Tim and Adrienne Irons of Woolwich are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy Brayden William Irons.

Damariscotta’s Town Office was filled with local business owners and community members on Tuesday afternoon, as representatives from the Maine Development Foundation’s Downtown Center presented information on Damariscotta’s new designation as a Maine Downtown Network Community.

In light of the recent activity in the Atlantic Ocean, Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency wishes to review information on hurricane preparedness: 72 hour disaster kits, and hurricane warnings to our citizens.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office held their first in a series of three weekly “safety roadblocks” at the Bristol Mills fire station late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, Aug. 21-22.

Former Great Salt Bay School teacher Peter Simonds, 44, of Nobleboro was indicted in Superior Court on nine counts of unlawful sexual contact, and on 13 counts of unlawful sexual touching while teaching at the Damariscotta elementary school.

Whitefield Fire Chief Tim Pellerin fulfilled a requirement of the town’s recently enacted fire and rescue ordinance Monday when he reported to selectmen on inspection and maintenance checklists and draft leases for the three fire companies’ buildings and equipment.

Representatives of McDonald’s, Lil’ Mart and First Federal Savings, as well as state legislators, Wiscasset officials and other leaders in local business and politics gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Wiscasset Plaza Aug. 6.

Chief Bill Labombarde of the Waldoboro Police is asking for help from the community on a spate of burglaries that occurred on Aug. 4 off Rt. 32. He’s hoping the public has seen a suspicious vehicle or activity in the area.

Kyle DePietro and Angela Trombley-DePietro of Westport Island are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Elijah Kail DePietro.

On the southern edge of Little Pond, a popular trout and bass fishery off Biscay Road in Damariscotta, dozens of canoes have been stored just off the pond for decades.

At the recommendation of the Waldoboro Community Energy Committee, the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen voted to withdraw a recent grant application to fund placing solar panels on the roof of the Town Office.

The Westport Island Board of Selectmen have rejected a proposal to allow Island residents to register cars and boats at the Wiscasset town office

Wiscasset’s proposal offered the service on an emergency only basis.

The Maine State Warden Service has identified the victim of an ATV accident in Dresden Aug. 18 as 42-year old Michael Murphy, of Mashpee, Mass.

Archaeologists working near Pemaquid Falls have uncovered a 18th century home and blacksmith’s forge believed to have belonged to wealthy Bristol merchant and his family.