Todd and Kaitlyn Kelley, of Damariscotta, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Noah Eugene Kelley.

Mary Rafter, a 1999 graduate of Wiscasset High School will begin work at Wiscasset Family Medicine as a licensed Family Nurse Practitioner. “It’s like a dream come true. I always knew I wanted to come back to work in the community that was so nourishing to me. I am excited to help nurture the health of this community,” Rafter said.

Damariscotta Police Department responded to 156 calls including motor vehicle stops, arrests, calls for service, etc. during this one week period of time and reports the following activity:

Arrests/summonsAug. 27, Shawn Allan Arbogast, 20, of Damariscotta, was summoned to court for criminal threatening.

Somerville’s new mil rate of $22.50 per $1000 valuation appears to be up significantly over last year, but the increase is mostly due to an 18-month budget period to get the town on a July to June fiscal year, according to Selectman Chair Susan Greer.

An accidental malfunction of the electrical system in the home at 9 Chickering Rd. in Nobleboro appears to be the cause of the fire, which gutted the building on Sept. 16, according to Sgt. Ken Grimes of the State Fire Marshal’s Office.

Michael Price, 43, Dresden, guilty of operating under the influence, $500, license suspended 90 days, for an incident in Bath on Feb. 23.

Emily Jean Crider and Logan Kensell Krah, United States Marine Corps, were joined in marriage on August 10. The wedding and reception were held at the home of Eric and Darci Harrington, aunt and uncle of the bride.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Alna: Wiscasset & Quebec Railroad Company to Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum; Peggy S. Averill to Sumner A. Averill; Peter C. Christine to Kris Glenn Lowe Christine;

Step back in time with Friends of Merrymeeting Bay on their ever-popular historical tour of Swan Island Sunday, Sept. 22.

When young Jarrett Pinkham rode his bicycle down to the shoreline of the Sheepscot River, on Westport Island, Saturday morning, Aug. 24, he didn’t know he was about to find a safe that had been stolen from Bristol’s historical Colonial Pemaquid site on Aug. 17 or 18.

Ruth Etheridge of Village Travel in Round Pond has recently returned from a vacation in Ireland. After arriving in Dublin, she went north to Letterkenny and Churchill located in the County Donegal in northwest Ireland.

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Bryant of Damariscotta Mills are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter Lindsay Thereas Bryant to Luke Stephen Plummer of South Bristol. Luke is the son of the late Stevie Plummer and Lucinda House Plummer-Boyd.

Waldoboro Police report officers responded to 490 calls for service in this time period and include the following:

Arrests and summonsesSept. 1, Officer Jeffery Fuller summoned David Sanborn, 54, of Waldoboro for harassment.

A recount of the Wiscasset planning budget has confirmed its passage, again with one vote making the difference.