A Westport Island man who was in jail for allegedly violating his probation and conditions of release has allegedly broken those conditions…

An East Boothbay woman was in jail and facing felony charges after she allegedly took illicit photos of an underage relative and sent them to a man in South Carolina.

Rachel Anderson, 35, of…

No one was hurt in a nighttime fire that claimed a vacant cape home on West Alna Road in Alna on Oct.21, Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask said.

An electrical malfunction ignited a wall in the back…

Wiscasset Town Clerk Linda Perry and her former employer, the town of Waldoboro, have settled her appeal out of court.

The town has agreed to pay Perry, town officials confirmed; the…

An ambulance in Washington County is going full-service, thanks to a defibrillator Alna donated after its…

Following an alleged fight that reportedly included ripping the mirror from a car door and refusing to cooperate with police officers, a Bristol woman has been charged with several crimes.

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On Friday, Oct. 16, a former Wiscasset man who was a fugitive for over three years was…

A Wiscasset man who was accused of choking a woman has pleaded guilty to felony assault.

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Westport Island and several of its officials are defendants in a court appeal a Colorado couple has brought. Leslie Lilly and husband David Wollins claim that stones the town wants moved are on…

A Boothbay woman is facing a charge of operating under the influence of drugs in connection with a Route 1, Wiscasset crash on Oct. 8, police said. The accident led to one person’s injuries and a…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde announced in a new release that on Oct. 6, at approximately 6:10 a.m., officers responded to Reef Road for the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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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…

The Lincoln County Grand Jury indicts the following individuals:

Heather Fontane, 29, of Brunswick was indicted on one count…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Update: Corey Pitcher found not guilty of charges

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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…

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…

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).

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…

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…

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…

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…