UNION—A new Midcoast Farmers Union site at the former Coastal Blueberry Services facility at 61 Common Road is now open to farmers to set up pop-up retail markets and to use the space for storage…
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Former blueberry processing facility now supports multiple farmer initiatives
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After the pandemic left a dearth of empty storefronts in Camden around 2022, as reported in our annual Welcome Back Snow Birds series, the town has gotten a shot in the arm with a number of new…
THOMASTON — A dog is now back on solid ground, and no worse for the wear, after a firefighter pulled it from a wastewater lagoon in Thomaston, Thursday afternoon, July 27.
The dog had been…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds July 17-21.
Appleton
Boggs Homes Inc. to Kimberly L. Grindle Withee and…
CAMDEN — An osprey nest on Tannery Lane is thought to be the cause of a power outage in Camden. No birds were involved, according to…
FRIENDSHIP — Melvin B. Wallace, 90, of Friendship took his last breath at Togus V.A. Hospice in Augusta, Maine, on July 18, 2023.
Dad quietly suffered the symptoms of what was recently…
CAMDEN — Connie Beasley, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, departed this world on July 22, 2023 at her home in Quarry Hill, Camden, Maine. Her passing was…
Joan Nevin Jardine Sheldon went to be with her Lord and Savior on July 21, 2023, at Harbor Hill Center in Belfast. She was born in California in 1942 but lived on the East Coast from the age of 14…
BELFAST — Pauline L. Heroux (Murphy), 67, of Belfast passed away peacefully surrounded by family on July 23, 2023, at Sussman House in Rockport after a 7 year battle with cancer. She was born at…
Charles M. Orear, 67 of Rockport, Maine, gently passed from this earth on Sunday, July 9, 2023 at Sussman House.
Charlie was born on April 2,1956 in Seattle, Washington, where he resided…
ROCKLAND and SOUTH THOMASTON — “Lucky to be alive” was the phrase uttered at two single-vehicle crashes that Knox County responders dealt with early Thursday morning. Both calls were reported to…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and nearly 200 Democratic Members of Congress introduced legislation…
BELFAST — Brent Hilton Soper, 76 of Belfast, passed away on July 17, 2023.
Brent was born in Castine, Maine on September 17, 1946, to Richard and Frances Soper. He spent most of his life in…
BELFAST — City of Belfast nomination papers are available from July 27 through September 7, 2023 for the following open seats:
1-Mayor…
CAMDEN — A graveside service for Clarista “Chris” Benner, 84, of Camden, who died on May 29, 2023, will be held Saturday, August 5, 2023, at 10 a.m., at the Mountain View Cemetery in Camden. …
ROCKLAND — Nomination papers may be taken out beginning July 25, 2023 and must be filed at the City Clerk’s Office no later than close of business on September 8, 2023,…
When the Maine State Aquarium closed in 2020 due to COVID-19, an inspection revealed severe damage in the 30-plus year old building. Maine Department of Marine Resources officials discovered…
In 2020, a swimmer was killed by a white shark off Harpswell Cove. The encounter was unusual — Maine’s first fatal shark attack — but the media was abuzz. As white shark sightings have increased…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds July 10-14.
Belfast
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‘Town has done nothing wrong’
THOMASTON — The Thomaston Select Board has denied requests — one a citizen’s letter, the other submitted by attorneys on behalf of one…
HERMON — Richard M. Stewart, 77, died after a long illness, July 24, 2023 in Brewer. He was born November 11, 1945 in Bangor, the son of Carl and Elizabeth (Birmingham) Stewart.
Rick…
Fourth fire at Blaze in two years
CAMDEN — Just as employees were opening Blaze restaurant in Camden for Tuesday lunch, a fire in the kitchen broke out, creeping into a wall and up through the second floor of the two-story Bay…
BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court.
Shannan Boyorak, of Winterport, and…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 239 calls for service for the period of July 18 to July 25. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 6,182 calls for service.
Summonses
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UPDATE: August 12, 2024. Details of an OSHA investigation remain few. However, fines were given to Maine Dept. of Transportation after two workers were pinned between an excavator and a flat-…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from June 26-July 17.
Ramsteon Ahoi, 22, of Warren, assault in Thomaston April 28, 2023, $300 fine.
Treshawn…
ROCKPORT — Douglas Allan Hall, 63, husband of Janet L. Hall of Rockport, died on Sunday, July 23, 2023 in Rockport.
A complete obituary will be published later.
Calling hours will…
Power was restored in Rockland as of 11:02 a.m.
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BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court July 14-20.
David A.M. Bowring, 33, of Clinton…
Today, July 23, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the Maine State Police Tactical Team and the Crisis Negotiation Team in tracking and…
Respect… Tolerance… Kindness…
So there has been a song getting all kinds of attention this week. It is about small towns. I live in a small town, I grew up in the same small town. I am raising my children in the same old…
victim stabbed multiple times
BELFAST — A man and woman accused of the attempted murder of an area man were indicted by a Waldo County grand jury July 18, following their June arrest. …
Many of Maine's lakes and ponds are experiencing unusually high water levels, according to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, in a news releases. High water levels combined with…
WARREN — Mark LeRoy Erickson died of a heart attack on June 23, 2023, in his home in Warren, Maine. He was born in Rockland on April 17, 1951, to Carl Erickson and Mary (Norwood) Erickson Stewart…
NORTHPORT — Ramona D. Glidden, 68 of Northport, passed away on July 18, 2023 at Woodlands in Rockland.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, July 25, 2023, from 10 - 11 a.m., with a funeral…
FRIENDSHIP — Velta Olga Jahnke, 85, of Friendship, passed away peacefully at Shady Oaks in Bristol, Connecticut on July 8, 2023. She was born on May 3, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York to parents…
NORTHPORT — Joy M. Armbrust, 60, of Northport, Maine, passed away July 15, 2023.
Joy was predeceased by her parents, Mel K. and Gloria M. (Manetti) Armbrust, and was survived by her child…
WASHINGTON — A medical event is the suspected cause of a single-vehicle car crash that slowed traffic in Washington Sunday morning.
Route 17 in Washington was down to one lane at times,…
BELFAST — A Waldo County Grand Jury handed up the following indictments July 17-18.
An indictment does not imply guilt…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity June 27 - July 19.
An arrest or…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity July 14-21.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
HOPE – Voters approved a 180-day moratorium on metallic mining activities, changes to shoreland zoning and the $1.478 million…
WASHINGTON, D.C. –A Waldoboro man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting two law enforcement officers, for his actions during the breach…
proposes $4,500 fine
AUGUSTA – The Maine Board of Pesticide Control voted unanimously July 21 in favor of a consent agreement, including a $4,500 fine,…
On July 19, 2023 Candace Alexander Arau, 86, passed away peacefully after a brief illness. She was born September 2, 1936 in Camden, Maine.
A native of Rockport she attended Rockport High…
VINALHAVEN — It is with deep sorrow and much love we announce the passing of a husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, Randall W. Farnham, 67, who passed away unexpectedly due to…
When Maine’s legislature returns Tuesday, July 25, it is expected to replace the property tax stabilization (“freeze”) act for seniors with new provisions in existing laws.
The property…
WALDO — Janice Marie Curtis, 83, of Waldo passed away on July 20, 2023, at home. She was born in Swnaville the daughter of Frank Herbert and Jeannette Mary Roberts.
Janice was a generous,…
ROCKLAND — Elizabeth “Betty” B. Ekberg, 96, of Rockland, Maine, passed away at Winward Gardens in Camden on July 14, 2023. Betty was born on February 11, 1927, to Sylvester and Blanche (Ely) Brown…
FALMOUTH — Douglas Gordon Hartley passed away on Friday, July 14, 2023 in Scarborough, Maine surrounded by family and friends.
Douglas was born in London, England, on March 25, 1934. His…
