Part of South Hunts Meadow Road in Whitefield was closed Thursday morning, Dec. 1, after a report of a suspicious object left in a mailbox. At 7:42 a.m., the…
Police, Fire and Courts
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
With the imminent departure of Chief Deputy Ken Mason, who was elected Kennebec County Sheriff in the Nov. 8 election, Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett is faced with the prospect of replacing…
Big shout-out to Jack Shaw and Son Construction and Selectman Jason Shaw for coming out with their bucket truck and helping us install our new flashing lights for our Route One signs. This new…
West Bath District Court
Mark Westrum pleaded not guilty through his attorney to a charge of OUI (alcohol) prior to his scheduled arraignment on Tuesday, Nov. 22. He did not appear in person.
Westrum, who is…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
On Saturday, Nov. 19, an accident occurred on Route One in Edgecomb involving Alison M. Cook, 21, of East Boothbay, and Randy L. Lester, 61, of Boothbay, authorities said. Cook was making a…
Lincoln County District and Superior courts
These are the closed cases reported by the County Clerk for the period between Nov. 1 and Nov. 11. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Michael…
Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office
A rush hour accident at George Wright Road and Route One closed the state highway in Woolwich from George Wright Road to Nequasset Road on Thursday, Nov. 10 for five hours. The crash occurred just…
Lincoln County Probate Court
Outgoing Probate Judge Thomas Berry was treated to a surprise retirement party on Nov. 9, including lunch and cake and punch at the Lincoln County Courthouse. About 50 people attended.
Berry…
Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority
At the Nov. 9 meeting of the Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority, the board agreed to keep Administrator Mark Westrum on paid administrative leave following his arrest for OUI on Oct. 7 in Bath.…
Damariscotta Police Department
A Boothbay man, Shannon Gilbert, 76, was killed in a crash on Route One in Damariscotta on Monday, Nov. 7. The crash occurred at 9:45 a.m. at the intersection of Route One and Business Route One,…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed a fatal accident occurred at Damariscotta’s Route One and Business Route One near Nobleboro Monday morning. The crash involved a tractor-trailer…
Sandra Rumery was asleep in her downstairs bedroom around 7 a.m. on Saturday morning, when she was awakened by the popping of fire.
“The fire woke me up,” she said on Monday. Rumery and her…
Firefighters from the area responded to a house fire at 35 Back River Landing Boothbay at around 7:45 a.m. Saturday morning.
Boothbay firefighters were first on scene, but were quickly…
Lincoln County Superior and District Courts
Following a two-day trial in Superior Court at the Lincoln County Courthouse, Brian Merryman, 39, of South Bristol was found not guilty Nov. 2 on 11 counts of assault, sexual misconduct with a…
Lincoln County Superior and District Courts
Rachel Anderson, 36, of Boothbay will serve 2 1/2 years in prison on child pornography charges. She was sentenced to 10 years, with all but 2 1/2 years suspended, for dissemination of child…
Lincoln County Commissioners
In an executive session Nov. 1, the Lincoln County Commissioners discussed separating the duties of the directors of the Emergency Management Agency and the Lincoln County Communications…
Lincoln and Knox County courts
Kenneth Hatch, on indefinite unpaid leave from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, was due in Knox County Court on Oct. 27 for a deferred disposition conference. However, the case was continued…
Area fire departments worked at the scene of a shed fire at 23 North Dyer Neck Road in Newcastle Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 19. No injuries were reported.
Nate Addy and Stephanie Clayton,…
Wiscasset Police, Fire, EMS
A meeting held Monday at the Wiscasset municipal building was billed to provide information about public safety just as the new traffic light at Route 27 became fully operational.
The Maine…
The State Fire Marshal's Office says last weekend's fatal fire in Boothbay was caused by a child playing with matches, according to Public Safety spokesperson Steve McCausland. Investigators say…
Two more suspects have been arrested and charged in connection with alleged Wiscasset area drug trafficking being investigated by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Maine Drug Enforcement…
Brooke Lincoln, 8, of Wiscasset said she coughed when she was going though Damariscotta Fire Department’s smoke trailer at Wiscasset Fire Department’s open house Oct. 12. And she learned to stay…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Mark Westrum, administrator of Two Bridges Regional Jail, was placed on paid administrative leave Oct. 12, following his Oct. 7 arrest for OUI in Bath.
The announcement by County…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Col. Mark Westrum, Two Bridges Jail Administrator and former Sagadahoc County sheriff, was arrested in Bath on Friday, Oct. 7 for OUI. He was released on personal recognizance bail.
His…
The State Fire Marshal’s Office continues to investigate the fatal fire in Boothbay over the weekend, according to Steve McCausland, Public Safety spokesman, in an email Tuesday afternoon. Fire…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
On Tuesday, Oct. 11, a two-car accident in Newcastle disrupted Route One traffic for about an hour beginning around 9 a.m.
Leigh Tilden, 71, of Damariscotta was driving a Subaru station…
Fire marshal investigators say Sunday morning's fire in Boothbay started in a first floor living room but they have not yet pinpointed the cause, according to Steve McCausland, Public Safety…
Update: According to Steve McCausland, State Public Information officer, the state fire marshal’s office says two people have been killed and four…
Wiscasset District and Superior Courts
Rachel E. Anderson, 35, of East Boothbay was arraigned Sept. 26 on one count of Tampering with a Witness or Informant in connection to several child pornography charges she pleaded guilty to in…
Careless disposal of smoking materials appears to have caused the Oct. 2 fire at the Freedom Center transitional home in Dresden, Sgt. Ken Grimes of the State Fire Marshal’s Office said Thursday…
Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland announced in an email at 5:38 p.m. Tuesday, 3-year-old Lenore Wilson, for whom an Amber Alert had been issued earlier Tuesday, is safe…
A dog died and eleven people survived an early morning fire Sunday at the Freedom Center at 633 Gardiner Road in Dresden, officials said. An investigator from the State Fire Marshal’s Office…
Wiscasset District and Superior Courts
All information was prepared by the Lincoln County Court Clerk. All sentences, unless otherwise noted, will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Jessica Alexander, 40, of Waldoboro,…
Town of Wiscasset
Justice Lance Walker of the Superior Court in Portland has denied an appeal filed by Thomas and Kathleen Bryant of Wiscasset against the town of Wiscasset in connection with the fireworks storage…
Area firefighters responded to a structure fire off Pine View Ridge Road off Back Narrows Road in Boothbay, which was reported around 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26. The fire reportedly started in a shed…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
A Wiscasset woman has been charged with the importation and sale of heroin in the Wiscasset area. These charges are the result of an ongoing investigation by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett asked county commissioners to table the contract with the Addiction Resource Center for another couple of weeks while he looks into the costs and benefits of a…
Lincoln County Recovery Collaborative
A group of about 30 turned out at Damariscotta Town Hall on Monday, Sept. 19, to learn how they might volunteer to help people suffering from addiction.
The meeting was called by the new…
Boothbay Harbor Police arrested two local men for the armed robbery of another man in a Boothbay Harbor hotel in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 18. Police arrested Jeff Cusumano, 55, of Edgecomb…
On Saturday Sept. 17 at about 9:20 p.m., Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies located a birthday party on Main…
A Dresden man pulled a 2-year-old boy from the Kennebec River in Augusta Friday night and further aided him until emergency workers arrived, Augusta police said. The child’s condition was not…
Portland Business and Consumer Court
Rebecca Abbott waited Sept. 16 while her small excavator was loaded onto the back of a flatbed truck to be removed from the land she and her husband Derek had owned for more than seven years. They…
Wiscasset Ambulance Service is holding a child safety inspection and education clinic on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Bring the child, the seat and its owner’s manual and the vehicle…
The response has been extremely positive to a petition for a town vote on whether or not to let Wiscasset firefighters wash their personal vehicles at the fire station, Fire Chief T.J. Merry said…
One of Wiscasset’s ambulances was traveling through Brunswick on a run to Boston Friday night when a metal object struck it in two places, Wiscasset EMS Director Toby Martin said Monday.
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Neil and Lisa Page were inside their home at 122 Clark Drive in Wiscasset late Sunday morning when lightning flashed right behind the house. The next flash was even closer.
“Then I went, ‘…
Wiscasset District and Superior Courts
All information was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts. All sentences, unless otherwise noted, will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Kathleen Stevens, 35, of Boothbay,…
A suspicious fire burned about a two-and-a-half-square-foot area of the wooden handicap access ramp of the Coopers Mills post office early Tuesday, Whitefield Fire Chief Scott Higgins said.
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Lt. Maker issued this update at 2:24 p.m. Sunday:
At about 2 p.m. today, Morrow was located in Somerville and has been returned home without incident.
Original press release, issued at…
