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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to175 calls for…

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Three people were arrested and charged with Aggravated Trafficking of Scheduled Drugs into the Midcoast.

At about 2:20 a.m. Thursday Feb. 19, acting on a credible tip from Knox County…

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 270 calls for service for the period of Feb. 3 to Feb. 10. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 1,495 calls for service…

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Alna Fire Department (AFD) welcomed Wiscasset Middle High School seniors Jan. 29 to gain a deeper appreciation of civic service and the importance of volunteer fire departments in the heart of…

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January was a busy month for the Edgecomb Fire Department. We responded to 15 calls in January, including six medical emergencies (ME), five motor vehicle accidents (MVA), three vehicle fires, and…

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In a Feb. 6, 4:30 p.m. update, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office provided the following:

During today’s continued search for Stephen Schlosser he…

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The new trial for an Edgecomb man charged in the 2022 Christmas Day death of a toddler is set to start Feb. 17 in Sagadahoc County Superior Court in Bath. Tyler Witham-…

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Edgecomb Fire Rescue (EFR) is…

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On Jan. 16, at around 1:30 p.m., Wiscasset Police Department responded to First National Bank in Wiscasset regarding attempted fraud. A male suspect impersonated a customer…

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On Jan. 13, just after 5:30 p.m., Wiscasset Police Department responded to a report of a residence being shot at on Old Sheepscot Road in Wiscasset.…

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Jacob McInnis Jr., 18, of…

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Update: The home's owner, Jasmine Rego, told Wiscasset Newspaper via email Sunday, "My family has decided to offer a $5,000 cash reward for information that leads to the arrest and…

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 218 calls for service for the…

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 281 calls for service for the period of Dec. 16 to Dec. 22. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 13,912 calls for…

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For Lincoln County residents who think local traffic is way too fast, help is on the way. On Dec. 16, Lincoln County commissioners accepted a $9,900 federal Bureau of Highway Safety grant. Sheriff…

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Dec. 16 at about 5:50 a.m., Lincoln County Communications Center received a report of a motor vehicle accident on Gardiner Road in Whitefield.  

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 281 calls for service for the period of Dec. 9 to Dec. 16. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 13,912 calls for service.

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November was an active month for…

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On Dec. 11, at about 11:50 a.m., Lincoln County Communications Center received a report of a motor vehicle accident on Pittston Road in Whitefield.  …

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 236 calls for service for the…

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 236 calls for service for the period of Nov. 25 to Dec. 2. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 13,359 calls for service.

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From Dec. 10, 2025, through Jan. 1, 2026, the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and law…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 235 calls for service for the period of 11/18/25 to 11/25/25, and…

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Nov. 18 and 19, Wiscasset Police Department responded to two significant incidents in the downtown area.

Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, Wiscasset Police received a report of a burglary at Water…

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Update, also from Wiscasset Police Department's Facebook page: Suspect is in custody for both incidents. It’s been a very long day and we are still currently working on executing a search warrant…

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 222 calls for service for the period of Nov. 10 to Nov. 18. Year to Date, LCSO has responded to 12,888 calls for service.

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An arrest has been made and another suspect has resolved charges following a multi-month, multi-agency investigation into a cyber scheme involving automated…

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 232 calls for service for the period of Nov. 4 to Nov. 10., and Year to date, LCSO has responded to 12,666 calls for…

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On Sunday, Oct. 26 at 4:35 p.m., a…

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Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Oct. 1-15:

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Oct. 1, Robert J. Saxton, 20, of…

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 246 calls for service for the period of Oct. 21 to Oct. 28. and Year to date, LCSO has responded to 12,040 calls for…

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The Edgecomb Fire Department (EFD) received notification that our Insurance Services Office (ISO) Rating has improved significantly from an ISO Rating 9/10 (depending on location) to an ISO Rating…

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 244 calls for service for the period of Oct. 14 to Oct. 21. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 11,794 calls for service.

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 265 calls for service for the period of Oct. 7 to Oct. 14. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 11,550 calls for service…

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The Edgecomb Fire Department (EFD) responded to 24 calls in September. Our team of trained professionals has responded to 198 calls so far this year. The number of calls is running higher than…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office report for the Aug. 28, 2025 issue for the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper misidentified the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident on Wiscasset Road…

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The Town of Wiscasset has been made aware of a fraudulent scheme involving the distribution of invoices to Planning Board applicants, falsely requesting payment via wire transfer.

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Friday, Sept. 19, at about 10:37 p.m., a South Portland police officer had a vehicle stopped on the southbound side of I-295 when she…

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The town of Edgecomb sent Fire Chief Roy Potter to the Pacific Northwest in search of a fire truck. On Sept. 16, selectmen authorized Potter to spend up to $108,000 to…

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 383 calls for service for the period of Sept. 9 to Sept. 16. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 10,712 calls for…