ROCKLAND – Knox County Commissioners on Monday, September 30, reviewed their 2020 budget draft. The budget will now go to the commissioner’s budget committee on October 17.
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ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from Sept. 23-27 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Sept. 25-30. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Sept. 25
Roger Plourde, 20, of…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Sept. 23-29. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Sept. 23
Kyle K. White, 27, of Searsmont, was…
Searsport Water District recently received the 2019 Utility of the Year Award from the New England Water Works Association (NEWWA), the region’s largest and oldest nonprofit organization of water…
John “Scott” Lewis passed away September 20, 2019, at a local hospital following a long illness.
He was born in Belfast, March 9, 1955 to John and Alfreda (Harvey) Lewis.
Scott…
ROCKLAND — Rebecca “Becky” Anne Charette, 49, passed away unexpectantly at her home on Saturday, September 28, 2019.
Born in Boston MA on August 12, 1970 to John and Eleanor (Matarazzo)…
ROCKPORT — Fifty years ago, the state’s first adult education program was introduced at what was then known as Camden-Rockport High School by Bob Curran, the school’s interim principal and former…
ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity Sept. 2-25. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person…
Catherine McGahan, 63, of Searsmont, died suddenly at home Friday afternoon, Sept. 27. She is missed and warmly remembered by her partner Jan, her daughter Chelsea and husband Terrance, her son…
Camden, Rockland, Rockport, Thomaston and others step up to help
Camden, Rockport, Rockland and Thomaston firefighters have been traveling to Farmington, taking fire engines with them, to help keep the municipal fire department there staffed and at the ready.…
CAMDEN — Katharine “Kit” Ward Parker was lost from this world on the afternoon of Saturday, September 14, following a decades-long struggle against multiple sclerosis and…
Clair W. Mitchell, 43, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2019 in Damariscotta, Maine.
Clair W. “Critter” Mitchell was born in Rockport, Maine, on August 28, 1976. He grew up in Appleton…
From Augusta
After a national search, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services said Sept. 30 that Jessica Pollard was appointed director of the…
AUGUSTA - New rates for the Maine State Ferry Service will take effect on October 1. The rulemaking process was officially completed September 19. That months-long…
ROCKLAND — Rebecca “Becky” Anne Charette, 49, passed away unexpectantly at her home on Saturday, September 27, 2019.
A celebration of Becky’s life will be held Monday, Oct. 7, at 2 p.m., at…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Joyce Lynn Burnham passed away on September 26, 2019. She was awaiting a lung transplant at a hospital in Boston following a courageous battle with pulmonary fibrosis.
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WARREN — Betsy Witherbee Milliken Giustra, 79, smiled and passed peacefully on Monday, September 23, 2019 at Sussman House, in Rockport, with her four children by her side.
Betsy was born,…
CASE MAY NOW BE PROSECUTED UNDER FEDERAL LAW
ROCKLAND — A hearing that was scheduled on Sept. 26 for a 25-year-old man from…
SEARSMONT — Norman Withee passed away at the age of 92 on September 24, 2019.
He was born on Swan’s Island, and was the son of George H. and Iris V. (Hamblen) Withee. He attended schools…
teasing out stories ..... road clean-up ....... looking for a pickle
Fifteen years ago the Lincolnville Historical Society published Staying Put in Lincolnville, Maine: 1900-1950. My original plan was to cover the whole of the 20th century, but after nine…
In business
CAMDEN—The little garage sitting next to The Smoothie Shack at 46 Elm Street became available recently when friends and business partners Ariela Kuh and Molly O’Rourke each saw her own vision of…
Cold, wet spring meant less pollination
HOPE – Hope Orchard’s apple picking season officially began at 9 a.m. on Saturday, September 21. Emily Davis, co-owner of the orchard, said the apple crop is diminished this year and because of…
THOMASTON – Jeffrey N. Gallagher, 66, died unexpectedly, Wednesday, September 25, 2019.
Born December…
CAMDEN — Two hundred and 45 participants ran, jumped, shimmied, and strategized their way through the annual Ragged Mountain Scuttle, Sunday, Sept. 29, at the Camden Snow Bowl.
Starting at…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Sept. 16-23.
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BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Sept. 17-26. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Sept. 17
Charlotte M. Drake, 57, of Belfast, was…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Sept. 20-25. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Sept. 20
Bobbi Trask, 33, of…
ROCKALND — The following deed transfers were recorded from Sept. 16-20 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds…
APPLETON — At approximately 9:15 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, volunteer firefighters made their way to the Peabody Road, in Appleton, following a report of a camper fire.
Dispatchers from the…
BELFAST — Glenn Anne Perry, 85, of Belfast, died on September 23, 2019 at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
Born in Bath on January 4, 1934, she was the daughter of…
WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 136 calls for service from Sept. 19-26. Listed below are a few of the highlights.…
The State Fire Marshal’s Office says a leak in a propane line caused the explosion at the L.E.A.P. building in Farmington last week. Investigators say they located the leak in the propane line…
THOMASTON — A graveside committal service for Harold (Wig) LeRoy Wiggin, 92, who passed away peacefully August 4, 2019, will be held Tuesday, October 1, at 1 p.m., at the Maine Veteran’s Memorial…
At issue: Nordic Aquafarms outflow pipe path
PORTLAND — Belfast residents Jeffrey Mabee and Judith Grace have filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Portland against their neighbors Janet and Richard Eckrote, alleging that the Eckrotes…
Opinion
I met Carlos at a personal development event in California several years ago. We broke out into small groups sitting around tables and sharing…
ROCKPORT — Resident shared their opinions regarding short-term rental properties in town with the Rockport Select Board and Town Manager Bill Post at a workshop on the subject Sept. 23. The Select…
SPRUCE HEAD —Lindsey Morgan "Lou Lou" Taylor passed away unexpectedly on September 24, 2019 in Rockland. Lindsey was born in Ellsworth on August 17, 1991, she was the daughter of Larry D. Taylor…
WARREN — Betsy Witherbee Milliken Giustra, 79, died peacefully, Monday, September 23, 2019 at Sussman Hospice House, in Rockport.
A memorial service will be held Friday, September 27, at 10…
ISLESBORO — Charlotte Agnus Gossens Mitchell, 81, passed away at Penobscot Bay Medical Center on Monday, September 23, 2019.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 28, at 11 a.…
no candidates for three municipal seats
ROCKLAND — The list of candidates running for offices in the City of Rockland have been announced.
The following seats and candidates will appear on the ballot for the Nov. 5 election. …
ROCKLAND — “Your neighborhood is now safer,” said Bruce Noddin, founder of Maine Prisoner Re-entry Network, “because we now know where these folks are, and they have programming.”
With…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Sept. 10-22. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 21 (late entry)
Hunter M.…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Sept. 17-23. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Sept. 17
Mallory J. Banks Harnden, 33, of Belfast,…
Police Chief: PD received no fireworks complaints in 2019
ROCKPORT — Members of the Rockport Select Board advised Town Manager Bill Post at their Sept. 23 meeting that they would like him to bring before them copies of the fireworks ordinances in…
Monhegan Island a recipient of water study grant
The Municipal Planning Assistance Program, a division of Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry's Bureau of Resource Information and Land Use Planning, said Sept. 24 that…
CAMDEN — War Memorial Post 30 held its first POW/MIA remembrance ceremony at…
Maine State Police said a woman died on the Snows Cove Road in Sedgwick when her car struck a utility pole just before 11 a.m., Sept. 24.
Nancy Blastow, 70, died at the scene, police said…
CAMDEN —A hiker slipped and injured his ankle Sept. 24 while hiking along the side of Megunticook Mountain, resulting in a lift down the mountain in a Stokes basket courtesy of the Camden Fire…
