Lincoln County Commissioners on Tuesday joined a class action lawsuit against companies that manufacture and distribute opioid drugs, to recoup the costs of law enforcement, emergency medical…
Police, Fire and Courts
Lincoln County Commissioners
Department of Corrections
Dr. Joseph Fitzpatrick, commissioner of the Maine Department of Corrections, has submitted a report to the governor’s office and the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations, proposing taking…
Damariscotta
With the Super Bowl coming up, Lincoln Academy YMCA Teen Leaders and local law enforcement partnered with Healthy Lincoln County and businesses to conduct a Sticker Shock event in five alcohol…
Lincoln County Courts
The following closed cases were reported by the Lincoln County Clerk for January. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Paul S. Jones, 40, of…
Firefighters were called to a structure fire at 12 Matthews Road, off Beath Road, in Boothbay Tuesday shortly after 5 a.m. Firefighters from Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Southport and Edgecomb…
Lincoln County Courts
Accused murderer Shawna Gatto of Wiscasset had her bail reduced at a bail hearing at Knox County Courthouse on Jan. 25. She was represented by her attorneys, Phillip Cohen and Jeremy Pratt. She…
Knox County Courts
Former Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy Kenneth Hatch III pled no contest in a Knox County courthouse Friday to a charge of furnishing a place for a minor to consume liquor, a Class D misdemeanor.…
Lincoln County Courts
Shawna Gatto, 43, of Wiscasset, accused of murdering her fiancee’s 4-year-old granddaughter, Kendall Chick, in December, pleaded not guilty to the charge at her arraignment Jan. 12.
Her…
Nearly three weeks after Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, the defendant, the town of Boothbay, received notification on Jan. 9. The next day, selectmen held…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 25 emergency calls between Dec. 1 and Dec. 29.
On Dec. 1, first responders answered an emergency call at the intersection of Eddy Road and Route 27…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Wiscasset woman with sex offenses involving minors. After an investigation stemming from a child abuse referral from the Maine Department of…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
In a short meeting Jan. 9, Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett informed commissioners he decided to terminate Deputy Kenneth Hatch III’s employment Jan. 3.
The action came following an…
Lincoln County Courts
A Lincoln County grand jury on Jan. 3 indicted Shawna Gatto, 43, of Wiscasset, in a charge of depraved indifference murder in the killing of Kendall Chick, 4, also of Wiscasset. Chick had been…
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.
Nicholas Wallace, 29, of…
On Thursday Dec. 28, the Lincoln County Sheriffs’ Office conducted a county wide check of establishments licensed to sell alcohol for off premise consumption. Of the 50 licensed establishments…
Boothbay selectmen have heard about it, but they won’t comment on it. At least, until the town has been served with court documents notifying it about a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens filed a lawsuit Dec. 20 in U.S. District Court in Portland claiming Boothbay denied CMBG its constitutional right to due process.
The lawsuit was filed two…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Ken Desmond, employee of the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency, was named to the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission, according to County EMA Director Casey Stevens at the Dec. 19…
Boothbay Harbor Police Officer Douglas Snyder graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy’s Basic Law Enforcement Training Program on Friday, Dec. 15. Snyder joined the BHPD as a full-time…
Gusty wind apparently forced an airplane taking off from Wiscasset Municipal Airport Sunday back down and into the snow near the runway, interim airport manager Rick Tetrev said.
Longtime…
Kendall Chick had injuries so severe, parts of her head had to be held in place for a photograph, according to police affidavits released Friday, the morning after State Police arrested Shawna…
Shawna Gatto, 43, of Wiscasset, charged with the murder of her fiance’s granddaughter, 4-year-old Kendall Chick, made her first court appearance Friday.
Gatto has been charged with depraved…
State Police have arrested a Wiscasset woman and charged her in connection with the death of a 4-year-old girl last Friday. Shawna Gatto, 43, was arrested by detectives at her home just before 6 p…
Maine State Police
The death of a 4-year-old Wiscasset girl is under investigation by Wiscasset police and the Maine State Police’s Major Crimes Unit, according to Public Safety Spokesman Stephen McCausland, though…
A small fire started in the Department of Marine Resources building Tuesday night, Dec. 12 causing minimal smoke damage, according to Boothbay Harbor Fire Chief Nick Upham. The fire was reported…
Snow and slippery roads are being blamed for two accidents in Edgecomb on Saturday night, Edgecomb Fire Lt. Roland Abbott said. At about 5:30 p.m., a car driven by Ethan Murray of Newcastle was…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 31 calls between Nov. 1 and 29.
On Nov. 1, the department responded to four calls. Firefighters began the first of several days checking for damage…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett asked for two kinds of body armor after a National Institute of Justice presentation gave him concern that the equipment his officers were using was out of…
On Sunday, Dec. 3, just after opening its doors to the first round of light-gazing, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, home of the famed Gardens Aglow, lost power. Up the road from the Gardens on…
Lincoln County Courts
The following cases were closed in Lincoln County Courts in November. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences were or will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail. All information was provided by the…
Kathy Blagdon, supervisor at Lincoln County Communications Center, has been recognized for her 33 years of service and outstanding performance…
A lawsuit Wiscasset filed against the Maine Department of Transportation in hopes of a temporary restraining order to prevent the demolition of the Haggett building on Water Street has been moved…
Lincoln County Courts
Anthony Casella of Edgecomb filed suit Nov. 3 against John Hutchins III and John Hutchins IV, doing business as Sheepscot 617 LLC, Sheepscot 802 LLC, Sheepscot Village Venue Center LLC, Sheepscot…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett responded to a comment Kenneth Hatch III’s attorney Richard Elliott made after Hatch’s jury deadlocked on 20 of the 22 charges against his client Nov. 20.…
Capital Judicial Center
After nearly a full day of deliberations, a jury Monday came back deadlocked on 20 of the 22 counts of the Kenneth Hatch indictment. Only on counts 13 and 14 did the jury reach a verdict, each a…
Capital Judicial Center
UPDATED: The jury was sent home for the weekend shortly before 6 p.m. Friday and will resume deliberations Monday morning.
Original post: On Friday, Nov. 17, after closing arguments by the…
Capital Judicial Center
Around 10 a.m. Thursday, Kenneth Hatch took the stand in his own defense. Defense attorney Richard Elliott led Hatch through his education and career, with a particular focus on the vehicles he…
Capital Judicial Center
The prosecution rested Wednesday following testimony in the trial of Kenneth Hatch III.
Early in the day, the alleged victim’s mother testified, corroborating the alleged victim’s brother’s…
Kenneth Hatch III, facing multiple charges of sexual assault and giving drugs to his alleged victims, will likely take the stand in his own defense, his attorney Richard Elliott said before court…
Boothbay Harbor
The Boothbay Harbor Police Department has announced that a winter parking ban will be in effect for all streets in Boothbay Harbor from Nov. 15 through March 31, during the hours of 2 a.m. to 6 a.…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority on Nov. 8 gave Administrator James Bailey the authority to enter into a contract with the Bernstein Shur law firm. The firm, chosen following a request for…
The local emergency planning committee for Lincoln County held its quarterly meeting Thursday, Nov. 9 at Bigelow Laboratories in Boothbay. Updates concerning hazmat training and table top…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 17 emergencies in town and three mutual aid calls between Oct. 3 and 31.
On Oct. 3, the department responded to a medical call on McKay Road for a…
A smoke detector woke a woman at 497 Lowelltown Road, Wiscasset, Sunday morning and she escaped the fire that claimed the home she was renting, she and a fire official said.
The fire was…
The Lincoln County Budget Committee wrapped up deliberations Oct. 26 by reviewing the county’s single largest budget, the Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff Todd Brackett justified the increase…
Emergency Management Director Casey Stevens said Lincoln County was surprisingly hard hit by Sunday night’s storm. “Almost everyone was out of power at some point in Lincoln County. The (county’s…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has arrested a mother and daughter from Lincoln County and charged them with selling thousands of Oxycodone pills in Lincoln and Knox counties over the past year…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County’s tax anticipation note has been retired after 206 days, finance director Michelle Cearbaugh told county commissioners Tuesday. That is 13 days fewer than last year, and saved the…
While firefighters were cooking and handing out free food Tuesday, Oct. 10, Boothbay Fire Chief Dick Spofford was in his usual spot during the Boothbay Fire Department’s annual open house held…
Wiscasset Police Department
Nancie Atwell, 66, of Southport has been summonsed for a third theft charge after she allegedly shoplifted a dog leash worth less than $30 from Ames Supply in Wiscasset on Oct. 5. According to…
