Following a joint meeting with the budget committee Dec. 2, the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen voted to hold a special town meeting Thursday, Dec. 11, asking the voters to purchase a new truck for the town’s public works department.

A gingerbread manhunt came to a head Dec. 17 when Waldoboro police officers, apparently in the right place at the right time, captured a confectionery fugitive escaping from Deb’s Diner in Waldoboro.

A Boothbay Harbor family lost their home and pets to a fire Christmas night. The community responded by raising $25,000 to help the family rebuild.

An Indiana man has been extradited to Wiscasset for allegedly posing as a Maine high school student on Facebook and convincing a Lincoln County minor to send him sexually explicit photographs.

Government Notices Bremen Bremen Clam Committee will meet with Department of Marine Resources on Wed., Dec. 17, 2014at 10:00 AM at the Bremen Town Center to Discuss Bremen’s Clam Ordinance Bremen Selectmen Will Meet at 4:00 pm on Dec. 18, 2014 to Discuss the Budget. Regular Meeting Will Follow. Bristol TOWN OF BRISTOL Nomination papers […]

In what could qualify as one of the shortest special town meetings on record, Wiscasset voters needed less than five minutes to approve the purchase of a new snow plow truck Dec. 11.

After serving the town of Wiscasset for 37 years, Sue Varney was honored Dec. 19 at the Wiscasset Community Center by the state of Maine, town officials, past town officials, former town employees, family members, her friends, and the people of Wiscasset.

A total of 189 households, most in the northern part of Lincoln County, were the first power outages reported as heavy rainfall and high winds blasted through the area Tuesday night. The outages were included in the 7:28 p.m. update from Central Maine Power. A Wind Advisory issued by the National Weather Service remained in effect until 11 p.m. as winds gusting to 50 mph were forecast to buffet Lincoln County.

Mobius Inc. Executive Director David Lawlor will retire Dec. 31 after almost 18 years as head of the Damariscotta nonprofit.

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.