WEST ROCKPORT — Sandra Morton Rollins, 81, widow of Scott G. Rollins, died on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. Born in Rockport on August 21, 1942, she was the daughter of Ralph W. and Marguerite (…
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ROCKLAND – At their regular meeting on November 14, in chambers at the Knox County Courthouse, the Knox County Commissioners listened to a presentation by Gayle Bedigian, representing the…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Oct. 16-20.
Belfast
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ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Nov. 6-10.
Appleton
Robert L. Hall to Hannah Linstead Atkinson and…
The Maine Department of Public Safety joins with the US DOT and Governor Janet Mills to highlight national Crash Responder Safety Week (#CRSW) with a signed proclamation and the opportunity to…
WARREN — Diane Esther (Lunden) Laing passed away unexpectedly at her home in Warren, on November 7, 2023. Born October 23, 1944, in Rockland, Maine, the daughter of Charles and Esther Lunden, she…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 205 calls for service for the period of Nov. 7 to Nov. 14. Year to Date, LCSO has responded to 9,840 calls for service.
Summons
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Lincolnville has been my home for nearly 49 years.
A couple days after my birth at the Rockland hospital, I was brought to this old farmhouse at the top of Sleepy Hollow to join my parents…
ZEPHYRHILLS, Florida — Richard A. Tibbetts passed away at the age of 73 on October 1, 2023, in Zephyrhills, Florida. He was born on January 27, 1950. He attended Searsport High School. Many knew…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Oct. 27 - Nov. 6.
An arrest or summons…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Nov. 3-9.
Joseph R. Sampson, 55, of Bangor, operating under the influence in Belfast Jan. 15, 2021, four days in…
WARREN — Linda Lee Ward, “Lindy Lou”, age 60, died peacefully but unexpectedly at home early in the morning of November 7, 2023.
She was born April 19, 1963 in Belfast, Maine to Alfred and…
THOMASTON — In the early morning of November 8, 2023, Dorothy (Whitten) Johnson was suddenly taken from us. Though we had many years of happiness and memories with Dot she was still taken from…
On Sunday, November 12, 2023, at approximately 7:40 p.m. the Monroe Fire Department responded to a fire at 238 Clements Road in Monroe.
The Fire Marshal’s Office was contacted because the…
Jeffrey Evangelos, former independent state representative from Friendship, is the recipient of the NAACP Beacon of Hope Award. The award is in recognition of Evangelos' work and advocacy for…
ROCKLAND — American Legion Post 1 held its annual Veterans Day ceremony Saturday, Nov. 12, 2023 in front of the Winslow-Holbrook memorial in Downtown Rockland.
For some, every day is…
Charlotte Goodwin Bowen passed away on Friday Nov. 10, 2023 at the age of 93. She was the daughter of Beulah and Marion Goodwin of Brooks, Maine, and had three sisters, Nancy Roberts Shute,…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Frances J. ‘Fran’ Curtis, 80, of South Thomaston, passed peacefully surrounded by family, Thursday, November 9, 2023, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer at Sussman…
APPLETON — A Life Flight helicopter landed at the Appleton Village School early Sunday morning, Nov. 12, 2023 following a motor vehicle crash on the Searsmont Road (Route 131).
At…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Oct. 23-31.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
ROCKLAND – After several hours of searching for a missing person in Rockland, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, the body of Andrue Leach, 30, of Rockland, was found in the water near the Coast Guard base at…
WARREN — Diane Esther Laing, 79 of Warren, passed away at her home on November 7, 2023.
The family will honor Diane’s life with a private burial. A full obituary will be published at a…
ROCKPORT — Judith (Rhodes) Walker, 85, of Rockport, died on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport. Born in Portland on February 11, 1938, she was the daughter of Albert and…
What to do with end-of-season bounty
Rutabaga. What do you do with this alien softball-sized thing?
This is the kind of vegetable I’m likely to pass over at a farmer’s market, because it’s so unfamiliar, but it’s a fall/…
Hail to the Rad Kids
“Quiet and thoughtful” is how I’d describe my first meeting with 15-year-old Caleb Carr, a relatively new Camden Hills Regional High School student to the Midcoast from Massachusetts.
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ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Oct. 23-Nov. 6.
Brian Warrick Beggarly, 41, of Appleton, operating under the influence (alcohol) in South…
UNION – A large majority of voters approved a path forward to find a developer to create senior housing in part of the…
Constitutional amendment
Knox and Waldo County voters have mixed opinions of statewide Question 3, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to change the time period for judicial review of the validity of written…
AUGUSTA — The following statement was issued just after 10 p.m. Nov. 7 by Avangrid,…
Regional School District 40, comprising K-12 public schools for students from Friendship, Union, Waldoboro, Warren and Washington, asked voters Nov. 7 to approve an $81 million spending package.…
Knox and Waldo County voters favor the Citizen Initiative Question 2, “Do you want to ban foreign governments and entities that they own, control, or influence from making campaign contributions or…
Camden and Rockport voters overwhelmingly approved a $1.9 million bond proposal for School Administrative District 28 (…
Citizen initiative
Knox and Waldo County voters are approving the Citizen Initiative Question 4, “Do you want to require vehicle manufacturers to standardize on-board diagnostic systems and provide remote access to…
Citizen initiative
Voters in Knox and Waldo counties are favoring Citizen Initiative Question 1, “Do you want to bar some quasi-governmental entities and all consumer-owned electric utilities from taking on more than $…
Knox and Waldo County voters are giving a thumbs down to Citizen Initiative Question 7, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to remove a provision requiring a circulator of a citizen's…
Citizens initiative
Knox and Waldo County voters are helping to defeat the statewide Citizen Initiative Question 3, “Do you want to create a new power company governed by an elected board to acquire and operate…
Wednesday City Council meeting
BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will meet Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m., for their regular meeting, which was pushed back by one day due to election day. Topics on…
BELFAST The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Oct. 9-13.
Belfast
Upper Mason Dam LLC to Cooper Cay LLC.
Lindley P.…
constitutional amendment
Knox and Waldo County voters are weighing in on Citizen Initiative Question 8, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to remove a provision prohibiting a person under guardianship for…
Constitutional amendment
Knox and Waldo County voters are weighing in on Citizen Initiative Question 6, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to require that all of the provisions of the Constitution be…
CAMDEN – On Nov. 7, Camden voters approved town-wide zoning changes to…
Patricia H. (Harding) Higgins, age 86, passed away peacefully November 4, 2023 due to cancer. She was born in China, Maine, and is a graduate of Erskine Academy and Thomas Business School. She…
On the morning of November 1 of 2023, Candice Etta Moore (age 59) passed away at Pen Bay Medical Center, surrounded by loved ones, after a short but brutal battle with stomach cancer.
Born…
CAMDEN — A proposed $210,000 consent agreement concerning dead trees and the illegal application of the chemical Tebuthiuron on private…
OWLS HEAD — Christine (Chris) Hansen, after being visited by close family members, was delivered into the waiting arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on October 29, 2023, after a hard…
LINCOLNVILLE — Roger William “Bill” Rocknak, son of Charles J. and Ruth A. Rocknak, passed away peacefully in his Lincolnville, Maine home on October 25, 2023, at the age of 88.
Bill was…
ST. GEORGE — Why don’t you just open the door?
That was the question posed by a young child to South Thomaston Fire Chief Dave Elwell during a live demonstration of vehicle extrication.…
An effort of five core churches
The Camden Area Christian Food Pantry (CACFP), at 128 Mt. Battie Street, serves several surrounding towns. Since the pandemic, CACFP has accepted families outside this nucleus welcoming any family…
