Jeffrey Evangelos, former independent state representative from Friendship, is the recipient of the NAACP Beacon of Hope Award. The award is in recognition of Evangelos' work and advocacy for…
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New Hope Midcoast is holding a holiday sale starting November 15. Net proceeds benefit New Hope’s comprehensive, trauma-informed, free services for victims of domestic abuse in Midcoast Maine.…
ROCKLAND — American Legion Post 1 held its annual Veterans Day ceremony Saturday, Nov. 12, 2023 in front of the Winslow-Holbrook memorial in Downtown Rockland.
For some, every day is…
Charlotte Goodwin Bowen passed away on Friday Nov. 10, 2023 at the age of 93. She was the daughter of Beulah and Marion Goodwin of Brooks, Maine, and had three sisters, Nancy Roberts Shute,…
Last week at Brady’s was a full on crazy week!! We are just catching out breath and getting ready for what’s coming up. Check out the…
People often mention they like to read what’s happening at Brady’s, we try to keep it snappy but sometimes we miss the mark. We are really…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Frances J. ‘Fran’ Curtis, 80, of South Thomaston, passed peacefully surrounded by family, Thursday, November 9, 2023, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer at Sussman…
APPLETON — A Life Flight helicopter landed at the Appleton Village School early Sunday morning, Nov. 12, 2023 following a motor vehicle crash on the Searsmont Road (Route 131).
At…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Oct. 23-31.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
This will be the first MSFS vessel named for a Native American
ROCKLAND — The new Maine State Ferry Service vessel being built to serve Matinicus Isle will be named the Charles Norman Shay after the heroic Maine veteran and member of the Penobscot…
ROCKLAND – After several hours of searching for a missing person in Rockland, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, the body of Andrue Leach, 30, of Rockland, was found in the water near the Coast Guard base at…
The Board of the Stewardship Education Alliance announces a new grant cycle for teachers and high school students in Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, and Rockport. Most grants will be for $…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center is pleased to welcome Minal F.J. Cordeiro, MD, to the Pen Bay Orthopedics team. Dr. Cordeiro specializes in a procedure called anterior hip replacement. This is a…
WARREN — Diane Esther Laing, 79 of Warren, passed away at her home on November 7, 2023.
The family will honor Diane’s life with a private burial. A full obituary will be published at a…
It’s not every day that a high school student receives a standing ovation from a room full of business people, but that’s exactly what happened Friday, Nov. 3, at the Belfast Area Chamber of…
CAMDEN, ME, November 6, 2023 – Press Release – The Bay View Collection is excited to announce four new partnerships with local charitable organizations for an opportunity to give…
Rockland Rotarians announce three recent events that have helped serve their mission to do good in the world.
Rockland Rotarians participate in…
MONTVILLE — Friends of Haystack Mountain (FOHM), a Waldo County grassroots group working to acquire and protect Haystack Mountain, in Montville, has received a $50,000 donation from the Ram Island…
ROCKPORT — Judith (Rhodes) Walker, 85, of Rockport, died on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport. Born in Portland on February 11, 1938, she was the daughter of Albert and…
What to do with end-of-season bounty
Rutabaga. What do you do with this alien softball-sized thing?
This is the kind of vegetable I’m likely to pass over at a farmer’s market, because it’s so unfamiliar, but it’s a fall/…
Hail to the Rad Kids
“Quiet and thoughtful” is how I’d describe my first meeting with 15-year-old Caleb Carr, a relatively new Camden Hills Regional High School student to the Midcoast from Massachusetts.
…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Oct. 23-Nov. 6.
Brian Warrick Beggarly, 41, of Appleton, operating under the influence (alcohol) in South…
UNION – A large majority of voters approved a path forward to find a developer to create senior housing in part of the…
Constitutional amendment
Knox and Waldo County voters have mixed opinions of statewide Question 3, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to change the time period for judicial review of the validity of written…
AUGUSTA — The following statement was issued just after 10 p.m. Nov. 7 by Avangrid,…
Knox and Waldo County voters favor the Citizen Initiative Question 2, “Do you want to ban foreign governments and entities that they own, control, or influence from making campaign contributions or…
Camden and Rockport voters overwhelmingly approved a $1.9 million bond proposal for School Administrative District 28 (…
Regional School District 40, comprising K-12 public schools for students from Friendship, Union, Waldoboro, Warren and Washington, asked voters Nov. 7 to approve an $81 million spending package.…
Citizen initiative
Knox and Waldo County voters are approving the Citizen Initiative Question 4, “Do you want to require vehicle manufacturers to standardize on-board diagnostic systems and provide remote access to…
Citizen initiative
Voters in Knox and Waldo counties are favoring Citizen Initiative Question 1, “Do you want to bar some quasi-governmental entities and all consumer-owned electric utilities from taking on more than $…
Knox and Waldo County voters are giving a thumbs down to Citizen Initiative Question 7, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to remove a provision requiring a circulator of a citizen's…
Citizens initiative
Knox and Waldo County voters are helping to defeat the statewide Citizen Initiative Question 3, “Do you want to create a new power company governed by an elected board to acquire and operate…
Wednesday City Council meeting
BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will meet Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m., for their regular meeting, which was pushed back by one day due to election day. Topics on…
BELFAST The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Oct. 9-13.
Belfast
Upper Mason Dam LLC to Cooper Cay LLC.
Lindley P.…
constitutional amendment
Knox and Waldo County voters are weighing in on Citizen Initiative Question 8, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to remove a provision prohibiting a person under guardianship for…
Constitutional amendment
Knox and Waldo County voters are weighing in on Citizen Initiative Question 6, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to require that all of the provisions of the Constitution be…
CAMDEN – On Nov. 7, Camden voters approved town-wide zoning changes to…
letter to the editor
It’s a crazy time in our world. Whatever happens on Tuesday, I am at peace. Win or not, nothing will really change for me.
I will remain an active participant in the Rockland community.…
BELFAST — In honor of International Games Month this November, Waterfall Arts, in collaboration with community partners, is gifting 150 "DIY Board Game Kits" to children. These kits inspire…
ROCKLAND — South School (RSU #13) celebrated Halloween with a pumpkin patch, classroom parties, and a spooktacular costume parade, bringing together students, parents, and staff for a fun-filled…
Patricia H. (Harding) Higgins, age 86, passed away peacefully November 4, 2023 due to cancer. She was born in China, Maine, and is a graduate of Erskine Academy and Thomas Business School. She…
On the morning of November 1 of 2023, Candice Etta Moore (age 59) passed away at Pen Bay Medical Center, surrounded by loved ones, after a short but brutal battle with stomach cancer.
Born…
CAMDEN — A proposed $210,000 consent agreement concerning dead trees and the illegal application of the chemical Tebuthiuron on private…
WALDOBORO — Haley Annabelle Puchalski has been named Medomak Valley High School’s DAR Good Citizen for the class of 2024.
Puchalski, the student of Katlin and Deneb Puchalski of of…
OWLS HEAD — Christine (Chris) Hansen, after being visited by close family members, was delivered into the waiting arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on October 29, 2023, after a hard…
LINCOLNVILLE — Roger William “Bill” Rocknak, son of Charles J. and Ruth A. Rocknak, passed away peacefully in his Lincolnville, Maine home on October 25, 2023, at the age of 88.
Bill was…
