Shortly after Tawsha Hisler moved her Waldoboro business from Washington Road to Friendship Street, she and her mother, Karen Hutchins, had a conversation about the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

Chris and Elizabeth Walker of Scarborough are pleased to announce the arrival of their baby daughter, Rose Bresca.

The Nobleboro Board of Selectmen and the board of directors of Alternative Organizational Structure 93 have written to the Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen, protesting the assignment of two high-school aged, out-of-district students to Nobleboro, for the purposes of charging tuition to Lincoln Academy.

In a relatively short meeting Dec. 10, the Newcastle Selectmen decided to “put out the surplus fire truck for closed bid,” and accepted a quote for chimney repair at the Fire House on River Road, Chairman Brian Foote said Dec. 11.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office has identified 70 year old John Ring and his wife, Lynn Ring, 69, as the couple stricken by a structure fire in Bristol Dec. 9.

An increasingly warmer ocean may mean continued reductions in the amount of shrimp Maine fishermen are allowed to catch and leaves regulators and those in the fishery wondering what the future holds.

Parents Jean and Richard Brewer Jr., of Damariscotta along with Babette and Derwin White, of Jefferson, proudly announce the engagement of their children Brittany Brewer and Benjamin White.

The board of directors of Regional School Unit 40 extended Supt. Susan Pratt’s contract and give her a 2.5 percent raise Dec. 20, when they came out of a lengthy executive session at the end of a three-and-a-quarter hour meeting.

Linda Pierce-Morin of Bristol and Robert Morin of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca, to Lee Emmons, son of Holly and Bob Emmons of South Bristol.

The students of Public School 104, the Far Rockaway school that received hurricane relief supplies from Lincoln County, thanked local organizers with colorful, handmade cards.

Damariscotta Superintendent of Roads, Buildings and Grounds Steve Reynolds made his biannual report to the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen at the board’s Dec. 5 meeting.

One person is dead and another has been transported to Miles Memorial Hospital following a structure fire at 16 Oceanside Lane in Bristol, according to Maine Dept. of Public Safety Spokesperson Steve McCausland. Further information about the victims, the fire and access to the area have been restricted pending an investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office.

State Police say skeletal remains found in Lisbon Center on the afternoon of Dec. 3 may be those of Christiana Fesmire of Lewiston, who has been missing since July of 2011.

Damariscotta town officials are asking motorists on Chapman Street and Church Street to slow down and adhere to speed limits in the otherwise quiet neighborhood.