ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 12-16.
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Police, Fire and Courts
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…
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 cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Dec. 23-30.
Tierra A. Stevens, 29, of Belfast, operating while…
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…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Dec. 15-31.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction…
WASHINGTON — Knox County Sheriff’s deputies were pulled from one potentially dangerous scene in Washington, Friday evening, to deal with another potentially dangerous scene, also originating in…
The following recent updates in U.S. District Court in Portland involve an extended sentence for a man on new charges of machine gun and drug possession and an inmate at Bolduc…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Dec. 29-Jan. 2. …
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Dec. 22-26.
Belfast
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ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Dec. 22-26. …
BELFAST —The following cases were closed in Waldo County unified court Dec. 17-22.
James R. Witham, 45, of Belfast, unlawful possession…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Dec. 15-19.
Belfast
Edmond…
Belfast — Police reported the following activity Dec. 12-22.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Nov. Dec. 13-22.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
205 Child Victims Located and 293 Child Sex Abuse Offenders Arrested in Nationwide Crackdown, Including Two in the District of Maine
In a December 19, 2025 news release, the Department of Justice announced the results of Operation Relentless Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Dec. 8-12.
Belfast
Amanda…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Dec. 10-16.
Joseph Perry, 30, of Stockton Springs, unlawful sexual…
AUGUSTA — On Saturday, December 20, 2025, at approximately 3:35 pm, the Searsport Fire Department responded to a reported fire at the RSU 20 bus garage in Searsport…
Heads up. Trees are falling.
KNOX COUNTY — Heads up. Trees are falling.
An afternoon uptick in reports of downed trees has sent most volunteer fire departments in Knox County out in rainy and windy conditions, Friday…
Belfast — Police reported the following activity Dec. 4-18.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are…
