Wiscasset Town Planner Jamel Torres’ resignation was announced at the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen’s Tuesday, Dec. 1 meeting, and selectmen accepted the resignation with deep regret. Torres’ last day at the Wiscasset town office will be Dec. 15, according to his letter of resignation.

Wreaths Across America will begin its 700 plus mile journey from Harrington, Maine to Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va. on Saturday, Dec. 5.

The district attorney’s office has dismissed charges against a Damariscotta man who had been accused of a series of sex offenses against a teenage girl.

Approximately 20 people were killed and more than 100 held hostage in a terrorist attack that laid siege to the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital of Mali, for nearly 10 hours Friday, Nov. 20. For Alna native Amy Faulkingham, the attack was close to home.

Approximately 20 people were killed and more than 100 held hostage in a terrorist attack that laid siege to the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital of Mali, for nearly 10 hours Friday, Nov. 20. For Alna native Amy Faulkingham, the attack was close to home.

For the past 16 years, Joel Lind and his father, Gordon Lind, have replaced a Thanksgiving turkey dinner with chili and coffee from a food truck in New York City.

Nioka Pease and Justin Lorenzen, of Appleton, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Jenna Pease.

Lincoln Academy senior Cayleigh Hearth won first place in Division III at The National Association for Teachers of Singing competition on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Bates College in Lewiston.

The recently rediscovered remains of Wiscasset’s historic four-mast schooners Luther Little and Hesper reinitiated a decades-old dispute about the ownership of the salvaged remains. Jay Siegars, of Westport Island, was on hand at the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday, Nov. 17 to lay claim to the bow of the Hesper , which was recently unearthed at the town’s old landfill.

A 69-year-old Newcastle man has been sentenced to nine months in jail and six years of probation for sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl in 2013.

Troop 213 Life Scout Michael Benner, 17, of New Harbor, completed his Eagle Scout service project recently. Benner’s project was to beautify the grounds of the Wells-Hussey American Legion Post 42 in Damariscotta.

Hillary Thibodeau and Wayne Thibodeau, of Cushing, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Jacqueline Adele Thibodeau.

Jilian P. Noriega and Frank M. Noriega, of Bristol, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Cali Kalani Noriega.

The Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1:

ArrestsStacy Day, Alna, operating under the influence, Oct. 27.