The Gut in South Bristol will be subject to periodic closures to marine traffic in the coming months as Cianbro Corporation works to replace the swing bridge spanning the channel, according to the Department of Transportation.

Zachary T. Miller, 23, of Waldoboro, untagged lobster traps, $550 fine.

Governor Paul LePage has ordered state of Maine and U.S. flags on all public buildings and grounds to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, Oct. 7, in honor of Millicent M. MacFarland.

Melissa Sue Tilas, of Wiscasset, and Sumner Ames Averill, of Alna, were married Sept. 6, at the Damariscotta Lake Farm in Jefferson.

The top 10 individual Maine donors to state and national political campaigns represent just .001 percent of Maine’s adult population of about 1 million.

South Bristol officials and residents are devising a quick-fix plan to protect Clark’s Cove Pond after a dramatic drop in water level in recent weeks.

The Damariscotta convenience store Hilltop Stop has completed extensive renovations and opened a new dining room with seating for 23.

Before there was Donald Sussman, there was Margot Milliken.

Sussman has contributed $2,971,741 dollars altogether to liberal causes and candidates this election cycle, including giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to PACs that support abortion rights and women’s issues.

A new undertaking in Dresden called The Freedom Center is designed to provide support, build strength and hope, and help people who are struggling to become independent, according to Jan Burns, the center’s executive director.

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline reports the following arrests, summonses and accidents:

ArrestsAnthony Baker, 23, Union, theft by unauthorized use of property, speeding (30+ over the speed limit), eluding an officer and driving to endanger, Sept. 21.

The 2014 Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta drew banner crowds this year on Columbus Day weekend. Local police estimated the crowd at the Pumpkin Parade on Saturday alone as greater than 8,000 spectators.

A Waldoboro man is being held in lieu of $15,000 cash bail after he was arrested Oct. 2 on charges of gross sexual assault, attempted gross sexual assault, and burglary – all class B felonies.

A prominent Waldoboro attorney who pleaded guilty to lesser charges in July after he was arrested for alleged domestic violence assault in November 2013 had his deferred disposition in the case terminated Oct. 3.

My wife and I have so often been asked how we find some of the history items we write about. Well, the truth is we both never know when the next lot of old records or written articles will suddenly appear from out of the past.