Lincoln Academy Performing Arts Dept. filled the foyer at Skidompha Library April 7 with lively music and deliciously displayed desserts.

Waldoboro Police and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with the arrest of Dale Griffin, 42 and Michelle Knowlton, 39, both of Waldoboro today.

After a brief physical confrontation, Damariscotta police officers arrested a Damariscotta man caught burglarizing a Pleasant Street home April 4.

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

Arrests/SummonsesApril 4, Officer Jeremy Joslyn summonsed Becky Condon, 21, of Warren for attaching false plates, proof of insurance, and operating after suspension.

The Damariscotta Police Dept. is declaring victory in the case of an April 8 theft of $1200 in quarters from the Biscay Road residence of Kevin and Rhonda Benner.

Jeremy Hallowell and Gretchen Libby of Somerville are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Piper Rayne.

Damariscotta Police Chief Steve Drake is on indefinite paid administrative leave.

Damariscotta Town Manager Greg Zinser put Drake on leave late April 6.

Drake left a meeting of the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen earlier April 6 during an emotional exchange with town officials and citizens about the Damariscotta Police Dept. budget (see “24/7 coverage at issue in DPD debate” in this issue).

Damariscotta Police Chief Steve Drake is on paid administrative leave, Town Manager Greg Zinser said April 8.

Nathan Herald, of Damariscotta, was apprehended by Sgt. Chad Andrews and Officer Aaron Beck at approximately 1:30 a.m., April 4, when a resident called that he was going through their vehicles.

Though it was a light week for arrests and citations, Lt. John Allen and the Wiscasset Police Dept. received praise for the handling of a missing person incident from resident Constance Schulman.

Newcastle’s legislative delegation and municipal government came to the defense of former U.S. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, a former resident of Newcastle, this week.

A short in the electrical system that controls the emergency lights at the Somerville School caused the smell of smoke to fill the building around 4 p.m. on April 13.

Damariscotta Selectman David Atwater proposed deep cuts to the Damariscotta Police Dept. budget at an April 6 meeting of the Damariscotta Board.

In comments he described as “tongue in cheek,” Rep. Jon McKane (R-Newcastle) weighed in on the controversy surrounding the recently removed 36-ft. wide mural from the state’s Dept. of Labor building in Augusta.