Lincoln County Chief Deputy Ken Mason has obtained enough signatures to appear on the ballot in Kennebec County, where he is running for sheriff as an independent.
Mason had been tapped by…
Police, Fire and Courts
Edgecomb has apparently won its contempt of court lawsuit against a Gleason Road property owner. Edgecomb Selectman Mike Smith announced on July 18 that a Wiscasset District Court judge ruled in…
Wiscasset Criminal Docket and District and Superior courts
The following information was provided by the Court Clerk of Lincoln County. Unless otherwise noted, all jail sentences will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Amanda Porch, 34, of…
Wiscasset District Court
Information on the following closed court cases were provided by the Lincoln County Clerk. All the sentences will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Errol Staples, 31, of Topsham,…
UPDATE: Two trucks and a car were involved in an accident shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 13 on Route 27 just north of Hammond Lumber.
Boothbay Harbor police and fire departments and…
District 6 District Attorney’s Office
District 6 District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau has been D.A. for the four-county coastal area, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo counties, for six terms, making him one of the longest…
On Saturday, July 9, at 5:55 p.m. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies and an animal control officer responded to Old County Road in Bristol on a report of a dog being shot. The dog’s owner,…
Emergency responders rescued four people after a 23-foot Sea Ox skiff struck rocks nearshore at Spruce Point just after midnight on July 9.
Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch said police…
What was feared to be a homemade explosive devise left at the town office Thursday morning, July 7 and forced the evacuation of the Woolwich Municipal Building turned out to be altered consumer…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is releasing a sketch of the suspect in the…
The Woolwich Town Office was closed and evacuated Thursday morning, July 7, after what appeared to be a possible explosive device was discovered at Nequasset Park, Selectmen’s Chairman David King…
Wiscasset Criminal Docket
The following individuals were arraigned on June 30 at Lincoln County District Court. The information was provided by the Lincoln County Courts. Arraignments are court appearances on charges.…
Lincoln County Commissioners
In a quiet Lincoln County Commissioners’ meeting after the holiday, Administrator Carrie Kipfer announced that the county employees raised $213 during a “Dress-Down Friday” fundraiser held for…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday identified the swimmer rescued in a…
Maine Business and Consumer Court
The civil suit over majority ownership of the parent company for McSeagull’s restaurant in Boothbay Harbor has been settled out of court, a lawyer for one of the parties confirmed June 29.
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Wiscasset District Court
David Clifford, 23, of Edgecomb pled guilty to one count of Sexual Abuse of a a Minor, Class D, and one count of Aggravated Furnishing of Scheduled Drugs. He received a sentence of two years, all…
A 51-year-old Alna woman was taken by helicopter to a Portland hospital Sunday after a power boat struck the kayak she was using in Nobleboro, Warden Chris Dyer of the Maine Warden’s Service said…
Thirteen months after a lost wheel grounded the Wiscasset Fire Department’s ladder truck during a training exercise, the vehicle is once again road-ready.
Fire Chief T.J. Merry told the…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
At 3:21 p.m. Friday, July 1, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported burglary and aggravated assault on Hinks Road in Jefferson. Upon units’ arrival, they found a 20-year-old…
On Thursday night, June 30, at about 7 p.m., Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies were called to investigate an apparent swimming accident at the Bristol Mills Dam in Bristol. Members of Bristol Fire…
Lincoln County District Court
The following are closed cases in the Lincoln County District Court for the week ending June 22, based on information provided by the court.
Christopher Joseph Salatino, 44, of Boothbay…
Theft, burglary, damage to fields
Maine State Police said June 29 that they charged two teenage boys with car theft, outlining an eight-car burglary spree that began June 21 with a 1979 Porsche 911 taken from the Foggy Bottom…
Motorcycles a husband and wife from New York state were riding collided on Edgecomb’s Route One June 22, Major Ken Mason, chief deputy for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, said Tuesday.
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Office of the Maine Attorney General
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills said she thinks the key to ending a “culture of violence against women” is to have women in key positions of authority.
“We need more women in law…
Lincoln County Courts
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Ken Hatch, who was arrested on two counts of the sexual abuse of a minor, a Class C felony, has been under investigation for about three months, according to…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority on June 15 chose a path it had never chosen before. It voted to give itself a budget more than $100,000 in the red.
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Deputy Ken Hatch of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Tuesday and taken into custody at Two Bridges Regional Jail on two charges of Sexual Abuse of a Minor, a Class C felony, Tim…
The Lincoln County Criminal Investigation Division is investigating four Boothbay burglaries that happened last weekend. Four motor vehicles on the Pension Ridge, Back Narrows and Hardwick roads…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office released the following statement Tuesday afternoon, June 21:
Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Ken Hatch is on administrative leave pending the outcome of a…
At about at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, 12 participants in an organized protest near Bath Iron Works were taken into custody and charged with the crime of Obstructing a Public Way, a Class E offense.
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Through an attorney, Nancie Atwell, founder of the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge in connection with an incident at Reny’s.
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Lincoln County District Court
On May 24, Christopher Gove, 23, of Damariscotta, was sentenced to eight years in the Department of Corrections, all but 18 months suspended, for a single charge of Burglary stemming from a June…
Lincoln County Probate Court
Until this year, most routine cases involving minor children in Lincoln County — adoption, custody, guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights, and so on — were handled by the Lincoln…
Lincoln County Superior and District Court
Benjamin Day, 39, of Woolwich was sentenced on a probation violation for OUI – no test, two priors. Day will serve three years, all but 75 days suspended, plus two years probation, pay a fine of $…
The town of Edgecomb is looking to resolve a longstanding land use ordinance dispute with a Gleason Road property owner June 28 in Wiscasset District Court. The town petitioned the court in April…
This article has been updated since its original posting.
A Boothbay woman was arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on May 24 for allegedly unlawfully entering houses…
On Monday, May 23, Heather O’Brien pled guilty to felony charges of theft and forgery for stealing over $1,000…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from May 16, to May 22, 2016
May 16
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Dozens of Maine police departments will begin a two week effort starting Monday, May 23 enforcing the state’s seat belt laws. Coordinated by the Maine Bureau of…
Boothbay Harbor
A roaming pit pull terrier mauled a 9-year-old golden retriever at Barrett’s Park on Sunday, May 15, according to the Boothbay Harbor Police Department.
Boothbay lobsterman Brady Pearce said…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from May 9 to May 15, 2016.
May 9…
The past week’s structure fires that gave three firefighters dehydration or other issues both happened on warm, sunny days. But according to area fire chiefs, fighting a fire can take a physical…
Lincoln County Emergency Management
It's springtime in Lincoln County, but in a matter of months, it will be winter again, and Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency Director Tod Hartung wants everyone to be prepared.
Not…
A wind-fed fire claimed a cottage on Johns Bay in South Bristol Saturday morning, the town’s fire chief said. About an eighth of an acre of grass also burned. However the wind’s direction, blowing…
Wiscasset Police Department
Wiscasset police identified the victims involved in the fatal car crash that occurred on Friday, May 13, on Route One just at the Woolwich line near Montsweag Brook.
The driver of the…
One person was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle, head-on crash on Wiscasset’s Route 1 near the Woolwich line Friday, Interim Wiscasset Police Chief Jerry Hinton said. The person who…
Unified Criminal Court
The Lincoln County Grand Jury rose on May 10 and 11 and handed up several indictments, which are charges, at the Lincoln County Courthouse. According to court documents:
Breton L. Berry, 53…
The cause of a fire that took down a beloved local home in Newcastle May 12 is undetermined, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Investigator Mary MacMaster said that’s how she’ll…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
During a meeting of the Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority, an agreement to enter into an 18-month contract with Waldo County was unexpectedly the subject of a sharp division between those who…
The following listing was provided by the Lincoln County Superior and District courts.
Travis Burnham, 31, of Boothbay, was fined $500 for OUI (alcohol), and for failing to notify of a motor…
