Pepper spray was needed to apprehend a Wiscasset man from the waters of Back River off Westport Island on Sunday, Dec. 14, ending a four-hour manhunt that involved the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Westport Island Fire Department, Wiscasset Police Department, and a K-9 unit from the Kennebec Sheriff’s Office, a LCSO press release said.

Joshua D. Carver, 31, Westbrook, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, April 24, 2012, Department of Corrections 20 months, probation revoked.

The Bristol Harbor Committee and Board of Selectmen are trying to solve the puzzle of removing the fishing vessel Columbia, which has been moored in Pemaquid Harbor for over a year.

A sudden onset of freezing rain in Jefferson the morning of Nov. 30 caught road crews off guard and led to dozens of accidents and slide-offs, including one of the town’s fire trucks sliding off the road, according to state and local officials.

Updated Dec. 26 at 3:20 p.m.
An online fundraiser set up by a relative of the Boothbay Harbor family whose house was destroyed by fire on Christmas night has already met and surpassed its $10,000 goal.

Hall Burial Grounds, part 2The first article on the Hall Burial Grounds discussed patriarch Elijah Hall, his wife, Dorothy (Winslow) Hall, and several of their children, whose headstones are located on the left side of the cemetery. This article focuses on those children and their families who are buried on the right side of the cemetery.

Damariscotta Police Chief Ron Young announced the hiring of Joanna Kenefick, of Washington, as the Damariscotta Police Department’s new administrative assistant, during a Damariscotta Board of Selectmen meeting Dec. 17.

Schools officials reported a better outlook regarding Jefferson’s anticipated budget shortfall in a meeting with the town’s selectmen Dec. 15, and both bodies opted to continue a wait-and-see approach on the issue.

Consolidation of grades K-6 into a single building and the search for interim Superintendent Lyford Beverage’s replacement dominated discussion at the Wiscasset School Committee meeting Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Despite inclement weather Dec. 9, Wiscasset residents turned out in force to overwhelmingly vote in favor of closing the Wiscasset Primary School, 367-133.

Bristol and Newcastle pumper trucks released the waters that Damariscotta Fire Department’s new Engine 3 roared through during a wet-down ceremony at the Damariscotta firehouse Saturday, Dec. 6.

Robert and Margaret Baker, a Newcastle couple who passed away just days apart in late November, were people who gave both of themselves and their wallets to benefit Lincoln County towns in a number of ways.

A Brooklyn, N.Y. woman pleaded guilty to felony charges of importing and trafficking heroin Oct. 30 and was sentenced to four years in prison.

The complaints of Edgecomb couple Michael and Kate Kastelein against a dog kennel that moved next door in August has culminated in a superior court complaint.