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Thursday, August 17 | 5:30PM | Tent at Camden Public Library Amphitheatre

Age 35 +: $38 | Age 22-34: $20 |

Friday, August 18 | 10AM | Tent at Camden Public Library Amphitheatre

Age 35 +: $38 | Age 22-34: $20 | Age 21…

Friday, August 11 | 8:30PM | Union Hall

Age 35 +: $45 | Age 22-34: $20 | Age 21 & Under: Pay…

Wednesday, August 16 | 10AM | Tent at Camden Public Library Amphitheatre

Age 35 +: $38 | Age 22-34: $20 | Age…

Wednesday, August 16 | 7PM | Tent at Camden Public Library Amphitheatre

Age 35 +: $38 | Age 22-34: $20 | Age…

Friday, August 4 | 8:30PM | Union Hall

Age 35 +: $45 | Age 22-34: $20 | Age 21 & Under: Pay What…

Tuesday, August 8 | 9:30AM | Zoot Coffee (5 Elm Street, Camden)

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WARREN — Elizabeth Forss Philbrook passed away into the presence of her savior surrounded by her family on Saturday, July 8, 2023 at her home 800 Eastern Road in Warren, Maine.

She was born…

Thursday, August 3 | 7:30PM | Camden Opera House

Age 35 +: $45 | Age 22-34: $20 | Age 21 & Under:…

Screening July 13 and July 15

WATERVILLE—If you’re one of those people who longs for fall in the midst of summer, the Maine International Film Festival has you covered. Now in full swing this week (July 7 to 16), MIFF has a…

College students from Knox and Waldo counties are finding success in schools close to home and across the country. This week we highlight the following:


CAMDEN — While the neighbors on the very short Metcalf Road have reached a settlement over the poisoning of trees between their…

ROCKPORT — An incident on Union Street in Camden sent law enforcement into action Tuesday morning, with a report of a gun being drawn.

At approximately 8:55 a.m. the Camden-Rockport Police…

MADISON, New Hampshire — An educator who split her time between a Rockland school and a school in Massachusetts drowned in New Hampshire this past Friday.

According to New Hampshire State…

billions of birth, marriage, death, census, land and court records

BELFAST — The Belfast Free Library is now a FamilySearch affiliate library. The designation means local library patrons will now have greater and more convenient access to the wealth of…

WALDOBORO — Dwayne M. Severson, 58, of Waldoboro, passed away peacefully at his home with his loving family by his side on July 6, 2023. Dwayne was born on March 19, 1965, in Marlborough,…

CAMDEN – After days — nay weeks —of clammy, rainy, foggy, and generally crummy weather, a break in the yuck Saturday…

“When she shall die, take her and cut her out into little stars, and she will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with the night.” - William Shakespeare (…

Lunch specials for the week of July 10th-14th

Monday: Hot Ham & Swiss on Brioche…

Union Fire Department searches the waters of Seven Tree Pond, off of Ayer Park, after reports of a missing man. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)

Update: July 9, 2023 (8 a.m.) — The Maine Warden Dive Team recovered the body of a Hope man who drowned while rescuing his children, according to the Maine Warden Service, in a July 9…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds July 3-7.

Appleton

Jacob Johnson to Karolyn Johnson.

Camden…

Biggest crowd ever… return to face-painting… being together…

Eight a.m. Saturday morning the volunteers gathered at the Center Church and Community Building, ranging in age from 13 to somewhere…

BELFAST — Robert Meggison, 74 of Belfast, passed away July 6, 2023 at home. 

Funeral services will be held Saturday, at 2 p.m., at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, 95 Court St., Belfast. …

ROCKLAND — As attendees dedicated 17 new tiles in a ceremony, July 9, 2023, organizers of the Mid Coast Maine Area Veterans Memorial announced that ideas are being discussed for an additional…

HOPE – A special Town Meeting will be held July 13 at 6:30 p.m. to vote on the proposed 2023-24 Hope Elementary School Budget at the Hope Corner Fire Station. Both the School Committee and town of…

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

At the July 20 Town Meeting, Hope residents will have an opportunity to join our neighbors in Union and Warren in…

lobster dinner, deck, open restaurant

This past Thursday marked the beginning of a grass roots effort to save the life of a cranky crustacean named Stew.  Stew landed at Brady’s…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court June 30 - July 6.

Benjamin F. Spencer, 66, of…

New Hope Midcoast

New Hope Midcoast’s boutique clothing and accessory sale is Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 27, 28 and 29 at the Flanagan Center in Rockland. Shoppers will find bargains for the entire family…

Hidden Valley Nature Center

Registration is open for Midcoast Conservancy’s 12th annual Race Through the Woods trail race, sponsored by Lamey-Wellehan on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson.

Yesterday’s triangle shawl knitting workshop was so much fun!
 

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds June 26-30. 

Belfast

CAMDEN – The Camden Select Board is expected to consider approval of 2024 budgets for the Snow Bowl, Wastewater and the Camden Opera House at its July 11 meeting.

Detailed budgets are…

LINCOLNVILLE – Creating a Land Use Committee is on the Select Board’s June 10 agenda for consideration. The meeting takes place at 6 p.m. at the Lincolnville Town…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity June 16 - July 6.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity June 20 - July 1.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and…

CAMDEN — A Celebration of Life for Charles “Del” Babb, 86, who died on April 23, 2023, will be held Sunday, July 16, 2023, from 4 - 6 p.m., at the Camden Yacht Club.  

Condolences and…

APPLETON — Charles “Scott” Conant, 62, passed away on June 28, 2023, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport. With his family close by his side after a long battle with cancer.

Born in…

July 4 The Lincoln Home Newcastle Maine

All day July 4 everyone was anxiously counting raindrops hoping for a sunny evening, and we were not disappointed! It was wonderful to see all ages from the community on the front lawn of the…

Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi

“Moderation” and “balance” are not terms normally applied to Detroit muscle cars, but—after a mere 50 years or so—Dodge has achieved a form of motoring Zen here. Not a…

Attorneys: ‘Should the Select Board fail to do so, we are prepared to pursue all legally available means to overturn the town meeting’s approval of Article 5’

THOMASTON — One letter from attorneys requesting recourse on a June 14 town meeting vote has been received by the Thomaston Town Office,…

ROCKAND – An artist is proposing to raze a Rockland structure in favor of a Live+Work model of affordable housing.

Sally Levi and Dominic Turgeon, of Badhus LLC, wish to tear down 25 Oak…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds June 26-30.

Appleton

Paul F. Armitage and Judy A. Armitage to Paul…

ST. GEORGE — Seal Harbor Road, also known as Route 73, will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday, July 10, due to the replacement of the Jones Brook culvert. 

The road closure will…

UNION — Kevin Peter Soule, 59, died July 4 at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport. Kevin was born March 13, 1964 in Rockport to Peter B. Soule and Marcia E. Willey-Soule. Kevin graduated from…

ROCKPORT — Helen F. Heald, 86, passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth. Helen was born in Rockport, the daughter of Frank and Alice (Wheatly) Priest. She…

Rockland Golf Club Ladies Association results with Individual Gross/ Net/Putts, July 6, 2023

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CAMDEN – Three out of six new heavy-duty picnic tables are already getting much use at the Camden Public Landing, a good spot beside the…

Shiitake mushrooms, mainly found growing in East Asia, have been a traditional Chinese and Japanese food as medicine since the 12th century. Packed with fiber, vital minerals, and unique compounds…

Nicole Moore’s Maine Produce Alliance is a chef’s and home cook’s dream

LIBERTY— From 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nicole Moore, a first-generation Liberty farmer, does not stop working. Most farmers understand that lifestyle already, but Moore has more on her plate than just…