WARREN — Responders had a couple of minutes on their side in regards to a house fire on Highland Road, in Warren, Saturday afternoon, due to mutual aid already being in response mode.

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Joyce Herndon Pendleton died peacefully at age 99 on December 29, 2022, at Sussman House in Rockport. She was born on August 4, 1923 in Atlanta, Georgia to C.B. Kate and O. E. Herndon.

She…

ELLSWORTH — “Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital is delighted to announce the community’s first baby of the year,” said the hospital, in a news release.

Owen Lawrence, son of Sarah and…

ROCKPORT and BELFAST — The birth centers at Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General have welcomed their first babies of 2023.

At PBMC, mom Lauren Swegle and dad Alex Abud welcomed…

ROCKLAND — Rockland Police are asking for the public's help in locating two vehicles recently stolen from Rockland.

One vehicle is a silver 2004 Kia Amanti with Maine registration 5194XJ…

ROCKPORT — Sharon (House) Rowling, 79, passed away on December 25, 2022, with her husband and friend, Charles Rowling, by her side, at home in Rockport. Born in Augusta on April 10, 1943, she was…

CAMDEN — Since mid-September, post office box holders in Camden, as well as customers used to visiting their local post office as they…

Declaring “Hope Is Very Much Alive” in Maine, Governor Mills was sworn in to second term as Governor, January 4, 2023 at the Augusta Civic Center. Her speech follows:

Mr. President…

WARREN — Dennis A. Perkins, 68, died peacefully, Friday, December 9, 2022 surrounded by his two daughters and grandson.

Born March 16, 1954 at Calais Regional Hospital, he grew up in…

ROCKLAND — “We really are out of whack in a number of places,” said Kerry Leichtman, who is newly employed as Rockland’s assessor. “It would be great to fix that up.”

Rockland City…

The Maine Department of Marine Resources’ (DMR) Public Health Bureau has hired Meredith White, Ph.D., to lead a department program that supports coastal municipalities and harvesters as they…

Dianne Lee (Guptill) Linscott passed away December 10, 2022 at the Sussman house with her loving husband and children by her side. She was a bright light until dementia took that light away.

ROCKLAND — Jack M. Temple, 80, passed away on Christmas morning 2022 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, following a cardiac event.

Born in Springfield, Ohio, June 10, 1942, Jack joined…

BELFAST — It was standing room only as dozens of supporters and colleagues gathered in the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office in recognition of newly-elected Sheriff…

At 6:38 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, Lincoln County Communications Center received a report of an accident on the Wiscasset bridge. A 2014 Toyota Corolla driven by Ursula Schumann, 56, of Wiscasset was…

It was a snowy New Years Eve in this old farmhouse at the top of Sleepy Hollow in 1974. The visiting neighbors had gone home, and the three-year-old had been tucked into bed, when my mom told my…

ROCKLAND — John Edward Daniels, loyal brother to Susan Stonestreet, died on Tuesday morning, December 27, 2022 from complications of covid at Sussman House in Rockport.

John was born in…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Dec. 8-23.

Hayley Grace Adams, 19, of Woolwich, domestic violence assault in Union Sept. 16, 2021, dismissed;…

LincolnHealth Miles Maternity welcomed Jude Owen Dow at 12:44 a.m. on Jan. 1, making him likely the first baby born in Maine in 2023, according to a news release. He weighed 8 pounds, ½ ounce and…

SWANVILLE — Peter Petersen was born December 11, 1939, in Berlin, Germany to Heinz Gottfried Petersen and Liselotte Ottilie (Eulitz) Petersen. He passed into eternal life on December 31, 2022, at…

  BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will hold its regularly scheduled public meeting…

HOPE — Area firefighters were faced with an odd angle as they sought to extricate two occupants of a pickup truck, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, on the Camden Road (Rt. 105) in Hope. 

Following the…

ROCKPORT — The mix of celebratory fireworks over Rockport Harbor Dec. 31, just as the clock struck 6 p.m., was creative and imaginative, drawing laughter and roars of approval from a large crowd…

BELFAST The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Dec. 22-28.

James D. St. Pierre, 32, of Belfast, probation violation in Belfast Nov. 13, 2020, five months in jail and…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Dec. 15-31.

Belfast

Phoenix Row Investments LLC to Powell Property…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Dec. 26-30.

Appleton

Walter Lamont Sr. and Anne Lamont to Michael Bunker…

When President Biden signs the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill into law, Maine’s lobster industry will take a six-year step back from the brink thanks to the efforts of Maine’s congressional delegation…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Dec. 14-30.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Dec. 16-30.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…

SPRUCE HEAD — Arlene Grace (Kennedy) Baum, 93, died Friday, December 23, 2022 at The Homestead in Owls Head after a long period of declining health.

Arlene was born April 4, 1929 in…

MEDFORD, New Jersey — Bruce Wight Starrett, recently of Medford, New Jersey, passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at the age of 75.

Bruce was a devoted husband to his beautiful wife…

ROCKLAND — A lock on a gate was cut so emergency responders could access the property. A horizontal ladder was employed to bridge an estimated three-foot gap beyond the edge of a paved pier. And…

NORTHPORT — Howard Pierce Sawyer III, of Shore Road in Northport, has died. Known throughout the Belfast community as Buck, he was diagnosed with cancer in late November and passed away on…

LAKELAND, Florida — Brenda Laurel Rivers passed away at her home in Lakeland, Florida on December 8, 2022. Born June 22, 1941 to Amasa (Dan) Hatch and Elsie Leach Hatch, Brenda was the oldest of…

MORRILL — Tambara Lynn Arnold, 30 of Morrill, passed away unexpectedly on December 19, 2022. Her family is devastated and shocked by this loss.

Tambara was born September 7, 1992 in…

WALDOBORO — Two weeks before the holiday break, an incident at the Medomak Middle School appalled and frightened students and parents,…

AUGUSTA — Janet Mills will be inaugurated Jan. 4 at the Augusta Civic Center, with an afternoon and evening marked by music, speeches, poetry and pageantry.

“The inauguration of a governor…

Shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, Maine Department of Public Safety reported the following:

The 3-year-old child in Edgecomb, pronounced dead on Sunday, Dec. 25 has been identified…

ROCKLAND —  The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Dec. 19-23.

Camden

Ronald L. Vanosdol to Ronald L. Vanosdol Revocable…

UNION — Dorothy E. Williams left the bonds of earth on December 16, 2022, surrounded by her family. The love, compassion, and respect we send with her will help cushion her journey to her Maker…

ROCKPORT — Robert A. (BJ) Edwards Jr, 40 years old, passed away unexpectedly, December 19, 2022, with his mom by his side at her home in Rockport. Born in Rockport on May 1, 1982 to Robert and…

SEARSPORT — Steve A. Pomeroy, 66, of Searsport, passed away on December 24, 2022 at home with family by his side. He was born August 20, 1956, the son of Hugh and Virginia Pomeroy.

Steve…

A Thomaston ambulance needs a replacement of glass within the driver’s side mirror after being clipped by a vehicle passing in the opposite direction.

On Thursday, Dec. 22, just prior to 6:…

BELFAST — Ervin E. Merry, 95, passed away on December 24, 2022, at Tall Pines. He was born in Belfast on October 14, 1927 to John Sr. and Sadie (Dyer) Merry. He married Faustina L. Thompson, of…

FRIENDSHIP — Randall Clark Lee, 75, peacefully passed away on December 19, 2022 surrounded by his family. Born December 26, 1946 in Damariscotta, Maine, he was the second of four children born to…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Dec. 16-23. 

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…

Six years ago this January my husband/partner of nearly 50 years died, literally in my arms. Surrounding us in that small room, the one we always thought of as his, were…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Dec. 1-20.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, helped to secure more than $2 million in Community Project Funding to expand…