Authorities are investigating what may have been a suspicious fire in a Dresden home the morning of May 7.

Paul E. Thiesen of California and Zakia A. Thiesen of Waldoboro were granted a divorce on March 1. They were married in San Diego, Cal. on April 6, 2011. Shared parental rights of one minor child.

The Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Board of Directors has approved weekly early release Wednesdays for teacher professional development in the 2013-2014 school year.

Nancie Atwell began her teaching career in the early 1970s at the Boothbay Harbor Grammar School, later at the Boothbay Regional Elementary School. The founder of the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb and the seventh and eight grade teacher for reading, writing and history will retire next month.

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

Arrests/SummonsesApril 24, Brooke D. Cotter, 39 of Damariscotta was summoned to court for operating after suspension and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident.

Maine State Police are planning additional patrols and several special enforcement efforts beginning Friday for the long Memorial Day weekend.

Residents of several roads in Bristol can expect construction to begin soon as a local contractor prepares the roads for paving later in the season.

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Olson of Waldoboro announce the engagement of their daughter Abigail Olson to Alexander Braley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Griffith Braley of Damariscotta.

Hanley’s Market, the convenience store, gas station and takeout eatery at the intersection of Routes 129 and 130 in Bristol, has a new owner.

A Damariscotta woman pleaded guilty this morning to the November 2012 assault of her 9-month-old daughter and will undergo counseling and face possible jail time.

Karena Parker, 35, Waldoboro, trafficking in prison contraband, 45 days in jail, two years probation; violating condition of release, 45 days in jail.

Damariscotta Hardware held its first Ladies Day on April 20.

“We’ve had Ladies’ Nights for four years,” said Susan Geyer, “and we had to take reservations for those events and turned away a lot of people. We thought it was time to do a full day event.”

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Detectives have arrested a Boothbay man in connection with a home invasion that took place on Barters Island in Boothbay March 17.

A man sustained minor injuries in a two-car accident at the intersection of Belvedere Road and Route 1 in Damariscotta the afternoon of April 22.