Wiscasset firefighters plan to circulate a petition calling for residents to decide if department members can wash their personal vehicles at the station, Fire Chief T.J. Merry confirmed Friday.…
Police, Fire and Courts
The Dresden Fire Department reported that one of its own, firefighter Nicole Freese, was hurt in an auto accident Saturday. The accident, in which Freese and another occupant escaped a burning…
Lincoln County Courts
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Ken Hatch, who was arrested on two counts of the sexual abuse of a minor, a Class C felony, has been under investigation for about three months, according to…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority on June 15 chose a path it had never chosen before. It voted to give itself a budget more than $100,000 in the red.
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Deputy Ken Hatch of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Tuesday and taken into custody at Two Bridges Regional Jail on two charges of Sexual Abuse of a Minor, a Class C felony, Tim…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office released the following statement Tuesday afternoon, June 21:
Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Ken Hatch is on administrative leave pending the outcome of a…
One person was taken to a hospital following a motorcycle-car collision in Woolwich Sunday afternoon, Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Brett Strout said Monday.
The accident happened…
At about at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, 12 participants in an organized protest near Bath Iron Works were taken into custody and charged with the crime of Obstructing a Public Way, a Class E offense.
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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a threat posted on the internet that references “Jefferson High School in Maine.” The generic threat was not specific as to what school it was…
Through an attorney, Nancie Atwell, founder of the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge in connection with an incident at Reny’s.
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Inmates who are learning skills in the wood shop at Two Bridges Regional Jail are helping out at the Wiscasset Public Library, building shelves for the used book store.
“It’s a historic…
Lincoln County District Court
On May 24, Christopher Gove, 23, of Damariscotta, was sentenced to eight years in the Department of Corrections, all but 18 months suspended, for a single charge of Burglary stemming from a June…
Lincoln County Probate Court
Until this year, most routine cases involving minor children in Lincoln County — adoption, custody, guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights, and so on — were handled by the Lincoln…
Lincoln County Superior and District Court
Benjamin Day, 39, of Woolwich was sentenced on a probation violation for OUI – no test, two priors. Day will serve three years, all but 75 days suspended, plus two years probation, pay a fine of $…
The town of Edgecomb is looking to resolve a longstanding land use ordinance dispute with a Gleason Road property owner June 28 in Wiscasset District Court. The town petitioned the court in April…
Wiscasset Police Department
Matthew Pelletier, 31, of Pittston pled guilty through an Alford plea for charges stemming from a December 2015 incident in Wiscasset in which Pelletier head-butted then-Wiscasset Police Chief…
Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask said the light attendance an open house drew May 18 did not surprise him. The evening event, one of a number around Lincoln County aimed at recruitment, turned out much…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from May 16, to May 22, 2016
May 16
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Wiscasset Police Department
Chief Jeff Lange officially entered into his new duties as Wiscasset Chief of Police on Monday, May 23, in a ceremony at the town office.
Lange was welcomed by the town’s police officers,…
Wiscasset Police Department
Wiscasset’s second police cruiser is out of commission owing to a crash that occurred Sunday night on Bath Road at the turnoff to Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Officer James Read, who was…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is investigating a door-to-door scam and a Jefferson woman has been charged with a felony of stealing prescription drugs. The Sheriff’s Office has charged…
Dozens of Maine police departments will begin a two week effort starting Monday, May 23 enforcing the state’s seat belt laws. Coordinated by the Maine Bureau of…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from May 9 to May 15, 2016.
May 9…
The past week’s structure fires that gave three firefighters dehydration or other issues both happened on warm, sunny days. But according to area fire chiefs, fighting a fire can take a physical…
Lincoln County Emergency Management
It's springtime in Lincoln County, but in a matter of months, it will be winter again, and Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency Director Tod Hartung wants everyone to be prepared.
Not…
A wind-fed fire claimed a cottage on Johns Bay in South Bristol Saturday morning, the town’s fire chief said. About an eighth of an acre of grass also burned. However the wind’s direction, blowing…
Wiscasset Police Department
Wiscasset police identified the victims involved in the fatal car crash that occurred on Friday, May 13, on Route One just at the Woolwich line near Montsweag Brook.
The driver of the…
One person was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle, head-on crash on Wiscasset’s Route 1 near the Woolwich line Friday, Interim Wiscasset Police Chief Jerry Hinton said. The person who…
Unified Criminal Court
The Lincoln County Grand Jury rose on May 10 and 11 and handed up several indictments, which are charges, at the Lincoln County Courthouse. According to court documents:
Breton L. Berry, 53…
The cause of a fire that took down a beloved local home in Newcastle May 12 is undetermined, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Investigator Mary MacMaster said that’s how she’ll…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
During a meeting of the Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority, an agreement to enter into an 18-month contract with Waldo County was unexpectedly the subject of a sharp division between those who…
The following listing was provided by the Lincoln County Superior and District courts.
Travis Burnham, 31, of Boothbay, was fined $500 for OUI (alcohol), and for failing to notify of a motor…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from May 2 to May 8, 2016
May 2…
An Edgecomb man who was a substitute teacher at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro has been arrested and charged with crimes involving a student at the high school. Lincoln County sheriff’s…
A Boothbay Harbor woman was released from a Damariscotta hospital Saturday morning after the car she was driving on Route 27 in Wiscasset rolled over, police said.
She was able to get…
A Wiscasset fire officer will be at the fire station on Route 1 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. this Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8, to issue burn permits or answer questions, Assistant Fire Chief Nick…
All checked out OK on May 5 at Page Avenue Village in Wiscasset after fire and rescue crews responded to make sure there was no carbon monoxide problem, Wiscasset Fire Chief T.J. Merry said. A man…
Wicasset Police Department
Jeff Lange, currently interim police chief in Paris, Maine, will begin his tenure as Wiscasset Police Chief on May 23.
“I’ve always loved the coast,” Lange said. “I’ve vacationed on the…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a single-vehicle rollover on Route One, north of the Damariscotta-Newcastle bridge, resulting in a fatality.
This story will be updated as more…
Lincoln County Superior Court
William Curran, 43, of Whitefield, was sentenced to multiple charges of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor under 12 and Possession of Sexually Explicit Material of a Minor Under 12 at Lincoln County…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Sheriff Todd Brackett asked the Lincoln County Commissioners for permission to apply for a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant to fund a new position within the Sheriff’s Office.…
Wiscasset District Court
Brant Perkins, 56, of Boothbay Harbor, was sentenced on Friday, April 29, after pleading guilty under an Alford plea to charges including Sexual Abuse of a Minor, two counts of Tampering with a…
Wiscasset Town Manager Marian Anderson expressed hope April 29 that a civilian driver’s insurer will cover all the costs to replace and outfit a town police cruiser totaled in an April 14 crash.…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from April 25 to May 1, 2016:
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Wiscasset Police Department
Wiscasset hired Perry Hatch to perform the duties of School Resource Officer, beginning Monday, May 2, at 7 a.m., according to interim chief Jerry Hinton. The job offer was only finalized on…
Wiscasset Ambulance Service took a man to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick Saturday night, after a one-car accident on Alna Road, or Route 218, in Alna, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brendan Kane…
Wiscasset selectmen voted unanimously April 28 to recommend voters pass a $478,250 ambulance service budget. They reversed earlier plans to also offer voters a $415,840 option.
The higher…
At the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen’s meeting April 20, Damariscotta Chief of Police Ron Young named Sergeant Jason Warlick to be the town’s first Officer of the Year.
Warlick received a…
West Bath District Court
Patrick Logan Patterson, 26, of Brunswick, was arraigned April 20 on three counts of sexual abuse of a minor.
He was arrested in Brunswick on a warrant from Sagadahoc County on April 16.…
Wiscasset’s next police chief is former Paris (Maine) interim police chief Jeff Lange, Wiscasset Town Manager Marian Anderson announced.
Anderson made the announcement at a selectmen’s…
