aug. 1, the…
Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority
ReVision Energy of Liberty met with the Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority Aug. 30 to discuss a potential solar project, which, if approved by the full board, would go in a lot owned jointly by…
Newcastle-raised Melanie Pagurko was thankful for many things Tuesday. In a phone interview two days after her family escaped a…
Whitefield Fire Chief Scott Higgins on Sunday morning credited working smoke detectors with waking a family of six from their home on fire at 571 Townhouse Road. The fire was reported at 4:27 a.m…
No one was hurt in a fire late Saturday afternoon in a room at Pioneer Motel on Route 1, Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter said at the scene. According to Potter, the room’s guest Dave Luby of Mooers…
Wiscasset Police Department
Alfred “Willy” Simmons submitted his packet to retire on Aug. 29 after 34 years of service to the Wiscasset Police Department, Chief Jeff Lange announced in an email Aug. 31.
Simmons…
Richard Tetrev will be Wiscasset Municipal Airport’s interim airport manager the rest of the season, following Frank Costa’s resignation effective Sept. 5, Wiscasset Administrative Assistant Kathy…
NAPA Auto Parts in Wiscasset is providing a discount to area first responders, including fire, police and EMS.
Kevin Brewer, who put together the program, is the son of two of the owners,…
The Lincoln County Registry Of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in June:
Alna: None.
Boothbay: Stevenson, Lawrence to Warren, Harold and…
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Aug. 22 upheld a lower court's conviction of a driver in a fatal Woowich accident.
According to the ruling by Maine’s highest court, the case involved a…
Wiscasset Police Department
The Wiscasset Police Department held a school supply drive Friday, Aug. 25 for children attending Wiscasset schools. The department received backpacks, book bags and school supplies, as well as…
GARDINER – Maine Securities Administrator Judith Shaw announced that Robert H. Edmunds III, formerly of Nobleboro, has been sentenced in Lincoln County Superior Court to 18 months in…
Wiscasset Police Department
The Wiscasset Police Department held its second “Coffee with a Cop” event Aug. 23, at Treats on Main Street. Coffee and breakfast pastries were free to folks who stopped by to chat with Chief Jeff…
On Aug. 25, the Wiscasset Police Department will be hosting a Back to School Supply Drop Off Drive Thru for kids who attend the Wiscasset School Department. The event runs from 9 a.m. to noon at…
UPDATE: Lincoln County Communications confirmed Tuesday evening, Alna’s Timothy Jordan has been located and is safe.
Original post: The Lincoln County Sheriff Office is seeking the public’…
The Wiscasset Police Department will host its second annual Coffee with a Cop on Aug. 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Treats at 80 Main St. All community members are invited to attend.
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Lincoln County Courts
The following are closed cases reported by the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts for the period between July 15 and Aug. 15. All sentences, except those noted, are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail…
Jeff Whittemore had no idea the Lincoln County Fire Chiefs Association was naming him firefighter of the year. So when it did at a South Bristol event Aug. 16, it felt like a surprise party, he…
In the wake of the Aug. 12 Charlottesville, Virginia, white supremacy rally and deaths and injuries, fliers targeting people based on race and sexual identity turned up around Boothbay Harbor on…
At least three Lincoln County law enforcement agencies, Boothbay Harbor, Wiscasset and the Sheriff’s Office, have been…
Lincoln County Courts
A first court appearance for Michael Devin, 54, of Newcastle, was continued from Aug. 17 to Dec. 4. Devin, a Democratic state representative for District 90, which includes Newcastle, Damariscotta…
If you use caller ID to screen your calls, you have probably noticed it is no longer reliable. Scammers can use various methods to…
Prosecutorial District 6
Angel McCracken, 26, of Damariscotta, who was arrested in late May on prostitution charges, when several alleged clients were summonsed on charges, has not been charged with any crime, according…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 15 calls between July 1 and 15.
On July 1, the department responded to a fire alarm on Shore Road triggered by an overhead leak. Firefighters…
UPDATE: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office provided information Monday on Sunday’s two midday accidents in Edgecomb. In the first one, at Routes 1 and 27, two of the drivers, Timothy Badgley, 59…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency announces the arrest of a Delaware man for allegedly selling crack and heroin…
BATH — Sheldon Curtis, 31, of Tenants Harbor lost his life in a vehicle crash in Bath on August 1, 2017. According to a statement issued by the Bath Police Department, the crash occurred at…
The Maine Department of Transportation filed a motion July 7 seeking a summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by the Ralph H. Doering family, owner of four buildings in downtown Wiscasset.
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The Wiscasset Police Department is welcoming a summer intern to its ranks this year. Natalie Bonneau, a junior at Husson University, is helping in the harbor master’s office in the morning and…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has charged two Augusta men in connection with a theft of a safe from a residence in Wiscasset on June 25.
The original report had been investigated by…
Damariscotta Board of Selectmen
Damariscotta selectmen on July 19 confirmed acting Police Chief Jason Warlick as permanent chief. He had been acting chief since March 3, but had been running the department's day-to-day…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Commissioners on Tuesday considered a request by Emergency Management director Casey Stevens to use heat-seeking drones to look for missing people. A drone was demonstrated to the…
UPDATE: A Hope woman said Monday, she got word late Sunday night her son, missing from Wiscasset since July 11, has been found and is safe.
Rachel Hendrick said authorities called her at…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Newcastle Fire Chief Clayton Huntley spoke to the Lincoln County Commissioners on behalf of the Lincoln County Fire Chiefs Association site committee July 11.
The committee is looking for…
Maine Warden Service
A Wiscasset man died after an afternoon of boating with his family on Damariscotta Lake on July 9, according to the Maine Warden Service.
Corey Jacques, 42, of Wiscasset, died after…
