Wiscasset fire officers have declined selectmen’s request to meet again over the car-washing issue, and a petition for a town vote will soon be circulated, Fire Chief T.J. Merry said Thursday.…
Police, Fire and Courts
Wiscasset District and Superior Courts
The following are closed court cases for the District and Superior courts in Wiscasset from Aug. 1-15. Unless otherwise noted, all jail terms will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail. All…
Wiscasset Police Department
On Friday, Aug. 12, around 5 p.m., an accident on Gardiner Road (Route 27), closed the busy highway for more than an hour and sent five people to area hospitals, according to Wiscasset police.…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Kenneth Hatch, arrested in July on sexual abuse charges, was indicted by a grand jury in Knox County on Aug. 9 on 22 charges. The charges follow a four-month…
State Police say a woman was wounded and her assailant later shot and killed himself after exchanging fire with a trooper in Jefferson last night.
The shooter, Shane Prior, 34, of Cushing,…
A Damariscotta man and a South Bristol woman were taken to area hospitals Sunday after a three-vehicle accident on Woolwich’s Route One.
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office, Woolwich Fire…
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Aiden Flanagan, 3, of Wiscasset has fun Saturday at Wiscasset Ambulance Service as Emergency Medical Technician Kristin Draper conducts a safety seat inspection. Selectman Judy Flanagan turned out…
State Police say alcohol and speed are factors in a crash involving a pickup truck in the town of Bowdoin late the night of Aug. 10. The three occupants of the truck were taken to a Lewiston…
A car safety seat has to both fit the child and be installed right, Wiscasset Ambulance Service Emergency Medical Technician Kristin Draper said. Otherwise, if there’s a crash, “Any deviation from…
Wiscasset fire officers and selectmen on Tuesday night talked terms of a potential deal to lift the ban on firefighters washing their personal vehicles at the fire station. Selectmen’s Chairman…
Wiscasset Superior Court and Business Court
Somewhere out along the 14th tee of the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, a couple is attempting to live their lifelong dream of owning a horse farm on the Boothbay Peninsula.
While horse farms…
A weekend lightning strike appears to have started the woods fire that several towns helped Wiscasset put out throughout Monday afternoon, a state ranger said.
The lightning appeared to…
One firefighter has been transported to a local hospital with heat exhaustion, as crews battle a brush fire off Willow Lane Monday afternoon, Wiscasset Fire Chief T.J. Merry said.
Several…
A multi-jurisdictional police effort has led to the arrest of two suspects for stealing cars from Boothbay Harbor on July 26-27.
Matthew Cole, 26, formerly of Portland, was arrested by…
Woolwich Fire and Rescue and Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office
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Emergency responders are on the scene of a two-vehicle accident on Route One in Woolwich. Personnel from Woolwich Fire and EMS departments, the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office and the ambulance…
Wiscasset Selectmen
Wiscasset fire officers will meet with selectmen, Assistant Fire Chief Nick Merry said Aug. 3. A date was not yet set.
Merry said the department told Town Manager Marian Anderson and…
Several people received minor injuries in a pair of accidents on Wiscasset’s Route One Wednesday night, authorities said.
One near Norm’s was a four-vehicle accident, from which at least…
Detectives from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 30-year-old man from Boothbay, Joseph Pinkham, on Tuesday, Aug. 2 for possession of sexually explicit…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Depending on who one talks to, the cost of keeping an inmate in Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset is anywhere from $90 per day to $180 per day. Jail services are one of the largest parts of…
Lincoln County Emergency Management and Lincoln County Commissioners
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 2 agreed to buy a new countywide communications system. The system, a SELEX analog and digital site simulcast radio system that will be added to…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority is considering making a deal with Oxford County to house inmates.
Oxford County…
In an effort to “improve communications,” Wiscasset selectmen will meet with fire department officers.
Selectman Judy Flanagan suggested the meeting, saying she was concerned about the “rift…
Wiscasset District and Superior courts
The following are the closed cases in Wiscasset District and Superior Courts for the week of July 18-22. All information was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk. All sentences are served at Two…
Lincoln County Chief Deputy Ken Mason has obtained enough signatures to appear on the ballot in Kennebec County, where he is running for sheriff as an independent.
Mason had been tapped by…
Edgecomb has apparently won its contempt of court lawsuit against a Gleason Road property owner. Edgecomb Selectman Mike Smith announced on July 18 that a Wiscasset District Court judge ruled in…
Wiscasset Criminal Docket and District and Superior courts
The following information was provided by the Court Clerk of Lincoln County. Unless otherwise noted, all jail sentences will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Amanda Porch, 34, of…
Wiscasset District Court
Information on the following closed court cases were provided by the Lincoln County Clerk. All the sentences will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Errol Staples, 31, of Topsham,…
The Wiscasset Police Department can keep a used police cruiser. The 2008 Ford Crown Victoria won’t be turned over to the Wiscasset Municipal Airport as selectmen had planned.
On Tuesday…
District 6 District Attorney’s Office
District 6 District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau has been D.A. for the four-county coastal area, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo counties, for six terms, making him one of the longest…
On Saturday, July 9, at 5:55 p.m. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies and an animal control officer responded to Old County Road in Bristol on a report of a dog being shot. The dog’s owner,…
Emergency responders rescued four people after a 23-foot Sea Ox skiff struck rocks nearshore at Spruce Point just after midnight on July 9.
Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch said police…
Wiscasset Fire Department
Wiscasset’s firefighters on July 6 told Town Manager Marian Anderson the issues some of them have with the town’s move to direct deposit-only for paychecks.
Some said they preferred deciding…
What was feared to be a homemade explosive devise left at the town office Thursday morning, July 7 and forced the evacuation of the Woolwich Municipal Building turned out to be altered consumer…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is releasing a sketch of the suspect in the…
The Woolwich Town Office was closed and evacuated Thursday morning, July 7, after what appeared to be a possible explosive device was discovered at Nequasset Park, Selectmen’s Chairman David King…
Woolwich Selectmen
Repairs to Squad 6, one of Woolwich Fire Department’s fire trucks, came to $7,699. The amount was more than selectmen expected when Fire Chief Mike Demers presented the itemized bill July 5.
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Wiscasset Criminal Docket
The following individuals were arraigned on June 30 at Lincoln County District Court. The information was provided by the Lincoln County Courts. Arraignments are court appearances on charges.…
Lincoln County Commissioners
In a quiet Lincoln County Commissioners’ meeting after the holiday, Administrator Carrie Kipfer announced that the county employees raised $213 during a “Dress-Down Friday” fundraiser held for…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday identified the swimmer rescued in a…
Maine Business and Consumer Court
The civil suit over majority ownership of the parent company for McSeagull’s restaurant in Boothbay Harbor has been settled out of court, a lawyer for one of the parties confirmed June 29.
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Wiscasset District Court
David Clifford, 23, of Edgecomb pled guilty to one count of Sexual Abuse of a a Minor, Class D, and one count of Aggravated Furnishing of Scheduled Drugs. He received a sentence of two years, all…
A 51-year-old Alna woman was taken by helicopter to a Portland hospital Sunday after a power boat struck the kayak she was using in Nobleboro, Warden Chris Dyer of the Maine Warden’s Service said…
Thirteen months after a lost wheel grounded the Wiscasset Fire Department’s ladder truck during a training exercise, the vehicle is once again road-ready.
Fire Chief T.J. Merry told the…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
At 3:21 p.m. Friday, July 1, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported burglary and aggravated assault on Hinks Road in Jefferson. Upon units’ arrival, they found a 20-year-old…
On Thursday night, June 30, at about 7 p.m., Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies were called to investigate an apparent swimming accident at the Bristol Mills Dam in Bristol. Members of Bristol Fire…
Lincoln County District Court
The following are closed cases in the Lincoln County District Court for the week ending June 22, based on information provided by the court.
Christopher Joseph Salatino, 44, of Boothbay…
Theft, burglary, damage to fields
Maine State Police said June 29 that they charged two teenage boys with car theft, outlining an eight-car burglary spree that began June 21 with a 1979 Porsche 911 taken from the Foggy Bottom…
Motorcycles a husband and wife from New York state were riding collided on Edgecomb’s Route One June 22, Major Ken Mason, chief deputy for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, said Tuesday.
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Office of the Maine Attorney General
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills said she thinks the key to ending a “culture of violence against women” is to have women in key positions of authority.
“We need more women in law…
