The MacDougal Park community garden has expanded to offer 11 rentable garden plots to community members for the 2026 growing season. The expansion is a result of a…
News
The City of Rockland adopted the Fiscal Year 2027 Municipal Budget during the June 22, 2026 City Council meeting. According to the City, in a news release, the Budget was adopted following…
Rodenticide usage for pest control is becoming rampant and has devastating impacts on wildlife, say those advocating for their discontinued use.…
June 25 meeting
Construction of two adjacent apartment buildings, each with 12 housing units, is being proposed for a parcel of land on Cross Street, near the intersection of Route…
The Friends of Sears Island (FOSI) and the Alliance for Sears Island (ASI) are…
CAMDEN — Sarah Jean Miller passed away at her home in Camden on June 15, 2026 after being ill with cancer for several months. Sarah was born on October 9, 1949 in Marshfield, Missouri and was the…
Special meeting Tuesday for Camden Select Board; no public mention of town manager's contract renewal
CAMDEN — The Camden Select Board has scheduled a special meeting for Tuesday, June 23. There is no packet, just an agenda that has several items, including a discussion about the interview process…
WARREN — Deborah Jo-Ann Winchenbach, 77, of Warren, passed away on April 13, 2026, at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick.
A graveside service will be held June 25, at 10 a.m., at Counce…
HOPE — Teresa Lorraine “Terri” Thayer, 66, passed away on Monday, June 15, 2026, at her home in Hope. Born in Camden, Maine, on May 8, 1960, she was the daughter of Francis and Lorraine Ott.
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ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds June 15-19. …
This Week in Lincolnville
This home where I grew up and continue to live is old. Not by any stretch among the oldest in this little town, and far from the finest, the most opulent. Just an old farmhouse and barn,…
Dana Ernest Jackson, born on March 31, 1961, in Bangor, Maine, passed away after a battle with cancer at the Sussman House in Rockport on the morning of June 18, 2026…
The Trask family Invites you
to a Memorial Gathering
For C. Brian Trask
To remember and celebrate his life.
It will be held on Mount Desert Island…
VINALHAVEN — The Maine Marine Patrol is investigating a fatality that occurred yesterday, June 18, 2026, when a crew member of the fishing vessel…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court June 10-16.
Mika Lagassie, 23, of Stockton Springs, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer in Belfast April…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity June 2-16.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity June 4-18.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction,…
BELMONT — Wayne L. Woodbury, 76, of Belmont, passed away on June 14, 2026, in Portland. He was born in Camden, Maine on March 8, 1950, the son of Lloyd and…
Pingree, Charles to face off for governor; Matthew Dunlap is Democratic nominee for District 2
The Elections division of the Maine Secretary of State's office completed ranked choice tabulations on five June 9, 2026 Primary Election races in the…
ROCKLAND — Timothy Donald Payson, 59, passed away on Chickawaukie Lake, Sunday, June 14, 2026, doing what he loved most – boating. He was born into a lobstering and boat building family February 4…
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, Belfast Police Department and the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office said June 18 they investigated and arrested individuals for drug trafficking in Belfast.…
CUSHING — Ramona E. Ryckman, 89, passed away peacefully at home with her daughter by her side on Saturday, June 13, 2026.
Born in Thomaston, on July 29, 1936, she was the daughter of Frank…
BELMONT — Ronald E. Murray, 85, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at Westgate Center in Bangor. Born April 1, 1941, in Brewer, he was the only child of Robert and Thelma Carpenter Murray. He…
ROCKPORT — Jean Winchenbach Winslow passed away January 13, 2026, four days before her 98th birthday, at Pen Bay Medical Center, after living in her own home.
She was born in Jamaica Plains…
ROCKPORT — Dr. Robert ‘Bob’ Rosenberg, 85, died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, including his beloved dog, Rocky, and the wonderful staff at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Tuesday…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rockland, Vinalhaven, and Matinicus Plantation are among 19 Maine organizations receiving a share of $16,201,188 to support…
NORTHPORT — The Northport Select Board has selected Reeves Gilmore as the recipient of the 2026 Northport Spirit of America Foundation Tribute in…
FRIENDSHIP — Jacqueline Mary Freitas was born to Joseph Freitas and Helen Gichun Freitas on May 17, 1948, in Woburn, Massachusetts. She passed away on June 11, 2026, at Miles Hospital in…
Spends an hour executive session discussing personnel issue
CAMDEN — Over the course of an hour June 16, the Camden Select Board elected Chris Nolan as chair and Ken Gross as vice chair; reappointed all town positions under…
How to support those affected by the Robbins Lumber fire: RELIEF FUNDS, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FUNDRAISERS
There are multiple upcoming fundraisers in the Midcoast for those injured at the May 15 Robbins Lumber fire. To learn how to contribute directly, scroll down for a…
Maine voters have become more familiar with ranked-choice voting since they adopted it statewide a decade ago. But Maine has never seen a…
ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Court from June 2-10.
…his outstanding achievements and honors he has brought upon their community
The Town of Union has selected John Shepard as recipient of the 2026 Union, Maine, Spirit of America Foundation Tribute for his…
honoring Paul, the life he built, the numerous footprints he left on our community
The Town of Union is dedicating this year's Town Report to Paul Gaudreau. The Select Board presented a framed copy of the dedication to Gaudreau's wife…
Every June, at the first meeting following annual Town Meeting, the Camden Select Board addresses its internal structure; e.g., who will be chair, who will be vice chair. It is also the meeting…
Can be renewed for six month intervals
NORTHPORT - Residents turned out in force at the Northport Town Hall meeting June 15, to overwhelmingly support the proposed moratorium on RV campgrounds, glamgrounds, and event centers. The event…
MIDCOAST —…
house destroyed, investigation continues
On Sunday, June 14, 2026, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Stockton Springs Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 23 Cross Lane in Stockton Springs that destroyed a…
WARREN — Robert George Weser, 77, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Born December 22, 1948 in New City, New York, he was the second of four boys.
When Bob was a child, the family…
Residents must attend to vote Monday, June 15
NORTHPORT — Residents of the town of Northport will have the chance to participate in the final vote Monday, June 15, at 6:30 p.m. on a…
ROCKLAND/ROCKPORT (June 15, 2026, 6:30 a.m.) —…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds June 7-11. …
"The Office of State Fire Marshal is saddened to learn of the passing of Wayne Woodbury, 76, on Sunday morning June 14, 2026 at Maine…
This Week in Lincolnville
What a beautiful week we have had in this little town on the coast of Maine. Bright sun, a bit of rain, fog rolling in off the bay in the morning, everything green and growing. Our summer…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court June 3-9.
Kenneth A. Fay, 69, of Stockton Springs, operating after…
ROCKPORT – Rockport Town Manager Jon Duke said Friday, June 12, that Interim Police Chief Chris Young is currently on leave from his position with the Town of Rockport.
…a patient survives because the Chain of Survival was successfully put into action
THOMASTON — During the June 8, 2026, Thomaston Select Board meeting, members of the Thomaston Fire and EMS Department were recognized with the Phoenix Award for their role in the successful…
Family-run eatery also features a cocktail bar at night
SEARSPORT—The tiny town of Searsport has undergone a revival in the last few years with the addition of a new brewery, a grocery store, a mercantile, and Hello Sailor's expanded space for a music…
