Dec. 2: 10:06 a.m., Dodge Road, MVA, no injuries
Dec. 7: 4:09 p.m., Route 27, one vehicle accident, no injuries. Car went into ditch. Provided traffic control until car was towed onto…
Police, Fire and Courts
Alna selectmen
The new year stands to bring Alna its new town clerk. Selectmen agreed Dec. 28 to hire Sarah Perkins of Pittston as clerk, tax collector and registrar of voters. No start date was announced. The…
Press release
Shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, Maine Department of Public Safety reported the following:
The 3-year-old child in Edgecomb, pronounced dead on Sunday, Dec. 25 has been identified…
Two Bridges Jail Authority has seen a sharp increase in inmates from Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties in recent weeks due to the resumption of full Superior Court dockets. On Dec. 20, Lincoln County…
An improper turn resulted in a two-car accident Dec. 15 near Cooks Landing in Edgecomb, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department reported. According to the department, around 6:03 p.m., Matthew Schmall…
Officer Jonathan Barnes started as school resource officer (SRO) for the Wiscasset school system in September. An employee of Wiscasset Police Department since 2018…
The Lincoln County HazMat team is no more. Emergency Management Agency Director Casey Stevens told county commissioners Dec. 6 the team was being discontinued. The team met twice per year for…
Lincoln County
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett reported Dec. 6 about a detective’s impending retirement, a patrol sergeant becoming a detective, and a detective becoming a patrol sergeant. During the…
Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Nov. 15-30:
Arrests
Nov. 14, Brandon Plummer, 41, of Wiscasset was arrested for Domestic Violence Assault, by Officer…
Woolwich selectmen
Woolwich Emergency Medical Services may join other area towns in providing ambulance patient transport services for Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick but several details must be worked out before…
No one was hurt in a single-vehicle accident Nov. 14 on Route 27 in Edgecomb. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department reported a tree service bucket loader truck traveling north on Route 27 lost…
An “active shooter” hoax Nov. 15 affecting Wiscasset Middle High School and several other Maine schools had local, state and federal agencies investigating the threats, reassuring families and the…
Edgecomb is heading back to court, this time as the defendant in a Freedom of Access Act case. Last month, selectmen were denied by a District Court judge in seeking a restraining order agains…
Wiscasset District Court Judge John Martin dismissed an initial request by Edgecomb Nov. 2, but later issued separate one-year protection orders barring Timothy Harrington from contacting…
In February, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department received authorization to buy two Ford SUV Interceptors from Quirk Ford. But in late October, the department received notification Ford Motor Co.…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 210 calls for service for the period of Oct. 25 to Nov. 1. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 9,174 calls for service.
Summonses
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What started as a request for municipal records is now heading to court. Edgecomb Selectmen Dawn Murray, Ted Hugger and Mike Smith along with Code Enforcement Officer George Chase are seeking a…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 224 calls for service for the period of Oct. 4 to Oct. 11. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 8,556 calls for service.
Summonses
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The Sunday afternoon, Oct. 9 fire which destroyed the Vi Lee home on Beath Road, Boothbay Harbor started in the attached garage portion of the house, according to Boothbay Harbor Fire Chief Nick…
The Sunday afternoon, Oct. 9 fire which destroyed the Vi Lee home on Beath Road, Boothbay Harbor displaced the homeowner and a family who rented part of the house.
Lee had rented part of…
Area fire departments have been battling a house fire on Beath Road, Boothbay Harbor since about 1 p.m. today. The house, owned by Vi Lee, was a complete loss.
Boothbay Harbor Police…
The old adage “a friend in need is a friend indeed” may apply to Edgecomb. On Aug. 13, Edgecomb Fire Department responded to a Georgetown brush fire which took two days to extinguish. On Sept. 13…
With the heating season starting, and with fuel prices at an all time high, more of you will be using wood as an alternate source of heat.
It is critical that you have your chimney…
Restorative Justice Maine already has a foothold in two neighboring coastal counties and is looking to make a third in Lincoln. On Sept. 20, Director Kathy Durbin-Leighton and her team sought…
Lincoln County Communications has only nine of 16 jobs filled. On Sept. 20, Director Tara Doe reported the addition of one new emergency dispatcher and the departure of another. Doe reported…
A new law that took effect on Aug. 8, 2022, will help Mainers safely secure their prescription drugs and firearms, and other dangerous weapons. The law, which was passed unanimously…
Aug. 1: 6:03 a.m., Route 27, one vehicle MVA, car vs. pole. Wires in roadway. Shut down Route 27, detoured traffic. Vehicle towed, controlled traffic until CMP removed wire from roadway.
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Neither driver was injured Aug. 11 in an accident on Route 27 in Edgecomb. The crash occurred around 5 p.m. near 304 Boothbay Road and involved Kathleen Donnelly, 79, of Augusta, who…
It’s a girl, and a Lincoln County 911 emergency dispatcher helped deliver her. On June 13, Anita Sprague received a call from a woman in labor. Sprague comforted the woman who made the call from…
Fire chiefs from the peninsula’s four towns have expressed concern about the use of fireworks or outdoor burning in this drought.
“Over the years, there have been a lot of fireworks being…
We hope you’ll join us! Informational sessions are open to anyone interested in learning more about the many ways to volunteer with the Restorative Justice Project - Maine. Whether you’d consider…
Lieutenant Brendan Kane of Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office provided a brief explanation of the ALERRT (Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training) program that LCSO has been trained on to…
Wiscasset Police Chief Larry Hesseltine issued the following update Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 9 regarding the Mason Station burglary: “With the assistance of Central Maine Power and…
With the prolonged stretch of dry weather, wildfires are a constant danger. If you are going to burn, make sure to secure a burn permit. In addition, make sure to have an ample supply of water…
This is an update to our press release concerning the fatal crash on Southport July 27.
The Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed the identity of the deceased as James T. Pener, age 18,…
UPDATE: This is an update to our press release concerning the fatal crash on Southport July 27.
The Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed the identity of the deceased as…
Some adults facing criminal charges in Lincoln County will now have the option to avoid the courts and have their cases resolved through a restorative process facilitated by the…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset held off July 19 on a purchase and sale deal for the tanker truck voters approved for the fire department. Officials said the latest cost from vendor Allegiance Fire & Rescue of…
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett was diplomatic in responding to a question on how local law enforcement would have handled the Uvalde, Texas active shooter incident. On May 24, an active…
Following a public hearing Monday, the Woolwich select board approved the application filed by Lindsay Holden and Tyler Holden of Westbrook, doing business as Pine Tree Maine 5 LLC to sell…
June 2022 calls
June 1: 4:38 p.m,, Old County Road, medical. Assisted loading patient into CLC ambulance for transport to hospital.
June 3: 7:46 a.m., Route 27, medical. Turned…
Woolwich selectmen have signed a new contract with the city of Bath for backup ambulance services. The agreement means Bath Fire & Rescue will provide ambulance service on an on-call basis at…
Boothbay resident Lt. Brendan Kane is the 2021 Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department “Deputy of the Year.” Sheriff Todd Brackett made the announcement July 5 at the Lincoln County commissioners’…
Interested in advocating for the best interests of a Maine child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program is holding its fall training for volunteer advocates on Aug. 16-19.…
According to a gofundme.com page Wiscasset Police Officer Jonathan Barnes organized, and told Wiscasset Newspaper about, titled “Officer Hunter Farrell with medical expenses,” on the night of June…
Press release
Update Saturday night: On Saturday, June 11, at about 6 p.m. 30-year-old Allan Thomas Vigil of Bath was arrested by the Fire Marshal’s Office and Bath Police Department while riding a…
May 4: 12:41 p.m., Route 27: Medical. Assisted loading patient. Patient transported to hospital by CLC Ambulance.
May 7: 3:10 p.m., Damariscotta: Mutual aid. Provided station coverage for…
On May 25, students from Lincoln Academy and Wiscasset High School spent their afternoon with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Damariscotta Police Department, Wiscasset…
Press release
On Tuesday, May 24 at about 11:35 a.m., officers from Bath Police Department responded to an apartment at 125 Congress St. in Bath where they discovered the body of 66-year-old…
Shannon Moss, public information officer for Maine Department of Public Safety, reported Tuesday evening, May 24 that due to the extent of the damage, investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s…
