After 11 years with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and more than 30 years in Maine law enforcement, Detective Robert McFetridge has retired. His last day with the sheriff’s office was Nov. 5.

Government Notices Alna PUBLIC NOTICE – TOWN OF ALNA NOMINATION PAPERS As of Tuesday December 23, 2014, nomination papers are available at the Town Clerk’s Office for the following positions which will be vacated at the conclusion of the Annual March Town Meeting. That meeting will be held on March 20 and 21, 2015. Second […]

School officials in Jefferson are considering budget curtailments and possibly going to the voters in efforts to accommodate a roughly $216,000 unanticipated shortfall in the town’s K to 12 education budget.

A Newcastle man is hoping to open an auto repair and state inspection station on Vannah Road in Nobleboro this spring, and is working to get the necessary ducks in a row.

The Edgecomb Planning Board and town attorney Bill Dale were present at the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen meeting Monday, Dec. 29 to discuss issues that have embroiled the planning board and the town in legal complications.

A Newcastle man faces charges punishable by up to 30 years in prison for allegedly trafficking in the prescription narcotic Suboxone at his Academy Hill Road apartment this spring.

Municipal officers and court officials gathered at the Lincoln County Courthouse to celebrate Chester Fossett’s 44 years of service to Lincoln County on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Fossett has served as the Register of Probate since 1987, overseeing the operations of the Probate Court.

He leaves his post in January 2015.

An Edgecomb man has been charged with aggravated assault for allegedly striking a 20-month-old toddler in the face and breaking the child’s arm, according to a Dec. 12 Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office press release.

After four years and several revisions, the Wiscasset Airport Master Plan was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration in October. The master plan, a long-term vision for the airport, is fundamental to the airport receiving federal funds for needed capital improvement projects.

Wiscasset residents voted 367-133 to close Wiscasset Primary School in a referendum Tuesday, Dec. 9.

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.