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Maine's Yellow Flag law used to temporarily remove firearms
NORTHPORT — A Northport man was arrested after a shooting a firearm within his residence in the general direction of law enforement, according to a March 26, media report from Waldo County Sheriff…
Municipal budget Up 13.9 percent; County up 14 percent; school budgets up possibly 8 percent
ROCKPORT —The Rockport Select Board…
JUDGE SETS BAIL AT $50,000
SOUTH THOMASTON – A New Hampshire man remains in the Knox County Jail for allegedly pointing a gun at an officer in South Thomaston.
Dennis Duquette, 46, was charged with receiving…
SEARSMONT — Mary E. Merrifield, 67 of Searsmont, passed away unexpectedly after a brief illness on March 17, 2025 at PenBay Medical Center in Rockport, Maine. Mary was…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Feb. 17-28.
Belfast
B&B Belfast Homes LLC to…
Seek another public launch for those two weeks
UPDATE — Because another layer of permit requirements has surfaced, the plan to install new ramp infrastructure at Steambnoat Landing in Camden has been delayed until APril 28 through May 15…
ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified…
Edward C. Gagnon (Retired Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force) died March 20, 2025.
Fighter pilot, war hero, golfer…
Ed Gagnon lived a joyous life of service and amazing…
BELFAST — Dr. Betty Becker-Theye, 89, of Belfast, Maine passed away at her home on March 23, 2025.
A private interment will be held in the…
CAMDEN — Deborah A. Oliver, 66, passed away at home on Sunday March 16, 2025.
Born March 6, 1959 in Wilson Borough, Pennsylvania.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of…
ROCKPORT — Dorothy May McCormick, 92 of Rockport, passed peacefully at the home her beloved husband, Jack, built for her, surrounded by family on March 21, 2025.
Suzie, as she was known to…
ROCKPORT — Jean Eleanore Merrill was born on November 10, 1932, at Camden Community Hospital on 19 Mountain Street in Camden. She died on March 15, 2025, at the age of 92, in Rockport, at the…
Elizabeth “Betty” Swett Grinnell passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport, Maine. She was born in Mexico, Maine on October 21, 1924, to the late Fred and Hazel…
Washington election Friday, March 28
Two individuals are vying for one open Washington RSU 40 School Board seat in the March 28 municipal election: …
Washington election Friday, March 28
Two individuals are vying for one open Washington RSU 40 School Board seat in the March 28 municipal election: Robert "Bob" Jones and …
Medicaid, a federal health insurance program for low-income children and adults, is facing dual challenges at both the state and federal level.
Nationally, Republicans in Congress are…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), released the following statement in response …
Saturday felt like the first real day of Spring — it wasn’t exactly warm, but the sun was bright, and the breeze light. The last little bits of icy snow stubbornly hang on in the corners of…
ST. GEORGE — Occupants of a pickup truck fled the scene after the truck they were riding in struck a utility pole before coming to rest against a front corner of the house at 863 River Road, in St…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds March 17-21. …
AUGUSTA — On Thursday, March 20, Sen. Pinny Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, congratulated Anna Carpenter of Camden with a 2025 Legislative Memorial Scholarship. Carpenter is this…
ROCKLAND — Sharon L. (Gamage) Preston, 77, passed away at Pen Bay Medical Center on March 19, 2025, after a courageous battle with health issues.
Born in Rockland, Maine, Oct.19, 1947, the…
SOUTH THOMASTON — William “Billy” David Atwood, 86, of South Thomaston, passed to the arms of his Savior Jesus Christ on March 15, 2025.
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the…
JUDGE SETS BAIL AT $2,500
ROCKLAND – A Wiscasset man remains in the Knox County Jail after he was arrested for allegedly having a firearm in a Warren home.
John Andretta Jr., 36 was charged by the Knox County…
ROCKLAND — Fire in an unused grain silo in Rockland is under investigation by the Fire Marshal's Office, with assistance from Rockland police and firefighters.
Just before 9:45 a.m.,…
SEBAGO — Wayne “Butch” Farley, 85, passed away peacefully March 6, 2025, at Bridgton Hospital after an extended illness with his family by his side. Butch was born in Rockland, Maine, on September…
Includes one-time funding to pay health care providers for MaineCare services; protect forests from spruce budworm
Governor Janet Mills signed into…
HOPE — H. Wilbur Jacobs Sr., 87, of Hope, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
Wilbur was born in Hope on April 15, 1937, to the late George Edward Jacobs, Sr., and…
Update March 21, 2025: Due to lack of information provided by Knox County and the Knox Regional Communications Center, a March 18, 2025 meeting of Rockland city officials yielded no…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court March 14-19.
Derek M. Poulin, 34, of Fairfield, unlawful sexual contact in Freedom Sept. 1,…
Victim had yet to reach age 12 at time of assaults
PROSPECT — A Prospect man has been charged with three counts of gross sexual assault of a minor following investigation into a report of abuse. A…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Feb. 13-19.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Feb. 3-14.
Belfast
Lynn C. and James A. Crawford to…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity March 6-19.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered innocent…
Do you recognize any of these items?
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Department is seeking to unite the following unclaimed, abandoned, or otherwise found property with its rightful owner, releasing a list of the items…
Waldo County Sheriff Jason Trundy issued the following letter to the media and to Waldo County commissioners, state representatives and senator March 20, following a March 13 traffic stop in…
WARREN — Judith M. (Wood) Barter, 85, of Warren, passed away at Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport on March 9, 2025. Judy was born November 3, 1939, in Brockton, Massachusetts to Carl F. Wood and…
WARREN — Lois C. Silloway, 92, of Warren, passed away peacefully at Windward Gardens in Camden on September 9, 2024. Lois was born on February 28, 1932, in a country farmhouse in Monroe, Maine to…
The Rockport Conservation…
The following was submitted March 20 by Camden-Rockport School Administrative District 28 Superintendent Maria Libby:
A couple of weeks ago the school district received the…
Three transported to hospital for treatment
NORTHPORT — On March 19, at approximately 7:26 a.m., Waldo County Regional Communications Center received notification of a multiple vehicle crash on Atlantic Highway in Northport, according to a…
There will be a Community Conversation on Montgomery Dam and Waterfall on two upcoming Sundays, March 30 and April 27, at 2 p.m. each day. The sessions will be held at the Camden Public Library…
CASTINE — Following a national search, the Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees has selected Craig Johnson, an MMA graduate Class of 1991, as its new president.
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SEARSPORT — Lifelong Midcoast resident Peter Dennis Haddock passed away peacefully at his Searsport home on March 5, 2025, with his daughter, Jen Haddock, and…
ROCKLAND — In celebration of Earth Day, the City of Rockland will host its annual Rockland Harborside Cleanup on Saturday, April 26. The Cleanup is an opportunity to care…
THOMASTON — Lee-Ann Moore Upham, 80, of Thomaston, died March 14, 2025 at the Woodlands in Rockland. Lee-Ann was born December 17, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts to David P. Moore and Madeline…
SEARSMONT — Paul Nougaret, 71, of Searsmont, Maine, passed away on March 13, 2025.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Riposta Funeral Home in…
ROCKLAND — The Elks Lodge in…
