AUGUSTA — A Portland man who was arrested Sept. 29 on charges of kidnapping after he allegedly attacked a woman in Rockland, choked her…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Nov. 1-13. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Oct. 29 (late entry)

Deputy…

Many years ago, when I found out I was a writer, I realized I had only one subject I could, with any knowledge, write about: my town, Lincolnville. My own backyard. I’d see the macro in the micro…

Camden’s Select Board will consider facilitating revenue bond applications for Lifeflight of Maine, the nonprofit whose headquarters are in Camden. If signed, Camden, being a municipality, will…

CUSHING - Bettina Fogge (Sullivan) Dobbs, formerly of Newtown, Conn., and Cushing and Rockland, Maine, passed away peacefully on Nov. 13, 2016, in Cushing, at 95 years of age. She was born in…

CAMDEN - Faughn W. Marston Sr., 83, of Camden, passed away on Nov. 13, 2016, in Rockport. He was born May 20, 1933, to Forest and Lola (Simmons) Marston in Freeport, where he was also raised.

A proposal to site an oyster and scallop aquaculture farm in a cove on Pleasant Island in Mussel Ridge Channel will be heard this evening at a Dept. of Marine Resources public hearing in Thomaston…

Brian Tarbox, 52, of Spruce Head has been charged by Marine Patrol Officer Brandon Bezio with fishing 156 lobster traps more than he was authorized to fish, according to the news release from the…

The Maine Bureau of Highway Safety said the weekend highway death count of six people killed in five separate crashes on Maine roads is rare.

The crashes occurred of the Golden Road north of…

At approximately 10:30 p.m., Nov. 13, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office was called to a residence in Warren regarding a domestic dispute between a couple that involved the man being stabbed in the…

The Rockport Select Board will, this evening at a regularly scheduled meting, consider getting voter approval for installing solar panels on the Town Office roof, and review a Gartley and Dorksy…

Local cookbook author Malia Dell will talk about her self-published cookbook, Food That Works: Real Meals to Survive the 9 to 5., on the Monday Chris Wolf Show.

The cookbook is more…

LINCOLNVILLE - When the Lincolnville Board of Selectmen convene next on Monday, Nov. 14 beginning at 5:30 p.m., their first order of business is an executive session with Town Administrator Dave…

ROCKLAND - Rockland City Councilor William Clayton made known in an email Wednesday that he has an interest in the mayoral position for the upcoming year. Clayton last served as Rockland's Mayor…

SEARSMONT — Kimberly Jo Tyler, 43, passed away on Nov. 9, 2016, in Swanville. She was born in Bristol, Conn., on March 4, 1973, to Robert and Jean (Suitor) Walsh.

Kim attended Belfast Area…

Thank you, voters of Camden, Rockport and Islesboro, for participating in this lively election season. Thank you for welcoming me at your doors. Your stories, ideas and concerns inspired me, and I…

In response to the depleted condition of the northern shrimp resource, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Northern Shrimp Section extended the moratorium on commercial fishing for…

Friday on the Chris Wolf Show we pay homage to all of America's veterans for their service to their country. Special musical guest will be American veteran and singer/ songwriter Vincent Gabriel…

ROCKLAND — A Rockland woman who was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police found her 3-year-old son lying in a…

ROCKLAND — A 52-year-old Rockland man remains in the jail after he struck a house while allegedly driving under the influence in a…

Rockland Police Departments Criminal Investigations Division has arrested 52-year-old Brenda Carty, of Owls Head, for theft of more than $8,000 from the Class of 2018's graduation fund. According…

UNION — Herbert T. Griffin, 91, passed away on Nov. 9, 2016, at his home. He was born Sept. 24, 1925, in Boston, Mass., to Chester and Adeline Hall Griffin.

Soon after finishing high school…

Rockport’s Winter Parking Ban will commence November 15 and extend through April 15.  There will be no on-street parking from midnight to 6 a.m.  Illegally parked cars…

CAMDEN - Marny Schonegevel Emanuel died peacefully on Oct. 22, 2016, at The Gardens, Quarry Hill. She was 93.

Marny Catherine van Nymegen Schonegevel was born in Vence, France, on June 19,…

SEARSPORT - Elliott "Bill" Ward Jr., 62, passed away Nov. 8, 2016, at the Maine Veterans Hospital in Togus. He was born Feb. 14, 1954, in Torrington, Conn., to the late Elliott Ward Sr. and Irene…

JACKSON - Eleanor M. Tibbetts, 87, of Jackson, passed away on Nov. 8, 2016, in Bangor. She was born Nov. 27, 1928, in St. Albans, the daughter of Harold and Dorothy (Downs) Brewer.

After…

The National Honor Society of Camden Hills Regional High School cordially invites American veterans and their families to its seventh annual Veterans' Day Breakfast on Friday, November…

BELFAST - Eric Lee York, 58, of Belfast, died unexpectedly in an accident on Nov. 8, 2016, at his home. He was born Sept. 11, 1958, in Belfast, the son of Burton and Maxine (Moody) York.

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WASHINGTON - Emery Alexander Bilodeau (1922-2016) was born in Dumfries, York County, New Brunswick, Canada, on Jan. 26, 1922. He died Oct. 15, 2016.

Within months of his birth, he was…

CAMDEN — Barbara B. Hagney, 87, widow of the late Dennis J. Hagney, died Nov. 6, 2016, at Pen Bay Medical Center.

A complete obituary will be published later and a memorial mass will be…

With overwhelming support, voters in 21 Region 8 communities voted to borrow $25 million to construct a new Midcoast School of Technology facility on the school’s existing Rockland site. The final…

Voters in Knox and Waldo counties apparently don’t have too much trouble deciding that funding transportation needs is a wise investment, as they easily approved Question 6, which raised a lot of…

In a close race between Dave Emery and Dave Miramant for Senate District 12, the final numbers have yet to be set.

Senate District 12 includes Appleton, Camden, Cushing, Friendship, Hope,…

If there was a prize for garnering the largest spread of votes in favor of Question 4, which at the polls Tuesday was the Citizen’s Initiative to raise the minimum hourly wage, Camden won with 2,…

Waldo County voters were fairly adamant at the polls Tuesday, with all but Belfast, Islesboro and Lincolnville coming out against the measure to require background checks before firearms can be…

Though voters in individual towns, and towns in each county went back and forth in their support, or not, of the Citizen’s Initiative to fund public schools with a new tax on individual income…

Votes in Knox and Waldo counties had different views about whether to legalize the possession and use of marijuana, with voters in Waldo County voting against the measure, 11,298 to 10,887; and…

The margin for passage of Question 5, the Citizen’s Initiative to vote for candidates by a rank choice system, was more slim in Waldo County than in Knox County, but at the end of the day, both…

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With all town election results in, Stanley Zeigler (D-Lincolnville) has won the race for Maine House District 96 against Ryan Harmon (R-Palermo) 2,633 to 2,210.

Christine Burstein would have…

With just four towns left to report their voting results, and already with an unbeatable margin, it is safe to say at this early hour (3:05 a.m.) on Nov. 9 that incumbent Susan W. Longley (D-…

As of 3:30 a.m. on Nov. 9, there are four towns in Waldo County that have yet to report their voting results, but at this stage, Hillary Clinton is the voters favorite by less than 600 total votes…

A Boothbay man, Shannon Gilbert, 76, was killed in a crash on Route One in Damariscotta on Monday, Nov. 7. The crash occurred at 9:45 a.m. at the intersection of Route One and Business Route One,…

LINCOLNVILLE - The race for the remainder of Lincolnville Selectman Cathy Hardy’s vacated seat on the Board of Selectmen came down to two of the three candidates on the ballot Tuesday, Nov. 8,…

Belfast voters helped carry the RSU 71 school construction and renovation bond question well into the favorable margin, with the total votes from the five school district towns coming in at 3,705…

The decision has been made to go with ecomaine for the disposal of trash from Mid-Coast Solid Waste Corporation, according to the voters in Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport, the four towns…

Rockland had a large turnout of 3,650 voters who addressed a sizeable municipal warrant. Citizens elected Ed Glaser and Larry Pritchett from of a ticket of four…

Anne Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, earned 2,512 votes at the polls, and Donald Robishaw, R-Rockland received 1,984 in the race to represent District 93 in Augusta. District 93 comprises Rockland and…

Camden voters turned out in full force Nov. 8 and gave sweeping approval for Hillary Clinton, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, signing a trash contract with ecomaine,…