CAMDEN — Barbara Frances Dyer, 97, of Camden, died on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport.
Born on May 19, 1924, she was the daughter of Azizeh (English translation…
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BANGOR — The following students have been named to the Fall 2021 Honors List at Husson University.
Students who make the Honors List must be enrolled as an undergraduate student,…
THOMASTON — Thomaston police are awaiting blood results and other requested information as they continue an investigation into a vehicle crash that sent three people to Pen Bay Medical Center…
capitulating too easily ... one little skillet .... chickadee’s spring song
An overflowing sinkful of dishes greeted me today, the morning-after result of a big family dinner. Once upon a time that was a regular occurrence: three growing boys and a husband all averse to…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from Jan. 31-Feb. 6 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
Camden
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ALBION — State Senator Scott Cyrway announced Monday he will run for the Maine House of Representatives in newly created House District 63, which will represent the communities of Albion, Freedom…
Roy P. Doody, of Cushing and Tenants Harbor, Maine, formerly of Buckland, Mass., died Monday, February 7, 2022 after a period of declining health.
He was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts…
BELFAST — The seventh grade girls basketball teams from Troy Howard and Medomak met on the hardwood Saturday, Feb. 12 in Belfast for the Busline League Championship.
Troy Howard jumped out…
AUGUSTA — The Camden Hills swim team traveled Friday, Feb. 11 to Augusta to compete against Erskine Academy and Cony High School for its regular season finale.
Girls 200 Yard…
BRUNSWICK — Competitors from Oceanside, Medomak Valley and Belfast traveled Friday, Feb. 11 to Brunswick to compete in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B championships at Bowdoin…
WARREN — Bill Pluecker, a Warren farmer and a sitting independent State Representative, has announced he will be seeking a third term in the Maine State Legislature.
“As…
CAMDEN — The agenda has been set for the next SAD 28 school board meeting Wednesday, Feb. 16.
The meeting will be held in the Bisbee Theater at Camden-Rockport Middle School at 7 p.m.…
‘I want others to feel the peacefulness, the beauty, and the excitement that nature offers’
The Rockport Public Library is featuring the works by local watercolor artist Jaeohk Cho Keenan.
“Stop in and head downstairs to our art wall to view her exhibit, which is titled, Rhythm of…
Catherine (“Cathy”) Louise Pierce passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 9, at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine. Cathy was one of the Wild Women and could always be found surrounded by…
CAMDEN - The 31st U.S. Toboggan Championships were in full swing on Saturday, February 12, at the Camden Snow Bowl. As expected there was a large crowd of both…
In his recent book, The Age of Unpeace, Mark Leonard, the director of the European Council on Foreign Relations asks, "What do Russian trolling, American blockades, Iranian Piracy, and Turkish…
ROCKLAND - The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Jan. 24-Feb. 11.
Allyson N. McDougal Adams, 34, of Presque Isle, unlawful possession of scheduled drug in…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Dec. 13-24.
Belfast
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UNION — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. via livestream and in the district’s central…
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Making the decision to start a business is often the hardest part about starting one. After you make the decision to go for it, don’t wait to get started. Many…
BELFAST — The agenda for the upcoming Regional School Unit 71 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Monday, Feb. 14 at 5:30 p.m. in the high school’s band room. …
LINCOLNVILLE — The school committee agenda has been set for the next Lincolnville Central School meeting Monday, Feb. 14.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the school, and masks will…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from Jan. 24-30 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
Camden
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Chimney fires: Safety tips to prevent them at home
A structure fire in Hope early in February that burned a cabin to the ground is but one fire that Midcoast fire departments have responded to over this past winter with the probable causes…
HOPE — The school committee agenda for the next Hope Elementary School committee meeting is set.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 6 p.m.
Participants can join via…
SWAN’S ISLAND — Jason Joyce, an eighth generation Swan’s Island lobsterman, has announced he is running for District 15 in the Maine House of Representatives.
House District 15, under the…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
LINCOLNVILLE — Mary E. Pratt, 80, died Wednesday, February 9, 2022, after a brief battle with lung cancer, with her loving daughters by her side holding her hand, at the Sussman House in Rockport…
ROCKPORT — Camden-Rockport Elementary School welcomes students who reside in Camden or Rockport to register for Kindergarten for the 2022-23 school year.
Your child must be 5 years old on…
SEAL COVE — The Seal Cove Auto Museum Board of Directors welcomes Executive Director Ethan Yankura to the Seal Cove team.
A veteran nonprofit professional with an auto museum…
stories, craft activities, and a scavenger hunt
School-age children on vacation are invited to join Camden Public Library children’s librarian Miss Amy online for “Virtual Vacation Camp” activities for three days, February 23-25, 2022, at 3 p.m…
serving to replace and consolidate existing VA clinic leases at Saco and Portland locations
PORTLAND — The VA Maine Healthcare System’s new Portland Veterans Affairs Clinic was officially dedicated Feb. 11, 2022, in a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at its new location on West Commercial Street…
PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing I-295 over Veranda Street, in Portland, on the fourth weekend in April to accommodate the replacement of an aging interstate…
CAMDEN — The following parking restrictions near the Camden Snow Bowl will be in place Saturday and Sunday during the US Toboggan Nationals:
There will be no roadside parking on either side…
library is now the only institution anywhere with a complete run of the paper
BELFAST — The Belfast Free Library announces the digitization and microfilming of the complete run of The Waldo Independent newspaper. This digitized content is now freely available to the public…
Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller, an expert on European security policy and strategy, will be a featured speaker at the 35th annual Camden Conference, Europe: Challenged at Home and Abroad, to be held…
ROCKLAND — In the past year, a few cases involving juveniles painting swastikas in Rockland and in Camden have occurred. Through their assigned restorative justice programs, the offenders were put…
BURLINGTON, VT — Isobel Kelly of Waldo was named to the Champlain College Trustees' List for the Fall 2021 semester.
Students on the Trustees' List have achieved a 4.0 grade point…
WALDOBORO — Clinton Collamore, Bremen native and long-time Waldoboro select board member, has announced his candidacy for State House District 45 which, under the redistricting, includes Bremen,…
The Universities of Maine and New Hampshire Cooperative Extension programs have joined forces to help produce farmers start or improve their Farm Food Safety Planning with Jumpstart to Farm Food…
THOMASTON — The eighth grade girls basketball teams from Oceanside and Camden-Rockport met on the hardwood Thursday, Feb. 10 in Thomaston for a thrilling Busline League semifinal that went to…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
President Jackson, Speaker Fecteau, Chief Justice Stanfill, Secretary Bellows, Attorney General Frey, Treasurer Beck, Auditor Norton, Distinguished Members of the 130th Legislature, Mayors and…
STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS
AUGUSTA — In her second State of the State address, Governor Janet Mills declared Thursday night that “Our state is strong, and it is growing stronger every day,” as she touted the significant…
WORCESTER, Mass. — A total of 2,054 undergraduate students achieved the criteria required for Worcester Polytechnic Institute's fall 2021 Dean's List. The criteria for the WPI Dean's List differs…
CAMDEN — Charles Davis “Dave” Thomas, 93, died at home on February 8, 2022 in the company of his wife, Karin, and son, Cord.
Dave came to Camden in 1977 as the editor in chief of Down East…
ORONO — University of Maine online undergraduate business and MBA programs have been ranked among the best nationwide by U.S. News & World Report.
This is the first year the Bachelor of…
‘pay-it-forward’ mission
CAMDEN — Heavenly Threads Thrift Shop, an outreach mission of the First Congregational Church U.C.C. of Camden, reports proceeds from sales at Heavenly Threads Thrift Shop have accounted for more…
BELFAST — This winter, the Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series co-sponsored by the All of Belfast Climate Dialogues, a project of the Belfast Free Library, will focus on the effects of the…
what is love and what is not love
Maine High schools from York to Caribou are bringing the bold, survivor-powered outreach of Finding Our Voices to their students starting in February’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness and…
