CAMDEN — Camden’s Memorial Day observance began with a wreath ceremony at the harbor with an honor guard rifle salute, and the Camden Hills Regional High School band playing taps among other…
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CAMDEN — Five Town Football players, coaches, board members and families joined the Camden Lions Club on Memorial Day morning to help line downtown Camden streets with American flags ahead of the…
Camden-Rockport Middle School...
CAMDEN — Seventh-grader Karen Linares-Mendoza has spearheaded a project to create the first ever Camden-Rockport neputa, which is a large fan shaped float. Linares-Mendoza and a troupe of seventh-…
LINCOLNVILLE — Monday, May 29, Memorial Day, if not raining, routes 235,173/52 will be shut down to all traffic starting at 1:30 p.m. until about 1:50 p.m.
The parade will start at…
CAMDEN — Members of American Legion War Memorial Post 30 and volunteers honored veterans in recent days by placing flags and memorial markers…
CAMDEN — West Bay Rotary in Camden was “feeling thankful” May 27, after they released 3,500 rubber ducks from the back deck of the Smiling Cow, and from there they floated over the falls and into…
CAMDEN — Five Town Football players, coaches, board members and families will be helping the Camden Lions Club on the morning of Memorial Day, May 29, to line the downtown Camden streets with…
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HOPE — Alan Walter Brown, 85, husband of Joy Gould Brown, died May 26, 2017, at Windward Gardens in Camden.
A complete obituary will be published later.
Calling hours will be held…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity May 19-25. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
May 19
Katherine Manchester, 30, of…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity May 19-25. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
May 19
Kevin Kinney, 26, of Knox,…
BELFAST — A Bangor woman appeared in Waldo County Unified Court on May 23 and was sentenced to seven years in prison, with all but one year suspended, as…
2017 June Elections...
CAMDEN — Five of the six candidates running for a total of three open seats on Camden's Select Board attended the May 22 candidates forum, put on by the town and moderated by Deborah Dodge.…
Matthew Murphy has an unusual resume. He's a licensed pilot and he flies drones. He operates Eagle Eye Drones out of Rockland. He calls it the future of aerial photography. The technology is…
Two crias have already been born in the past eight days...
UNITY — For two months, give or take a day, more than 2 million people at a time were tuned in to YouTube, watching a giraffe named April and waiting for her to give birth to a calf. In the rural…
Obituary
UNITY — Stanley E. Knox, 93, peacefully passed away on May 17, 2017, at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor. He was born in Saco on March 14, 1924, to E. Victor Knox and Annie Mae (Eason) Knox.…
Sheriff’s Office: High rate of speed, alcohol likely a contributing factor
SOUTH THOMASTON — The driver of a car traveling at a high rate of speed on Route 131 in South Thomaston early Thursday evening reportedly lost control and drove off the road, striking many trees…
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ST. GEORGE – Zachary E. Elwell, 21, died unexpectedly on May 25, 2017, in South Thomaston.
A full obituary will be published.
Family and friends are invited to visit Wednesday, May…
CAMDEN — It’s been just shy of four months since the state Department of Transportation began work to rebuild Bakery Bridge on Washington Street, at the intersection of Mechanic Street, but as…
I grew up here in Camden, splitting my time with my dad, who still lives on Spruce Street, and my mom in North Union, just on the edge of the Burketville town line, and after moving around a bit,…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from May 15-19.
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Maine game wardens locate a missing Bristol man early this morning. The Maine Warden Service was called around 7:30 p.m., May 23, to search for Willem Jansen, 82, from Round Pond,…
ROCKLAND — Rockland police reported the following activity April 25-May 8. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…
AUGUSTA –Workers with long commutes will see more money coming back from the state when they file their Maine income taxes if a bill passed by the Maine House of Representatives…
ROCKPORT — There has always been a lighthearted rivalry between police and fireman especially about cops having a donut fetish. Sometimes the…
The midcoast connection
ROCKLAND – A bill aimed at banning the sale of new, flame-retardant, upholstered furniture in Maine has passed its first hurdle. Wednesday, May 24, the House of Representatives voted 139 to five…
Since early February, Camden has been reviewing resumes and interviewing candidates for the town manager position. A search committee, comprising citizens, assisted with the initial search and…
UNION (May 24, noon) — The state Fire Marshal’s Office has identified the man who died in an early morning fire in Union as Lawrence Dries, 80. Dries lived alone in the farmhouse, one of the…
Burial notice
PORT CLYDE — A graveside service for Harriet Naumer Dennen, 89, formerly of Wellesley Hills, Mass., who died March 30, 2017, will be held Saturday, June 3, at 11 a.m. at Ridge Church (South Parish…
Burial notice
DAMARISCOTTA — A graveside service for Virginia W. Spear, 94, formerly of Warren, who died Jan. 27, 2017, will be held Friday, June 2, at 2 p.m. at Newcomb Cemetery in Warren.
Those who…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity May 16-22. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
May 6 (late entry)
Hannah E. Richards,…
On Wednesday Chris Wolf welcomes Stephanie Primm and Patrisha McLean to the his radio show on WRFR, also broadcast live on MaineCoast TV. An amazing 90-95 percent of Primm’s and McLean’s hard-…
All Ragged Mt. development, trails and lodge, to go through planning board process
Camden’s Economic Development Director Karen Brace is working on two grant applications, one for a $250,000 grant to help pay for the new lodge at the Camden Snow Bowl; the other, a $125,000 grant…
Burial notice
MAIZE, Kan. — A graveside service for Jeffrey Alan Hallowell, 52, formerly of Owls Head, who died Feb. 12, 2016, will be held Monday, June 5, at 2 p.m., at Achorn Cemetery on Old County Road in…
Burial notice
THOMASTON — A graveside service for Donald R. Thorndike, 83, life-long resident and long-time truck driver, who died, March 26, 2017, will be held Saturday, June 3, at 2 p.m. at Village Cemetery…
ROCKLAND – A call to the Rockland Fire Department led to the closure of Park and Main streets (Route 1) Tuesday, May 23. A little after 11 a.m., the owner of the Park Street Grille, 279 Park…
Obituary
ISLESBORO — Suzanne Kenoyer Bolduc, born Oct. 7, 1952, died peacefully on May 14, 2017. It was Mother's Day, and she was fittingly in the company of her husband and children.
The third of…
Service notice
WALDO — Patrick H. Carrara Jr., 76, of Waldo, passed away April 29, 2017, in Waldo. A graveside service will be held at the Carrara Family Cemetery, 275 Moosehead Trail in Waldo on Saturday, May…
Service notice
SEARSMONT — Charlene R. Dodge, 78, of Searsmont, passed away March 21, 2017, in Belfast. A graveside service will be held at Maple Grove Cemetery in Islesboro on Saturday, May 27, at 11 a.m.
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Service notice
CAMDEN - A graveside service for Edwin Joseph "Skip" Morton, who passed from this life into the presence of the Lord on Dec. 15, 2016, will be held at Cummings Cemetery in Vinalhaven on Friday,…
Woman in wheelchair struck by vehicle
ROCKLAND - The Rockland Police Department is seeking the public’s help with identifying a vehicle that struck a woman in a wheelchair early…
ROCKLAND – Winter carnivals, snowshoeing, ball games. These activities were envisioned by some Rockland residents in favor of the MacDougal School property, 338 Broadway, as a city park. Then, to…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — Representatives Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin have reintroduced their bill to make it easier for seafood dealers to export sea urchins and sea cucumbers outside of the…
Obituary
MAIZE, Kan. — Jeffrey Alan Hallowell, 52, formerly of Owls Head, Maine, died Feb. 12, 2016, after a 14-year battle with amyoteophic lateral sclerosis. He was surrounded by his loving family,…
ROCKLAND – During the past two weeks in Rockland, steps were taken to retrieve an outstanding debt from the former Rockland Lobster Company. Department heads convened to discuss MDOT’s pedestrian…
promoting biodiversity and self-sufficiency in Waldoboro since the 1970s
The Heirloom Seed Project at Medomak Valley High School, in Waldoboro, has been honored with a national Award of Excellence from National Garden…
The Informed Young Leaders Series starts its third year of PechaKucha-style presentations on vital political issues by…
Rockland — The following deed transfers were recorded from May 8-15 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
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ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity May 12-16. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a crime…
Obituary
APPLETON — Marian I. Norwood, 91, of Appleton, passed away peacefully on May 20, 2017, at home. Marian was born Nov. 10, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Everett J. Morse and Caroline M. (…
From Augusta
AUGUSTA — In March, Congress overturned a Federal Communications Commission rule banning Internet Service Providers from selling their customers’ online web browsing data to advertisers…
