Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity:

ComplaintsOct. 27, Officer Jennifer Mitkus took a complaint from a citizen of a woman panhandling at Rite Aid.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen set Wed., Nov. 18 as the date for a special town meeting to consider a proposed state mandated shoreland zoning ordinance and a second ordinance regulating local shellfish harvesting.

Absolutely perfect thick, green, bushy, beautiful balsam fir Christmas trees are coming up for sale at the Christmas Tree Bazaar Farm at 174 Back Meadow Rd., in Nobleboro.

Around the turn of the century, famed Adirondack boat builder J. H. Rushton bragged his rowing boats were tough.

“With good care, they should last over 20 years,” he advertised.

He was right.

When Mid-Coast Energy Systems Inc., began to receive more service calls than usual this fall, company co-owner and service manager Dave Gamage began to reorganize the service department to meet the demand.

Smart thinking and quick maneuvering by Captain Mike Tolley, of Waldoboro, saved the MV Harriette from being captured by Somali pirates on Nov. 2. The MV Harriette was 360 nautical miles east of Mombasa, Kenya when two skiffs filled with five to six pirates each attempted to hijack the 700-foot ship.

Children in K-8th grades sat quietly in the still, bright morning as the smoke from a burning American flag billowed into the sky above the Somerville Elementary School.

A former Newcastle resident, convicted of slaying his father and a former girlfriend, asked the Maine Supreme Judicial Court Monday to grant him a new trial.

The Fourth Amendment as it was written in the Bill of Rights protects citizens from unlawful search and seizure, yet many don’t see the challenges local law enforcement face as they investigate crimes.

On Nov. 3, Glenn A. Burns, 46, Thomaston, was found guilty of violating condition of release and received a $500 fine. The offense dates from Aug. 5.

Sheepscot Valley RSU 12 set Jan. 16, 2010 as the next district meeting for adopting a budget. The referendum vote to validate the budget will be Jan. 26, and it’s unlikely it will differ significantly from what was rejected earlier.

LeeAnna Hutchins took some World War II veterans to lunch Tuesday at the Cove’s Edge retirement facility. She thanked them for their service and told them it was an honor to be with them.

Superior Court Justice Andrew M. Horton postponed sentencing for former Boothbay Harbor physician’s assistant Dik Brackett Wednesday saying he wanted to consider a newly revealed health issue that might bear on his decision.

Tony and Cassandra Bickford announce with great joy, the birth of their daughter Charlotte Loren Bickford.