CAMDEN — The Rockport Dance Conservatory will present The Selkie Child and other original choreography at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street on May 25 and 26. The story of The…
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Rockport Dance Conservatory’s 11th annual Spring Showcase
Out of the house, to the doctor, completing errands
ROCKLAND – Reddish passenger vehicles are multiplying in the Rockland area, and because of them, many locals are gaining independence.
For the first time in years, a fixed, hourly route is…
AUGUSTA – Searsport Ambulance Service was among 12 medical first response organizations honored for contributing to the betterment of Maine Emergency Medical Services during the past year.
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BELFAST – On Monday, May 21, construction began on a year-long project at Waldo County General Hospital to expand and upgrade its emergency room. The project will enlarge the emergency facilities…
Investigators say Office of Child and Family Services failed to follow policies, procedures
AUGUSTA — The first phase of the official investigation into the deaths of two Maine children at the hands of their caretakers has concluded, with the …
Economy and healthcare in an aging state
BELFAST — Potential democratic gubernatorial candidates gathered before a crowd of approximately 100 at Belfast’s Hutchinson Center May 21, as Indivisible Waldo County hosted a panel so…
CAMDEN – Members of the Camden Select Board presented the Boston Cane to Adele Hopkins, who resides at Quarry Hill. Adele was born on November 28, 1918, which makes her 99 years old. The Boston…
Already back in Two Bridges Regional Jail, home since Feb. 26 arrest
WISCASSET — A Stockton Springs woman accused of beating her 10-year-old daughter to death in February gave birth to a healthy baby boy May 24, almost exactly three months since her Feb. 26…
Group charged with investigation DHHS handling of children’s abuse deaths
AUGUSTA — Governor Paul LePage has issued a response to the Office of Program Evaluation and Government…
ROCKLAND – Leona May Pierpont died suddenly, yet peacefully, on Monday, May 21, 2018. After 93 years living life to the fullest she has gone to join her husband, Almond, in Heaven.
Leona…
WASHINGTON – Wendell W. 'Spank' Ware, Jr., 46, died peacefully, yet unexpectedly, Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at his home.
Born in Camden, November 10, 1971, he was the son of Wendell, Sr. and…
ROCKPORT - Patricia Bradeen Algrant, 82, passed away April 22, 2018, at the Sussman House, Rockport, after a long illness.
Always called Patt, she was born in Portland, Maine, to…
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Camden Hills Regional High School has announced that the cumulative academic records for the Class of 2010 will be destroyed beginning June 15, 2018.
Federal regulations…
CAMDEN — Jessie Heal Gautreau, 73, wife of Donald Gautreau, died on Monday, May 21, 2018, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. A complete obituary will be published later.
There will be a…
SOUTH THOMASTON – Donald Walter Renn drew his last breaths in the early hours of May 5, 2018 at the Sussman House in Rockport, ME with his devoted wife of nearly 63 years by his side. He was 86…
The board of the Apprenticeshop in Rockland has appointed Isabella Ferracci as its new executive director. In her new capacity, Ferracci will work with the board and staff to continue the…
AUBURN — A graveside service will be held for George E. Harris, Sr., 71, who passed on December 19, 2017, at Oak Hill Cemetery, Riverside Drive, Auburn, Maine, on Saturday, June 8, 2018 at 1 p.m…
Attorney requests case be moved to U.S. District Court, removed from Waldo County Superior
BELFAST — Athena Point Lookout, LLC (APL) filed a notice of removal in response to the lawsuit brought against the company by a Montana couple who had planned to buy the Northport property.
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ROCKPORT — A single-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon, May 20, on Commercial Street (Route 1) south of Pascal Ave., knocked out power to…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity May 14-20. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
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BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity May 11-19. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
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Total amount withheld from the state reportedly over $10k
BELFAST — A Northport man was indicted by a Waldo County Grand Jury May 16 on six charges relating to misapplied sales tax that was never turned over to the state.
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rates ‘improperly, unfairly, arbitrarily, wrongfully, and unconstitutionally’ raised
ISLESBORO — The island community of Islesboro is not taking the new ferry rate schedule lightly and has filed an administrative appeal of Maine Department of Transportation action in Kennebec…
Last day, 6 a.m., May 24
The Maine Department of Marine Resources said May 23 that it is shutting down the elver fishery two weeks early, on May 24 at 6 a.m. The closure, done through emergency rulemaking, is being…
Mainers have a unique chance, in the coming gubernatorial primaries, to vote in a way that is both practical and idealistic. Ranked Choice Voting allows citizens to give their greatest support to…
SEARSPORT — Linda A. (Pester) Pyle, 69, of Searsport passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on May 18, 2018 at her home.
She was born on February 18, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania…
ROCKLAND — Poet Richard Blanco will appear live on 21st Century Bohemian program on WRFR 93.3 Rockland/99.3 Camden on Tuesday, May 29. The program begins at 6 p.m. Selected by President…
Case not officially closed
ROCKLAND – This week demolition crews cleared away all but the foundation from a Melrose Circle house that was heavily damaged by fire in March. The case, however, remains open, according to Sgt.…
CAMDEN — Mary Lou MacKimm, 88, formerly of Camden, died Monday, April 23, 2018 at Commonwealth Assisted Living, Kilmarnock, Virginia after a long period of declining health. Born August 27, 1929…
To mitigate 26 percent increase in project cost
CAMDEN — The Camden-Rockport School Board is warming to a fiscal solution following news that the new $26 million middle school project is $5.82 million over budget. At a May 21 special meeting,…
AUGUSTA – As Governor Paul R. LePage described in his Weekly Radio Address for the week of May 13, he is asking for input from experts regarding how Maine can benefit from the changing energy…
AUGUSTA — May 19-25 is National Safe Boating Week, and the Maine Marine Patrol wants to remind recreational boaters to stay safe while enjoying Maine's waters.
"This summer, thousands of…
ROCKLAND — A new show will be presented at Art Space Gallery in time for Rockland’s June First Friday, which falls on Friday, June 1. The show will feature exciting new work by four artist-members…
THOMASTON — A graveside service for Janice Cushman who passed away on April 18, 2018 will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 31st, 2018 in The Village Cemetery, Erin Street, Thomaston, Maine.…
ROCKLAND — A Bangor man who barricaded himself in a motel room at the Trade Winds Inn in Rockland Feb. 11, and was taken into custody…
CAMDEN — Mark Senders, new owner of the Francine Bistro building on 55 Chestnut Street in Camden, has a long association with the former restaurant run by chef Brian Hill.
Senders,…
Update: Woolwich select board member Allison Hepler said a news reporter had been in touch informing her Maine Department of Transportation would allow the mural project to go forward. Hepler…
ROCKLAND – In the previous two weeks, City budget planners heard from the YMCA as part of the third budget meeting. Three dog bites were reported. Closing the landfill was discussed. Times of…
THOMASTON – A graveside committal service for Waldo Harvell Ring, 99, who died peacefully, Wednesday, January 24, 2018 will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at the…
Three generations of women open gallery highlighting unconventional art, salvage
LIBERTY — The women behind Liberty Head Arts & Found are related, but it took a family tragedy to unite them all in Maine where they have collaborated to create Liberty Head Arts & Found,…
CLARK ISLAND and SPRUCE HEAD – Nadine C. Hewes, 87, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at Sussman House in Rockport, her loving family was at her side. …
MATINICUS – Services for your friend, our father, Alvah Ames, who passed away on March 7, 2018 will be held at 11 a.m. at the Samoset Resort in the State of Maine Room, Saturday, June 2,…
CAMDEN — A meeting that had been scheduled for this evening to discuss traffic safety conditions and solutions for Cross and Central streets in Camden has been postponed to June 6, at the…
Doris Benner, 94, passed away peacefully at her home on Feb 28, 2018. There will be a graveside service on Saturday June 2, 2018, at 11 a.m. at the hillside cemetery in Belmont…
SPRUCE HEAD – A graveside service for Bradley D. ‘Butch’ Rackliff, 59, who passed away February 3, 2018, will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, June 1, 2018 at Ocean View Cemetery, Route 73…
WARREN — Hartley George Beverage, Sr., 90, formerly of Hope and Union, passed away on May 20, 2018 at Woodlands Memory Center in Rockland. Born on May 28, 1927 in Camden, he was the son…
KNOX — Henry Doliber, 85, passed away December 31, 2017 in Augusta. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at McKenney Family Cemetery, 26 McKenney Road, Stockton…
SWANVILLE – Ruth Ann (Nichols) Robinson, 87, died peacefully in her home, Tuesday, May 15.
Ruth was born March 20, 1931 in Belfast, to Albert Nichols and…
A graveside service for Barbara Moody, who passed on February 15, 2018, will be held at the Union Common Cemetery, Ayer Hill Road, in Union on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 10 a.m., the Reverend…
ROCKLAND – Leona M. Pierpoint, 93, passed away unexpectedly yet peacefully, Monday, May 21, 2018.
Family and friends are invited to visit from 5 to 8 p.m., Monday, May 28, 2018…
