From my earliest days on this planet, I was well taught the universal Christian principle, “it is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Updated Dec. 23 at 3:00 p.m.
A panel of the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar’s Grievance Commission heard arguments Friday, Dec. 19 on whether Waldoboro attorney Philip S. Cohen should be disciplined for alleged rule violations.

A Warren man was indicted for aggravated assault by a Lincoln County grand jury Dec. 3 after allegedly strangling a woman and otherwise assaulting her in a car in Bremen Aug. 8.

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Newcastle Man Charged with Drug Trafficking Near a School

Indiana Man Extradited to Wiscasset for Alleged Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

Alna Man Arrested After Allegedly Choking, Pushing Relative

Warren Man Indicted for Alleged Strangling in Bremen

Edgecomb Man Arrested For Alleged Child Abuse

Wiscasset Police Seek Local Man Following High Speed Pursuit

Manhunt on Westport Island Leads to Arrest of Wiscasset Man

Damariscotta Police Investigate Church Street Burglary

Breast Milk Used in Alleged Aggravated Assault Attempt

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An inmate at Two Bridges Regional Jail is being charged with attempted aggravated assault for squeezing breast milk into a fellow inmate’s drink, knowing she was positive for Hepatitis C.

An Erskine Academy senior from Jefferson got an opportunity to wield executive power in November while he served as youth governor as part of the YMCA’s Maine Youth In Government program.

Rain and wind are still in the forecast, but the possibility of freezing rain and snow has been reduced or eliminated in Lincoln County, at least for the rest of Tuesday and into Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

The new bridge connecting Dresden to Richmond will open Friday, Dec. 5, eight months ahead of schedule, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony starting at 10 a.m.

Bristol Consolidated School hopes to acquire 11 acres from the town of Bristol to build a new softball field and otherwise expand its athletic facilities.

Santa Claus came to Wiscasset Community Center Dec. 13, to have breakfast with some of his young friends and their parents.

An Alna man is facing a felony aggravated assault charge after he allegedly pushed a female relative repeatedly and choked her twice during an argument in Jefferson Dec. 5, according to court documents.

ChristmasThe Lincoln County News will be closed Thursday, Dec. 25 due to the holiday. Any early copy will be appreciated.

Advertising deadline is Friday, Dec. 19, noon; News copy, Monday, Dec. 22, 2 p.m.

The jaws of life were needed to extricate a Nobleboro man from his vehicle after it had rolled on its side on Route 1 in Newcastle at around 2:25 p.m. Dec. 11.

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies get to be “kids again” in their Dine with a Deputy program.