Emily (Railsback) and Anthony Bova are so excited to welcome the birth of Gabriella Rose.

The Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association is pleased to welcome local Edgecomb author, Leah Wait who will present “Wiscasset, from American Revolution to Civil War” on Wednesday, April 10 at the SVCA office, 624 Sheepscot Rd. in Newcastle, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Waldoboro Planning and Development Director and Code Officer Bill Najpauer will leave that position May 20, after accepting an offer to serve as Rockport’s Planner and Community Development Director.

Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity:

Complaints and investigationsMarch 25, Officer Jacob Grinnell conducted a 911 check on Barstow Road.

Christopher Walkup and Shelly Petrovitz, of Hope, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Violet Grace Walkup.

Nearly a dozen of the state’s top environmental groups turned out at a legislative hearing April 4 to urge the state to revive its plan to help Maine adapt to a changing climate.

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.

A Washington man has been arrested in both Lincoln and Knox counties, after an incident at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro.

The Regional School Unit/Maine School Administrative District 40 Board of Directors has decided to return to the table with the Many Flags/One Community project, at the end of a three-and-three-quarter-hour meeting, April 11.

A meeting between the Jefferson School Board and the municipal budget committee, originally set for February, has been rescheduled.