The inverted trough in the atmosphere strengthened with energy through Saturday, Feb. 13, and with it, portions of Penobscot Bay got swamped with snow. The localized storm affected just a small…
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ROCKPORT – Rockport police reported the following activity Feb. 2-10. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…
MATINICUS — Today’s storm hasn’t panned out like they said, to say the least, after forecasters Friday night said that Mount Desert Island would likely get the brunt of the snow. Instead, the…
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Beloved lover of skiing, brother, uncle and friend to many, Fitzwilliam Sargent “Fitz” May, 71, passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Feb. 8, 2016. Fitz was born Jan. 2, 1945, in Brockton, Mass…
A winter storm warning is in effect through midnight Saturday, Feb. 13, and the National Weather Service has forecast as much as 10 inches of snow for the Midcoast. The snow has been falling since…
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UNION — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate an incident in Union Feb. 10, when a male reportedly forced entry into a Sennebec Road residence, assaulted a female there and…
Coldest air of season to descend on strong northwest wind
UPDATE — The forecast has changed as of 11 p.m, Friday night, and the Midcoast is going to get even more snow. A winter storm warning is now in place until midnight, Saturday night, Feb. 13, and a…
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WARREN — The Rev. Wesley G. Woodman, 90, passed away Feb. 11, 2016, at Togus VA Hospital in Augusta, with his loving family by his side. A full obituary will be published.
Visitation will be…
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CAMDEN — Dr. Robert Bradlee Allport, a devoted husband and father, an advocate for the congenitally disabled, and a man with a deep appreciation for both the San Francisco and Penobscot Bay areas…
The Knox County Sheriff's office received 370 calls for service from Jan. 31 to Feb.6. Those calls that are not listed below include…
State Police have arrested the boyfriend of a woman shot to death in a Bath shopping center parking lot November 16.
Dylan Grubbs, 23, of Thomaston was charged with manslaughter following…
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Heroin use in Knox County is a major problem affecting more than 10 percent of our population.
It affects business owners, store owners, secretaries, lobstermen, carpenters, painters,…
WASHINGTON. D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board announced Thursday that it would launch a second expedition to search for evidence in its investigation of the loss of the cargo ship…
Town receives 11 responses from architects; reviews qualifications tonight
ROCKPORT — The Select Board in Rockport voted unanimously Feb. 9 to hire Benjamin Blackmon as the town’s Rockport Public Library Director. Blackmon has been interim library director since Ann…
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THOMASTON — Warren Williams, 97, passed away peacefully on Feb. 9, 2016, in Camden, with his loving family at his side.
Warren was born Oct. 17, 1918, in Boston, Mass., the son of the…
ROCKLAND — The following divorces were finalized in Rockland District Court in Dec. 2015 and Jan. 2016.
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BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Feb. 3-8. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Feb. 3
Byrlynne D. Ellis, 37, was…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Jan. 22 - Feb. 7. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Jan. 15 (late entry)
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BELFAST — The following Unified Criminal Court cases were closed in Waldo County from Jan. 29 - Feb. 4.
Shawn A, Adams, 38, of Belfast, violating conditions of release in Belfast March 8, 58…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Jan. 25-31. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Jan. 12 (late entry)
Aimee…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Criminal Court from Feb. 1-5. The Unified Criminal Court is a system for…
WALDOBORO - Waldoboro police responded to 114 calls for service from Feb. 2-8. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…
ROCKLAND — Rockland police reported the following activity Jan. 13-Feb. 3. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged…
MAVERICK COUNTY, Texas — The Maverick County Sheriff’s Office investigator in charge of the case involving Alvin Chase Sr., 72, of Warren, who shot and killed a Connecticut State trooper Feb. 6 in…
County employees recognized for length of service
ROCKLAND – At their regular meeting on Tuesday, February 8, in chambers at the Knox County Courthouse, the Knox County Commissioners set a new mil rate for county taxpayers, agreed to purchase a…
Maine shrimp lovers are hoping for the best this winter. With the shrimp population in decline over the past few years, and the Gulf of Maine shrimp fishery being closed…
Tim Simmons of Boothbay just returned from a week in Sweden. As interesting and exciting as he said it was, it wasn't a vacation. He was invited to go by his friend, crustacean scientist Matz…
AUGUSTA — Seven individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement with trafficking heroin and crack cocaine in Knox and Lincoln counties. They were arrested today after a…
BELFAST — A 72 year old Belfast man has been sentenced to serve nine years in prison following a Feb. 1 conviction for gross sexual assault, and unlawful sexual contact.
Lawrence…
Not ripe, court says, and advises town to tighten rules for appealing municipal decisions
The state’s highest court, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, is vacating a Knox County judge’s decision to uphold a Camden board’s approval of a Camden Harbour Inn expansion project. …
ROCKPORT— Slippery road conditions caused a single vehicle crash Feb. 9, around 9 a.m., on Park Street near Austin Lane in Rockport.…
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THOMASTON — Warren Williams, 97, passed away peacefully on Feb. 9, 2016, in Camden, with his loving family at his side.
A complete obituary will be published.
An hour of visiting…
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ST. GEORGE — Wahneta June (Dressler) Smith, 81, died Feb. 5, 2016, at Woodlands Assisted Living in Rockland.
Born and raised in Iowa, June came to Jonesport in 1952 to visit her sister…
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WARREN — Olivia Rose Coccia and Emma Marie Coccia were born Jan. 21, 2016, at 9:18 a.m., at Maine Medical Center in Portland. At 12 days old, on Feb. 2, 2016, they passed away peacefully in the…
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BELFAST — Elizabeth H. Hatch, 86, of Belfast, loving mother, aunt, sister and grandmother, passed away peacefully on Feb. 8, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was born in Vermont on March 9,…
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ROCKPORT — Richard L. "Dick" Ripley Sr., 75, passed away Feb. 3, 2016, peacefully in his sleep, at his winter home in Zephyrhills, Fla., with his wife, Becki, by his side.
Born in Washington…
ROCKLAND- The following cases were closed in Knox County Criminal Court from Jan. 25-29. The Unified Criminal Court is a system for…
Fire Marshal’s Office investigates
WALDOBORO — At 3:49 p.m. on Monday afternoon, February 8, the Waldoboro Fire Department was paged to 825 Washington Road in Waldoboro…
The State Police Computer Crimes Unit this morning arrested a Rockland man and charged him with allegedly possessing child pornography.
Jarrod Bergeron, 32, was…
Police chief provides tips on avoiding identity theft
ROCKLAND — In the week ending Feb. 6, Ford Motor Company agreed to repurchase the rescue vehicle that has been malfunctioning for more than a year. Central Maine Power created a plan to…
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When you were nine what did you want to be? Now that you are grown up, has any part of that come true? Somewhere I read that a nine-year-…
Lincoln County Superior Court
A Newcastle man is planning an injury claim accusing a Lincoln County sheriff’s officer of fitting him into a cruiser’s back seat that was too small for him and then, the man claims, he had a…
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CAMDEN — Violet Cora Cassidy, 98, died Feb. 1, 2016, at Anderson Inn in Camden. Born in Manchester, N.H., on April 26, 1917, she was the daughter of Willie and Lydia (Gagne) Boisvert.
On May…
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SWANVILLE — Carold Bowen, 80, of Swanville, went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ on Feb. 6, 2016. He was born Dec. 17, 1935, in Belfast, the son of Lewis and Louise (Hopkins) Bowen.
Carold…
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ROCKLAND — Lella Jane Dowling, 92, died peacefully on Jan. 30, 2016, at Hill House in Bath, following an extended period of declining health.
Born in Farmingdale, N.Y., on Jan. 26, 1924…
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ISLESBORO — Eileen Anne Shea Boardman, matriarch and holder of the Boston Post Cane as Islesboro’s oldest resident, passed the cane on and left all earthly things behind on Feb. 4, 2016. She…
CAMDEN — It took the snow a little longer than forecast to get here in the Midcoast, but it’s here and covering the roads quickly. And that means early closings and cancellations for Monday are…
North Haven ferry cancel afternoon island run
GRAY — More snow is headed for the Midcoast, and the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory in effect through Tuesday at noon. The snow will begin falling this afternoon,…
ROCKPORT — With a storm hovering nearby, the Rockport Select Board agreed Monday to reschedule its Feb. 8 meeting to Tuesday, Feb. 9. The board will consider appoint Ben Blackmon as permanent…
