Jennifer McKay and Benjamin Arsenault, of Waldoboro, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Christopher.

Lincoln Academy junior Bailey Plourde has become the first golfer in school history to win two state championships. Plourde shot a two-under par 70 on the Arrowhead course at Natanis in Vassalboro on a cool and windy Saturday to beat out the field of 42 qualifiers and win the 2015 Maine Schoolgirl championship.

In a 37-28 vote, Newcastle residents rejected an article that would have authorized the Newcastle Board of Selectmen to create a public works department at a special town meeting Monday, Oct. 19.

The artwork of a Waldoboro artist and veteran is currently on display in the Maine House of Representatives and the capitol’s education conference room.

A 39-year-old Owls Head man was sentenced Friday, Oct. 2 to four months in jail after admitting to harassing 11 girls by sending them messages on Facebook.

Gerald S. Anderson, 53, Waldoboro, commercial shellfishing without a license, first, July 29, $300.

A 38-year-old Rockland man has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and a year of probation for groping a 19-year-old woman without her consent in Jefferson on June 21.

Lauri Renee Pulsifer and Nathan Doe Lord, of Round Pond, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Josslyn Winter Lord.

She worked for Two Bridges Regional Jail before the building existed, as the jail authority’s first employee. She saw the jail through its construction, through the state’s effort to consolidate county jails, and through the recent legislative effort to unravel consolidation.

Trenton Owens of Wiscasset and Jennifer Owens of Wiscasset were granted a divorce on Aug. 27. They were married in York on Oct. 19, 2013. Name changed to Jennifer Sapphyra Couture.

The Columbia might finally be leaving Pemaquid Harbor.

Governor Paul R. LePage has ordered flags on all public buildings and grounds to be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset on Tuesday, Oct. 6, in honor of the victims of the mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon.

Brandon Betts, 18, Warren, operate vehicle without license, Oct. 3, 2014, dismissed; driving to endanger, Oct. 3, 2014, $575, license suspended 30 days; failing to stop for officer, Oct. 3, 2014, $400.

A 33-year-old Richmond woman has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing thousands of dollars from two Lincoln County women in spring 2014.