An Edgecomb man who reportedly struck a toddler in 2014 has pleaded guilty to one count of felony assault.
Matthew Grasser Jr., 22, of Edgecomb pleaded guilty to one count of Class C…
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About 250 suppers were served at the Alna Fire Department’s Oct. 3 fundraiser, Department President Kathy Pendleton said. Saturday’s event benefited the department’s nonprofit arm; the amount…
UPDATE: According to the family, Paul Doelp of Reading, Pa., twin brother of Peter Doelp of Southport, suffered what is believed to be a medical problem as he and Peter were…
Coast Guard suspends search for survivors of El Faro, crew names released
MIAMI, Fla. (UPDATED Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m.) — The commander of U.S. Coast Guard 7th District in Miami, Fla., issued a statement Wednesday evening, confirming that the…
UPDATE: Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch identified the man found dead yesterday in Boothbay Harbor as Don Johnson of St. Louis, Missouri.
Johnson worked as a line…
Lincoln County Superior Court
A couple is denying neighbors’ claims that the pair have been overfeeding wildlife at their Bristol home. They have not been leaving corn around, nor using flash cameras at night, according to the…
An N.C. Hunt Corp. pickup truck on Wiscasset’s Main Street Friday morning struck a car, starting a chain-reaction, four-vehicle accident near the post office Friday morning, Wiscasset Police…
Authorities on Oct. 1 learned of a Sept. 27 accident that put a Whitefield man’s pickup truck in the woods off Wiscasset’s Route 1 near Norm’s Used Cars, according to a Wiscasset Police Department…
Paul L. Griffin, Jr., 44, an elver fisherman from Waldoboro, was sentenced on Sept. 28, in Lincoln County Superior Court to a jail term of…
Lincoln County Superior Court
A New Hampshire woman claims she was at Hotel Pemaquid in New Harbor last July when her boyfriend took a photo of her, then she slipped on a stair tread and became permanently injured.
Anita…
Tom Hoepner worked two summers as a cook at Red’s Eats, started his civilian police career at Wiscasset Police Department, and is the father of a Wiscasset High School graduate.
Now the New…
An employee at Mad Hatters Smoke Shop in Wiscasset has been arrested and charged with indecent conduct, according to a press release from Wiscasset Police Department.
Michael Hoffman, 39, of…
September 2015
The Lincoln County Grand Jury indicts the following individuals:
Heather Fontane, 29, of Brunswick was indicted on one count…
Damariscotta Selectmen
With news about police officer shootings grabbing headlines, the Damariscotta Police Department got a little safer Wednesday night.
The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen approved a Department…
A Whitefield man who was arrested twice in July has been arrested twice in September.
Kimber Niles, 61, of Whitefield, was rearrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office after he…
A Belfast woman has been charged with driving to endanger and leaving the scene of an accident after an alleged road rage incident in Wiscasset.
Elizabeth Brown, 26, of Belfast was arrested…
Sometime overnight Sept. 10 into Sept. 11, the office of Shore Hills Campground in Boothbay was broken into and a safe was taken, the business’ co-owner Jean Reny said Sept. 11.
Between the…
One person was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Monday night following a mattress fire in a shed on Wiscasset’s Bradford Road, authorities said. The Wiscasset Police…
Lincoln County Superior Court
A Wiscasset couple continues to challenge the town’s approval of fireworks storage near their home.
A brief filed by Thomas and Kathleen Bryant and new ones filed in response by the town, Al…
A Newcastle man was arrested and charged with Class D criminal OUI, Class E operating after suspension and Class E leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage after he allegedly…
A Bristol man who was recently arrested in Wiscasset pleaded not guilty to a pair of misdemeanor charges.
Matthew Plummer, 32, of Bristol, pleaded not guilty to one count each of resisting…
Wiscasset Ambulance Service
Earlier this summer, a buddy invited Joseph McCole on a sailboat trip from Norfolk, Virginia, to Quebec. Engine trouble delayed the start. They got as far as the Catskills before turning the boat…
With two more deaths resulting from motorcycle crashes, this year’s motorcycle death count in Maine now stands at 26.
Caribou Police said a 40-year-old man was killed Monday, Sept. 7, when…
A phony has shown up in Damariscotta.
The Damariscotta Police Department reported that in the past week a fake $10 bill was circulated in town.
Damariscotta Police Chief Ron Young said…
A contractor was on Alna’s Cross Road Sept. 3 replacing a hydrant that broke last winter. The underground pipe to the hydrant broke for an unknown reason, Fire Chief Mike Trask said as a crew from…
Alna Selectmen
When an Alna Fire Department utility truck went up for sale earlier this summer, a Craigslist ad drew 35 sealed bids. The winning one came in $71 higher than the $10,000 Fire Chief Mike Trask had…
At the end of a case that was defined by time and space, it was a lack of evidence due to time and small spaces that defined the outcome.
On Wednesday, Sept. 2 at the Lincoln County Superior…
A retired Bath firefighter has agreed to serve as Wiscasset Ambulance Service’s interim director effective Sept. 7, following Tuesday’s resignation of longtime director Roland Abbott, Wiscasset…
The Westport Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting a Hands-Only CPR course and training on how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED…
The Wiscasset Police Department has hired Thomas Hoepner as its new School Resource Officer (SRO).
Hoepner comes to the department with a long history of law enforcement service. Most…
A Waldoboro woman is facing felony charges after she allegedly stole guns from a family member then lied to police about the incident.
Dezarae McPhee, 21, of Waldoboro was arrested Aug. 21…
An ex-worker at Norm’s Used Cars in Wiscasset has filed a whistleblower suit claiming he was fired after contacting the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
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A Boothbay man who is purported to have the longest criminal record in Lincoln County has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a 2013 home invasion.
Michael Brewer, 59…
A Dresden man who was arrested Aug. 9 for allegedly assaulting a family member was arrested a week later after allegedly violating the conditions of his release.
Steven Cherkis, 50, of…
The prime rib dinner last Wednesday evening was excellent. Bob MacDonald helped out our chef Nita Greenleaf in the preparation and slicing of the prime rib. There was a good crowd of around 50…
Lincoln County Superior Court
When are boulders, logs and other debris a public nuisance? When they’re in a public right-of-way, according to a new lawsuit the town of Westport Island has filed against Albert Greenleaf Jr. and…
Lincoln County Superior Court
Owners of two Bristol properties are asking a court to bar another neighbor from feeding large numbers of wildlife.
The complaint filed in Lincoln County Superior Court on Aug. 11 claims the…
Wiscasset Ambulance Service’s roster is growing at the same time as some existing members’ roles are changing.
The developments follow an outside review of the department and residents’ June…
A Wiscasset woman who allegedly threw a beer bottle and bloodied a family member's face has been arrested and charged with a pair of crimes.
Sarah Morse, 31, of Wiscasset was arrested Monday…
UPDATE: Paul Simpson, 84, has died as a result of injuries that occurred in the four-vehicle crash on Aug. 13.
According to Sagadahoc Country Sheriff Joel Merry, “the accident remains under…
Scam Alert
The Boothbay Harbor Police Department warns residents to be aware of another scam making its way around the peninsula.
Scammers are calling local businesses and residences and asking for…
An 81-year-old man who was on bail conditions after allegedly driving 90 miles per hour in Damariscotta was rearrested after he allegedly broke his bail conditions and made threats.
Joseph…
A man who was court-ordered to refrain from contacting an alleged victim from an earlier crime, not possess alcohol, and not return to a home in Whitefield was arrested after he allegedly went to…
Sagadahoc County
A pair of men were arrested Wednesday in Bath after they allegedly fought and made threats with a baseball bat and a pair of knives.
Robert McKenney, 43, of Woolwich and Logan Sewall, 30, of…
Sheltered overnight on an island
Jackson Day, the missing kayaker that prompted a Coast Guard search, has been located, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
He was paddling back to Swans Island this morning from a night on a…
Volunteers from the Edgecomb Fire Department were on Cross Point Road on Saturday, Aug. 8, taking donations for the department.
Daren Graves was at the Eddy Road end of the annual 5 mile…
No one was hurt and traffic was slowed but not stopped Sunday afternoon, Aug. 9, due to a camper fire near Route 1 in Edgecomb, a Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy said.
Kevin Barrett of…
Traffic backed up for miles on Wiscasset’s Route 1 on Sunday morning, Aug. 9, after a rollover accident injured a teen driver, authorities said. Route 1 was back open both north and southbound by…
A Turner man has been arrested after he allegedly choked a woman in a Boothbay Harbor motel.
Stephen Entrott, 44, of Turner was arrested in Boothbay Harbor after he allegedly assaulted a…
