School and town officials on the Sheepscot River peninsula concerned about education funding cuts gathered at the Edgecomb Town Hall Tuesday night.

The Wiscasset Police report the following:

IncidentsOn Nov. 17, Lt. Allen assisted business with escort on Rt. 1, received complaint of theft of a firearm on Rummerill Road, stopped vehicle for traffic offense on Lowelltown Road, and investigated juvenile problem at the high school.

For the record, Rosie, a year and a half old Aussie Shepherd dog, is fine after going for a ride on the waves.

Patricia’s Closet, Damariscotta’s source for intimate clothing and accessories, has announced that the company’s retail location, at 74 Main Street, will be closing its doors at the end of December.

Wood left behind by crews working to clear power lines belongs to the owners of the property on which the limbed and cut trees grow, according to the Central Maine Power Company.

Downeast Energy’s Hallowell office traditionally gets into the holiday spirit by holding a Yankee swap with employees. This year they decided to extend their generosity to a community family.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Finn and Robin Schnur, Chicago, Ill., announce the birth of their son, Ulysses Caughren Finn on Dec. 13, in Chicago.

The Wiscasset Water District wants the town to join in a three-party effort to overhaul the sewer system, water system, storm drains and paving on Main St. and Federal St. Water District officials gave a presentation to the board asking for the town’s participation during the regular Tuesday night Board of Selectmen meeting.

Central Maine Power Company (CMP) is getting ready for a winter storm forecast to come through the area Wednesday.

This fall, a family and some local volunteers came together to keep a roof over an elderly Dresden man’s head.

Doug Harrington and his wife, Beatrice, moved to Dresden in the late 1960s.

The former Bridge Academy in Dresden, which is now a library, renewed their permit to discharge into the Eastern River. According to Dresden selectman John Ottum, the library discharges about 500 gallons of wastewater into the river each year, an amount that is considerably less than the average house. It is relatively clean, he said, as the waste is treated and filtered before it goes into the river.

Army private and Yankee fan Nick Slauenwhite has a new appreciation for the Red Sox after a personal encounter with Curt Schilling while coming home for Christmas from basic training at Fort Sill, Okla.

A hot water pipe bursting and soaking much of the Wiscasset Police Dept. over the weekend will not deter officers from enforcing the law, said police administrator Lt. John Allen.

Ethan Nichols of Boothbay Harbor and Rachel Nichols of Boothbay were granted a divorce on Nov. 2. They were married in Boothbay on Oct. 18, 2002. Shared parental rights of one minor child.