BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court.
Erin Peak, of Belfast, and Brandon Peak, of Belfast, were…
Police, Fire and Courts
Rockland Police are attempting to identify the driver of a blue SUV, which was involved in a hit and run accident Jan. 29 in Rockland at the intersection of Broadway and Park Street at…
'We hope to have route one reopened by 8 PM'
WALDOBORO — A tractor trailer truck didn't quite make it up the steep Route 1 hill in Waldoboro, Friday afternoon, Jan. 30, 2026.
As the truck headed south out of town, the truck's cab…
BELFAST — The following indictments were handed up by a Waldo County grand jury Jan. 22-23.
Clyde E. Potter, 40, of Wiscasset, two counts of…
iPad, passport, keys, jewelry.....
The Camden Police Department is…
ROCKLAND – The following cases were handled in the state court in Knox…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Jan. 12-16.
Belfast
Sophia…
HOPE — Given the route of entry into a ditch behind a guard rail on Main Street, in Hope, no speculation was voiced as to how the car would be removed. Bystanders to the…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 19-23.
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BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Jan. 14-19.
Ryan C. Hast, 38, of Morrill, four counts of theft…
BELFAST — Police reported the following activity Jan. 9-20.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are…
ADDITIONAL ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED
ROCKLAND – A Bangor man was arrested by Rockland Police following a search warrant in Rockland's south end after a monthlong investigation into drug trafficking, according to a news release by the…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Jan. 4-20.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction,…
ORONO — The Maine Warden Service, along with trained searchers from the Maine Association of Search and Rescue (MASAR), are searching for missing man in Orono.…
ROCKLAND – A Hope man who is accused of breaking into the Rockland Café on Main Street on Jan 20 remains in the Knox County Jail.
Mark Hupper, 41, was arrested by police Jan. 20 and charged…
A city-wide parking ban in Rockland is in effect from Sunday, January 25, at 10 p.m. until Tuesday, January 27, at 7 a.m.
Parking is…
heads to Rockland PD for patrol officer position and less hectic pace
CAMDEN/ROCKPORT — Police Chief…
ST. GEORGE — Upon hearing a 911 report of a motor vehicle crash on River Road in St. George involving a car and a tractor trailer truck, firefighters for that town decided immediately to request…
Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine is frustrated the Department of Homeland Security is ignoring her requests for more information on its deportation surge in her state.…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 12-16.
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FRIENDSHIP — An adult female sustained substantial, life-threatening injuries at the scene of a house fire in Friendship, Monday night, Jan. 19, 2026. Firefighters located the woman …
Maine’s new red flag law, which was approved by voters in November, is set to take effect next month, offering a new way to temporarily remove guns from people who…
On Jan. 16, at around 1:30 p.m., Wiscasset Police Department responded to First National Bank in Wiscasset regarding attempted fraud. A male suspect impersonated a customer…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Jan. 5-9.
Belfast
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Wiscasset Police Department
On Jan. 13, just after 5:30 p.m., Wiscasset Police Department responded to a report of a residence being shot at on Old Sheepscot Road in Wiscasset.…
one vehicle had 37 violations
The Maine State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit (Troop K) participated in the national safety initiative called Operation Safe D.R.I.V.E. (…
ROCKLAND – The driver of the bus that fatally struck 12-year-old Brayden Callahan in Rockland on Nov. 21, 2025, pleaded not guilty to the charge of manslaughter in connection to the student’s…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Jan. 5-13.
Rebecca Phifer, 26, of Union, criminal mischief in Belfast…
A Plaistow, New Hampshire, man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.…
As of Jan. 1, 2026 the Knox County…
Belfast — Police reported the following activity Dec. 28 - Jan. 14.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Dec. 6 - Jan. 14.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
KNOX COUNTY — A domestic violence call that subsequently reported gun shots being fired toward the victim as she fled from the residence turned into a two-scene situation when the cruiser of…
ROCKLAND – The following comprises recent court activity in Knox County Court from Jan. 5-12, including the start of a jury trial for sexual assault and a man accused of strangling a woman and…
FRIENDSHIP — A stretch of road already known for slide-offs and less significant crashes is now the site of a fatality following a single vehicle crash Tuesday night.
At approximately 10:35…
WALDOBORO – On Friday, Jan. 9, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Maine Violent Offender Task Force (MVOTF) arrested Jaime A. Oktay, 56, on a State of Oklahoma warrant for aggravated possession of…
Belfast — Police reported the following activity Dec. 28 - Jan. 8.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Dec. 21 - Jan. 8.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
Lawsuit update
UPDATE: A couple from Arizona who were passengers on the windjammer Mercantile in a July 2023 cruise sailing from Camden Harbor voluntarily dismissed a…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 2-9. …
ROCKLAND – Thirty years at Rockland Fire and EMS. Four months shy of forty years in the fire service.
City officials, former co-workers, family, and firefighters from surrounding towns…
From Augusta
AUGUSTA – Maine lawmakers from both sides of the aisle signed a letter sent to Gov. Janet Mills Jan. 5 that called for her administration to vacate the non-emergency medical…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Update: The home's owner, Jasmine Rego, told Wiscasset Newspaper via email Sunday, "My family has decided to offer a $5,000 cash reward for information that leads to the arrest and…
ROCKPORT — Rockport responders were able to keep one lane of Rockland Road open at Mirror Lake as they worked to extricate a person from a vehicle that had landed on its side in the ditch…
A Belmont man was sentenced Tuesday, Jan. 6, in U.S. District Court in Bangor for three counts of possessing child pornography.
U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann sentenced …
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Dec. 29 - Jan. 2.
Belfast
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Belfast — Police reported the following activit Nov. 12 - Dec. 31.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged…
