A lieutenant with the Cumberland County Jail was indicted March 10 on five class B felony theft charges in what police are calling a case of elder abuse against his own father.

The recent donation of 28 acres of woodland and a 1.9-acre island means the public will have its first access in Bremen to Pemaquid Pond, according to Steve Laurich, chair of the Pemaquid Watershed Association’s Lands Stewardship Committee.

South Bristol’s town meeting warrant had 42 articles, but voters only needed an hour and a half to make decisions for the town’s 2015 year.

Snow has taken another building, as a barn on Cowshit Corner in North Newcastle has partially collapsed.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch in advance of several weather systems forecast to affect Lincoln County through the weekend. Precipitation is forecast to begin early Saturday morning as rain or sleet and then develops into snowfall later in the day, continuing through Sunday as snowfall, according to the NWS.

A Lincoln County grand jury indicted a Waldoboro man on a number of charges March after, according to police, he allegedly grabbed a baseball bat and threatened to smash a woman’s face before smashing a number of items in a Back Cove Road home.

Police are looking for two New York men in connection with an investigation into the reported kidnapping of a Waldoboro woman and her son from their home the night of Feb. 25.

Bremen’s annual town meeting is coming up on Saturday, March 28, and voters will decide on proposals for a reduced municipal budget of $814,088 and a slightly increased secondary education budget of $477,082.

A 32-year-old Bristol woman pleaded guilty to felony theft charges Feb. 26 in connection with her theft and resale of two firearms in spring 2014.

A Waldoboro man who told police he was the victim of a robbery in Damariscotta faces charges after an investigation revealed the robbery never happened.

Nearly 15 percent of Maine’s population lives with food insecurity, keynote speaker Mark Winne told attendants of the “Local Food, Local Hunger” community forum.

Government Notices Bremen TOWN OF BREMEN Planning Board Meeting March 10, 2015 at 7 p.m. Bremen Town Office Applications: 1.Gordon Libby Forest Products Sub-Division Application M10,L1 2.James McKinney M4,L65-E New Business: 1.Proper response to persons asking for info and advice without a permit application. Old Business: 1.Review Devlin Application 2.Michael Clark, Muscongus Pier Replacement Bristol […]

The ALLPLaY Family Entertainment Center in Waldoboro is up for sale just over a year after its owners bought property to build a second location in Belfast.

A Newcastle retiree faces a felony charge after allegedly brandishing a large knife and threatening to kill a sheriff’s deputy in his apartment Jan. 10.