The Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity:

ArrestsNichole L. Brackett, 29, Newcastle, burglary of a motor vehicle, Sept. 26.

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.

Maine’s The Donald may not have the ego, the comb-over or the politics of Manhattan’s, but when it comes to being a player, our Donald is as big in Maine as Trump is in New York.

A Dresden woman who allegedly drove away in a Jeep Grand Cherokee while another woman and her child were leaning into the front passenger seat, injuring the 1-year-old boy, has been indicted on felony charges.

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 property owners on Redskin’s Drive have sent a letter to the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen requesting to change their private road name from Redskin’s Drive to Micmac Drive.

The rain on Sunday, Sept. 21 stopped just as The Touch a Truck event began and nearly 500 people poured into the Wiscasset Speedway throughout the day to support the event, which raised $10,000 for the March of Dimes and Coastal Kids Preschool.

Janice Bachelder, 36, Edgecomb, class B receiving stolen property, class D hindering apprehension or prosecution, class D refusing to submit to arrest.