Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On January 14, Reserve Deputy Richard Woodward was dispatched to a…

Two women who live on dirt roads in Edgecomb urged the town's capital improvements committee January 14 to do what it can to make their roads safer.

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UPDATE: In a press release issued at 12:20 p.m. January 16, the sheriff’s office estimated the losses from damages and theft…

The performance bond company suing Westport Island is basing its case on an invalid letter, the town maintains in court documents filed December 2012.

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The Board of Directors of RSU 12 announces the hiring of Howard Tuttle as its next superintendent, effective July 1, 2013, with an initial contract term of two…

Six months since the town of Wiscasset voted in favor of starting the process of withdrawing from Regional School Unit 12, committee members from the town and…

During a public meeting January 10, Wiscasset Withdrawal Committee consultant Ray Poulin told residents the cost to operate the three schools in Wiscasset as a standalone school…

Whitefield Elementary School principal Joshua McNaughton, Wiscasset Primary School principal Linda Bleile and many others throughout Regional School Unit 12…

As of January 15, due to unseasonably warm temperatures and forecast for rain, the Bureau of Maine Marine Patrol and the Department of Marine Resources are…

A coastal flood study for Lincoln County launched in 2011 that investigates potential impacts of rising sea levels has just received a small infusion of cash…

George Irving Haynes, 84, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 with his family by his side in Port Huron, Mich., after suffering a heart attack.

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Eunice P. Potter, 81, of Alna died January 9, 2013 at a Brunswick hospital after a short period of ill health.

Eunice was born in Parkman, the daughter…

A gathering of remembrance will be held for Marilyn Petrie Jones, at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 at Simmons, Harrington & Hall, 975 Wiscasset Road,…

For the second time in three months, the Midcoast region was shaken by an earthquake.

On January 14 at…

A structure fire at the residence of Tom Mansfield, 593 Boothbay Road (Route 27) in Edgecomb, was reported as of 11:45 a.m., Monday, Jan. 14. The fire originated on the bottom floor of the home in…

No one was hurt when a Dead River Oil truck went off Alna’s Rabbit Path Road and into a ditch January 14.

The driver, Shawn Larrabee of Topsham,…

We broke the news to her over the telephone and she still thinks we're “all crazy” here at the newspaper.

Mary Brewer, who retired last January after 50-plus years as…

The Lincoln County jury that …

The first order of business for Lincoln County's new Commissioners Mary Trescot of Damariscotta and Hamilton Meserve of Newagen, officially sworn in January 2,…

James E. “Jimmy” Bradstreet Jr., 77, of East Boothbay and Zephyrhills, Fla., died January 9, 2013, as a result of a debilitating stroke he suffered after…

Edward Richardson Hill, 12, died November 18, 2012, in a tragic accident involving a bicycle and truck trailer in Elk Grove, Calif.

Edward was born in…

Westport Island Withdrawal Committee meeting with RSU 12 Ad-hoc Negotiating Committee scheduled for 4 p.m. today, Friday, Jan. 11 has been canceled and rescheduled due to the…

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the University of Mississippi have entered into a Strategic Inter-Institutional Partnership Agreement that creates a…

Over the past four years, county and regional jails in Maine have been faced with many challenges in order to operate as a coordinated county correctional…

Rep. Bruce MacDonald, D-Boothbay, has been appointed to chair the Education and Cultural Committee, for the upcoming legislative session.  

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The Lincoln County Democratic Committee will elect officers for the next two-year term at their January meeting. Current Chair Valarie Johnson is stepping down, as is Vice Chair…

On January 10, Detective Robert M. McFetridge of the Criminal Investigation Division received a call from a resident of Boothbay who reported that she had received a scam call.

The caller…

Wiscasset selectmen held their first goal setting workshop Tuesday evening and came up with some potential goals for 2013. One goal was the…

WARREN — A state government employee has confirmed what the state Department of Corrections office declined to comment on before noon Thursday, that Maine State Prison Warden Patricia Barnhart had…

Mildred “Miffy” Wikstrom Crafts, 84, died at Hill House in Bath Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 with family members by her side, after a decade long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.

Miffy was born…

An Edgecomb woman on January 7 questioned the validity of a document the town has been relying on for years, regarding tax incentive payments.

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Lanny Verrill, 71, of Woolwich died peacefully at his home January 4, 2013

Lanny was born August 19, 1941 in Gardiner to the late Harry and Madeline Verrill. In 1949, Lanny's father died at…

Members of the Wiscasset Withdrawal Committee said they are disappointed in the lack of action by the RSU 12 Ad-hoc Negotiating Committee.

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Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On January 5, Deputy Kevin Dennison took a report of a theft of gasoline from a motor vehicle in the Boothbay area. The complainant stated that…

At their meeting Monday evening, Jan. 7, Westport selectmen announced they have received word from the Maine Municipal Association that Gov. Paul LePage's administration may be…

Nothing about timber harvesting in the Woolwich shoreland zoning ordinance will need to be changed at the annual town meeting in May, except one word. The change of that one word will not alter…

The Lincoln/Sagadahoc Jail Authority annual meeting previously scheduled for January 9 will be held Wednesday, Jan. 16, beginning at 4 p.m.

“Due to several previously scheduled meetings that…

The Wiscasset Chamber of Commerce was formed in February 2011 and for the past two years the group has been very busy.

After becoming a chamber of…

Mary Ellison Hastings of Boothbay Harbor died peacefully in the company of her family on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta after a brief illness.

Ellie was the…

Wiscasset High School was on lockdown this afternoon, Tuesday, Jan. 8 after a former student was seen on the premises. A message sent by the school said that no students or staff were harmed. As…

Patricia Diana “Patsy” Fairservice died December 31, 2012 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. 

She was born in Biddeford December 27, 1930 to Albert and Diana Harmon of Hollis…

The following cases were reported on a Wiscasset District Court closed case reported dated Dec. 12-31:

John M. Anderson, 26, Bristol, Hunting from Stand or Blind Overlooking Deer Bait, fined…

The historic Alna Meetinghouse has withstood every element nature has thrown at it for 224 years. However, a recent strong windstorm managed to rip some pieces off the roof of the…

Former Boothbay Country Club owner Harris Golf is interested in owning the club once again. If it goes up for auction as scheduled January 28, the company will be there, trying to…

In response to high patient demand and the threat of a bad influenza season, the Walk-In Clinic at Brunswick Station (22 Station Ave.) will now remain open for an additional two hours each weekend…

Please take notice that Robert Thornton, c/o Deborah Thornton, 105 Waldron Road, Farmington, N.H. 03835,  is intending to file a Natural Resources Protection Act permit application…

Due to several previously scheduled meetings on January 9 and other conflicts, the Lincoln/Sagadahoc Jail Authority…

U.S. Senator Angus S. King, Jr. announced the opening of six state offices across the state of Maine. Located in Biddeford, Presque Isle, Auburn, Portland, Augusta, and Bangor, the current offices…

The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Governor's Award for Business Excellence.

Business excellence is epitomized by a…

Westport Island Withdrawal Committee Chairman Gerald Bodmer said he was very encouraged by what was accomplished at the first negotiation meeting with the RSU 12 Negotiating…