NORTHPORT — Anne Adams Collins, of Northport, Maine, passed away August 23 at the age of 88. Anne was born in Belfast and raised in Farmington. After graduating from Farmington…
News
Snowmaking water system turned on to douse the fire
CAMDEN — A fire spreading near the top of Ragged Mountain in the early morning, Aug. 26, was discovered by a biker riding the trails. He called 911, Knox…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Juuly 27-31.
Belfast
Anna R. Stankiewicz to Benjamin…
ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Court from Aug. 17- 24.
Travis Bates, 22, of Waldoboro, probation violation on a prior case of violating condition of release in…
Mercury pollution extended along river from the head of tide near Bangor to Cape Jellison, Stockton Springs
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection filed a complaint Aug. 25 in Penobscot County Superior Court against Mallinckrodt US LLC (Mallinckrodt). The…
WINTERPORT — Michael Paul Trask, “Iron Mike”, 74, of Winterport, Maine, passed away on August 19, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. Mike was born on March 17, 1952, in Old…
ROCKPORT — Lloyd Roberts, 92, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, died on August 12 during the total solar eclipse, after having endured…
Nov. 3 elections
My name is Zach Schmesser, and I am running for Belfast City Council in Ward 2.
My wife and I have called Belfast home for eight years, and we’re raising our two children…
GARDNER, Massachusetts — Robert "Bob" Whiting Gifford II, 73, of Gardner, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at his home, with his wife by his side. Born in…
ROCKLAND – A Waldoboro man remains in jail after he was arrested Aug. 21 for allegedly robbing and assaulting a man for his medications in Rockland.
Rockland Police issued a news release…
Boothbay Railway Village Museum
The countdown is on to Saturday, Aug. 29 for Cocktails & Chrome, the Railway Village Museum’s 3rd annual event in support of the Museum’s “Driving History Forward” capital campaign for the…
ST. GEORGE — William Marion Roney passed away peacefully on June 9, 2026 at Maine Medical Center in Portland at the age of 85 with his wife and daughters by his side. William, most knew him…
UNION — Union firefighters, with the help of Washington firefighters, spent approximately half an hour working to extricate the single occupant of a Toyota RAV4 with out-of-state license plates,…
Aug. 27
ROCKPORT — A Damariscotta fuel company wants to site two 30,000-gallon propane storage tanks, and build a 40-foot by 60-foot (2,400 square feet) building for office and maintenance use, as well as…
EASTPORT — A controversial underwater artificial intelligence data center proposed in the Bay of Fundy, near Kendall Head off the northern coast of…
'Camden has a great municipal staff. I am going to miss them.'
CAMDEN — While she remains Camden's Town Manager until the end of September, Audra Caler is enthusiastic about filling her new post Oct. 1 as the …
VINALHAVEN — Alfred S. Osgood, “Al” or “Big Al,” 83, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Friday, August 14, 2026, at his home in Vinalhaven. In his family, in the commercial…
CAMDEN — Gresham Benjamin Williams, 50, of Camden, passed away on July 22, 2026, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was born July 15, 1976, in Camden, Maine, to parents Phillip Williams and…
ROCKLAND — Joy Early Gifford, 78, passed away peacefully with her husband by her side on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
She was born July 16, 1948, in Grenada, Mississippi, the daughter of the…
ROCKLAND — Enid Dana passed away peacefully with her daughters at her side on Friday, August 14, 2026, at Breakwater Commons where she had lived for the past three years. She had endured a long…
ROCKLAND — It is with deep love and sadness that we announce the passing of Janet (Plummer) Witherspoon, who peacefully passed away on August 18, 2026 at Sussman House Hospice in Rockland, at the…
UPDATE: Molyneaux Road has reopened to traffic.
CAMDEN — A large tree fell across Molyneaux Road in Camden near the intersection of Melvin Heights Road, closing that area to traffic.…
This Week in Lincolnville
Thirty-three years ago, I packed up most of my clothes, a few posters, my CD collection, and a new Lego set into the family’s white Nissan minivan for the trip south. Goodbye to Lincolnville…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Aug. 17-21. …
CAMDEN — Susan Jean Hickey, 67, passed away on Thursday, August 13, 2026, at Maine Medical Center surrounded by her loving family.
Susan was the daughter of Thomas and Carol Christie…
ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Court from Aug. 10-17.
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BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Aug. 9-20.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered innocent…
TENANTS HARBOR — Deborah S. Frieder, 78, passed away peacefully, Monday, August 17, 2026, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport. Born Deborah Lynn Simmons on December 3, 1947, in Rockland, Maine,…
CAMDEN — The Yarmouth Town Council appointed Camden Town Manager Audra Caler as its next manager at its Aug. 20 meeting,…
YARMOUTH — Philip Farrar Harris, 75, passed away on August 20, 2026, at the Coastal Manor in Yarmouth.
A graveside service with military honors will be held on Wednesday, August 26, 2026,…
BRISTOL — Lincoln County Sheriffs Office has released the names of the people involved in a plane crash in Bristol on Aug. 20, 2026; one occupant succumbed at…
Maine Bureau of Highway Safety 2026: Make Good Choices. Plan Ahead. Drive Sober.
The Maine Bureau of Highway Safety is supporting the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the national August Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over High Visibility Enforcement…
parade of sail, 5K Fun Run, pancakes, vendors, demos, music
The Camden Windjammer Festival returns to Camden Public Landing on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 4 - 5, 2026, inviting residents and visitors to celebrate Camden’s…
BRISTOL — A small plane enroute to Knox County Airport on Owls Head crashed in Bristol waters Aug. 20, killing a pilot.
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BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court.
Rebecca Loveland, of Searsport, and David Henderson, of Searsport, were married Aug. 9…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity July 16-19.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are…
THOMASTON — Margaret “Peggy” Lillian (Feyler) Libby, 89, passed peacefully Saturday, August 15, 2026, at home after a long and courageous battle with ovarian cancer.
Peggy was born in…
BELMONT — Lovena Morse, 75, of Belmont, passed away August 13, 2026.
A Memorial service will be held Friday, August 21, at 11 a.m., at Riposta Funeral Home,…
Maine Turnpike, with emphasis on construction zones
Maine troopers issue 83 citations during one shift of High-Visibility Traffic Enforcement Initiative
The Maine State Police, in partnership with the Maine Turnpike Authority and the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety, conducted a high-visibility traffic…
Thomaston, South Thomaston, St. George, Cushing and part of Owls Head
I am Rhiannon Hampson, of Thomaston, and I am running as a Democrat to represent Maine House District 43 (Thomaston, South Thomaston, St. George, Cushing, and part of Owls Head).…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Some electrical wires stretched along the ground, while others hung low from a primary utility pole in South Thomaston early Thursday morning following a single vehicle rollover…
WALDOBORO — Lawrence W. Kimmich, a long-time resident of Waldoboro, passed away on August 17, 2026, at Coves Edge in Damariscotta.
He was born in New Jersey to Otto and Elizabeth…
SOUTH THOMASTON — John James Gilliland, Jr., 90, a man with a twinkle in his eye, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on Thursday, August 13, 2026, at Sussman House in…
BELFAST — Maxine F. (Teeney) Curtis, 87, of Belfast, Maine, passed away peacefully at home on August 8, 2026, surrounded by her family. She was born in Brooks, Maine, on May…
The Rockport Town Office said Aug. 19 that the 2026-2027 mil rate has been set and it remains at the 2025-2026 rate of 13.65.
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On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at approximately 3:52 p.m., the Bangor Regional Communications Center received multiple calls regarding a tractor-trailer…
ROCKLAND – A Rockland man is being held without bail for violating the conditions of his previous bail set in July from a domestic violence case and a state order to undergo a…
THOMASTON — Austen Tyler Jackomino, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on February 19, 1990, to Kimberly Kramer and Robert Jackomino, spent his childhood and teen years immersed in the coastal waters he…
