A Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy is out of work after sustaining an injury while restraining a nude male pedestrian in Edgecomb on Monday, June 30.

In 1987, when classic films like “High Noon” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” were being colorized and their directors were powerless to stop it, one Congressman stood up against these alterations. His name was Robert J. Mrazek. That year, when Fred Zinnemann, the director of “High Noon” and Mrazek’s favorite director, came to visit him, Zinnemann asked for Congressman Mrazek’s help to stop these changes.

Ethan A. Knight, 18, Bristol, commercial shellfishing without a license, first; $316.

Parked in the parking lot of Wiscasset High School July 24 was a school bus lettered, “Wiscasset School Department,” a visible sign Wiscasset was once again a stand-alone school system.

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has arrested a 28-year-old Newcastle woman for allegedly trafficking heroin.

Government Notices Alna TOWN OF ALNA Snow Plowing Bids The Town of Alna is accepting bids for a snow removal and sanding contract for up to fi ve (5) years. Contract will be effective beginning this winter, October 2014 through April of 2019. The Town of Alna will supply the sand and salt. Total Mileage […]

Regular passenger train service returned to Newcastle for the first time in 55 years when two different lines of the Maine Eastern Railroad stopped at the freshly painted depot to let off passengers throughout the day July 4.

A Wiscasset man and an Augusta man face charges after allegedly burglarizing a Whitefield home and stealing $20,000 in cash and a shotgun in March.

With an increase in seat belt violations during the last several weeks, Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline reminds motorists to abide by Maine’s seat belt law. The Wiscasset Police Department has a zero tolerance policy for seat belt violations and warns motorists to “click it or ticket.”

Chief Cline reports the following arrests and summons:

Arrests Harry Hilton, 60, Wiscasset, tampering with a victim, July 3.

A Special Weather Statement issued by the National Weather Service warning of “strong thunderstorms” forecast to impact Lincoln County expired at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday without any significant weather impacting the area. However, rainfall and thunderstorms still affected some areas of Lincoln County during the evening hours.

The Westport Island Board of Selectmen received two bids for paving the town office parking lot and a small portion of the Fowles Point Road.

CLC YMCA Board of Directors President Dennis Anderson announced on Monday that the CLC YMCA has received a substantial gift to be used for the construction and maintenance of a new swimming pool at the Damariscotta facility.

The Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education group will be meeting on Tuesday, July 29 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wiscasset Community Center. The featured topic and guest speaker will introduce using essential oils as a Lyme disease treatment protocol.

The Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit has arrested a Newcastle man for allegedly possessing child pornography.