For seven years, Duke, a patrol and drug search dog, has taken a bite out of crime in Lincoln County. But those days are numbered. The 8-year-old German Shepherd is struggling with spinal and bone…
Police, Fire and Courts
On July 8, Wiscasset Police Department responded to a physical altercation between two men at the Clipper Mart in…
The ongoing investigation into a May 27 motorcycle accident on Gardiner Road, Wiscasset has led to the injured rider…
The accident reconstruction of the June 3 crash on Bath Road, Wiscasset that claimed the lif…
Much needed positive energy was felt last Sunday at a gathering to honor and support Wiscasset Police Department. Organized by four friends who felt the need to let their local officers know how…
UPDATE: As of 5:26 a.m. Thursday, CMP’s website was still reporting all 626 of its Westport Island customers were without power.
Original post: National Weather Service’s warning Wednesday…
Recent national data has shown a strong correlation between greater law enforcement presence and reduction in traffic accidents and crime, Chief Deputy Rand Maker of Lincoln County Sheriff’s…
There is another term besides COVID-19 and coronavirus describing the deadly pandemic infective agent. Maine Emergency Medical Service dispatchers are using positive U-21 and negative U-21 in…
Boothbay Harbor Police Department made four arrests between May 30 and June 28.
On June 3, Officer Doug Snyder arrested Jonathan Wright, 37, of Boothbay Harbor for domestic violence assault…
If not for the COVID-19 pandemic, Grace Moclair would have started a summer internship at Disney World last month. Instead, the 20-year-old, Rhode Island-raised Wiscasset woman was working at…
‘continues to go to work every day to make a difference in the outdoor community in which he lives and works’
AUGUSTA — Game Warden Joey Lefebvre, who patrols the Knox and Lincoln County area, was recognized as Game Warden Of The Year, June 25 at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.
The award…
The Wiscasset select board will meet Thursday, June 25 to finalize its proposed 2020-2021 budget of $5.85 million. The meeting will be live-streamed from the municipal building hearing room on…
A series of factors has culminated with Two Bridges Jail Authority approving a 2020-21 budget eliminating 15 jobs. The cuts will occur in two phases with the first in mid-July and the second in…
In a split decision June 16, Lincoln County commissioners approved four new SUVs for the sheriff’s department. Two weeks earlier, commissioners received five sealed bids from Maine dealerships for…
Hunter Proctor, 23, of Wiscasset was arrested June 12 and charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and operating under the…
UPDATED: Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett was able to reply at length Monday to Wiscasset Newspaper’s request for comment after the demonstration. Here…
Three Bath men have been charged in a burglary early June 3 at …
Lincoln County commissioners received five sealed bids from Maine dealerships June 2 for buying three new police SUVs. Newcastle Chrysler of Newcastle was the low bidder, with $28,589 for each of…
About 11:08 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, Wiscasset Police Department was dispatched…
AUGUSTA — The Maine criminal justice community, which includes the Maine Chiefs of Police Association, the Maine Sheriffs…
A Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency search team was a real lifesaver May 27 for an 82-year-old East Boothbay woman. Lincoln County Communications received an emergency call around 11 a.m…
The Maine Judicial Branch announced May 27 the release of the State of Maine Judicial Branch COVID-19 Phased Management Plan. The plan creates a five-phased process for reopening Maine Courts and…
On May 18, Lincoln County Courthouse’s doors opened to the Registries of Deeds and Probate for people who made appointments. The courts are open Mondays,…
On Thursday, May 14 at 1:10 p.m., Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Calls Hill Road in Dresden for a report of a stolen gun. The gun was allegedly stolen by a…
UPDATE: From Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland: Maine’s Amber Alert has been canceled. The missing 3-year-old was located safe a short time ago. Additional details…
The State Police Computer Crimes Unit, working with Homeland Security, has charged two men this week with possessing child pornography. The arrests took place in Wiscasset and China…
Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court’s conviction of Shawna Gatto in the murder of Kendall Chick, 4, of Wiscasset in 2017.
The state’s ruling, available at courts.…
COVID-19 aka the coronavirus has certainly upended our way of life and will likely continue to do so for some time to come. It is hard to keep up with information concerning the virus as new data…
An Alna resident who works as a responder is quarantining after being exposed to COVID-19, selectmen said April 22. And they said they and other donors including members of the new group Alna…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) has announced Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett as the…
Maine-ly Elderberry owner Daisy Cunningham of Wiscasset has given the town’s police, fire and emergency services some teas and diffusers and about a case and a half of syrup.
The donated…
Meeting via teleconference on Monday evening, April 6, Edgecomb selectmen focused on”issues of immediate concern in maintaining town operations during this time.”
Fire Chief Roy Potter said…
Wiscasset public safety agencies would like to remind people that they can help keep our first responders safe and healthy by heeding the advice of our governmental and public health professionals…
On Wednesday, March 25, Lincoln County EMA Emergency Operations Center issued a request for new, unused Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to assist frontline Emergency Medical, fire department,…
EMS Director Dennis Simmons got the go ahead from the Wiscasset selectboard March 17 to begin contract negotiations with Dresden for renewing ambulance services. The board met for the first time…
Lincoln County courts
A Lincoln County grand jury rose March 11 with an indictment charging an Augusta woman with trafficking a drug the charge claims contributed to a death.
The single-count indictment alleges…
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett is all for reforming the criminal justice system, but he’s against a couple of proposals working their way through the Maine Legislature.
Brackett…
Woolwich EMS wants to begin charging patients for ambulance services other than hospital transports. The proposal will be discussed at a public hearing 6 p.m. Monday, March 16 in the municipal…
Lincoln County courts
Corey H. Ater, 32, of Phippsburg, charges of violating protection from abuse order and violating condition of release in Wiscasset, dismissed.
Olivia T. Coniam, 24, of Alna, charge of…
The 35-foot patrol vessel Monitor caught fire Monday morning, Feb. 24 while at the dock at Department of Marine Resources’ Boothbay Harbor facility, DMR spokesman Jeff…
A criminal case against lawyer Jonathan Hull, 73, of Newcastle could move closer to its end Feb. 28 with a conference at Lincoln County Courthouse. Assistant District Attorney A.J. Chalifour said…
MOOSEHEAD LAKE – A Wiscasset man is dead Feb. 23 following a fatal snowmobile crash on Moosehead Lake. Gregory Lemar, age 59, of Wiscasset, was operating a late model Arctic Cat 800 snowmobile…
Lincoln County courts
The Lincoln County court clerk’s office provided this information on recently closed cases:
Gwendolyn Akin, 69, of Bristol, charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer in…
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 470 calls for service for the period of Feb. 4 through Feb. 19. Year to date, LCSO has…
The Wiscasset Budget Committee and selectmen were generally supportive of the budgets for wastewater, EMS and police Feb. 13, acknowledging a need to increase taxpayer support to the wastewater…
Cumberland County Courts
A Woolwich man has been indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury for Leaving the Scene of An Accident Involving Serious Bodily Injury or Death, according to court records. The grand jury report…
Lincoln County Courts
The following information was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Jeremiah Lucas, 22, of Edgecomb…
Nine months after voters approved buying it, Woolwich EMS has its new ambulance. It arrived Feb. 3.
EMS Director Brian Carlton said the new Rescue 1 will be ready for service by Valentine’s…
Miles Brewer, 39, of Wiscasset was arrested and charged with Domestic Violence Aggravated Assault, Domestic Violence Criminal Threatening, Aggravated Assault, Criminal Threatening, Burglary,…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Casey Stevens on Feb. 4 discussed the importance of moving toward a drone program for search and rescue. He said the drone could detect body heat or…
