UPDATE:
Boothbay Harbor Fire Chief Nick Upham described Beach Cove Waterfront Inn as a “total loss” following a Monday night fire. Boothbay Harbor was helped by…
Police, Fire and Courts
Update: Clean-up and power restoration underway
teens were using frisbees to dig 10-foot hole, according to reports
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — A Union teenager was killed Tuesday, May 17 while on vacation with his family in New Jersey, according to a law enforcement news release and area media reports.
Levi…
Woolwich selectmen
The Woolwich ambulance department will begin using Thomas Agency of Portland to help recover unpaid bills for emergency services. EMS Director Brian Carlton told selectmen Monday night, the…
Annual town meeting
It took 82 Woolwich voters two hours to approve a $2.29 million 2022-2023 municipal budget at their annual town meeting Wednesday night, April 27. Attorney Ted Hoch served as moderator for the…
Boothbay
The fire at Christine Sproul's house, 40 Sproul Lane, Boothbay on Friday afternoon, April 22, reignited early Saturday morning and destroyed the house. Firefighters were able to save the nearby…
On April 14, the members of Lincoln Lodge #3 in Wiscasset were proud to present a check of $1,500 to Erin Bean, chief of Wiscasset Ambulance Service, to help it buy new automated electronic…
Healthy Lincoln County
On Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office along with the police departments of Boothbay Harbor, Damariscotta, Waldoboro, and Wiscasset will host the semi-…
The region’s fire departments responded to a fire at the Sproul residence at 40 Sproul Lane off Barters Island Road at about 3:50 p.m. Friday.
The resident was reportedly able to get out of…
A year-long survey of Lincoln County “hot spots” for high automobile accidents and crime has identified Boothbay as one of three highly impacted areas. Retired Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Mark…
Update from Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: At 8:30 a.m., the Lincoln County 911 Center received a call for a crash involving a school bus striking a tree on the East Side Road in the town of…
A Woolwich man was taken by helicopter to a Portland hospital after he was thrown from a motorcycle in a crash on Middle Road, Woolwich on Wednesday, according to a Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s…
March 2: 10:10 a.m., River Road, 1 vehicle accident, cleared debris, controlled traffic until car was towed.
March 2: 1:49 p.m., Dodge Road, Paged for propane leak. Tech was on scene and…
Wednesday night, March 30, Wiscasset Fire Department did a controlled burn off Federal Street, on the hill between Wiscasset Elementary School and Sherman Field, Fire Chief Robert Bickford said…
A New Harbor man has been charged in connection with Dec. 31, 2021 fatal crash in Bristol. After an investigation by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Robert G. Campbell, age 39 of New Harbor,…
A Wiscasset police officer would make $16,000 more a year in Waldoboro, Wiscasset Officer Jonathan Barnes told Wiscasset selectmen in an email Chair Sarah Whitfield read…
Feb. 2 at 5:15 p.m., two-car accident at Route 1 and Route 27. Both cars had to be towed.
Feb. 5 at 5:28 p.m., car vs. deer accident at the intersection of Route 27 and Town Hall Road. Car…
Alna selectmen
The $5 an hour raise Alna gave firefighters last year has not yielded more members but likely has helped keep some, Fire Chief Mike Trask told selectmen Feb. 9. For next month’s annual town…
Equipment issues have become “daunting,” Wiscasset Emergency Medical Services Director Erin Bean said Monday. “From supply chain issues, costs skyrocketing and companies buying equipment and not…
A Wiscasset woman was transferred by Lifeflight to Maine Medical Center in Portland Jan. 31 following a two-car crash in Edgecomb. Carol DiPrima, 60, of Wiscasset was “significantly hurt,”…
Blowing, drifting snow; zero visibility, cruel winds
“There has been quite a bit of buzz about this storm for most of this week,” said the meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Gray, in their synopsis of what is to come. They are not…
Sheriff Todd Brackett and an informal group of Lincoln County residents announce early steps in the formation of a Citizen’s Advisory Committee (CAC) to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO…
The cause of Jan. 14’s car accident on Route 1 in Edgecomb was likely driver error, according to Lt. Brendan Kane of Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department. An 18-wheeler driven by Jonathan Instasi…
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood announced in Tuesday night’s school committee meeting, the school department will tap American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for a school resource…
Dec. 3, 10:09 a.m., Route 1, Cod Cove Bridge, medical.
Dec.5, 12:35 a.m., Route 27, medical.
Dec. 5, 9:34 a.m., Wiscasset, mutual aid, structure fire.
Dec. 6, 11:15 p.m.,…
Boothbay Region Ambulance Service hopes to attract more emergency medical technicians through a free training course. BRAS and Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor planned on paying for the $1,200 per…
no requirement for owner-occupied single-family homes that are not part of a rental arrangement
This past June the Maine State Legislature signed into law a new requirement that affects some commercial businesses, rental properties, and certain forms of housing.
The Office of State…
Starting this holiday season, the Lincoln County Sherriff’s Office along with the Waldoboro, Damariscotta, and Wiscasset Police Departments will be taking part in a Designated Driver Initiative in…
Press release
A fundraiser luncheon is planned from noon to 2 p.m. Dec. 18 at Wiscasset Community Center, 242 Gardiner Road, to help a Wiscasset couple who lost their home to a fire Dec. 5. Matthew…
Last summer, the labor shortage was so profound, Lincoln County Communications and Sheriff’s Department resorted to advertising vacancies via lawn sign. The communications center is once again…
Christmas came a little early for Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department. Commissioners approved up to $42,000 in unbudgeted equipment expenses. Sheriff Todd Brackett told commissioners Dec. 7, the…
Nov. 3, 12:40 p.m., Route 27 below Eddy Road: Car off road, no injuries. Provided traffic control until car pulled back on roadway.
Nov. 4, 5:13 a.m., Cross Point Road: Medical.
Nov…
“We’re going to have to do something within this year or we’re not going to have anybody left,” Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen and the budget committee Nov. 30 about…
As of Monday night’s selectmen’s meeting, Westport Island’s town office was closed due to a staff member’s treatment for COVID-19, officials said. Plans called for the town office to get a deep…
Crime in Maine decreased -6.1% during 2020, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. It is the ninth consecutive year that crime has dropped in Maine for a total decline…
On Monday, Nov. 15 at about 4:05 p.m., a Maine State trooper was on patrol on Route 1 northbound in Brunswick when the driver of a 2004 Range Rover allegedly passed him at speeds…
October 2021 report
Oct. 7, 9:09 a.m., Route 1 at Cochran Road: two vehicle MVA, no injuries, controlled traffic, spread absorbent, cleared debris from roadway.
Oct. 7, 5:50 p.m.,…
Edgecomb is in the third of a five-year contract with Central Lincoln County (CLC) Ambulance Service. Edgecomb pays $17,000 per season, and is extremely satisfied with the service. On Nov. 1,…
U.S. District Court
BATH/PORTLAND – An attorney representing the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath asked U.S. First District Court in Portland in August for immunity from any potential lawsuits filed by passengers who…
Wiscasset Police Department reported on its Facebook page Monday, “Over the past few years the (former Wiscasset) Primary School on Gardiner Road has been the target of multiple break ins. Several…
Maine Attorney General’s Office has determined Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy David Bellows was acting in self-defense and in defense of other deputies and a woman on scene Dec. 18, 2020 when,…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
A Jefferson girl was killed Sunday night, Oct. 10, when the car she was driving left River Road in Edgecomb and struck a utility pole and a tree, according to a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office…
September 2021 report
Sept. 2, 1:42 p.m.: Route 27 at Eddy Road. Paged for MVA. PD only. Vehicle failed to make turn onto Eddy Road, brushed pole and ended up in ditch.
Sept. 2, 4:…
On Tuesday, Oct. 5 at about 11:07 a.m., Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to Lincoln Academy in Newcastle after receiving a report of a potential threat of violence written on a wall. …
Could Wiscasset be getting a fly car? And what is a fly car? Town Manager Dennis Simmons explained in his manager’s report for selectmen’s Tuesday, Oct. 5 Zoom meeting. He said a fly car could…
Lincoln County Courts
Lincoln County Superior Court Justice Daniel Billings approved an agreement between the District Attorney’s Office and Jonathan D. Roberts, 47, of Waban Massachusetts Oct. 4 for a deferred…
Wiscasset Police Officer Jonathan Barnes and girlfriend Kianna Santos traveled to Bangor last week to represent the department in paying its respects to Hancock County Deputy Luke Gross.
A…
Kendall Chick would have been going on 8 now. In 2019, her grandfather’s fiancé Shawna Gatto got 50 years in prison for the Wiscasset girl’s murder, at 4, in December 2017. Chick could still have…
Jonathan D. Roberts, 47, of Waban, Massachusetts will appear at Lincoln County Courthouse Oct. 4 in a hearing to determine if a 2019 deferred disposition agreement will be revoked. Roberts pleaded…
Westport Island does not know yet if it wants two acres at the old landfill, but officials are looking to find out what’s there, how to possibly use the land and what responsibility might come…
