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Updated 12/23 at 7:15 p.m.
Crews from Central Maine Power are working in the dark of night under subfreezing conditions to return power to thousands of Lincoln County homes. The massive effort, with over 65,000 homes without power statewide, follows a slow moving storm that spread a coating of ice over the area during a 43-hour period.
Wiscasset’s Town Manager Laurie Smith will leave her post Feb. 7, 2014, to become Kennebunkport’s town manager. Smith submitted her resignation to the board of selectmen Dec. 10, and broke the news to town employees the next day during the weekly office meeting.
A Lincoln County grand jury has indicted a Boothbay Harbor man for allegedly burglarizing and stealing from a long list of area homes and businesses.
The Dec. 11 indictment charges Ronald G. Fuller, 63, of 57 Crest Ave., with 59 counts of burglary, theft and related crimes.
Updated at 2:17 p.m. Dec. 5. A well-known Waldoboro lawyer was arrested the evening of Dec. 4 for alleged violations of bail conditions, according to Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde.
A shrimp season will not take place in Maine this winter as regulators react to what fishery scientists call the collapse of the shrimp population.
Brian Aherne, 35, Boothbay Harbor, theft by unauthorized use of property, Oct. 20; operate vehicle without license, Oct. 20; burglary of a motor vehicle, Oct. 20; all transferred to jury trial.
Updated Dec. 31 at 2:00 p.m.
A fire that broke out in a home at 2844 Friendship Rd. in Waldoboro in the early hours of Dec. 27 destroyed the building, but a Waldoboro police officer helped get the single resident to safety, according to Assistant Fire Chief William Maxwell.
Updated Dec. 29 at 11:27 p.m.
Precipitation began in Lincoln County as rainfall along the coast and an icy mix inland as the latest storm arrived in the area during the afternoon hours of Sunday. Some areas of Lincoln County saw the precipitation change over to heavy, wet snowfall in the night-time hours, while other areas ended up with mixed precipitation, according to reports.
Pen Bay Healthcare announces upcoming holiday hours. Many Pen Bay physician’s offices will close early on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 and all are closed on Christmas Day, Dec. 25 and New Year’s Day, Jan. 1.
A Dresden woman was ejected from her vehicle and left with a leg injury following an accident on Route 128 in Dresden, which resulted in the vehicle becoming completely immersed in the Eastern River in the early morning hours of Dec. 13.
Wiscasset Police arrested 20-year-old Steven Peaslee on charges related to an alleged domestic violence assault Dec. 15.
A Damariscotta man credits the swift response of a Central Lincoln County Ambulance crew with saving his life Nov. 6.
Joining two other officers who resigned earlier this year over job uncertainty, Waldoboro Police Officer Tom Hoepner submitted his letter of resignation on Nov. 22.
Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline reports the following accidents and summonses:
