BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Criminal Court April 10-19.

Joey A. Philbrook, 31, of Thorndike, operating after habitual…

CAMDEN – Every spring the Camden Public Library gathers volunteers and cleans the winter debris out of the Amphitheater and Harbor Park. The all volunteer event took place on Saturday, April 21.…

ROCKLAND – Two tires, the umbrella frame for a patio table, a wood pallet, and an advertising banner.

A group of Earth Day volunteers bent, lifted, and sighed at the amount of debris…

ROCKPORT—By noon on Saturday, April 21, a 40-foot truck at the former Rockport Elementary School on West Street in Rockport was packed to the brim with old, discarded and broken electronics, with…

As spring begins to show itself more and more and we begin to enjoy it more and more, we can’t help but be drawn to the flowers blooming, the trees beginning to bud, the empty soda cans, what…

 ROCKLAND – Marjorie Ellen Mills, 100, went home to be with her Lord, Friday, April 13, 2018 at the Sussman House in Rockport. 

Born in Rockland,…

ROCKLAND — The attorney for a Tennessee truck driver who was found guilty by a Knox County jury Jan. 30 for causing a crash that killed two people in March 2016, has appealed his conviction…

OWLS HEAD – There was an open house on Wednesday, April 18, at the Knox County Regional Airport to officially open the county’s new maintenance building that will provide offices for staff and to…

Vickie Sabrina Talbot, 47, of Northport passed away suddenly on April 5, 2018. She was born August 26, 1970. Vickie graduated Belfast Area High School class of 1988 and was a proud…

BROOKS — The man suspected of robbing Unity Pharmacy April 9 has been taken into custody following days on the run, according to a media report from the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office. 

WARREN — Frances “Fran” Elaine Field, 73, of Warren, went home to be with her Lord, Monday April 16, 2018 at the Sussman House in Rockport.…

AUGUSTA – As a mark of respect for the memory of Barbara Bush, Governor Paul R. LePage has directed that all United States flags and State of Maine flags shall be flown at half-staff immediately…

 WALDOBORO – Gavin Knowlton Wallace, 12, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 14, 2018 at his home surrounded by his family and those who loved him.

Gavin was born…

CAMDEN —The American Legion Post 30 is inviting the community to a flag retirement ceremony and open house at its headquarters on Pearl Street…

Visiting hours for Frances E. Field who passed away on April 16, 2018 will be held at Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main Street, Waldoboro on Friday, April 20, 2018 from 5-8 p.m.  Funeral…

 We spent a restless night, my sister and I, in a tent in Oak Creek Canyon. The wind roared unceasingly above us, the proverbial train tearing by…

ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity April 1-17. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity April 9-16. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

April 9

On Friday the 13th, the Rockport Town Office was hit with a serious virus that affected the municipal server and the town’s off-site back up.

No data theft occurred, said Rockport Town…

ROCKLAND – A man who’d attempted to steal DVDs from Maritime Farms on Park Street by hiding them in his pants was eventually arrested and charged with theft, possession of crack cocaine, and…

At approximately 10:30 p.m. Monday, April 16, detectives from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Boothbay Harbor man in connection with an alleged…

OWLS HEAD — Lt. Colonel Robert Adair Slater, USAF, ret., passed peacefully April 4, 2018, in Cocoa Beach, Florida.  Bob was born March 16, 1931 in Sioux City, Iowa, to Frank Gaylord and Helen…

UNION – Bertha Mary Fryman, 93, known to some as Mary and some to Bertha, died peacefully, Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport. 

Born in…

ROCKLAND — Barbara “Barb” Jean Guy, 59, wife of Dwayne Guy, passed away on Friday, April 13, 2018, at Eastern Maine Medical Center following complications of pneumonia.  Her family was by her…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court April 6-12.

Christopher Giggie, 26, of Stockton Springs, driving to endanger in Belfast…

ROCKLAND – Marjorie Ellen Mills, 100, went home to be with her Lord, Friday, April 13, 2018 at the Sussman House in Rockport.  A full obituary will be published.  To share a memory…

Shortly before 6 p.m. Monday, LSCO released a sketch of a suspect.

Original post: At 8:03 a.m. Monday, April 16, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported home invasion…

On April 11, 2018, a few weeks shy of her 101st birthday, Marguerite S. Hills died peacefully at her home in Waldoboro. Her cat, Sarah, and her son, Larry, were with her at the time of her…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from April 9-13.

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BELFAST — The judge in the case of the State v. Sharon Carrillo has decided that the prosecutors in charge of trying the case will not be disqualified, nor will they be subject to a…

ROCKLAND — The state and attorney for the South Thomaston woman who was arrested for manslaughter in connection with a May 2017 fatal…

BELFAST — Pauline L. Thomas, 84, passed away April 12, 2018 at her residence in Belfast surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Thorndike, Maine, in 1934 to Ida and William Warman.…

Maine's newest State Troopers received their badges today in ceremonies at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. The five troopers completed 10 weeks of specialized State Police training. All are…

 Medomak Valley High School released its  2017-2018 Quarter 3 Honor Roll:

Grade 9:  High Honors: Zachary Cheesman, Ian Doughty, Alexis Nickles, Makayla…

WALDOBORO – Wayne D. Vose, 71, died unexpectedly, following a period of declining health, Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at Togus VA Hospital in Augusta.  

Born in…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity April 7-13. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

March 7 (late entry)…

The annual Megunticook Lake ice-out dispatch from the lake association confirmed that April 13 marked ice-out day. Megunticook joined Damariscotta Lake for the April 13 honors this year.

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BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity April 2-12. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

April 2

LIBERTY — Pearl Agnes Carruthers Banks, 95 years young, passed away at her home on the lake on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, with her family at her side.

ROCKLAND – Milton Leon Paquin, 84, of Rockland, passed away on January 1, 2018 in Rockland, Maine. 

He was born in Thomaston, May 2, 1933, to the late Joseph L. and…

Nancy L. Pranes, 72, passed away on April 10, 2018 at her home in Waldoboro, Maine.  She was born on November 21, 1945 in Skowhegan, Maine to Leroy Meservey and Caroline (Brown)…

Waldo County Sheriff’s Office deputies are looking for the man they believe to be responsible for the April 9, robbery of Unity Pharmacy, located on Plaza Drive in Unity, according to an April 13…

ROCKPORT — Candidates seeking seats on the Rockport Select Board, Library Committee, Budget Committee and school boards returned their papers by deadline today, April 13.

There are two…

BELFAST — It was a tense day in Waldo County Superior Court April 12, as Sharon Carrillo and her lawyers Chris MacLean and Laura Shaw came before Justice Robert Murray to argue…