National Safe Boating Week, May 18 - 2024, marks the start of the boating season for many, according to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, in a news release.
With more…
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“Conserving Maine's Wildlife is an all-in effort that extends throughout all of MDIFW and beyond to our valued conservation partners, sister agencies, local communities, Maine's private landowners…
Sprague Energy promotes competing location at Mack Point in Searsport
AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation said May 17 that it has applied for $456 million in grant funding from the federal government to help construct the East Coast's first floating…
Letter to the editor
To Our Midcoast Community:
For the past seven years, I have served as the bookkeeper for PAWS. I am also an avid volunteer for the organization dating back to 2001.
I did not know…
Corning, Machowski and Shagas
ROCKLAND — “Three Breaths: Corning, Machowski & Shagas,” will be on exhibit at Triangle Gallery, in Rockland, from May 16 to June 16, opening during June 7 ArtWalk, from 4 - 7 p.m.
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BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity May 7-15.
An arrest or summons does not…
ROCKLAND — On Friday, May 17, more than 100 community members participated in Rockland’s Bike to Work (+ School!) Day before their commute to work or school. The event took place at Rockland’s…
Belfast Area High School students in the Marine Institute recently began working with their new ROV (remote operating vehicle). The underwater explorer is part of the Institute's grant-funded…
ROCKLAND — Catherine McCrimmon Goggans, known as “Cissy” to those closest, lived with a creative spirit. Her colorful murals and watercolors covered the walls of her homes from Texas to the Maine…
ROCKPORT — Jury Patrick Holmes, 70, passed way unexpectedly May 11, 2024 at PBMC (Pen Bay Medical Center) due to complications of pneumonia.
Born in Lancaster, New Hampshire, he was the…
ROCKLAND — A Washington man who is accused of driving a stolen vehicle that led police on a chase before crashing into a South Thomaston garage, was charged May 14 with attempting to escape from…
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PORT CLYDE — The Herring Gut Coastal Science Center will award the Phyllis Wyeth Visionary Award to two individuals who have contributed to the field of aquatic science and/or marine trades in a…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center welcomes Julia Hutchings-Sakaue and Chanya Elkins, third-year medical students enrolled in the Maine Track program of Tufts University School of Medicine. They…
Sailor, activist, and author Heidi Love will join the online discussion of her new book, Laughing at the Sky, in the Finding Our Voices book club, Tuesday, June 11, at 6 p.m.
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HOPE — Hazel Marie Hitson Weidman, Ph.D., 100, died peacefully at her home in Hope, Monday, April 22, 2024.
Born in Taft, California, she was the daughter of Frederick Dhu Hitson and Estell…
In a closely contested May 15 tennis match the Windjammers Boys defeated Brunswick for the second time by the score of 4-1 to stay undefeated at 7-0.
Individual results with Camden Hills’…
In business
ROCKLAND—It was Anthony Bourdain’s first book, Kitchen Confidential that first introduced me to the chef’s term, mise en place, a French expression for…
letter to the editor
The Town of Rockport Economic Development Committee was created by the Select Board in 2020 to advise the board on issues related to…
letter to the editor
I am endorsing Sophie Romana and Susan Dorr for the Select Board election on June 11 and encourage every citizen of Camden to vote for…
Help take good care of important pollinators
As part of their natural reproductive cycle, honeybees will swarm. A swarm is when a queen and a good portion of the worker population of bees leave the hive to find a new home. While a honeybee…
ROCKPORT TOWN MEETING 2024 ELECTIONS
Four candidates are running for two open seats on the Rockport Select Board. Three are competing for two three-year seats, and one is…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds May 6-10.
Belfast
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Voters add $1 million to Facilities Maintenance
Voters passed each of the 23 Articles set forth in the 2024-2025 budget at the RSU 40 budget adoption meeting May 14 at Medomak Valley…
Opinion: National Safe Boating Week
National Safe Boating Week, May 18-24, 2024
Congratulations if you are one of the fortunate boaters who ply the beautiful waters of the Maine Coast. Those of us who share that privilege…
BELFAST — Patrick Johndro, RN, has been named practice manager for the Waldo County General Hospital’s Surgical Associates practice.
A graduate of the University of New England, Johndro…
The Belfast Lions Club announce the new slate of officers for the 2024-2025 school year of their Peer Leader LEOs community service program at Belfast Area High School.
They include…
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts and Coastal Mountains Land Trust have launched the Art Gone Wild 2024 Micro-Residency, inviting artists to immerse themselves in the beauty of nature and share their…
A committal for Deborah “Debbie” Jean Sukeforth Millay, 75, of Burkettville, Maine, who departed this world on January 15, 2024, will take place Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 10 a.m., at Miller…
A Bird’s Tale
Looking for a new place to go birding? We’ve got just the place for you. It’s called the Perham Stream Birding Trail, and it’s located in Madrid, Maine.
For those who may be a little rusty…
BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court.
Peggy A. Hustus, of Winterport and Kent A. Wyman, of Stockton Springs, were married April 9, 2022, in…
Saturday night, May 11, Rockport documentary filmmaker Josh Gerritsen spent four hours stationed at Bog Bridge in Camden capturing the motion and colors of the exceptional Northern Lights…
Rockport Town Meeting 2024 elections
Four candidates are running for two open seats on the Rockport Select Board. Three are competing for two three-year seats, and one is…
Camden voters will consider at the June Town Meeting polls whether to further expand EMS capacity of their fire department. This entails…
THOMASTON — A handgun was discharged by a woman inside the Thomaston Walmart store on May 10.
According to footage from Walmart’s security video, a woman was seen walking down one of the…
WASHINGTON — A Maine man was sentenced to prison on May 14, 2024, after he pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the…
WALDOBORO — The Waldoboro Public Library is again teaming up with artists and crafters for the Great Art for Great Reads Art Show and Online Auction. This event supports the Waldoboro Library,…
HOPE — Viola Georgia (Brownell) Richardson passed away peacefully on May 5, 2024, at her home in Hope, Maine surrounded by her family. At age 96, she had become the oldest living resident in the…
ROCKLAND — Louis V. Leach, Sr., 74, died peacefully, yet unexpectedly, following a brief battle with cancer, Saturday, May 11, 2024 at the Sussman Hospice House in Rockport. He was surrounded by…
FRIENDSHIP — Kay Maybelle (Davis) Havener, age 93, of Friendship, passed away on May 11, 2024.
Kay was born on April 10, 1931, a daughter to Ralph and Beulah Austin Davis. She attended…
Donna A. Nash, 87, passed away on May 8, 2024 at the Sussman House in Rockport. Donna was born December 30, 1936 in Worcester, Massachusetts to Donald Simmons and Gertrude Beane Simmons.
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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 279 calls for service for the period of May 7 to May 14. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 4,376 calls for service.
Summonses
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Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
The new-for-2024 Grand Highlander is a thoroughly modern Toyota. Interestingly enough, the same characteristics can be good and bad at the same time, to different sorts of…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court May 3-9.
Wade D. Brayman, 65, of Liberty,…
Medomak Middle School's seventh grade baseball team hit the road Tuesday, May 7, to play Oceanside Middle School's seventh grade team and ended up losing 10-1 in 7 innings.
Medomak did not…
LINCOLNVILLE — It’s all wetland, but with a strong wind, it really doesn’t matter.
Fire that scorched a field close to the road next to 359 Beach Road, in Lincolnville, Monday afternoon,…
Monday, May 13 is the start of the 8th Annual UN Global Road Safety Week, a week meant to increase knowledge, skills, and awareness about the importance of protecting vulnerable users on the roads…
