Deborah Nevers of South Portland and Richard Dinsmore of Wilmington, N.C. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Bridget Kimberly Rose Nevers to Peter Cyprian Rauscher, son of U. Kurt and Andrea K. Rauscher, of Bristol.

Joe and Katie Mitkus of Alna are pleased to announce the birth of their son Kobe Rocco.

The Cessna 172N aircraft involved in the deaths of three University of Maine fraternity brothers appears to have been damaged, just prior to the accident, when it collided with a privately-owned pickup truck on a Knox County Regional Airport runway.

Friends and peers remember Winton “Winty” Jacobs as a generous, jolly and polite man, and as a business and civic leader dedicated to his town.

Wiscasset residents and businesses can now recycle used vegetable oil for no charge, according to Ron Lear, superintendent of the Wiscasset Regional Transfer Station.

Student test results from Medomak Valley High School compare favorably with the rest of the state, when economic status is taken into account. That was the gist of a presentation by MVHS Asst. Principal Andrew Cavanaugh, at the Nov. 2 meeting of the Regional School Unit 40 Board of Directors.

Maine Senate District 20: Rep. Les Fossel, R-Alna, 255; Sen. Chris Johnson, D-Somerville, 208.

Fossel leads the race, 7311-7060.

Bremen firefighters responded to an early morning structure fire on Turner Road Saturday morning.

Damariscotta Police Department responded to 109 calls including motor vehicle stops, arrests, calls for service, etc. during this one week period of time and reports the following activities:

Arrests/SummonsesOct. 31, Kurt F. Magnusson, 64 of Bremen, was summonsed for speeding, 15-19 mph over the posted speed limit.

Katie and Adam West of Bristol are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Victoria West.

Second grade students at the Miller School in Waldoboro got more than exercise when they took a walk downtown earlier this month. They gained knowledge about their community and learned how to create a three-dimensional map of what they saw.

Buddy Robinson, 30, of Lewiston was found guilty in the July 2011 murder of Christiana Fesmire, after the jury spent a little more than an hour in deliberations. Fesmire’s parents live in Bremen.

The Waldoboro Fire Dept.’s response to a fire alarm call, Oct. 6, led to more than $14,000 in costs to the town.

The business manager of Waltz Pharmacy said she was heart-broken that the company was closing their last retail pharmacy in Waldoboro.