As people near Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer recreational boating season, the Maine Marine Patrol provides the following reminders for a safe, enjoyable experience on…
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AUGUSTA — Legislation sponsored by State Representative Bill Pluecker, I-Warren, to reinstate COVID-19 hazard pay to Department of Corrections Staff was unanimously approved by the Legislature’s…
ROCKPORT — With an entourage of press, and surrounded at the knees by babies, toddlers and preschoolers, Gov. Janet Mills announced Maine’s plan to make child care more available for working…
Rockport’s outgoing Town Manager outlines transition period
ROCKPORT — May 24 marked the last meeting of the Rockport Select Board that would be attended by Bill Post in the the role of Town Manager; the meeting was also the last which outgoing Select…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and State Treasurer Henry Beck announced Monday that Moody’s Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings, global companies that analyze and issue reports of credit…
A graveside service for Edna Billington will be held Monday, June 7, 2021 at 11 a.m., at the Sayward Cemetery, Thorndike, Maine.
To share a memory or story with Edna’s family,…
AUGUSTA — The wording of the citizens’ initiative question entitled "An Act To Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission Lines, Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 824.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
A graveside service for Gary Michael Leach, 75, who passed away unexpectedly at his home on December 8, 2020, will be held Saturday, June 5, 2021 …
Four individuals are vying for a pair of Warren select board seats for the June 8 municipal election. Michael Doucette, John Crabtree…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity April 24 - May 17.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered innocent unless proven…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported issuing three traffic citations between April 13 - May 13. Of the three traffic citations, one was issued for an inspection sticker…
BELFAST — The following indictments were handed down by a Waldo County Grand Jury May 18-19. An indictment does not indicate guilt.
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PORT CLYDE — A graveside service for Betty and Roger Libby, who passed away within months of each other in December of 2020 and March of 2021, will be held Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 11 a.m., at…
A graveside service for Phyllis M. Conary will be held Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at 11 a.m., at Harbor View Cemetery, Friendship. Rev. Alan Chamberlain will officiate.
To share a…
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“We’ve fallen into the medical hole,” we told each other the year Wally was diagnosed with cancer. Suddenly the focus of our world turned inside out. The calendar filled up with appointments,…
War Memorial Post 30-Camden American Legion shares thoughts about Memorial Day 2021 from the American Legion National Headquarters, Media & Communications Center, in Indianapolis, Indiana.…
FRIENDSHIP — Emma E. Simmons, 84, passed away peacefully on May 14, 2021 at her home in Friendship. She was born September 7, 1936 in Thomaston, Maine, the daughter of Esther (Swanson) and Walter…
A graveside service for Marcia Harford will be held Saturday, June 5, at 11 a.m., at Grove cemetery in Belfast.
Arrangements under the care of Riposta Funeral Home.
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AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs passed a bill from Senator Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, to improve Maine’s laws regarding spending by political action committees…
ROCKPORT — In advance of the May 24 regularly schedule Select Board meeting, Town Manager William post circulate the following report:
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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 822.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from May 10-14 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
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Richard E. Sprowl and Jane Sprowl to Michael W.…
On Sunday, May 23, at approximately 4:0 9a.m., Eric Morris, 65, of Portland, apparently fell asleep and drove off the roadway striking the guardrail in the area of mile marker 1.5 southbound on…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 820.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine…
BELMONT — Eugene Palmer, of Belmont, Maine passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Maine Veterans home in Augusta on May 19, 2021.
He was born March 27, 1941 in Liberty Maine, to…
HOPE — Voters in the Town of Hope will participate Tuesday, June 22 in the annual town meeting at the Hope Elementary School.
Below are a pair of highlights of what will be voted on June…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional COVID-19 in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 819.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting…
Toad Hall Editions sets up in Northport
NORTHPORT—A new small press has launched in Maine called Toad Hall Editions and its purpose is to give a platform to writers who don’t get noticed in the more traditional publishing arenas.
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CAMDEN — Ann Linda Williamson passed away quietly at Windward Gardens in Camden on April 6, 2021.
Ann was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Nov 12, 1933, and was the daughter of Archie…
CAMDEN — The municipally-owned Camden Snow Bowl is about two acres away from triggering a state requirement for the…
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Unity Ambulance Corps (UAC) has been hard at work over the past year during the global pandemic to keep the people of Unity and the surrounding communities safe. The hard-working drivers, EMT’s…
AUGUSTA — The semi-open primaries bill, LD 231, sponsored by Senator Chloe Maxmin, D-Lincoln, received a majority ought to pass as amended recommendation Friday out of the Veterans and Legal…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 818.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
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ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland has contracted with KRT Appraisal to update assessment information contained on the city’s property record cards. This information is vital to the assessment…
Following announcement that his son has been appointed town manager
ROCKPORT — Following the early morning, May 20 announcement that Jon Duke has been hired as the town’s new town manager, effective July 6, his father, Robert Duke, is withdrawing from the Select…
ROCKLAND — Various inquiries to PenBayPilot.com have been made concerning the status of the prosecution’s case against two former Rockland Police Officers who were charged Oct. 2, 2020, with…
ROCKPORT – Rockport has hired Jon Duke as its next town manager.
“Excitement is probably not an understatement,” said Duke, after the Select Board voted at a 7 a.m. May 20 meeting to hire…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional nine COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 816.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine House gave its initial approval Wednesday to a bill defining intentional balloon releases as an act of littering.
LD 1023, sponsored by Representative Genevieve McDonald…
FLORAL CITY, Florida — Meldon Bishop, 71, passed away on December 20, 2020, in Floral City, Florida.
A graveside service will be held on Friday, May 28, 2021, at 1 p.m., at Mt. Hope…
Sylvia Morgan Henne Wickham of Belfast, Maine passed on March 29, 2021, at Harbor Hill Nursing Home. There will be a graveside service Monday, May 24, 2021, at 2 p.m., at Grove…
AUGUSTA — The Legislature approved a bill Wednesday that would require telephone utilities to provide customers with services to reduce the volume of calls received from automated telephone…
Elizabeth “Eli” Sue Sherfey was a sunflower in human translation. Her bright personality and glowing blonde hair radiated every space that she entered. She was strong and dependable, an iconic…
