Wiscasset has announced its new town clerk.

Linda Perry, formerly Waldoboro’s town clerk, will assume the position vacated by Chris Wolfe on Aug. 3, Wiscasset Administrative Assistant Kathy Onorato said

A high-speed chase in Wiscasset that resulted in a month-long hunt for the man involved and additional charges when the man threatened the Wiscasset police chief while on bail came to an end in Lincoln County Superior Court Monday, July 20.

The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident on Lowelltown Road in Wiscasset the afternoon of July 9 didn’t see the stop sign on Willow Lane and drove into the path of another vehicle, according to Wiscasset Police Sgt. Kathy Williams.

A passerby spotted a lost bank deposit bag containing $550 in cash and facilitated the bag’s return to its rightful owner in Damariscotta June 26.

Close to 40 people attended a workshop meeting of the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen June 29 to discuss the failed budget for the office of the town manager, but after 90 minutes there was no clear consensus as to why exactly the budget failed or how to make it pass.

A solar system on your roof pays for itself by lowering your electric and heating bills. It also keeps dollars formerly spent on imported fuel in the local economy, creates good-paying jobs and reduces your carbon footprint.

LincolnHealth is exploring the possibility of building a $13 million family care center on its Miles Campus, a project hospital officials describe as equal in significance to the hospital’s construction.

Brandon L. Achorn, 29, Wiscasset, OUI (alcohol), May 24, $500.

A criminal case involving a robbery and burglary in Boothbay from over two years ago and a defendant who has already spent more than a year in jail after his bail was revoked is once again headed for trial.

A tractor-trailer being used to deliver vehicles to auto dealerships was disabled shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday, July 9 when its gas tank ruptured at the Irving gas station on Bath Road in Wiscasset.

Lincoln County’s full-time prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Andrew Wright, is leaving his position to open a private practice in Brunswick.

With little discussion, the Midcoast Economic Development District’s general assembly voted to dissolve Thursday, June 25 pending approval of the transfer of its federal economic development district designation to the Midcoast Council of Governments.

A new Family Dollar location in Waldoboro under construction since last year is slated to open on Thursday, July 30, according to Bryn Winburn, public and media relations manager for the company.

The Coopers Mills Volunteer Fire Department Association has worked toward the goal of constructing a new fire station in Whitefield’s Coopers Mills village for decades. The goal was within reach a few months ago but still beyond the budget constraints of the volunteer association.