The Newcastle Board of Selectmen appointed Kenneth Vinal to be the Newcastle code enforcement officer and licensed plumbing inspector during a meeting Monday, Jan. 12.

The Edgecomb Board of Selectmen discussed legal options for dealing with an Edgecomb property owner allegedly in violation of a 2013 consent order at their Dec. 29 meeting.

Government Notices Bremen TOWN OF BREMEN Planning Board Meeting January 13, 2015 at 7pm Bremen Town Office New Business: Kenneth Shapiro Submission of Proposal to Board Old Planning Board Business: Ahlgren Shoreland Stabilization project information Review Devlin Application Comprehensive Plan 6pm Jefferson TOWN OF JEFFERSON MEETING NOTICE There will be a Budget Committee Meeting on […]

Snowfall will get heavier and winds higher during the overnight hours on Friday as the most recent storm chugs out of Lincoln County by mid-morning on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

A 13-year-old Jefferson boy was issued a summons for allegedly terrorizing another 13-year-old boy Jan. 20, according to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lt. Rand Maker.

Snowfall is forecast to move in slowly during the overnight hours, leaving several inches of accumulation by daylight on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The storm is forecast to intensify during the morning hours and through mid-day, with warnings of snowfall rates in excess of one inch per hour, and northerly winds at sustained speeds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph.

Somerville voters will decide whether to transfer $252,000 from the town’s general fund to several reserve accounts and whether to approve two new ordinances at a special town meeting scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 7.

Alna game designer Aaron Weissblum has two new word games available as apps for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.

Hundreds gathered for the memorial service of Wiscasset Police Department reserve Officer Donald “Donnie” Smith Jr. Tuesday, Jan. 13 at the Wiscasset Community Center.

Lincoln County officers were officially sworn in Friday, Jan. 2 by Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, in a ceremony at the 1824 Lincoln County Courthouse, before a state senator, county employees, town officials, family, and friends.

Updated Jan. 8 at 8:50 a.m.
A Round Pond woman has been transported to the hospital after she turned into the path of a Pepsi delivery truck, causing a collision on Route 1 in Edgecomb at approximately 11:30 a.m.,

Wednesday, Jan. 7.

A Newcastle woman and a Nobleboro woman face charges of oxycodone possession after their arrest at Mr. Mike’s in Damariscotta near midnight Monday, Jan. 26.

A Wiscasset man who led deputies and firefighters on a chase into the frigid waters of Back River Dec. 14, 2014, is free after 23 days in jail.

No one was injured when a residence at 34 Bradley Shore Road in Bristol was struck four times during a drive-by shooting at approximately 10:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 25.