Parts of Call’s Hill Road and nearby roads in Dresden lost power and traffic was slowed after a northbound pickup truck hit a power pole, shortly before 11 a.m. Sept. 7.
Dresden’s Stacy Lund…
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Damariscotta Police Department
Despite Labor Day coming and going, one thing hasn't left Damariscotta: the traffic.
Damariscotta Police Chief Ron Young said the town…
The Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast (RJP) is offering a free training for volunteers interested in mentoring young people involved in the criminal justice system.
An…
Maine State Police say they believe a body recovered from a shallow grave in Jefferson last week is a man last seen alive in 2002.
The State Medical Examiner’s Office says the death is a…
Maine State Police say three people have been arrested following a burglary last month at Cousin’s Sawmill on Route 105 in Windsor.
The three arrests took place Tuesday in Pittston. Stolen…
A Woolwich man was in critical condition at Maine Medical Center on Aug. 27 after the truck he was driving struck a tree…
At approximately 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 the South Bristol swing bridge was stuck open after a white box truck struck an electrical pole on Route 129 near Rutherford…
A Wiscasset man who allegedly fled from police the night of August 20 was still being sought, Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline said August 21.
“We’re getting tips but none of them are…
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of an Aug. 19 fire on the deck of a building on the 600 block of Main Street in Damariscotta, Damariscotta Fire Chief John Roberts…
The condition of a motorcyclist injured in an August 16 crash on Route 1 in Wiscasset has improved from critical to serious, a Maine Medical Center spokeswoman said Aug. 21.
Andrei Dambuleff…
Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline thought he and Sgt. Kathy Williams would just meet with a Wiscasset man Aug. 20 and hand him notices to cease harassment and cease trespassing at a Rumerill Road…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Two area 20-year-olds have been arrested and charged with stealing handguns, a Nintendo Wii and a laptop from their neighbor.
Lincoln…
The New Jersey motorcyclist critically injured in an August 16 crash on Route 1 in Wiscasset remained in critical condition on August 19, a spokeswoman at Maine Medical Center in Portland said.…
Three people were hurt in a two-car crash on Wiscasset’s Route 1, shortly before 4 p.m. August 16, police said. None of the injuries appeared life-threatening, Reserve Officer Robert McFetridge of…
A motorcyclist from New Jersey was hospitalized with critical injuries on August 16, following a Route 1, Wiscasset collision with a car whose driver, a Damariscotta man, was also hurt, police…
Pilot Ed Friedman says that before his helicopter spun and crashed in Burnham in July 2013, he was in perfect control of the craft on a flight to track a bear in a Unity College study.
The…
A Wiscasset man volunteering for Wings Over Wiscasset on August 9 allegedly assaulted a 14-year-old boy who was also volunteering, police said.
Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline…
A Bristol man has been released on $5,000 bail after allegedly assaulting a family member and fleeing from police.
Lincoln County…
A federal probe has determined a 2013 helicopter crash in Burnham was likely due to the pilot’s failure to control the craft’s direction while flying low to track a black bear wearing a…
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No one was hurt but traffic was slowed briefly Thursday afternoon, August 7, when a bicycle and a compact sport utility vehicle collided on Main Street, Wiscasset police said.
Donald Aubin…
A Damariscotta woman who struck another woman with a beer bottle pleaded guilty to assault August 4 at Wiscasset Superior Court.
Jade…
Second teen also hurt in Friday night’s accident
WALDOBORO — A Rockport teen died Aug. 2 following injuries sustained Friday night, when a truck struck him on Union Road in Waldoboro.
Waldoboro Police Chief William Lobombarde said Aug. 4…
A Damariscotta man who claimed to be provoked into violence by his neighbor is facing assault charges, while being on release for another alleged domestic violence…
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Edgecomb and Wiscasset firefighters and other emergency workers responded to a two-vehicle crash on busy Route 27 Friday afternoon, August 1. One vehicle was apparently about to turn onto Mill…
This year's Lincoln County Democrats lobster bake again promises to be a stimulating event, with leading state and local political figures scheduled to attend. Generous lobster or…
Several area fire departments were at one another’s fire stations Friday afternoon, July 25, as a structure fire in Freeport set off the domino effect known as mutual aid.
Helping man…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
An altercation over a slashed tire has lead to assault, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and terrorizing charges…
A Wiscasset man who was arrested earlier in the month on drug trafficking charges has been rearrested after allegedly violating the conditions of his release.
…Interested in speaking up for a Maine foster child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program is holding its summer training for volunteer advocates August 12-15 in the Augusta…
Just when you think you’ve heard it all, the Pink Panther goes missing in, of all places, Wiscasset, Maine. But this possible prank is in poor taste: The stuffed likeness of the famed cartoon…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Cleanup is wrapping up and repairs should be getting under way soon at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset, scene of a June 5 fire that damaged a wood shop.
The shutdown in production has…
According to Steve McCausland of the Department of Public Safety, a Newcastle man has been arrested and charged with possessing child pornography by the State…
Damariscotta Police Department
A 75-year-old Alna man and a 53-year-old woman from Newcastle have been arrested and charged with theft and burglary after the pair allegedly broke into a Bristol man's…
A snapped tree blocked northbound Route 218 in Alna, just south of Head Tide Road, as the remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur continued to pull away from Lincoln County and the rest of Maine’s coast…
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office has charged three local residents with several crimes. This series of charges began with an investigation into a burglary at a…
Boothbay Harbor Town Manager Tom Woodin has announced that Boothbay Harbor's fireworks display has been postponed for both July 4 and 5.
Due to the inclement weather forecast on July 4 and…
Wiscasset Superior Court
A trio of fishermen who are accused of setting fire to a fishing boat in 2012 are heading to court.
James Simmons, 39, of Friendship,…
A seasonal resident in his 50s escaped injury on June 30 when wind knocked over the 12-foot sailboat he was in on New Harbor, Bristol Fire Department Assistant Chief Jared Pendleton said.
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A Virginia woman became pinned under an ATV off Route 128 in Dresden on June 28, causing severe pelvic injuries but none that appeared to be life-threatening, a Maine game warden said. Her two…
Wiscasset, Alna and Whitefield firefighters went to a home at the corner of Alna’s Head Tide Road and Route 218 on June 28, after a small fire occurred around some trim boards during paint removal…
A Whitefield man’s pickup truck caught fire on Route 194 in that town early June 26. Thomas McGrath said he got out and put the fire mostly out with a fire extinguisher. The fire started after the…
Authorities have released the name of the Whitefield teen who died of injuries he received June 23 when the ATV he was on on Howe Road collided with a car. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Major Ken Mason…
A Whitefield teen on an ATV that collided with a car on Howe Road in that town on June 23 later died from his injuries, a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office press release states.
The unnamed 16…
Lobster boat, boat house burned in 2012
WALDOBORO — Maine’s Fire Marshal's Office arrested three men June 20 in connection with a fire two years ago that destroyed a boat house and a lobster boat…
A Whitefield woman has been accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old Whitefield boy.
Lincoln County Sheriffs arrested Keturah Tillson…
The Wiscasset Police Dept. recorded the following incidents in its log for June 9-16, including 51 property checks among other services:
Alarm, burglar…
The Alna Fire Department cleared Route 194 of a tree limb blocking one lane near Egypt Road on June 17.
Traffic was down to one lane for about 20 minutes, starting at about 10:20 a.m.…
The pilot in a May 30 helicopter crash in Whitefield cited a fuel issue to both police and his employer, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation…
A motorcyclist injured in a head-on crash in Alna on June 8 was listed in ‘good’ condition on June 10 at Central Maine Medical Center, a spokesman for the Lewiston hospital said.
Carl Cooke…
