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

Arrests and summonsesFeb. 9, Lt. Allen issued a summons to Laurent P. Blanchette, 23, of Biddeford, for possession of usable amount of marijuana on Federal Street.

Augusta police said they recovered a gun in a bus stop snow bank today they believe is linked to a shooting that sent a Whitefield man to the Kennebec County Jail.

Dresden selectmen heard from a local entrepreneur regarding remote heating system monitoring and approved an estimated budget figure for this year’s Winter Fest during their regular Monday night meeting.

The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen’s Feb. 23 meeting started on a somber note, as the board accepted the resignation of Selectman John Blamey.

The Newcastle Selectmen have asked the town fire company to provide detailed financial statements along with the department’s 2010 budget requests.

The request triggered some resistance from the private volunteer fire department.

When an 88-year-old man jumped off the Rt. 27 Southport swing bridge spanning Boothbay Harbor and Southport Island on the morning of Jan. 15, several minutes passed between an initial 911 cell phone call and the time First Responders arrived.

Lydia Anderson and Jonathan Bennett Sr. of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Jonathan Marshall Bennett Jr.

All it will take for Whitefield to acquire a new fire truck is $20,000 – plus a few repairs at the North Whitefield Volunteer Fire Dept. station to make it fit.

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

Arrests and summonsesFeb. 11, Officer Michel Dutil arrested Leo Barter, 38, of Boothbay, for operating after suspension.

Friday’s fundraising dinner at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Newcastle will help a group of Haitian refugees in the village of Gros-Morne that have fled from the devastation created by the Jan. 12 earthquake which flattened buildings and took the lives of more than a hundred thousand victims.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an advisory regarding a steady but light snowfall that began Wednesday morning in Lincoln County and other midcoast areas. While much of the state will see only a dusting, this snowfall seems centered right on the midcoast, and may leave 1-3 inches of accumulation, with peninsulas getting the lion’s share, according to the NWS. No high winds or extraordinarily heavy snowfall is forecast for this event, and there have been no school or business closings or cancellations.

Proud parents Aubrey and Rachel Alexander are pleased to announce the birth of a son, Simon Reid Alexander on Dec. 1.

A Richmond couple is currently in custody at the Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset on burglary charges as a result of a joint investigation by state and local law enforcement.

More than 176 souls gathered at St. Patrick’s Church in Damariscotta Mills Friday to pray and raise funds for the Haitian relief.