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BELFAST — Lorraine Nancy Ward, 76 of Belfast, passed away on March 13, 2025.
A service to celebrate the life of Lorraine will be held April 4…
Rockport Harbor Resilience Plan
The Town of Rockport’s Harbor…
PORTLAND — An Owls Head man was sentenced March 31 in U.S. District Court in Portland for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine, according to a news release from U.S. District Court in…
BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will meet Tuesday, April 1, at 7 p.m. for its regularly scheduled meeting. Some of agenda items on City Manager…
CUSHING — Anthony (Tony) F. Campagna, age 79, passed away on March 16, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Bristol, Rhode Island, on August 25, 1945, to the late Frank J. Campagna and…
OWLS HEAD — Dawn M. Strickland, 51, died unexpectedly at home, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Born in Rockland, April 5, 1973, she was the daughter of Pamela C. Stone. Educated locally Dawn was a 1991…
WALDOBORO — Suzanne Trowbridge Cooney died peacefully in the early morning hours on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at her home in Waldoboro, Maine. Her husband of over 60 years was by her side, having…
ROCKPORT — Jean Eleanore Merrill Bell died on March 15, 2025, at the age of 92, in Rockport at the Sussman House after a courageous battle with cancer.
A celebration of her life will be…
Planning Board review, April 1; City Council zoning discussion, April 14
ROCKLAND — A multi-faceted…
WASHINGTON — Approximately 50 residents braved snowy conditions to attend Washington’s annual town meeting March 29. Most warrant items passed without discussion, including articles directing the…
The federal government has funded more than a billion dollars in biomedical and public health research at Maine institutions over the past 10 years, supporting research…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds March 24-28.
Camden
Gregory B. Currier to Pamela K.…
Miller School’s sixth grade class will matriculate at Medomak Middle School starting this coming fall in the largest step of a three-part plan to reduce overcrowding at the elementary school in…
We are living through some worrying times. They are not generally to my liking. People seem to be angrier than normal, more unsettled. Were that it only was on the news channels…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County court March 20-26.
Daimon Clark, 45, of Bangor, probation violation in Belfast Sept. 15, 2020, 30 days in…
BELFAST — The following indictments were handed up by a Waldo County grand jury March 20-21.
Kathleen A. Winslow, 39, of Swanville, unlawful possession of scheduled…
BELFAST The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds March 3-14.
Belfast
Marsha H. Donahue to Marsha H.…
ROCKPORT — Tracy H. Donnelly, 86, husband of Carol (DeBenedictis) Donnelly, died on March 25, 2025 at Pen Bay Medical Center.
A complete obituary…
On Thursday, President Donald signed an …
ROCKLAND—Midcoast Sports Exchange, a center for used and new sports equipment and recreational gear, recently moved from the former KeyBank building in Camden Market Square to the vacant…
When Celeste Yakawonis was younger, she thought she would spend the rest of her life in her riverfront home on six acres of land in Turner.
But that was before Yakawonis’s husband died…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity March 6-26.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity March 13-27.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are…
ROCKLAND — William George Butman Jr., 84, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2025 at the Maine General Rehab and Long-Term Care at Glenridge, in Augusta.
Born in the Knox County Hospital,…
WALDOBORO — Early in the morning of March 25, 2025, John L Gatcombe left us on the ebbing tide after a period of declining health. He died peacefully at home with family by his side.
John…
AUGUSTA — Game Warden Investigator Ethan Buuck, of Division B in Sidney, was honored by his peers as the Maine Game Warden of the Year for 2024. Game Warden…
presentation on Nesterly and home sharing
Are you living in a large house with rooms that once were shared? Do you miss the companionship and sharing duties when others lived with you? Would you consider having a good…
On March 25, Maine Preservation held a ceremony for its annual Honor Awards at Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner. Since 1998, the organization has celebrated excellence in historic preservation…
On Friday evening, March 25, the Knox County Democratic Committee and Arleigh Kraus are hosting a Town Hall for Knox County legislators, and the…
ROCKPORT -- The Rockport Planning…
Maine's Yellow Flag law used to temporarily remove firearms
NORTHPORT — A Northport man was arrested after a shooting a firearm within his residence in the general direction of law enforement, according to a March 26, media report from Waldo County Sheriff…
Municipal budget Up 13.9 percent; County up 14 percent; school budgets up possibly 8 percent
ROCKPORT —The Rockport Select Board…
JUDGE SETS BAIL AT $50,000
SOUTH THOMASTON – A New Hampshire man remains in the Knox County Jail for allegedly pointing a gun at an officer in South Thomaston.
Dennis Duquette, 46, was charged with receiving…
SEARSMONT — Mary E. Merrifield, 67 of Searsmont, passed away unexpectedly after a brief illness on March 17, 2025 at PenBay Medical Center in Rockport, Maine. Mary was…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Feb. 17-28.
Belfast
B&B Belfast Homes LLC to…
Seek another public launch for those two weeks
UPDATE — Because another layer of permit requirements has surfaced, the plan to install new ramp infrastructure at Steambnoat Landing in Camden has been delayed until APril 28 through May 15…
ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified…
Edward C. Gagnon (Retired Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force) died March 20, 2025.
Fighter pilot, war hero, golfer…
Ed Gagnon lived a joyous life of service and amazing…
BELFAST — Dr. Betty Becker-Theye, 89, of Belfast, Maine passed away at her home on March 23, 2025.
A private interment will be held in the…
CAMDEN — Deborah A. Oliver, 66, passed away at home on Sunday March 16, 2025.
Born March 6, 1959 in Wilson Borough, Pennsylvania.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of…
ROCKPORT — Dorothy May McCormick, 92 of Rockport, passed peacefully at the home her beloved husband, Jack, built for her, surrounded by family on March 21, 2025.
Suzie, as she was known to…
ROCKPORT — Jean Eleanore Merrill was born on November 10, 1932, at Camden Community Hospital on 19 Mountain Street in Camden. She died on March 15, 2025, at the age of 92, in Rockport, at the…
Elizabeth “Betty” Swett Grinnell passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport, Maine. She was born in Mexico, Maine on October 21, 1924, to the late Fred and Hazel…
Washington election Friday, March 28
Two individuals are vying for one open Washington RSU 40 School Board seat in the March 28 municipal election: …
Washington election Friday, March 28
Two individuals are vying for one open Washington RSU 40 School Board seat in the March 28 municipal election: Robert "Bob" Jones and …
Medicaid, a federal health insurance program for low-income children and adults, is facing dual challenges at both the state and federal level.
Nationally, Republicans in Congress are…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), released the following statement in response …
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…
