Lincoln County News

WISCASSET : The Waldoboro couple accused in the April 19 murder of Rachel Grindal pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them Thursday in Lincoln County Superior Court.

ROCKLAND : Operationally, not much will change at the Knox County Jail as the Department of Corrections works toward a unified jail system.

Wardens are in Jefferson, along Damriscotta Lake in Lincoln County are looking for a missing canoeist.

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Jury Finds Former Physician's Assistant Guilty of Drug, Violation of Privacy, Theft and Prostitution Charges Jury Finds Former Physician's Assistant Guilty of Drug, Violation of Privacy, Theft, and Prostitution Charges June 18, 2009 Leanne Robbin, Assistant Attorney General 207-626-8581 Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced today that a Lincoln ...

WISCASSET : Former Physiciana s Assistant Richard a oeDika Brackett, 66, of Gardiner, was found guilty by a Lincoln County jury of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs , four counts of violation of privacy , engaging a prostitute , and theft by deception .

WARREN : Farmer candidate nominations will begin June 15 for local Farm Service Agency county committees, announced Trudy Soucy, USDA Farm Service Agencya s Knox-Lincoln County executive director.

WALDOBORO : Execution of a search warrant on Friendship Road in Waldoboro Friday resulted in the arrest of 48-year-old Geoffrey Merritt and the seizure of marijuana plants, psilocybin mushrooms, pills and cash.

WHITEFIELD : Situated along the banks of the Sheepscot River, the town of Whitefield is celebrating its 200th birthday this summer.

DRESDEN : The Lincoln County Historical Association has opened its three important historic properties for the 2009 season: the museum and old jail in Wiscasset, the Pownalborough Court House in Dresden, and the Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta.

A Waldoboro man died Thursday and two other men were critically injured in a fiery car accident on Route 235.

WALDOBORO : A late afternoon accident on Route 235 in Waldoboro resulted in a call for mutual aid and a LifeFlight helicopter.

ROCKLAND : The Knox County commissioners have organized two meetings to discuss the possibility of regionalizing services with area towns and neighboring Lincoln County.

Neil Simona s classic comedy a oeBarefoot in the Parka will be performed at Lincoln County Community Theater in Damariscotta this weekend.

DRESDEN : When you visit Pownalborough Courthouse in Dresden, on the banks of the Kennebec River, you step back in time almost 250 years.

ROCKPORT : Big Brothers Big Sisters of Midcoast Maine celebrated the end of the program year at the Penobscot Bay YMCA in Rockport on May 2. Awards were given for outstanding matches of the year in all three of the counties served, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo.

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Matchmaking can be stressful work. Will the two parties find each other attractive? How will financial expectations compare? Will the extended family get along? No one understands these stresses better than Jane Ham, director of the Maine Recruitment Center.

Sales for March were down 12 percent compared with a year earlier, according to the latest report issued by the Maine Bureau of Revenue Services.

ROCKPORT : Employees of The First Bancorp recently donated $608.81 to Coastal Family Hospice Volunteers in Rockport.