Town Manager Laurie Smith will seek approval for a change in the retirement system for full-time employees of the Town.

John and Lynn Ring, a New Harbor couple who survived a March 9 fire that consumed their home, are inviting the community to a Sat., Oct. 15 open house at their new home.

The chairman of the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen presented to the town’s Boston Post Cane to Waldoboro’s oldest resident, Francis Golffing, during a brief ceremony at Golffing’s home Oct. 3.

Sponsored by the Nobleboro Historical Society, The Nobleboro Applefest had something for everyone Oct. 1.

The Wiscasset Police report the following activity from the previous week:

Sometime in the late 1980s, Jane Peabody bought a paperback copy of James A. Michener’s historical novel “Chesapeake.”

Police have charged a Lewiston man with murder in connection with the disappearance of Christiana Fesmire, 22, missing since July 1.

Wiscasset’s Schools Advisory Group for Educational Success, or SAGES, will hold a forum featuring both sides of the RSU 12 withdrawal debate Wed., Oct. 26.

The third annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest celebration was marred by tragedy Saturday afternoon when an accident claimed the life of a parade participant.

Maine St. Andrew’s Pipes & Drums will be the featured musical unit in the Giant Pumpkin Parade through Newcastle and Damariscotta on Sat., Oct. 8 at 2 p.m.

Chad Andrews, a Boothbay Harbor native and long-time patrol officer in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta, is, after six months as acting chief, Damariscotta’s chief of police.

The Waldoboro Police report the following activities from the previous week:

The Lincoln County Court remanded custody of a Whitefield man’s horse to the town’s animal control officer on Oct. 24. The horse’s owner is in jail awaiting trial for criminal threatening.

Dresden debated two proposed changes to the town government’s structure at a public hearing Oct. 17.