Saturday felt like the first real day of Spring — it wasn’t exactly warm, but the sun was bright, and the breeze light. The last little bits of icy snow stubbornly hang on in the corners of…
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Spring season is fast approaching. We are excited to get everyone back on the water! We are looking for rowers to build this team. Never rowed before- no problem - we have a core group of…
ST. GEORGE — Occupants of a pickup truck fled the scene after the truck they were riding in struck a utility pole before coming to rest against a front corner of the house at 863 River Road, in St…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds March 17-21. …
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At noon March 22, a sunny Saturday…
AUGUSTA — On Thursday, March 20, Sen. Pinny Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, congratulated Anna Carpenter of Camden with a 2025 Legislative Memorial Scholarship. Carpenter is this…
ROCKLAND — Sharon L. (Gamage) Preston, 77, passed away at Pen Bay Medical Center on March 19, 2025, after a courageous battle with health issues.
Born in Rockland, Maine, Oct.19, 1947, the…
SOUTH THOMASTON — William “Billy” David Atwood, 86, of South Thomaston, passed to the arms of his Savior Jesus Christ on March 15, 2025.
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the…
PORTLAND — The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) has appointed Elizabeth Scott as its new Chief Development Officer. In this executive leadership role,…
JUDGE SETS BAIL AT $2,500
ROCKLAND – A Wiscasset man remains in the Knox County Jail after he was arrested for allegedly having a firearm in a Warren home.
John Andretta Jr., 36 was charged by the Knox County…
ROCKLAND — Fire in an unused grain silo in Rockland is under investigation by the Fire Marshal's Office, with assistance from Rockland police and firefighters.
Just before 9:45 a.m.,…
SEBAGO — Wayne “Butch” Farley, 85, passed away peacefully March 6, 2025, at Bridgton Hospital after an extended illness with his family by his side. Butch was born in Rockland, Maine, on September…
Includes one-time funding to pay health care providers for MaineCare services; protect forests from spruce budworm
Governor Janet Mills signed into…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Immerse yourself in the stunning perspectives of Maine photographers at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation's (BRAF) highly anticipated Maine Photographers Showcase. This invitational exhibit,…
including founders, volunteers, partners, recipients
ROCKLAND — Started in 1990, Area Interfaith Outreach, known as AIO, has been providing assistance to Knox County families for 35 years, starting with food and…
BELFAST — The Reverend Loren McGrail joins The First Church in Belfast, UCC. Revend McGrail will serve The First Church in Belfast for two to three years as an Interim Minister as she prepares the…
The Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine has launched its 2025 Wild Blueberry Weekend T-Shirt Design Contest. As part of Maine’s annual Wild Blueberry Weekend, which will take place on August 2-3,…
HOPE — H. Wilbur Jacobs Sr., 87, of Hope, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
Wilbur was born in Hope on April 15, 1937, to the late George Edward Jacobs, Sr., and…
Update March 21, 2025: Due to lack of information provided by Knox County and the Knox Regional Communications Center, a March 18, 2025 meeting of Rockland city officials yielded no…
We will be closed Saturday, Sunday & Monday this week, 3/22-24, to renovate and get some larger projects done! Can't wait to share an amazing summer with all our…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court March 14-19.
Derek M. Poulin, 34, of Fairfield, unlawful sexual contact in Freedom Sept. 1,…
Victim had yet to reach age 12 at time of assaults
PROSPECT — A Prospect man has been charged with three counts of gross sexual assault of a minor following investigation into a report of abuse. A…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Feb. 13-19.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Feb. 3-14.
Belfast
Lynn C. and James A. Crawford to…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity March 6-19.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered innocent…
Do you recognize any of these items?
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Department is seeking to unite the following unclaimed, abandoned, or otherwise found property with its rightful owner, releasing a list of the items…
Maine’s largest health providers already are using artificial intelligence to streamline note-taking during visits, which they said lessens the documentation burden on providers.
But…
Waldo County Sheriff Jason Trundy issued the following letter to the media and to Waldo County commissioners, state representatives and senator March 20, following a March 13 traffic stop in…
letter to the editor
Last Saturday, March 15, I joined nearly 200 others at noon in Rockland’s Chapman Park for a one-hour protest against all things Trump and Musk.
The vast majority of drivers…
WARREN — Judith M. (Wood) Barter, 85, of Warren, passed away at Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport on March 9, 2025. Judy was born November 3, 1939, in Brockton, Massachusetts to Carl F. Wood and…
This just in! We have an awesome line up of Dogfish Head beer including their brand new Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale! Cheers!
OWLS HEAD — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is sponsoring a day-long training in Basic Septic System Installation for contractors and site evaluators on April 3, 2025, at the…
Libraries are not just…
PITTSFIELD — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the southbound side of I-95 near Mile Marker 152 in Pittsfield, Friday, March 21, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. This closure is…
hands-on science activities, guest presenters, land and water exploration
JEFFERSON — Elementary through high school teachers from across Maine are invited to participate in “Climate Change Education: A Watershed Approach”, a three-day…
JEFFERSON — Maine Big Night (MBN) is a nonprofit community science project established to confront the issue of amphibians becoming roadkill en masse. Amphibians…
WARREN — Lois C. Silloway, 92, of Warren, passed away peacefully at Windward Gardens in Camden on September 9, 2024. Lois was born on February 28, 1932, in a country farmhouse in Monroe, Maine to…
The following was submitted March 20 by Camden-Rockport School Administrative District 28 Superintendent Maria Libby:
A couple of weeks ago the school district received the…
Three transported to hospital for treatment
NORTHPORT — On March 19, at approximately 7:26 a.m., Waldo County Regional Communications Center received notification of a multiple vehicle crash on Atlantic Highway in Northport, according to a…
CASTINE — Following a national search, the Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees has selected Craig Johnson, an MMA graduate Class of 1991, as its new president.
…
SEARSPORT — Bay Nadeau, of Searsport, a senior at Searsport District Middle High School, has been selected to receive the 2025 Principal’s Award for SDMHS. The award, sponsored by the Maine…
SEARSPORT — Lifelong Midcoast resident Peter Dennis Haddock passed away peacefully at his Searsport home on March 5, 2025, with his daughter, Jen Haddock, and…
high-energy, family-friendly musical
CAMDEN — The students of Camden Rockport Middle School present their production of Matilda Jr., based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl. This high-energy, family-friendly musical will be performed…
THOMASTON — Lee-Ann Moore Upham, 80, of Thomaston, died March 14, 2025 at the Woodlands in Rockland. Lee-Ann was born December 17, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts to David P. Moore and Madeline…
SEARSMONT — Paul Nougaret, 71, of Searsmont, Maine, passed away on March 13, 2025.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Riposta Funeral Home in…
ROCKLAND — The Elks Lodge in…
We have lots of fresh, yummy food on our shelves! Homemade spanakopita, chocolate cake with buttercream frosting, cannolis, chocolate cream pies.... Meatball subs,…
The Maine Press Association is proud to announce it has awarded six scholarships to high school and college students totaling $10,000 to help those students…
ST. GEORGE — Monica A. Lombardo, 73, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 9, 2025, in her beloved home in St. George.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 12, 1951, she was the daughter…
