BELFAST — Timothy Ralph Bucklin, 55, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2017, with family by his side. He was born in Belfast on Dec. 3, 1961, the youngest of eight children. He was the son of…
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TENANTS HARBOR (Updated April 27 1 p.m.) — Maine Lost Dog Recovery volunteer Shari Closter was able to bring closure to the case of missing 10-month-old bullmastiff/pitbull mix Farva Thursday…
Keep Rockport beautiful
Keep Rockport Beautiful is a community organization within the Rockport Conservation Commission that is dedicated to keeping Rockport clean. Twice a year, organizers Maggie Timmerman and Marci…
From Augusta
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) led a group of his colleagues, including Senator Susan Collins, in sending a letter to Senate leadership urging them to come to the aid of Maine…
ROCKLAND – In a special meeting of the Rockland City Council April 26, the Budget Work Group presented council members with the proposed budget for Rockland FY 2018. In an opening statement,…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity April 13-20. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
April 4 (late entry)…
ROCKLAND — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting public safety checkpoints, or roadblocks, throughout the county this year,…
A handful of area towns are preparing for their annual June town meetings and elections, and as their warrants are being readied for the printer, the deadline to take out and return nomination…
A Wilton man was arrested by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency after getting off the train in downtown Brunswick Tuesday, April 25, with 1,200 doses of Fentanyl.
32 year old James Young-…
ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity April 8-19. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…
Maine District Court
District Six District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau was approved by the Legislature’s Joint Standing Judiciary Committee to join the Maine District Court at his hearing April 25. The vote was 12-0,…
BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Waldo County Superior Court.
Laura L. Dyer, of Belfast, and Paul M. Dyer, of Belfast, were married…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity April 15-20. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
April 15
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BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity April 17-24. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
April 17
Greta Perry, 86,…
Obituary
APPLETON, Maine/OXFORD, Mass. — Lloyd Elston Leigher, 86, of Appleton, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2017, at Quarry Hill in Camden. Lloyd was born in Appleton on May 6, 1930, to Carolyn (…
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CAMDEN — Dr. Jack Schoonmaker Blaisdell died March 4, 2017, at the age of 102. Up until the week of his death, he was exercising three times a day on his rowing machine, emailing his friends and…
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BOSTON, Mass. — Rolande Ann Johndro, 33, passed away on April 6, 2017, due to complications associated with a cardiac procedure, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, Mass.,…
Gwendolyn Hudson of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine will join Chris Wolf on Wednesday's show. BBBS is always looking for people to positively impact a child and improve their community at…
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ROCKPORT — A graveside committal for Agnes Kent Webber March, 76, who died Jan. 12, 2017, will be held Wednesday, May 3, at 2 p.m. at St. James Cemetery on Erin Street in Thomaston.
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WARREN — Joan F. Wentworth, 80, died April 23, 2017, with family at her side, at the Sussman Hospice House in Rockport.
Born in Boston on April 6, 1937, she was one of seven children of…
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Police Department is undergoing changes in their personnel and duties in the department, according to…
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BRUNSWICK — Donald James Cassidy, 76, died peacefully on April 16, 2017, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, with his entire family at his side.
Born in Rockland on June 7, 1940, he was…
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CAMDEN — There will be a graveside service for Dorothy Keller Hibbert, 93, who died Feb. 5, 2017, on Saturday, May 6 at 11 a.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery in Camden.
Arrangements are with…
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ROCKPORT — Rosalie Fogg, 73, died April 19, 2017, at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, following a brief struggle with pneumonia.
Born in Rockland on March 26, 1944, she was the…
Elle Appleton Foster, of Rockport, is the winner of Camden Conservation Commission's logo contest. Elle, who grew up in Camden, bested a field of artists both local and from as far…
ROCKLAND – Call him lieutenant now. Rockland firefighter Mike Cole swore an oath, added a pin to his jersey, and pledged a continuation of loyalty to the department he’s known for 17 years.
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Heart and Soul group wants to hear from all Rockland residents
ROCKLAND – Rockland, how do I love thee? The candy stores, library, dog amenities store, the elementary school. The trees, rainbows, ocean side snowcapped mountains, the reindeer that arrive on…
THOMASTON — Heidi Neal, owner of the Loyal Biscuit Compan,y sponsored a fundraiser for Pope Memorial Animal Shelter Sunday, April 23, with Marie Spaulding, Channel Your Inner Artist painting…
LINCOLNVILLE — The Lincolnville Selectmen meet tonight, April 24, and among the topics on the agenda are a preview and review of the draft 2017 Town Meeting Warrant and a discussion of the…
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CAMDEN — Jonette Whitehead Hardester passed peacefully and comfortably on April 22, 2017, in the late afternoon, surrounded by her family. She is survived by her two children, Jennifer and Joshua…
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CUSHING — David B. “Dexter” Glidden III, 27, died unexpectedly on April 15, 2017, at his home.
Born in Rockport on March 10, 1990, he was the son of David B. II and Kelly M. Elwell Glidden…
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APPLETON —- Crosby Edward "Ted" Johnson, 89, passed away March 17, 2017, in Englewood, Fla. Graveside services will be held Saturday, May 13, at 1 p.m. at Pine Grove Cemetery in Appleton.…
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NORTHPORT — Edwin Ernest Pessara Jr., 73, died peacefully on April 19, 2017, at his home in Northport.
A member of the Mid-Coast Community Band, he is survived by his wife, Carol (Chase)…
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CAMDEN — Milton Slade, 91, died April 21, 2017, at Anderson Inn at Quarry Hill in Camden, surrounded by his loving family. He was predeceased by his wife, Ditte Slade, who died Sept. 21, 2016.…
ROCKLAND – In recent days, the Fire/EMS department welcomed a new EMT and promoted a firefighter. Plans are in the works for Habitat for Humanity projects in the south end. Comparison surplus…
ROCKLAND — Two Bangor residents who were arrested after a joint investigation between the Rockport Police Department and Maine Drug…
Digging for change .... Story-tellers ..... Deer everywhere, even a moose
I wanted to get married in a sunny field of wildflowers, wearing a cotton dress I’d made myself. He couldn’t have cared how we did it, just so we did. My mother, however, had some pretty definite…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Registry of Deeds recorded the following deed transfers April 10-21.
Belfast
Herman Reynolds Trust to…
Ronald Frontin is a contemporary Maine painter who continues the American realist tradition of Winslow Homer with his fastidiously rendered figural images set on the coast and in the countryside.…
BELFAST — An evening traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a Searsport man April 21, according to the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office.
Jason Roberts, 36, first came to the attention of…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from April 17-24.
Duncan Crossman, 33, of Roxbury, Mass., disorderly conduct, offensive words, gestures, $250…
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ROCKLAND — Dorothy I. Small, 97, passed away peacefully on April 18, 2017, at Knox Center for Long Term Care, after a period of declining health. She was born in London, England, to William and…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court from April 10-21.
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Maine Marine Patrol Officer Matthew Wyman has received the 2017 Northeast Conservation Law Enforcement Chief’s Award. The award, presented April 10 at the Northeast Fish and…
City is in good shape
ROCKLAND – The Rockland City Council received its financial audit for 2016 in a special meeting at city hall, April 19. The accounting firm of James Wadman, CPA, of Ellsworth, compiled the…
‘One consideration ought to be that none of you run again for this office’
CAMDEN — The Camden Budget Committee April 20 voted to recommend approving the Camden Snow Bowl's FY18 budget of $874,000, as submitted by Acting Town Manager Roberta Smith and Acting Snow Bowl…
Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority voted April 19 to accept the resignation and retirement of Administrator Mark Westrum, effective April 14.
Westrum had been placed on administrative…
On Friday, April 21, Chris Wolf welcomes Down East magazine's Brian Kevin, managing editor for the magazine that is headquartered in Rockport. On the Chris Wolf Show, they will talk about…
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ROCKLAND — Joseph O. “Gump” Coolbroth Sr., 90, died April 15, 2017, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport, following an extended illness.
Born in Lynne, Mass., on Dec. 20, 1926, he was the…
Those fortunate enough to live on lakes often add to their enjoyment with a floating dock. Such floating docks, when well‐constructed, are both aesthetic and offer shelter and a resting place for…
