A Waldoboro man is suing the state of Maine for taking away his longtime prison job after he cited safety and other concerns.

According to James O'…

As of February 7, the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, said the nor'easter steaming up the East Coast is still on track to pummel Maine with up to two feet of snow and excessive wind.

As New Englanders batten down the hatches for what could become one of Maine’s historic storms, local towns are preparing to look out for their people.

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Lincoln County Superior Court docketed the following in its Closed Case Report for Jan. 22-Feb. 5:

Brian Aherne, 34, Augusta, Disorderly Conduct, Loud…

Wiscasset District Court docketed the following in its Closed Case Report for Jan. 22-Feb. 5:

Brian Aherne, 34, Boothbay Harbor, Violating Condition of…

William Francis Mack, 62, of Thomaston, formerly of Adel, Iowa, died January 27 in Camden.  

He was born in…

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds recorded the following land transfers January 7-25:

ALNA – Federal Home Loan…

A judge has scheduled a June trial for the man accused of attacking a Maine State Trooper in Lincoln County Superior Court last year. The trooper, Gregory Vrooman of Nobleboro, was…

On Sunday, Feb. 10 at noon The Damariscotta-Newcastle Bridge will see the start of “One Billion Rising.”

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All incumbents will appear unopposed on the March 15 election ballot in Alna. Only the incumbents turned in nomination papers by the February 5 deadline, Town Clerk Amy Warner said…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Deputy Mark Bridgham recently attained certification in Child…

Department of Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte asked the State Board of Corrections to support a $100 million bond to rebuild the Maine Correctional Center in Windham.…

If Gov. Paul LePage’s budget curtailments are approved by the legislature, it will take nearly $500,000 in revenue from Wiscasset. Wiscasset selectmen voted in their meeting…

Westport Island selectmen will hold a workshop with the town’s Budget Committee to discuss a proposed eight-page purchasing policy being recommended by the Budget Committee.…

Lincoln County Sheriff's Department Detective Robert McFetridge reported Tuesday that on Monday, Feb. 4, an older resident of Damariscotta received a telephone call in…

The U.S. Department of Energy has paid Maine Yankee $81.7 million in damages. After taxes, those funds will be used to benefit the ratepayers, according to Maine Yankee…

The Wiscasset RSU Withdrawal Committee meeting with the RSU Withdrawal Committee, scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 7, has been rescheduled for the week of February 18.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced this morning that first-class mail will no longer be delivered on Saturdays starting the first week in August…

State Senator Chris Johnson (D-Lincoln County), Rep. Bruce MacDonald (D-Boothbay), and Rep. Mick Devin (D-Newcastle) will host a community public forum at…

Bruce Stedman of Westport Island died peacefully Saturday, Feb. 2, at his home.  

A full obituary will follow.

Since Lincoln County Healthcare announced its decision to convert St. Andrews Hospital to an urgent care center, those opposed to the healthcare change have…

Due to Governor Paul LePage's budget curtailment proposals, a $508,918 payment from the state Board of Corrections investment fund to Two Bridges Jail in…

UPDATE: As of February 7, the storm is still on track. Click…

Marilyn Lee Teele, 55, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 at her home in Boothbay.

She was born March 16, 1955 in…

Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett is temporarily overseeing operations at the Damariscotta Police Department in the absence of the department's Chief, Chad…

Former Alna town clerk Karen L. Smith, 52, of Edgecomb resolved her latest legal troubles February 4. She pleaded guilty to criminal mischief, had another charge dismissed, and…

Virginia M. “Ginny” (McGinnis) Curran, 84, of Framingham, Mass., and a longtime summer resident of Boothbay, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 at the MetroWest Medical…

Capt. Richard D. Alley, 74, died peacefully at his home in Boothbay on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. 

He was born on…

As of February 4 Damariscotta Police Chief Chad Andrews was placed on administrative leave, Damariscotta Town Manager Matt Lutkus said.

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Richard Carlton Boucher, 62, of Wiscasset died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

He was…

A new roof for the historic Alna Meetinghouse could come at no new cost to local taxpayers.

Based on a $7,600 estimate a committee received, it…

A Woolwich man charged in a domestic violence case pleaded guilty in Lincoln County Superior Court January 31 and was sentenced to serve four months in jail.

Logan Wilson Wallingford, 80, a summer resident of Newagen, died January 28, 2013, in Houston, Texas after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie,…

A Damariscotta woman pleaded not guilty January 31 to charges that she…

“We don’t have $127,000 in our budget to cut,” Dresden Board of Selectmen Chairman Phil Johnston said during a discussion January 28 of Gov. Paul LePage's…

Shrimp boats have been out to haul since the beginning of this year's season, January 22, but those who use traps to catch shrimp have had to wait until February 5, and may be facing further…

The Bremen minister accused of trafficking contraband at Two Bridges Regional Jail was back in court January 31.

Stephen Foote, 70, said nothing during…

UPDATE: Overall, there were 44,000 outages in CMP's total service area. Strong winds continued to cause additional scattered outages overnight, but the company expects to…

Edgecomb Selectmen’s Chairman Jessica Chubbuck would like town contracts for snowplowing, mowing and other work to go up on the town’s website, www.edgecomb.org/.

A 35-year-old Wiscasset man was arrested by Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline on domestic violence…

A dense fog advisory is in effect for the Midcoast, from Waldoboro to Belfast, with a high wind watch in effect from 10 p.m. tonight, Jan. 30, through January 31.

The National Weather…

In the past three years since Woolwich has paid for its recycling program, the trash that is collected and residents pay money to be hauled away has decreased…

Sheriff Todd Bracket reports the following:

On January 24, Deputy Brian Collamore was…

A dump truck hauling an excavator went off Route 1 in Edgecomb Wednesday morning, Jan. 30, and crashed into an embankment, injuring driver William H. Bailey of Sabattus. Bailey, 63, was…

The town of Woolwich has been named as a defendant in a cost-sharing lawsuit by West Bath against Regional School Unit 1 and may be required to pay $117,000 for…

There will be a two-hour delay for RSU 12 North, which is Whitefield, Windsor, Palermo and Chelsea. Wiscasset schools will start on time.

The RSU 1 Board of Directors will public meetings to discuss the Cost Sharing Referendum on the following days:

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Huber’s Market on Route 1 in Wiscasset was auctioned off January 29 by The First.  

Tina Fitzsimmons was the high…

If it becomes law, a new bill may help the Board of Corrections pay for Maine jails' debts, according to Lincoln County Administrator John O’Connell.

Elaine (Ebeling) Fuller Whitcomb died January 28 from a head injury as the result of a fall. 

Elaine was born…