THOMASTON — While Thomaston’s town meeting was pushed this year from June to September, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, voters nonetheless tended to town business, narrowly approving a lease for…
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BELFAST — A video featuring the Belfast City Clerk addresses a number of…
ROCKLAND — The November 3 election ballot for Rockland residents will include a question regarding a possible minimum wage increase for businesses with 25 or more employees. Pending voter approval…
ROCKLAND – Rockland City Council has approved a zone change ordinance for a parcel of land off of Old County Road, effectively removing one big obstacle to a builder of elder care facilities as it…
ROCKLAND — Nancy Lillian Lecakis, 88, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, September 11, 2020, with her daughter by her side.
Born December 20, 1931 in North Hampton Massachusetts…
UNION — Raymond E. Dinsmore, Sr. was born on August 24, 1923, in Waterville, Maine. He passed away on September 11, 2020.
He was the son of Frederick and Beulah (Stevens) Dinsmore. He…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 15, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 137.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 15, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $25,159,777 to date to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to COVID-19, according to a news release.
The…
September 15 to September 25
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation will be doing paving work and making safety improvements along Maine Mall Road in South Portland.
The project area affects the…
ST. GEORGE — Marla Mazar-Carr, 67, an accomplished painter, teacher, herbalist and resident of Saint George, Maine, passed away peacefully on September 3, 2020 at the age of 67, just days after…
It is with an overwhelming sense of loss and sadness that we share the news of the passing of Selectman David Barrows. David was a beloved member of the Lincolnville community, a Selectman,…
a heartbreaking accident .... another one averted
Word spread fast along High Street Sunday evening, the awful news that Dave Barrows had been killed working on his land. Apparently his tractor overturned on top of him. His wife, Darlene, found…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor has adopted the final rules for Maine’s groundbreaking Earned Paid Leave Law, which ensures employees of businesses with more than 10 employees can earn up…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 14, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
ROCKLAND – The following deed transfers were recorded from Aug. 31-Sept. 7 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
Camden
John B. Scholz and Margaret E. Barclay to…
BELFAST — The following divorces were recently granted in Belfast District Court.
Elizabeth A. Smith, of Stockton Springs, and Wayne A. Smith, of Stockton Springs, were married Feb. 27,…
Rough seas, broken rudder send boat over
LINCOLNVILLE BEACH — Quick action by Lincolnville lobsterman Nick Heal and his crew, Alex Bryant and Jared Gilbert, brought a lone sailor attempting to right his capsized catamaran back to safe…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 13, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 136.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 13, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
The impacts of predator loss and climate change are combining to devastate living reefs that have defined Alaskan kelp forests for centuries, according to new research published in Science.
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ROCKLAND – Vera Rose Lambert Pine, 104, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 9, 2020.
She was born on January 29, 1916 on Deer Island, New Brunswick, Canada. She married DeCosta…
ROCKPORT — Residents sitting on the porch of their Commercial Street home in Rockport were jolted, Saturday, Sept. 12, just before 1 p.m., following the sound of a loud bang.
The homeowners…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 12, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 135.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 12, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
ROCKPORT, formerly of BOOTHBAY — Edith May (Hunt) Grant, 88, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, September 8, 2020 with family by her side.
Born May 14, 1932 in Thomaston to Lawrence William…
There has been a lot of great progress on the library over the past two weeks but the biggest really noticeable change is the pouring of the arches that will hold up…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 11, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
AUGUSTA — In accordance with a directive of the President, Governor Janet Mills directed Friday morning the United States and State of Maine flags be lowered to half-staff today, Sept. 11,…
ORRINGTON — The Maine Department of Transportation will be conducting pavement preservation work on Route 15 in Orrington.
The project area begins one-tenth of a mile west of Snow's Corner…
Chester “Chet” Sheldon, Sr. passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020.
He was born December 2, 1948 to Kathryn and Richard Sheldon Sr., and graduated from Belfast Area High School in 1966.…
STOCKTON SPRINGS — The morning of Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, Erwin A.‘Bub’ Damon Jr., 63, lost his courageous battle with cancer.
Bub was born December 4, 1956.
After graduating high…
MADISON, GEORGIA - Steven L. Waterman, 74, passed away September 3, 2020 peacefully after an accelerated bout with military service-connected brain…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending September 5, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,100 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,700 initial claims filed for federal…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 10, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
$528 million revenue shortfall caused by COVID-19
AUGUSTA — On Wednesday, Kirsten Figueroa, Commissioner of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, delivered to Governor Janet Mills a three-part proposal intended to balance the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two Maine organizations will receive grants from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), totaling $915,000, according to a news release.
These…
KITTERY — Garrison N. “Garry” Valentine, 91, passed away peacefully at Durgin Pines in Kittery, Maine, Saturday, September 5, 2020. His final weeks were full of warm and healing connections with…
CAMDEN – Grace Terry Gross, 97, of Camden, died August 19, 2020, at Quarry Hill in Camden. Grace was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on November 15, 1922, the daughter of Ernest Alden Terry, Sr…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 9, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
ROCKLAND- The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Aug. 17-Sept. 4.
Dorian K. Ames, 27, of Vinalhaven, disorderly conduct, offensive words, and gestures on…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Later this month, the Internal Revenue Service will start mailing letters to roughly nine million Americans who typically don’t file federal income tax returns who may be…
On Friday, September 11,, Wreaths Across America is calling for every American to stand outside and wave a flag for one minute at 8:46 a.m., 9:03 a.m.,…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Aug. 25 - Sept. 7. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 25
Derek A. Tripp, 27, of Monroe, was…
CAMDEN — George Frederick Kenny, Sr., 82, died on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at his home in Camden.
George lived three distinctive lives in Camden, Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, and Destin…
The light in our world has dimmed as we have said goodbye to a loving wife and mother, sister, and dear friend, Michelle Winkley Creamer. When she passed, she was exactly where she wanted to be,…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Aug. 17 - Sept. 7. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
July 23 (late entry)
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A service for Constance Carolyn Collette, who passed away May 8, 2020, will be held at Grove Cemetery in Belfast. The Service will be Friday, September 18, 2020, at 10…
A Celebration of life for Harold Edward "Ed" Moore II will be held on September 12, 2020, at 4 p.m., at his home at 195 Hatch Road in Jackson, ME 04921.
Arrangements are under…
UNION — Richard Everett Kirkpatrick passed away on September 2, 2020.
He was born in Rockland, Maine on August 4, 1947 to the late Stephen and Laura (Storer) Kirkpatrick of Union.
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