ROCKLAND — David W. Cassida of Belfast last month was awarded the Membership Paddle for 45 years of service to the community and the nation. The recognition was made during an award ceremony at…
Police, Fire and Courts
Camden Public Library and Amphitheatre...
CAMDEN — A photo this morning of Camden firefighters placing the circa-1930s gold rooster back on its perch, atop one of two gatehouse weathervanes at the entrance to the Camden Amphitheatre, is…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity Sept. 2-5. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 8 (late entry)
Damian A. Bucklin…
Rep. Brian Jones reportedly found with woman in van at Park-and-Ride
FREEDOM — Democratic House Rep. Brian Jones of Freedom was arrested Monday night after a state trooper found him in a sexual…
Hostage released unharmed, gunman found dead
CAMDEN — Joe Piasecki of Myrtle Beach, S.C., was inside the Camden Rite Aid Pharmacy in search of a bottle of cold drinking water Monday night just before 7:30 when a gunman entered the store and…
UPDATED AT 3:30 a.m.
CAMDEN — Camden Police Chief Randy Gagne said soon after 3 a.m. Sept. 16, that Robert Beerman, 34, of Camden, had apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the Rite Aid Pharmacy on…
AUGUSTA — William Ortiz agreed to accept a reprimand in a consent agreement signed with the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine on September 9. Ortiz was reprimanded for failing to create and…
WARREN — Knox County Sheriff's Office along with Warren Fire and Rescue were…
THORNDIKE — A new texting and driving awareness campaign got underway at Mount View High School today, Sept. 11. RSU-3 School Resource Officer Nick Oettinger teamed up with Kennebec County…
Community invited to attend...
ROCKLAND — Rockland Fire/EMS will hold a brief 9/11 remembrance ceremony this morning at 9 a.m. in front of its Sept. 11 memorial at 118 Park St.
The memorial was built last year by the…
The Wiscasset Police Department recorded the following incidents in its log for Aug. 31-Sept. 7, including 55 property checks among other services:
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Camden Police...
CAMDEN — It's been a good early week for crime solving in the Midcoast, what with Rockport police nabbing an alleged pharmacy robber and now Camden police recovering a stolen gold rooster…
Charged with criminal mischief
BELFAST — Two local teens are each facing 10 charges of criminal mischief after police identified them as responsible for political graffiti that appeared on the walls of local businesses between…
Found him at home
ROCKPORT — Police arrested Donald Keating, 55, of Owls Head tonight and charged him with a robbery that occurred earlier in the afternoon at the Kennebec Pharmacy in Rockport.
Rockport…
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity Aug. 9 - Sept. 3. Troop D is responsible for Maine's…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Department reported the following activity Aug. 21 – Sept. 4. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 17 (late entry)
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No injuries, Sheriff’s Office says
UNION — A Union resident driving along Route 17 in Union struck a utility pole this afternoon, Sept. 8, and was transported to Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport for observation. According to the…
ROCKLAND — Four-year-old Sam, a male Pekingese-Chihuahua mix dog wearing a collar remains missing in Rockland.
According to his owner, he was last seen near Main and Mechanic streets and is…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Aug. 22 – Sept. 4. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 22
Christopher Shaffer, 38,…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Belfast District Court July 9 – Aug. 28.
Nicholas G. Adams, 20, of Frankfort, failure to register a vehicle in Frankfort June 27, $100 fine.
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Industrial arts
MATINICUS — Residents of-and a few visitors to-Matinicus assembled Aug.24 outside the island's one-room elementary school, where Dave Sears was grilling hamburgers. In addition to some of the…
Alcohol suspected in Sunday night crash
FRANKFORT - A local woman was reportedly “shook up,” but not seriously injured, after her car went off the road and hit a utility pole Sunday night around 10 p.m.
According to firefighters…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded at the Knox County Registry of Deeds Aug. 8 - Sept. 5.
Appleton
First NA to Chelsea A. Allen.
…
ST. GEORGE — A 19-year-old St. George man sustained head injuries after apparently losing control of his car and rolling it late Thursday morning.
Knox County Chief Deputy Tim Carroll said…
SEARSMONT — Maine State Police Friday are reporting that an elderly Thorndike woman has died from injuries she received in a two-car crash a week ago in Searsmont.
Anne Brown, 84, died…
ROCKLAND — At 8:46 in the morning on Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston, Mass., crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Seven minutes…
Waldoboro officer’s responded to 313 calls for service from Aug. 20 to Sept. 1. Below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with a crime is…
As gas replaces oil, more training for new challenges
ROCKLAND — As more businesses, public buildings and homes switch over to natural gas and propane, and as communities prepare for pipeline infrastructure, so too are area fire departments stepping…
ROCKPORT — A Rockport teenager on his way to school took a Main Street curve too wide and wound up off the road, with the car landing on its side on the grassy edge of Goose River Golf Course.…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Superior Court July 9-Aug. 28.
Roland J. Allison III, 57, of Bucksport, probation violation in Stockton Springs March 27, 1999, nine…
Second mountain call this week
CAMDEN — Firefighters and ambulance crew in Camden took a hike up Megunticook late this morning to help an injured woman down the trail.
The call for help came at 11:30 a.m., just as the…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Rockland District Court Aug. 2-25.
Douglas C. Anderson, 18, of Port Clyde, operating a vehicle without a license (beyond condition/restriction)…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court Aug. 2-25.
David G. Ames, 46, of Cushing, operating under the influence in Owls Head Dec. 20, 2013, 60 days in jail,…
Injuries to drivers, passengers deemed non life threatening in both incidents
BELFAST - A pair of motor vehicle accidents Wednesday afternoon kept local emergency crews busy. Police said there were no life-threatening injuries despite damage to the vehicles that suggested…
CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity, July 22 to Aug. 26. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven…
CAMDEN — It’s a cautionary tale: Do not mix household chemicals. A Camden man found himself short of breath and in need of medical care after breathing gases produced from combining bleach and a…
CAMDEN — Camden Town Manager Pat Finnigan and Select Board Chairman Martin Cates announced in an email Tuesday afternoon that North East Mobile Health Services has decided to stop negotiations…
Community members urged to attend, write letters, let opinions be known
CAMDEN – Tuesday night the Camden Select Board will consider authorizing the town manager to enter into a purchase and sale agreement with North East Mobile Health Services, which has expressed an…
River mud everywhere
SOUTH THOMASTON — Knox County deputies are investigating a break-in that occurred sometime on Sunday, Aug. 24, at a cottage and home that sit almost 200 yards from the St. George River in South…
OWLS HEAD — The Owls Head Transportation Museums’ Barnstormers Ball was just getting into full swing early Saturday evening, when word came across police scanners that a plane had crashed at…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Aug. 15-22 An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 10 (late…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Department reported the following activity Aug. 12-22. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 7 (late entry)
Glenn…
ROCKLAND — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity during the period of Aug. 10-16, 2014. An arrest does not imply guilt.
Aug. 10
Deputy Paul…
Lawsuit: Hundreds of thousands of bogus legal bills submitted annually for 13+ years
ROCKPORT and DENVER, Colo. — A lawsuit alleging a $5 million theft via mail and wire fraud, racketeering and a shell company, filed in June against a Rockport couple, is in the beginning stages of…
Friends remember a loving mother whose life was cut short
BELFAST — Justice Robert Murray handed down a 50-year prison sentence to former Belfast resident Todd Gilday today, Aug. 20, in Waldo County Superior Court.
The sentence, which was…
OAKFIELD –- For the 18th time this year, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency is working to dismantle a suspected methamphetamine lab – this time in the Aroostook County town of Oakfield.
Early…
ROCKPORT — William Phillips of Palos Heights, Ill., sustained a possible broken ankle Sunday afternoon when he got caught off guard by traffic stopped ahead of him and applied his front wheel…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Aug. 7-15. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 7
Jesse L. Fuller, 32, of Belfast,…
BELFAST — The Waldo Count Sheriff's Office reported the following activity Aug. 4-11. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
July 28 (late entry)
Deputy Jordan…
