PALERMO — An unpermitted out-of-control fire on Leeman Arm Road in Palermo demolished a two-story garage Sunday afternoon, just as firefighters from neighboring towns were overhauling the scene of…
Police, Fire and Courts
Propane tanks cooled by water flow
ROCKLAND — Ashes from a Saturday night campfire were kicked up by a Sunday afternoon breeze and reignited, spreading flames to nearby grass, then to a shed. In the end, the shed was demolished by…
Training in the rain not bad; most accidents happen in bad weather
CAMDEN– Members of the Thomaston, Hope, Waldoboro, St. George and Camden fire departments assembled at Camden Exxon, 1 Union Street, Saturday, May 10, for training in extrication. The Camden Fire…
AUGUSTA — Governor Paul LePage said May 7 that he will recommend the nomination of the Honorable Jeffrey L. Hjelm to the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine and…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Friday evening, May 9, at approximately 7:15 p.m., Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Spear investigated the crash of a 2001 Chevy pickup truck that skidded approximately 100 feet…
Route 17, near Chickawaukie Pond
ROCKPORT — An afternoon two-vehicle crash on Route 17 near the head of Chickawaukie Pond in Rockport snarled traffic for a few minutes while the Rockport Fire Department arrived to help clean up…
National Transportation Safety Board issues final report
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board Friday released its report into the single-engine plane crash at Knox County Airport in Owls Head in November 2012, coming to a…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity May 4-8. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
May 4
Deputy Cody Laite responded to…
Maine State Police Troop D blotter
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity April 13 to May 5, 2014. Troop D is responsible for Maine's Midcoast, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties,…
Burning without a permit results in summons, fine
ROCKPORT — When Annie Appleton looked outside her South Street home early Thursday afternoon, brush fires that had been intentionally burning in the neighbor’s yard seemed to be moving…
STOCKTON SPRINGS – Town firefighters put out a fire that consumed a shed Wednesday night. A hour-and-a-half later, they were called back to the same Route 1 property for a fire on the porch of an…
CAMDEN — It’s that time of year now, when busy tourist towns in Maine have to begin preparing for increased traffic from visitors and summer residents.
And in Camden, that means putting a…
Old farmhouse, newly remodeled
ISLESBORO — An off-duty reserve police officer on Islesboro discovered a house on fire Wednesday evening, prompting a response from 18 firefighters from the island community.
Islesboro Fire…
Buckle-up, No Excuses
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in a two-week campaign May 19 to June 1 in conjunction with the…
Search was made in March, court filings say
HOPE — In mid-March, an investigator with the federal Homeland Security agency obtained a warrant from a U.S. District Court judge to search a home in Hope for evidence of child pornography.
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What next for the old vessel?
ROCKLAND — In January, the schooner Timberwind, a longtime fixture at Rockport’s Marine Park wharf, was towed out of Rockport Harbor and tied up in Lermond Cove, in Rockland. Her owner,…
AUGUSTA — Belmont's Eric Walker, formerly deputy district attorney for Waldo County, was among five freshly appointed Maine judges sworn in at a robing ceremony in Kennebec County Court Friday,…
HOPE — Firefighters in Hope were already at the station Monday night for a regular monthly meeting when they got the call to respond to a crash on Hatchet Mountain Road. When they got there, it…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity April 26-May 5. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
April 26
A Searsport minor was…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity May 1-5. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
May 1
Joshua A. Salisbury-Pomeroy, 22, of…
Three weeks away
CAMDEN — Rockland Police Officer John Bagley works fulltime, usually the city’s night shift, a job he loves, because it brings him close to the heartbeat of a community, with all of its human…
Tractor-trailer jacknifed, sedan totaled
CAMDEN — A Philadelphia truck driver remains at the Knox County Jail in Rockland today following a crash May 1 on Route 1 at the intersection of Hannaford Plaza in Camden. His truck is parked…
UNITY — Following a two-month investigation by agents with the Mid-Coast District Task Force of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, two Unity residents were arrested May 1 for heroin and marijuana…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity April 22-29. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
April 11 (late entry)
Jessica C. Trott…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity April 22-29. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
April 23
Michael L. Riley, 23, of…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Belfast District Court March 20 – April 21.
Kristol M. Bean, 35, of Belfast, operating while license suspended or revoked in Monroe Feb. 8, $250…
Rescuers find driver beneath car
WASHINGTON — The driver of a Honda Sedan who was flown by emergency helicopter to a Lewiston hospital with serious injuries following a crash April 28 is reported to be in stable condition today,…
CAMDEN — Camden Police reported the following activity April 6-26. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
April 7
Butch A. Brown, 59, of Bucksport, was…
Issued a summons for driving to endanger, failure to maintain control
WASHINGTON —A 36-year-old Augusta man was injured in a crash Friday afternoon when a car sideswiped a sport utility vehicle, causing to roll over onto its roof.
Knox County Sheriff's…
BELFAST — A teenage girl remains in critical condition following an accident Wednesday evening just after 7 p.m., according to Chief Mike McFadden, of the Belfast Police Department.
The…
ROCKLAND — An Owls Head man was assessed $4,500 in fines April 17 in Rockland District Court for lobster infractions.
Vance McMahan, 49, was found…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity April 11-22. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
April 11
Douglas H. Penney, 44, of…
BELFAST — A Freedom man’s jail house phone call resulted in a new felony charge against him, according to Lieutenant Jason Trundy, of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office.
Brian W. Knight, 40…
BELFAST — Sergeant John Gibbs responded to the scene of a two-vehicle accident April 17 on the Back Searsport Road where a driver lost control of her vehicle, resulting in a collision with an…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity April 12-21. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
April 12
Officer Brian Lunt responded to…
WALDOBORO – Waldoboro police reported the following activity, April 14-22. Waldoboro officers responded to 162 calls for service in this time period. Below are a few of the highlights…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Superior Court March 10 through April 11.
Michael R. Baker, 25, of Montville, probation violation in Palermo Nov. 15, 2008, 15…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Rockland District Court April 8-14.
Jeremiah Aldrich, 31, of Warren, operating under the influence in Thomaston Feb. 14, license suspended for…
ROCKAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court March 18 through April 15.
Christopher Chandler, 34, of Thomaston, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer in…
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity April 7-13. Troop D is responsible for Maine's Midcoast, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties, the southern…
WALDOBORO — A couple from Massachusetts died in a head-on car crash on Route 1 in Waldoboro early Friday afternoon, according to Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde early Friday evening.
…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity April 7-16. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
April 7
Bethany Wickham, 37, of Belfast…
Knox County Sheriff’s Office
VINALHAVEN — Knox County Sheriff’s deputies recovered approximately $200,000 in stolen cash and arrested two 19-year-olds earlier this week in connection with the theft.
Sheriff Donna…
2,590 without power in Waldo County, 279 out in Knox County
LINCOLNVILLE — Wind gusts are knocking down limbs Tuesday night, but in Waldo County it’s a car crash in Lincolnville that has cut power to as many as 2,613 Central Maine Power customers.
…
LIBERTY — A Liberty man, who is also known to have lived in Waldoboro, was arrested April 10 on two counts of sexually abusing a minor in 2012.
Earl Leathers, 27, is accused of engaging in a…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity April 6-14. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
March 31 (late entry)
Andrew P.…
BELFAST — Waldo County Chief Deputy Jeff Trafton said Monday that the body found floating in the Penobscot River in Stockton Springs April 13 was a Bangor man reported missing in November.
…
One small house on Route 90, three days of valuable live fire training
Donated Rockport home provides seven live training fires Sunday morning before a final conflagration
ROCKPORT — The little house on West Street (Route 90) in Rockport that was donated to the fire department survived seven live fire training rotations Sunday morning before the structure became too…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity April 1-8. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
April 1
Sarah Fuller, 30, of Belfast, was…
Leonard Maker subsequently indicted for criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon
AUGUSTA — In a report issued Friday, Maine Attorney General Janet Mills has…
