PORTLAND – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement in response to the Justice Department's decision to rescind Obama-era legal cannabis protections today:
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The Camden Planning Board has postponed its Jan. 4 meeting until Jan. 11, at 5 p.m.
RSU 13 cancelled its Jan. 4 meeting.
The Bureau of…
Don’t go there during the storm
While a significant storm is underway this afternoon and overnight, the City of Rockland is closing the Marie H. Reed Breakwater Park at the end of Samoset Road, and the Rockland Breakwater…
Do not call 911 for warming shelter/center info. Call 211
Due to the upcoming storm, expected high winds and extreme cold, the Maine Emergency Management Agency is aggregating shelter opening info across the state.
Individual towns in…
ROCKLAND – Even if the Midcoast avoids wide-spread power outages this week, extreme cold temperatures forecasted for this weekend are prompting Rockland officials to revisit the need for warming…
DAMARISCOTTA — Ancil Leroy Prock, 86, died January 3, 2018 at Lincoln Health, Miles Campus in Damariscotta with his family by his side. He was born on November 25, 1931 in Waldoboro to Alton Prock…
Ban begins at 9 p.m. Thursday
ROCKLAND — The city of Rockland is declaring a snow emergency parking ban. Parking of any vehicles is prohibited upon all of the city streets, or municipal parking lots from 9 p.m. Thursday…
COOPERS MILLS — Frank E. Jones, Sr., 76, died January 2, 2018 at Country Manor in Coopers Mills with his family by his side. He was born on January 14, 1941 to Elmer Jones and Marion (Brown) Jones…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Dec. 20-31. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Dec. 20
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Gail Miller (Whitaker) Marple, 67 of Waldo, passed away unexpectedly on December 30, 2017.
She was born on September 12, 1950 in White Plains, New York, the daughter of William and Barbara…
From Augusta
Attorney General Janet Mills swore in Dr. Lisa R Funte as Maine's Deputy Chief Medical Examiner at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Wednesday, January 3.
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check on neighbors, especially the elderly
CAMDEN — A powerful winter storm that has been dubbed “Grayson” is expected to rip through coastal Maine Thursday into Friday, bringing approximately a foot of snow and blizzard conditions to the…
‘Waldo County is where I’m from, it’s who I am and it is the future of my family’
BELFAST — House Majority Leader Erin Herbig, D-Belfast, announced her plans to run for Maine State Senate to a crowd of supporters Jan. 2, gathered at French and Webb, a local boat builder, on…
CAMDEN — Mary Callahan, 96, of the Megunticook House in Camden, died on January 1, 2018 at Pen Bay Medical Center. A complete obituary will be published later.
A Memorial Mass will be held…
The School Administrative District 28 (Camden-Rockport Elementary School and Camden-Rockport Middle School) is changing the date of its Winter Community Book Read, Creating Innovators – The…
Removes Rockport Select Board liaison, now what next?
ROCKPORT — Voting 6-0, the Camden-Rockport School Board amended the charter of an ad hoc committee that oversee the construction of the district’s new middle school at a Dec. 20 meeting.…
Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, Rockport to meet with North East Mobile Health Services
LINCOLNVILLE — Representatives from Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport who sit on the regional Emergency Medical Services Performance Review Committee will convene for a periodic meeting…
CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity from Dec. 2-14. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…
Recent scams reported to Knox County Sheriff’s Office
ROCKLAND – Weeks ago, a Rockport resident answered a phone call from a stranger who was pretending to be a relative. Months ago, an Appleton man received a voicemail telling him to wire money in…
All the things we did .... Makewild ..... Music at the Library
So what do we do on New Year’s Day? Besides watch football, which, since my house no longer holds an avid fan, has left my radar. How about looking back at…
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Beverly Russell, 79 of Stockton Springs, died peacefully surrounded by her family on December 30, 2017. She was born on March 27, 1938 in Stoneham, Massachusetts. She was raised…
ROCKLAND – Raymond E. Withee, 76, went to be with God, his wife Georgene, parents Elmer and Genevieve and others he loved, December 22, 2017 at Country Manor in Copers Mills.
Ray graduated…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Dec. 18-28.
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WARREN - Cynthia Carolyn Feener, 66, passed away unexpectedly, Thursday, December 14, 2017, in the presence of her loved ones.
Born in Rockland, August 21, 1951, she was the daughter…
‘It reminds me of how awesome my small community is’
LINCOLNVILLE BEACH – Baring skin in defiance to an arctic blast that left even the driest spectators wind-slapped and hurting, a small group of extra warm-blooded souls ran into Lincolnville’s…
ROCKLAND – The portion of Main Street in Rockland between Myrtle and Pleasant streets is temporarily closed as crews work to repair a break in a water main. Currently, motorists are following…
Hello, 2018!
Videographer Terry Boivin spent the last few days of 2017 chronicling with his video camera some of the frozen beauty that lies on our doorsteps. On Dec. 30, he filmed the sunrise at Belfast…
TIME MARCHES ON — Don’t bother with a New Year’s resolution this year. A study by some psychologists in the UK shows that nine out of ten New Year’s resolutions are doomed to failure. The (…
Chief Frank Ross of the Owls Head Fire Department announced that the Town of Owls Head has been re-evaluated by Insurance Services Organization (ISO), which is responsible for determining a…
Each year the Camden Rotary Club provides financial support in the form of grants to organizations that work to improve the lives of people in Knox…
Winter weather and cold temperatures can be hazardous, even for Mainers. As Maine faces extremely low temperatures, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reminding people to…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Dec. 18-28.
Belfast
Kirsten M. McKim…
ROCKLAND – Knox County has new administrative assistants for the new year. Wendy Galvin, of Northport, took over the duties of Candice Richards at the Knox County Courthouse. Richards has moved…
SEARSPORT — The Searsport Police Department reported the following activity Nov. 24 - Dec. 26. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Nov. 24
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BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Dec. 18-26. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Dec. 18
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CAMDEN – Baby it’s cold outside! Single digits, then zero and now we are in the minus column. And with the wind chill, uhhhh, we don't even like thinking about it. Temperatures are forecast to…
BELFAST — The following Unified Criminal Court cases were closed in Waldo County from Dec. 15-22.
Caleb Roy, 25, of Burnham, probation violation in Burnham July…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Dec. 13-25. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Nov. 27
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CAMDEN — Eva Phillips Thompson, 58, died December 29, 2017, a little over four years after being diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer. During that time she was able to live a full and…
Paul Douglas Parks, 73, of Yarmouth, passed away December 24, 2017 after a brief illness. He was born July 28, 1944 in Mars Hill, Maine, and raised in Bridgewater by his grandparents Max and…
In the early morning of the winter solstice, Gerald E. Scott, 82, of Winter Haven, Florida, passed quietly after a period of declining health.
Gerald was born October 23, 1935…
ROCKLAND— The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior and Rockland District Court from Nov. 20-Dec. 22.
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Three men have been charged following an ill-advised target practice session on Thompson Farm Road in Jackson Aug. 27.
Anthony Sweetland, 21, of…
BELFAST — A Belfast woman was issued a summons for arson following a small fire Dec. 23, in the kitchen of her apartment on Midcoast Drive.
Sarah Fink, 55, came to…
BELFAST — A Belfast man will serve six years in prison after holding a machete to his then girlfriend’s throat in a December 2016 attack on his family.
Shawn D.…
ROCKLAND – Marion Shuman Hall, 101, surrounded by the love and spirit of her family, passed away unexpectedly on Christmas Day, 2017, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.
Born in…
ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity Dec. 17-25. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…
BELFAST — The cause of a fire at Ducktrap River of Maine, a seafood company located on Little River Drive, has been determined to be an errant spark from either welding or a cutting…
‘We want this to be a welcoming hang out’
ROCKPORT—Having moved to Camden from south of Boston four years ago, the Gelerman family wasn’t looking to start a new business.
“We came up to retire,” said Theola Gelerman, sitting at the…
Phones, wallets, chain saw, Fit Bit....
ROCKLAND — Rockland Police have more than 60 lost items in their possession that are still unclaimed and they are hoping to locate their…
