LINCOLNVILLE — Maine game wardens recovered the body of a 20-year-old man from Megunticook Lake, off of Fernald’s Neck, in Lincolnville Tuesday morning. Trueman Moore, 20, of Camden, drowned in…

ROCKLAND — Rockland City Council honored the Oceanside Boys Basketball team with a special resolve during an agenda setting meeting Monday, March 7.

Ranked fifth, the Mariners beat number…

HOULTON — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency have arrested two out of state men in Houlton on heroin charges after the men's car took a…

ROCKLAND – William Jillson tendered his resignation from the Rockland City Council Monday, March 7, in a letter to Rockland City Clerk Start Sylvester. Jillson unseated then Rockland Mayor Frank…

During the week ending March 5, the position of Assistant Harbor Master/Municipal Pier Director was posted, and the position of Fire Chief was posted internally. The contract for …

MAIZE, Kan. — Jeffrey Alan Hallowell, 52, formerly of Owls Head, died Feb. 12, 2016, in Kansas, surrounded by many of those he loved, after a more than 14-year battle with Amyotrophic Lateral…

CAMDEN — Dorothea Young passed away peacefully on March 3, 2016, surrounded by her sons. Dorothea was born in Bar Harbor on Nov. 22, 1928, and moved to Camden as a teenager. Dot graduated from…

FARMINGDALE — Maurice Louis "Lou" Simmons, 82, died March 5, 2016, at the Captain Lewis Residence in Farmingdale. He was born in Friendship on May 26, 1933, to Maurice Calvin and Edna Simmons.…

WALDOBORO — Robert V. Gorman, 92, of Waldoboro, passed away March 6, 2016, at the Sussman House in Rockport.

The funeral mass will be held Thursday, March 10 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's…

SEARSMONT — Alan "Pete" Tinker, 70, of Searsmont, passed away on March 4, 2016. Pete was born Aug. 19, 1945, in Eastport, to Helen Tinker. He graduated from Shead Memorial High School, Class of…

ST. GEORGE — Robert Joseph French, beloved husband of Shirley Anne French for 50 years, died March 3, 2016. He was a devoted father to his daughter Laura A. Hyson and her husband, Mark R.…

Have you noticed? There’s a gaping hole in the Center this weekend. Not a hole in the ground, but a missing piece in the roadside scenery; the World War II Honor Roll is gone.  Last Friday a…

ROCKLAND — A single-vehicle car crash on Sunday, March 6, around 8 p.m., in Rockland sent one person to the hospital.…

OWLS HEAD — On March 6, at approximately 3 p.m., the…

AUGUSTA – Maine's commercially harvested marine resources topped $600 million in overall value in 2015, according to preliminary data from…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Criminal Court from Feb. 22-26. The Unified Criminal Court is a system for…

ROCKPORT – Rockport police reported the following activity Feb. 23-29. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

Carol Rackliff, 48, died peacefully Feb. 20, 2016, at the Sussman House, surrounded by family and friends after a courageous fight with breast cancer.

Carol will be remembered for her large…

ROCKPORT — Julie Keene is harbor master for the town of Lubec. “I’m an elver fisherman,” she said. ”Last year, we got nothing. I didn’t catch my quota. We’re going to have a good year for…

Camden — Camden Police reported the following activity Feb. 1-29. An arrest or summons does not apply…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from Feb. 8-19 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

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ROCKLAND — The Rockland City Council will meet behind closed doors Friday afternoon, March 4, for two separate sessions: The first, to continue talking with outside legal counsel concerning a…

What’s it like to live on an island 22 miles out to sea, where there are only three dozen winter residents? Where the local economy is lobstering…period? Where your most reliable source of…

SACO – Maine Water has completed its 2015 capital spending, and has announced its capital plan for 2016. In 2015, the company…

ROCKLAND — City Manager James Chaousis announced Thursday afternoon, March 3, that Rockland’s new harbor master is Matthew Ripley. A former Coast Guard naval engineer, Ripley grew up in St. George…

BANGOR — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency along with state police, as well as Bangor and Holden police departments made two…

The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from Feb. 22 to Feb. 28.

Feb. 22…

AUGUSTA - The citizens' initiative petition effort to legalize and tax marijuana does not have enough valid signatures of Maine voters to…

WARREN — Thirty eight acres of undeveloped forestland bordering the prominent gooseneck bend in the St. George River in Warren…

RAYMOND — For the 15th time this year, and just two months into 2016, investigators with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency responded…

CAMDEN — Dorothea Young, 87, died March 2, 20016, in Rockport. A complete obituary will be published later and services will be announced.

Arrangements are with Long Funeral Home &…

ROCKPORT — On Thursday, March 3, the Maine Fishermen's Forum will host a fishermen-led salty discussion around climate change in fisheries…

CAMDEN — Marjorie O. Kelley, 90, widow of Douglas M. Kelley, passed away on March 1, 2016, at Anderson Inn at Quarry Hill in Camden. A complete obituary will be published later.

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Monday, February 22

Officer Benjamin Kolko issue a warning for speed, and a citation for speed on Bath Road, a warning for speed on Gardiner Road…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Feb. 17-25. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Feb. 17

Scott A. Gandette,…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Superior Court Feb. 12-25.

David Barton, 55, of Liberty, probation violation in Liberty Dec. 24, 2014, nine months in jail and…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Belfast District Court Feb. 12-25.

Jeffrey S. Angelico, 52, of Union, operating under the influence in Belfast June 17, 2005, dismissed.…

ROCKLAND — Rockland police reported the following activity Feb. 3-March 1. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged…

Let's have a conversation. I'll tell you who I am and why I want to represent District 94 (Camden, Rockport and Islesboro) in Augusta and you can tell me what is most important to you in your…

CAMDEN — Camden Rockport Middle School teacher Kristen Andersen is the recipient of the 2017 Maine Art Education Association- Middle Level Art Educator of the Year. The Maine Art Education…

ITALY — Members of the Italian Parliament awarded Thomas Oswald Young IV, of Rockport, with a medal during a ceremony in the Italian Chamber of Deputies October 8, 2015.

Each year, the Italy…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 140 calls for service from Feb. 22-29. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

AUGUSTA — Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced this week that more than 800 consumers, who were customers of Festiva…

PORTLAND — State Police and MDEA have charged a Houlton woman with attempting to transport heroin into northern Maine. 32 year old…

BELFAST – During the Feb. 25, Waldo County Commissioners Court Session, the board of county commissioners announced that $75,000.00 in tax…

SOUTH THOMASTON — Glenda B. Mansfield, 74, flew to Jesus on Feb. 27, 2016, as her loving family and adoring husband surrounded and held her.

She was born Sept. 29, 1941, in Lynn, Mass.

ROCKPORT — A weekend fire at a home on Winding Way in Rockport, overlooking Chickawaukee Pond, was deemed an accident but caused by an improperly installed stove pipe through the wall.

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A note to readers of This Week in Lincolnville: it’s been a boring winter, weatherwise, leaving us housebound. The incredible political season with its 24-hour, round the…

BELFAST — The following Unified Criminal Court cases were closed in Waldo County from Feb. 19-25.

Brandy C. Abbott, 33, of Buxton, possession of marijuana up to 1.25 oz in Winterport Dec. 30…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Feb. 20-26. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Feb. 20

Christopher M. Hebert, 37,…