CAMDEN — The winds of change continue to blow through the Camden Snow Bowl, as the municipality-owned ski mountain reevaluates contracts with vendors who operate private business operations there…
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Ragged Mountain Sports shifts to rental skis management
In business: Town welcomes its own coffee shop
THOMASTON – The Town of Thomaston took another step toward revitalizing its downtown with the opening of Thyme to Talk, a coffee shop that was the number-one need, according to town citizens in a…
More than 100 exhibitors
ROCKPORT — The 25th anniversary of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce annual Business Expo, held at the Samoset Resort Wednesday, April 11, drew a full house of local exhibitors and…
continues to be held without bail at Bridgewater State Hospital
WOBURN, MASS. — Orion Krause, 23, of Rockport was arraigned April 11 in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn, Mass., on four counts of murder. His attorney, according to the Lowell Sun,…
VINALHAVEN — A Memorial Service for Beatrice I. Young, 81, who died on March 1, 2018, will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, April 16, 2018, at the Union Church with the Rev. John Potter officiating.…
SOMERVILLE- Pastor John Calvin Dancer, 70, went home to be with his Lord, Monday, April 2, 2018 while surrounded by his loving family at home.
Born March 8, 1948 in Gardiner, he was the son…
Judge sets bail at $50,000 cash for two arrested from New York
ROCKLAND — Three people who were arrested by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency in Warren and Waldoboro April 4 following a crack cocaine…
THOMASTON - John G. Curtis Jr., 88, passed peacefully, Sunday, April 8, 2018 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
John was born September 1, 1929, in Auburn and grew up in Bridgton, where…
Christina A. (King) Manning, age 83, went peacefully to be with her savior on March 30, 2018 at Stillwater Rehabilitation Center of Bangor Maine. She was born on November 3, 1934, the eighth of…
BROOKS/BEALS ISLAND — Lois G. Merchant joined the angels on March 26, 2018 at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast.
She was born September 7, 1935 at Beals…
Speeds reach 70-100 mph, nearly lead to head-on collision
BELFAST — A Wisconsin man has been charged with a number of crimes after leading Belfast Police on a high-speed chase April 9, according to Chief Michael McFadden.
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BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity March 31 - April 9. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Feb. 28 (late entry)…
BELFAST — A jury was selected April 3, to hear the case of a Rockport woman accused of manslaughter, stemming from the Feb. 8, 2017 death of a Waldo man.
Victoria…
ROCKLAND — Ronald R. Gendron died at home surrounded by his family, Saturday, April 7, 2018.
Ron is survived by his wife of 37 years Ellen Weeks Gendron, of…
VINALHAVEN – Bruce G. Johnson, 90, died Friday, April 6, 2018, at the Sussman House in Rockport, with family at his side. Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter &…
CAMDEN — Allen S. Goldman, M.D., 88, husband of Rachel Bok Goldman, died on Monday, April 9, 2018 at the Sussman House in Rockport. A complete obituary will be published and a memorial…
Solar array to supply 90 percent of power to municipal buildings
ST. GEORGE – On April 9, the town of St. George and members of the Select Board, Conservation Commission and members of the public, including students from St. George's fourth and seventh grade,…
Visiting with Carolyn Marsh, off the grid
Off the grid . . . on a mountaintop deep in the desert.
Seven a.m. The sun’s barely up, the horizon stretching 360 degrees around the glass walls of this house I’ve…
THOMASTON – Lieutenant Commander John G. Curtis, Jr., 88, died peacefully at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Sunday, April 8, 2018.
A celebration of life will be…
CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity from March 2-31. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from April 2-6.
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James Wesley Jackson, 56, of Waldoboro, passed away on April 4, 2018 at his home in Waldoboro with his family by his side. Jim was born on August 14, 1961 to Merrill A. Jackson and…
THOMASTON and BINGHAM — Shirley Lamont Brown passed away April 4, 2018 peacefully at home with loved ones by her side in Bingham, Maine. Shirley was born April 10, 1928 in…
VINALHAVEN — Phillip Darrow Dyer, aka "Filo", 91, died on Friday, March 23, 2018 at the Maine Veteran's Home in Augusta where he had resided for several months. Born on January 15, 1927, Phil was…
TENANTS HARBOR — Constance (Connie) Chandler-Ward died Monday April 2, 2018, at age 82, after an automobile accident in Warren, Maine.
Chandler-Ward was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts,…
Chandler-Ward was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts,…
WALDOBORO — Heading into the spring, and hoping that the parade of nor’easters is over, the Waldoboro Conservation Commission has planned an ambitious series of goals and activities for the…
ROCKLAND – In the past two weeks, citizens have submitted a petition regarding Yachting Solutions ideas. Others have requested a public restroom at Sandy Beach. Two Short Term Rental applications…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court March 27 - April 6.
Benjamin R. Young, 27, of Swanville, probation violation in Searsmont…
Rolinda P. Hussey, 67, of Searsport passed away at home on April 6, 2018. She was born in Belfast on March 17, 1951. At her request services will be private. Arrangements…
BOOTHBAY — Frank W. Wiley, 77, passed away on April 5, 2018 at his home in Boothbay, Maine. Frank was born in Camden on August 29, 1940 to Wilbur Wiley and Evelyn McKeon and graduated in 1959…
WALDO — Catherine Berry Watson passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of November 29, 2017 surrounded by her family. Cathy was born in Searsport, Maine on December 13,1938 to George L…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds March 26 - April 6.
Belfast
David Onyons to One…
Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee
UPDATED: The Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology considered a bill to put some management and routine auditing costs onto shareholders rather than ratepayers, establish a…
April 12 court date for second charge
ROCKLAND — The family of an 87-year-old woman who say she was attacked by a dangerous dog while walking on Cobb Road in Camden in December…
ROCKLAND — The Knox County grand jury handed down 10 indictments, including 21 counts April 3. An indictment does not imply guilt.…
Bangor Bancorp, MHC, parent company of Bangor Savings Bank, announced April 6 the completion of a merger with First Colebrook Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQX: FCNH…
CRMS gym alive with science
CAMDEN – Students of Camden Rockport Middle School’s sixth grade demonstrated passion and persuasion Wednesday, April 4, in the school gym as they hosted a Kids Conference for Change. The…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity March 29 - April 5. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Feb. 15 (late entry)…
Sacred Art Tour includes classroom visit, mandala and fire puja
Eight Tibetan Buddhist refugee monks travelled from India to Midcoast Maine as part of their 13-month tour of the U.S. this past week, visiting Cushing and…
ROCKLAND – Distinguished as the first quarry in the United States to change from steam power machinery to electricity in 1895, the question of ownership of the long-unused Engine Quarry returns to…
Narcan used over weekend to revive overdose victims in different counties
Maine State Police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said Sunday, April 8, that three people have been arrested in connection with three Washington County heroin overdoses that took…
As the Maine Public Utilities Commission prepares for an audit examining customer complaints into Central Maine Power Co.’s billing and communication systems, an internal company one is…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity March 27 - April 5. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
March 27…
CAMDEN — Audra Caler-Bell is Camden Town Manager. In advance of an April 10 Select Board meeting, she submitted the following report: I met with Patrick Adams, the Maine Department of…
CAMDEN — Paul Anthony Cole was born on November 28, 1954 in Camden, Maine to Diana and Carroll Cole. As the oldest of eight children, Paul often inherited the role of a father figure, or "the calm…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from March 26-30.
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North Atlantic Blues Festival turns 25 and the music plays on
ROCKLAND – The Lobster Festival board recently named Paul Benjamin, organizer of the North Atlantic Blues Festival, to be the artistic director of the 2018 Maine Lobster Festival. Benjamin will…
The Maine Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Highway Safety, in partnership with the other New England states, has launched the first New England-wide, coordinated distracted driving education…
From Augusta
The citizen initiative to allow Maine seniors and people with disabilities to stay in their homes and receive needed care cleared a legislative hurdle in the Maine House of Representatives…
WARREN-WALDOBORO — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said April 5 that three people were arrested Wednesday, April 4, following a crack cocaine investigation in Knox and Lincoln counties. The…
