BELFAST — A Unity man was indicted by a Waldo County Grand Jury Sept. 21 on nine counts related to holding a former partner at…
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ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Sept. 26-30.
Camden
Rupert W. Scofield and Lorraine O’Hara to Lorraine O’…
BELFAST — Belfast Police Chief Bobby Cormier said Oct. 5 that an arrest had been made in the Aug. 12 incident that left a 30-year-old bicyclist injured in a ditch.
At…
LINCOLNVILLE — Harriette Louise Masalin, 86, of Lincolnville, died on Saturday, August 20, 2022 at Woodland Memory Care in Rockland. Born in Portland on July 14, 1936, she was the daughter of…
ROCKLAND — Bernice “Bunny” Carter Bennett, 99, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, October 2, 2022.
Born in Cushing, July 31, 1923, she was the daughter of Alfred and Bertha Carter Orne…
A gentle departure from the job she loves
PBMC Nurse Sharon McDermott retires after 45 years of caring for Midcoast patients, and their nurses
ROCKPORT — Fresh out of nursing school in 1977, Sharon McDermott landed a job as a fledgling RN at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.…
BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court.
Pamela J. Larrabee, of Searsport,…
BELFAST — The following indictments were handed up by a Waldo County grand jury Sept. 20-21.
An indictment does not…
LINCOLNVILLE — Paul A. Nizio, 78 years, of Lincolnville, Maine, passed away Friday September 23, 2022, at his home after an extended illness. He was a beloved husband and loved brother.
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ROCKPORT — Malcolm Cram White, Jr., age 77, passed away unexpectedly on September 23, 2022. The oldest child of the late Sarah Hasler and Malcolm Cram White, he was born on November 27, 1944, in…
‘two-thirds of teens who misused prescriptions for pain in the past year got them from family and friends’
Saturday, October 29 is National Prescription Drug Takeback Day.
Knox County will participate Saturday, October 29, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the following sites:
Rockland…
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Linda J. Farias, 68 years, of Stockton Springs, Maine, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2022, at Waldo County General Hospital.
She was born June 7, 1954, in Belmont, the…
ARGYLE, Texas — Justin Paul Elliot, 41, son of Linda Elliot, passed away on September 27, 2022.
Born in Long Beach, California Justin and his mother quickly moved back to Maine where he…
drafty old farmhouse...an art to wood burning....no regrets
Almost exactly 52 years ago – maybe even to the day – Wally and I stepped back in time. With our newly-purchased, vintage, cast iron Glenwood cookstove set up in the…
Pen Bay Medical Center, on Route 1 in Rockport, will mark the completion of Phase I of its Emergency Department expansion project by opening its new addition and ED entrance on Wednesday, Oct. 5.…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Sept. 23-28.
Scott J. Tedesco, 61, of Unity,…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Sept. 24-30.
An arrest or summons does…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Sept. 20-30.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
‘It’s a really great relationship for both where the county and Cape Air are headed’
ROCKLAND – The U.S. Department of Transportation, in a letter from Joel Szabat, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, notified Knox County Regional Airport and its…
Occupied through the night with first a fire, and then a crash
CAMDEN — The first call came in at 2 a.m., Saturday morning, as a triggered smoke alarm at 100 Mount Battie Street in Camden send area firefighters to a large multi-use building. Camden Fire Chief…
CAMDEN — The Boston Celtics and VistaPrint, in partnership with the NAACP, have awarded a $25,000 grant to LooHoo Wool Dryer Balls.
The Power Forward Small Business Grant aims to create a…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Sept. 12-26.
Arthur M. Andrews, 37, of Searsmont, operating after habitual offender revocation, one prior…
ROCKLAND — David Oliver Harden, 80, died Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at Harbor Hill Center in Belfast, from complications of COVID-19.
Born in Rockland on August 30, 1942, David was the…
Michael Stevenson Fisher, 58 of Northport, Maine, passed away unexpectedly while visiting his grandchildren in Omaha, Nebraska. Michael was born on May 21, 1964, to Peter Fisher and Sally Crockett…
Belfast Area High School students and staff of the Belfast Marine Institute have been hard at work at the start of the school year. They have been preparing several seawater aquaria for a kelp…
‘Your voice needs to be heard, your ideas and personal impacts need to be shared’
Please see the notice below from NOAA regarding an in-person scoping session in Maine. NOAA has scheduled this scoping session because Governor Mills worked with the Secretary of Commerce to…
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This October, New Hope Midcoast will join other advocates across the state to recognize Domestic Violence Action Month (DVAM).
For the last 35 years, the goal of Domestic…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Aug. 22 - Sept. 2.
Belfast
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The family of Graham Lacher, missing since June 6, when he fled the grounds of Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center (DDPC) in Bangor, has…
ROCKLAND — The following divorces were finalized in Rockland District Court from June-August.
Amber Lynne Benner, of Tenants Harbor, and Christopher Robin Benner, of Deer Isle, were married…
SOUTH PORTLAND — Frederick “Fred” Allen Brann, 70, passed away at his home on Friday, September 23, just as he would have chosen. Fred was born to Lloyd and Carrie (Walker) Brann on May 19, 1952,…
On Sunday, September 25, 2022, Paul Foster Whittaker, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away at the age of 72 after a hard-fought battle with cancer and chronic illness.
Paul…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Sept. 16-21.
Nathaniel Cowperthwaite, 26, of…
BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court.
Melanie A. Thompson-Crowe, of…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Police Department has hired Jacob Labo as a patrol officer, according to a news release on its Facebook page Sept. 27.
Labo most recently served as a deputy with the…
Last fall, we created the 10th pandemic gallery of reader submitted photos, helping us chronicle the months of when waves of COVID-19 pressed against our communities. We are learning to cope with…
ROCKLAND — Dusty Chase, 37, husband of Bree Chase, and father figure to Jonas Hunter-Young and Adrian Hunter, passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2022.
A celebration of his life will be…
CAMDEN — Georgia A. Chapin, 93, fought a good fight and finished her course on earth on September 21, 2022 where she peacefully joined her Lord and Savior, with family by her side, at the Sussman…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Sept. 19-23.
Appleton
Patricia Chapman to Seth K. Kramer.
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WARREN — Burton “Wayne” Starrett, 97, passed away on Monday, September 26, 2022 at Quarry Hill in Camden, Maine with his family by his side. Wayne was born on June 27, 1925 to Arthur Starrett and…
WASHINGTON, D.C., – A Lebanon, Maine, man was found guilty in the District of Columbia Sept. 27 of felony and misdemeanor charges for his…
ROCKPORT — Veronica G. Abbott-Wheat, age 89, of Rockport, passed away September 3, 2022, at Quarry Hill in Camden.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Veronica was the daughter of emigrant parents…
ROCKLAND — Carol Jane “Mickey” Michael Winpenny, 86, passed away comfortably and peacefully at Sussman House on Sunday, September 18, 2022.
Born on December 26, 1935 in Drexel Hill…
THOMASTON – “Officer Leonardi displayed the kind of heroism we read about in comic books,” said a recently-presented letter of commendation. “Yet, the only thing he asked for in return was a new…
ROCKLAND — John W. Marr, Sr. died after a series of complicated medical conditions and procedures, comfortably in his home on September 12, 2022.
Born on January 8, 1951, to Harold Sr. and…
SWANVILLE — Jeanna L. Bonin, 60 years, of Swanville, Maine, passed away September 24, 2022, at her home.
She was born August 1, 1962 in Belfast, Maine, the daughter of Raymond and Beulah (…
HOPE — Andrew W. Jones II, 65, husband of Kathi (Stein) Jones passed away from Glioblastoma at his home on Sept 18, 2022.
Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, he was the son of Leon Jones Sr…
Linda Jean “Gilmore” Harvey passed away on September 23, 2022, at the Sussman House in Rockland, Maine, at 5:28 p.m., surrounded by family and friends.
Linda Jean Gilmore-Harvey was born on…
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Megan Alice Sawyer, of Stockton Springs, left this earth on Saturday, September 10, 2022. She was born in Camden, Maine on November 12, 1976.
Megan was a loving, caring…
