Mark Westrum, administrator of Two Bridges Regional Jail, was placed on paid administrative leave Oct. 12, following his Oct. 7 arrest for OUI in Bath.
The announcement by County…
Police, Fire and Courts
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Col. Mark Westrum, Two Bridges Jail Administrator and former Sagadahoc County sheriff, was arrested in Bath on Friday, Oct. 7 for OUI. He was released on personal recognizance bail.
His…
The State Fire Marshal’s Office continues to investigate the fatal fire in Boothbay over the weekend, according to Steve McCausland, Public Safety spokesman, in an email Tuesday afternoon. Fire…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
On Tuesday, Oct. 11, a two-car accident in Newcastle disrupted Route One traffic for about an hour beginning around 9 a.m.
Leigh Tilden, 71, of Damariscotta was driving a Subaru station…
Fire marshal investigators say Sunday morning's fire in Boothbay started in a first floor living room but they have not yet pinpointed the cause, according to Steve McCausland, Public Safety…
Update: According to Steve McCausland, State Public Information officer, the state fire marshal’s office says two people have been killed and four…
Wiscasset District and Superior Courts
Rachel E. Anderson, 35, of East Boothbay was arraigned Sept. 26 on one count of Tampering with a Witness or Informant in connection to several child pornography charges she pleaded guilty to in…
Careless disposal of smoking materials appears to have caused the Oct. 2 fire at the Freedom Center transitional home in Dresden, Sgt. Ken Grimes of the State Fire Marshal’s Office said Thursday…
Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland announced in an email at 5:38 p.m. Tuesday, 3-year-old Lenore Wilson, for whom an Amber Alert had been issued earlier Tuesday, is safe…
A dog died and eleven people survived an early morning fire Sunday at the Freedom Center at 633 Gardiner Road in Dresden, officials said. An investigator from the State Fire Marshal’s Office…
Wiscasset District and Superior Courts
All information was prepared by the Lincoln County Court Clerk. All sentences, unless otherwise noted, will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Jessica Alexander, 40, of Waldoboro,…
Area firefighters responded to a structure fire off Pine View Ridge Road off Back Narrows Road in Boothbay, which was reported around 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26. The fire reportedly started in a shed…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
A Wiscasset woman has been charged with the importation and sale of heroin in the Wiscasset area. These charges are the result of an ongoing investigation by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett asked county commissioners to table the contract with the Addiction Resource Center for another couple of weeks while he looks into the costs and benefits of a…
Lincoln County Recovery Collaborative
A group of about 30 turned out at Damariscotta Town Hall on Monday, Sept. 19, to learn how they might volunteer to help people suffering from addiction.
The meeting was called by the new…
Boothbay Harbor Police arrested two local men for the armed robbery of another man in a Boothbay Harbor hotel in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 18. Police arrested Jeff Cusumano, 55, of Edgecomb…
Portland Business and Consumer Court
Rebecca Abbott waited Sept. 16 while her small excavator was loaded onto the back of a flatbed truck to be removed from the land she and her husband Derek had owned for more than seven years. They…
Boothbay Region Ambulance Service has launched our second annual fundraiser and is approaching phase two of our annual appeal mailing. Fundraising is an important way we limit our town subsidy…
Neil and Lisa Page were inside their home at 122 Clark Drive in Wiscasset late Sunday morning when lightning flashed right behind the house. The next flash was even closer.
“Then I went, ‘…
Wiscasset District and Superior Courts
All information was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts. All sentences, unless otherwise noted, will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Kathleen Stevens, 35, of Boothbay,…
A Subaru wagon took out a utility pole on Edgecomb’s River Road late Saturday night, leaving the car’s occupants with only minor injuries and the town’s fire department with several hours’ work…
Update, issued by Lt. Maker at 8:07 p.m. Friday:
Earlier tonight at about 6:30 p.m. Benaiah was located at a residence on Coopers Mills Road in Windsor.
He…
Under a $65,000 grant from the Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation, Boothbay Region Ambulance Service is expanding its role in the community.
Scott Lash, operations manager for the service,…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
A 23-year-old named Alex Pedroza from Wiscasset recently got stopped for driving a car with the plates registered to another vehicle and was given a $300 fine for Improper Plates. He had just lost…
Kenneth Hatch III was arraigned in Knox County Superior Court in Rockland on Aug. 23 on 22 charges of Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Unlawful Sexual Contact, and Furnishing Scheduled Drugs to a Minor.…
Business and Consumer Court
According to attorneys for both parties, there has been a settlement in at least one of the cases involving Derek and Rebecca Abbott and PGC2 LLC, the corporation that owns the Boothbay Harbor…
Lincoln County Emergency Management
Imagine it’s the big one — a major hurricane is heading for Boothbay Harbor, and it will affect all of Lincoln County and much of the Midcoast. It’s mid-August, the kids aren’t back in school yet…
The Southport Volunteer Fire Department held its 50th annual public auction on Saturday, Aug. 20.
Fire Chief Gerald Gamage said he had run the auction for the past 24 years. Carl Pierce…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority met in a special session Aug. 18 to consider an exception to its finance policy to grant an emergency contract to the Thayer Corporation to replace the jail…
Three people were taken to area hospitals Aug. 17 after a crash on Edgecomb’s Route 27, near the Route One intersection.
Lincoln County Communications Center received a report of a two-…
Wiscasset District and Superior Courts
The following are closed court cases for the District and Superior courts in Wiscasset from Aug. 1-15. Unless otherwise noted, all jail terms will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail. All…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Kenneth Hatch, arrested in July on sexual abuse charges, was indicted by a grand jury in Knox County on Aug. 9 on 22 charges. The charges follow a four-month…
State Police say a woman was wounded and her assailant later shot and killed himself after exchanging fire with a trooper in Jefferson last night.
The shooter, Shane Prior, 34, of Cushing,…
Campers at the YMCA summer camp on Knickerbocker Lake were treated to a surprise visit by local law enforcement and firefighters Aug. 12. The brainchild of bus driver John Mitkus, the event was…
A Damariscotta man and a South Bristol woman were taken to area hospitals Sunday after a three-vehicle accident on Woolwich’s Route One.
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office, Woolwich Fire…
Wiscasset Superior Court and Business Court
Somewhere out along the 14th tee of the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, a couple is attempting to live their lifelong dream of owning a horse farm on the Boothbay Peninsula.
While horse farms…
A weekend lightning strike appears to have started the woods fire that several towns helped Wiscasset put out throughout Monday afternoon, a state ranger said.
The lightning appeared to…
One firefighter has been transported to a local hospital with heat exhaustion, as crews battle a brush fire off Willow Lane Monday afternoon, Wiscasset Fire Chief T.J. Merry said.
Several…
A multi-jurisdictional police effort has led to the arrest of two suspects for stealing cars from Boothbay Harbor on July 26-27.
Matthew Cole, 26, formerly of Portland, was arrested by…
Boothbay Harbor Police Department
Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch reports that police have recovered both vehicles stolen from…
Maine author John Ford explained how the title of his first book, “Suddenly, The Cider Didn’t Taste Too Good,” occurred during the Aug. 2 Southport Library Summer Book Series. Ford, a…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Depending on who one talks to, the cost of keeping an inmate in Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset is anywhere from $90 per day to $180 per day. Jail services are one of the largest parts of…
Detectives from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 30-year-old man from Boothbay, Joseph Pinkham, on Tuesday, Aug. 2 for possession of sexually explicit…
Lincoln County Emergency Management and Lincoln County Commissioners
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 2 agreed to buy a new countywide communications system. The system, a SELEX analog and digital site simulcast radio system that will be added to…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority is considering making a deal with Oxford County to house inmates.
Oxford County…
A dachshund was stolen from its home in Boothbay on Friday.
Christian Jewett, the dog's owner, said she arrived home after work around 4 p.m. on Friday and discovered that her dog, Delilah,…
Wiscasset District and Superior courts
The following are the closed cases in Wiscasset District and Superior Courts for the week of July 18-22. All information was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk. All sentences are served at Two…
No serious injuries were reported following a collision between a Land Rover and Ford Focus on July 25 in Boothbay.
Around 1:20 p.m., Benjamin Grant, 44, of Boston, Massachusetts was driving…
