The following are closed cases in the Lincoln County Courts for August. All information was furnished by the court clerk. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional…
Police, Fire and Courts
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in August:
Alna:
Vonfrank, Arlene R. to Vonfrank, Andrew and Vonfrank, Sarah…
Caitlin Shepherd, firefighter for the town of Southport, is registered to participate in the 2018 Maine 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in Portland on Sept. 16. She and her teammates will be climbing to…
Lincoln County government
Mark Creamer is interim communications director of Lincoln County Regional Communications Center while the search continues for the next permanent one, County Administrator Carrie Kipfer announced…
Lincoln County District Attorney Jon Liberman has announced that Katherine MacCrae has been sworn in as the new assistant district attorney working in Lincoln County.
Katherine resides in…
At about 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, a bicylist and a vehicle collided at the intersection of Union Street and Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor. The details are currently being examined, said…
Kendall Chick's accused murderer Shawna Gatto has waived her right to a jury trial, leaving it to a judge to decide the case in a trial likely to take place in January. Gatto appeared in a…
Two Midcoast men have been charged by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office in connection with break-ins and thefts at a job site in Bristol and a store in Boothbay.
The job site was at…
The Overseers of the Bar requested the Maine Supreme Judicial Court suspend attorney Jonathan Hull of Newcastle, over multiple violations of the Maine Rules of Professional Conduct.
Hull…
Lincoln Counthy Sheriff’s Office
On Aug. 25, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a stolen 1930 Ford Model A Coupe. The Model A was stolen from a residence in Nobleboro between May and Aug.…
Shawna Gatto, acccused in the murder of her fiance’s 4-year-old granddaughter Kendall Chick of Wiscasset, is asking the court to suppress statements she made under questioning after Dec. 10, 2017…
Ryan Morrill, 32, of North Monmouth, a former dance teacher at Midcoast Dance Studio in Newcastle and other area dance studios, has pleaded guilty to one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor. The…
Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch said Wednesday that two people suffered minor injuries in Tuesday’s three-car accident at the intersection of McClintock Street and Townsend Avenue.
…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
On Thursday, Aug. 16 at approximately 9:49 a.m., Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported rollover involving a loaded fish bait truck on U.S. Route 1 near Mexicali Blues. The fish…
Lincoln County Courts
A Newcastle man who practices law in Damariscotta is out on bail and facing several charges connected with his alleged mishandling of funds from a Bath nonprofit. On Aug. 8, a warrant was issued…
On Aug. 2, at about 2:20 p.m., the Boothbay Harbor Police Department received a report of a vehicle taken without its owner’s permission. The owner’s son, Hunter Andrews, 19, of Boothbay Harbor,…
A Camden woman has died as a result of injuries sustained in a boating crash while she was swimming in Damariscotta Lake in Jefferson Thursday, Aug. 2.
Kristen A. McKellar, 32, was swimming…
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority Aug. 1 had an executive session, then in open session voted to have members and the administrator work toward a contract with Penobscot County. The work is…
Boothbay Harbor Police Department
Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch issued a warning about the potential for high potency drugs in the Midcoast Maine region.
Hasch said Boothbay Harbor Police Department and Boothbay…
Joseph “Joe” Westrich is no longer Lincoln County's Director of Communications, according to a letter County Administrator Carrie Kipfer sent county fire chiefs July 19. Westrich had been…
Lincoln County Courts
The following are closed cases at the Lincoln County Courts for June. All information was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two…
The Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency previewed its new emergency operations center (EOC) on Thursday evening, July 19.
Local public safety members and other invited guests toured…
Cumberland County Courts
Sumner Lipman of Lipman and Katz, and James Belleau of Trafton, Matzen, Belleau and Frenette appeared in Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland to file a class action suit July 19 on behalf…
On Wednesday, July 18 multiple fire trucks responded to alarms at 3 Bradley Road, Boothbay Harbor. Fire Chief Nick Upham said the fire was started by a cigarette in a trash can in the bathroom. No…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Commissioners approved several grant application requests Tuesday from the Emergency Management Agency and Lincoln County Planning Commission.
The EMA grants are Homeland…
In June, Edgecomb residents authorized the purchase of a new fire truck. That was the easy part. During a June 4 special town meeting, 31 residents unanimously approved buying the $247,600 truck.…
Lincoln County District Attorney
The following are indictments the grand jury reached for July in District VI. Indictments list charges. They are not convictions.
Branden R. Belanger, 47, of Mexico, indicted for…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County commissioners approved buying a computer server that will tell the state and dispatch more about who is accessing the databases.
Officials have said that until now, anyone…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Two years ago, Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset was a shadow of its former flagship self. One person, Administrator Mark Westrum, was trying to do almost everything, from placing inmates in…
On Saturday, June 30 the Edgecomb Fire Department held its fifth annual pancake breakfast as a joint effort with Edgecomb Community Church. Proceeds were divided between the two organizations. …
Lincoln County Courts
The following information on closed cases for May was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences were served at Two Bridges Regional…
Firefighters from Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor and Southport were taught the skills of extricating people from cars using special equipment and scenarios during two days of training Saturday and…
UPDATE: Jefferson Fire and Rescue was having a fundraiser at Jefferson Scoop when Lincoln County Communications called the agency out to a plane crash near Augusta Road about 5 p.m. Saturday, Fire…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies arrested Allan F. Wigglesworth, 34, of Thomaston, following a shooting reported on Church Street in Southport at 10:48 p.m. on June 21. Wigglesworth was charged…
The Westport Island selectmen's meeting on Monday, June 11, was the setting for a surprise celebration for newly retired fire chief Robert “Bob” Mooney.
Believing he needed to attend the…
The Boothbay Region team of Boothbay Harbor and Wiscasset police departments, Lincoln County Sheriff's Department and Two Bridges Regional Jail carried the torch for the 49th annual Maine Special…
Update: Lincoln Academy will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10 with grief counselors to meet with anyone, following the death of a student, Isabelle Manahan, in a…
Update: Several news outlets, the Brunswick police and a family spokesperson have reported that the body of Daniel Gagnon, 26, of Brunswick was found around 11 a.m. Wednesday in a heavily wooded…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency demonstrated “Project Lifesaver” at the June 5 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting. The county invested in Project Lifesaver after an 82-year-old…
Update: No one was hurt in an apparent road rage accident on Route 1 at the Wiscasset-Woolwich line Wednesday, June 6.
At 8:01 a.m., Sagadahoc County deputies, Wiscasset Police, Woolwich…
In May, Edgecomb voters appropriated $20,000 for municipal ambulance services for Fiscal Year 19, but residents still don’t know who will provide those services beginning July 1. Selectmen are…
Alcohol sellers and servers from seven businesses in Lincoln County received training on Thursday, May 24 at the Tugboat Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor. Healthy Lincoln County facilitates the…
Kids were the main focus June 2 at Boothbay Region Ambulance Service’s second annual open house at the complex on Corey Lane. The service welcomed visitors during the four-hour celebration that…
A Wiscasset woman and other drivers and passengers were hurt and some were taken to hospitals Friday after a pair of three-vehicle accidents on Route 1 in Woolwich Friday.
At 12:24 p.m.,…
due to privacy concerns, LePage says; suggests making it a crime for mandated reporters not to report abuse suspicions
AUGUSTA — Governor Paul LePage released a letter May 31 that he wrote to the Government Oversight Committee (GOC), responding to its invitation that he attend the public hearing about the Office…
Department came under heavy criticism following deaths of two Maine children
AUGUSTA — Governor Paul LePage released an 11-page Department of Health and Human Services …
Former Boothbay Harbor resident
The Brunswick Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating Daniel Gagnon, age 26, of Brunswick, formerly of Boothbay Harbor. Mr. Gagnon is described as 5' 11'', 160 lbs., brown hair…
Lincoln County Courts
The following closed cases were reported by the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts for April. Unless otherwise noted, sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Nicholas Wallace, 29, of…
Edgecomb selectmen
Sixteen days after Edgecomb’s annual town meeting, residents will reconvene for a special town meeting at 6 p.m. June 4 to consider authorizing pursuit of funding for a new fire truck. At town…
