A Wiscasset man who was on probation for a previous conviction has pleaded guilty to breaking that probation and was sentenced to six months in jail.
…Police, Fire and Courts
A Waldoboro man who police say was drunk when he allegedly attempted an escape from custody was sentenced to three months in jail.
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A Waldoboro man who was indicted earlier this year by the Lincoln County Grand Jury has pleaded guilty to felony sexual assault charges and was sentenced to eight years…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has arrested three men in Waldoboro on crack cocaine, heroin and firearm charges.
Following leads provided by Rockland Police and Knox County Sheriff’s…
A Damariscotta woman pleaded guilty May 18 to drug charges and will be sent to jail for nine months.
Kristina Donahue, 35, of…
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office have arrested a man and claim that he allegedly peered over the shoulder of a woman to steal her debit card's PIN.
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A Somerville man has been arrested and accused of illegal contact with an underage girl in 2013.
Jeremy Hallowell, 36, of Somerville…
A Porter man who was on bail conditions following an April arrest has been rearrested after he allegedly broke those conditions.
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Brunswick
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has charged two men in Brunswick with selling heroin.
They were arrested in the Linnhaven Mobile Home Park Wednesday.
The two are 33-year-old Nathan…
A man who used to reside at a Wiscasset motel has been convicted of aggravated drug trafficking and will spend the next 66 months in prison.
…Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced a $170,000 federal grant for the Jefferson Fire Department this morning. The funding will be used to purchase new self-contained breathing apparatus devices…
Lincoln County Superior Court
A woman who sold drugs to a teenager in 2014, then was arrested with a blood alcohol level three times the legal driving limit in 2015 has been sentenced to jail.
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The morning of May 19, Robbie Pinkham of Five Islands woke up to a fisherman's nightmare. In his front yard was a blazing fire, consuming 700 lobster traps, buoys, tags, ropes, a boat engine, and…
Lincoln County Superior Court
A former Wiscasset woman who made headlines by filing a suit against Moody's Diner in Waldoboro is headed to jail.
Allina Diaz, 28,…
Damariscotta Board of Selectmen
When Amy Lalime moved to Damariscotta 10 years ago, she said the previous owner of her house had to search high and low to find the house keys.
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May 2015
The Lincoln County Grand Jury recently indicted the following individuals.
Robert Blanc, 31, of Bristol was indicted on one count of…
Maine Yankee called Wiscasset police Friday afternoon, May 15, to report that a plane had gone over the property, Wiscasset Police Sgt. Kathy Williams said. It turned out that the plane was in…
A new federal report raises two issues of pilot error in a helicopter’s forced landing in Whitefield last year.
The pilot, identified in National Transportation…
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday rejected Mason Station’s appeal involving Wiscasset’s efforts to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes. The Superior Court did not…
A former Wiscasset man who was convicted of assault on a baby has been rearrested.
Tylor Miller, 20, formerly of Wiscasset and…
A Maine Department of Transportation Grant has already proven successful for the Damariscotta Police Department.
Sgt. Jason Warlick…
Alna Selectmen
Alna selectmen on May 6 voiced initial support for joining with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on animal control services. The town is currently without an animal control officer, a situation…
The owner of a home at 450 Townhouse Road in Whitefield extinguished a fire on the home’s deck on May 6, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lt. Rand Maker said on May 8. The fire started on a grill and…
A Portland man faces a number of charges after he assaulted a State Trooper Tuesday, May 5 after his car was stopped on I-295 in Gardiner for speeding. Allegedly found in the car was $10,000 in…
Maine State Police say three cars and a tractor trailer have been involved a series of crashes on Interstate 295 in Brunswick on Wednesday afternoon. One of the cars overturned.
Traffic…
Wiscasset Selectmen
Proponents of keeping Wiscasset Ambulance Service got three boosts on May 5. A contractor’s bid options ranged from $178,000 to $403,000 a year; Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter and other speakers…
A Boothbay man on probation for multiple felonies was arrested and charged with aggravated trafficking after being arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and…
Thanks to a donation from the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency, the Wiscasset Fire Department has a portable piece of medical equipment that could help restart a heart. The automatic…
A Nobleboro man who allegedly choked a woman has been arrested on felony assault charges.
Herbert “Joe” Sund III of Parsonfield and…
The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the owner of a Waldoboro auto repair shop is missing following a fire that destroyed his Route 1 business early Friday morning, April 24.
The body of a…
Local emergency and fire crews fought a fully involved structure fire on Hunter Road in Dresden on Friday afternoon, April 24.
Dresden Fire Chief Steven Lilly said the house, owned by Janet…
A 36-year-old Bath man was subdued via Taser on April 17 after he allegedly threatened Bath police officers.
According to a release…
As it now stands, when Wiscasset voters go to the polls this spring, they will not have the option to keep a school resource officer in the police department budget.
In a pair of decisions…
Firefighters from departments all across Lincoln County came together on Thursday, April 16 for free training on how to properly fight car fires.
Instead of lighting a real car on fire, the…
A Vassalboro man who was on probation for conspiracy to traffic drugs was arrested Sunday, April 19, after he allegedly led Maine State Police on a high speed chase…
A Wiscasset man has been ordered to “unfriend” an alleged victim.
Lucas Morse, 22, of Wiscasset was rearrested April 16 and charged…
Firefighters from Wiscasset, Woolwich and several other area departments helped Dresden firefighters put out a fire at a home on Cedar Grove Road on Saturday afternoon, April 18, Dresden Fire…
Boothbay Harbor Police Dept., Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Drew Bibber, 23, convicted of Class B theft in connection with the August 2010 burglary of Enchantments in Boothbay Harbor, was apprehended in Arcata, California on April 17, after three years as…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen will ask voters this spring if they want to end the town’s police department and rely on county law enforcement; and if they want to farm out ambulance service.…
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
The Wiscasset Ambulance Service was founded by the townspeople in 1976.
For 39 years we have been together. We are that friendly, calming hand in the most terrifying…
Fire destroyed a seasonal home on Cathedral Pines Road, off Damariscotta’s Egypt Road, on Saturday afternoon, April 11, Damariscotta Fire Chief John Roberts said.
Roberts said he knew of no…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Despite being the victims of a computer virus that encrypted local law enforcement computers, Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett said there were several bright spots…
Mason Station’s lawyer told Maine’s highest court on Friday, April 10, if he had been representing the corporation sooner, he would have advised it to respond to Wiscasset’s claims for back taxes…
One driver was hurt and the other driver and his mother were facing charges April 9 after a rear-end crash on Route 27 in Wiscasset on Wednesday, April 8.
At about 4:30 p.m., Wiscasset Chief…
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Maine Supreme Judicial Court is set to hear from lawyers for Wiscasset and Mason Station on Friday, April 10, in…
A Boothbay man on bail for charges alleging he stole more than $15,000 in brass from a local boat yard has been rearrested and charged with alleged heroin possession.…
Wiscasset Budget Talks
On a directive that came out of a budget workshop April 4, Wiscasset Town Manager Marian Anderson will be looking into what it would cost to farm out ambulance service.
On Tuesday, April 7,…
On March 31, Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an East River Road home in Whitefield on a report of an elderly man who had intentionally cut off his hand.
When deputies arrived…
