ROCKPORT — By the time Rockport firefighters arrived to a dump truck fire on Look Out Lane, flames were visible under the hood of the construction vehicle. But before they could get water on it,…
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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 238 calls for service for the period of Sept. 26 to Oct. 3. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 8,547 calls for service.
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SEARSPORT — On Sept. 30, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection reported that the spill that had occurred at …

CAMDEN — The Select Board in Camden will convene at 6:30 p.m…

BELFAST — On September 16, 2023, Marian A. Condon received her wings and went to walk with the angels. Born in Belfast, she spent her entire life in her birth city.
She spent her life as a…

SPRUCE HEAD — Frances J. ‘Fran’ Quinn, 87, died peacefully, with her loving husband and children at her side, Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at the Sussman Hospice House in Rockport.
Born in…

ROCKLAND — Zachariah William Jackson, 23, went to be with his Lord, September 25, 2023.
Zach was born in North Carolina May 16, 2000 the first born son of Staff Sergeant William S. Jackson…

ROCKLAND — Katie Claire Silverman left our world on Friday, September 29, 2023. Her daughter Arlene Faulkner and grandson Daniel Faulkner were with her. On June 3, Katie celebrated her 100th…

I arrived home from work last week to find an envelope with my name on it at the door. Within, along with a handwritten note, was the Fall 2023 report of the Lincolnville Hills Project, an…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Sept. 25-29.
Belfast
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JEFFERSON — On September 29, Arlene Jones, 70, mother, sister, Granny and Gigi went to be with the Lord.
Arlene was born in Jefferson on September 10, 1953 to Lewis and Patricia Jones. She…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Sept. 25-29.
Camden
Douglas J. Beach and Karen M. Beach to Lakshmi R.…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Sept. 22-28.
Mandy M. Mosher, 35, of Belfast,…

BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court.
Kole J. Taylor, of Winterport, and…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Sept. 19-19.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…

ROCKLAND – Knox County Commissioners…

THOMASTON — Arlene B. Paulsen passed away peacefully in Brunswick at the age of 90. She was born on September 2, 1933 and was the daughter of Donald E. and Esther Watts Tolman.
More widely…

Lorry Lee Durkee Brown was born April 20, 1968 at Acadia Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine. She passed away on September 15, 2023 after a 2 1/2 year battle with glioblastoma, a rare form of brain…
SEARSPORT — James J. O'Donnell, 82 years, of Searsport, Maine, passed away September 28, 2023, at Sussman House.
A memorial mass will be held Thursday October 5, 2023, at 11 a.m., at St.…

JEFFERSON—In a rural corner of Maine, a sanctuary for farm animals has quietly taken shape for pigs, goats, equines, and birds who’ve been abandoned or dumped by their owners. Or, who grew too big…

ROCKPORT — As two teams of Rockport firefighters were climbing the back side of Ragged Mountain looking for a reported missing male…
ST. GEORGE — An active fire scene that began just after 10:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2023, kept right on going into the next afternoon, with many more hours still ahead for the home team of St…

JEFFERSON — William K Karas Jr. passed on September 19, 2023, after years of negotiating cancer. Born September 17, 1937, Bill was the 1st child to Hungarian immigrants William Kalman Karas and…

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Police Department is looking to return the following unclaimed, abandoned, or otherwise found property to its rightful owner(s). If the owner of the property has not…

The Megunticook River Citizens Advisory Committee in Camden is asking for public input as it conducts a survey in conjunction with the University of New Hampshire Survey…

The State of Maine has joined 16 other states and the Federal Trade Commission in suing Amazon.com, Inc., alleging that the online retail and technology company is a monopolist that uses a set of…

ROCKLAND — A Rockland man is free on bail after he was arrested Sept. 21 for allegedly putting his semen on a woman’s personal belongings while she was at work.
Andrew Edgcomb, 32, was…

CAMDEN — Ruth Barbara Thomas, 95, died on 23 September at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine. She was born October 30, 1927 in Pittsfield, Maine, the daughter of the late Francois “Frank” and…

BELFAST — The following indictments were handed up by a Waldo County grand jury Sept. 19-20.
Christopher Allen, 34, of…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 186 calls for service for the period of Sept. 19 to Sept. 26. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 8,309 calls for service.
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…CAMDEN — Wayne D. Bennett, 84, husband of Sharon (Burgess) Bennett of Camden, died on Saturday, September 23, 2023 in Portland.
A complete obituary will be published later.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee — Stanley “Digger” Philip Creamer passed away September 10, 2023.
Stanley was born May 27, 1945, in Damariscotta, Maine to Philip and Frances Creamer. He attended…
SEARSPORT — Roger E. Smith, 78, of Searsport, Maine, peacefully passed away on September 21, 2023, at the Sussman House in Rockport, surrounded by his loving children, and cherished grandchildren…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Sept. 18-22.
Belfast
Natalie…
John Michael Jarrett, age 70, of Boothbay Harbor, passed away peacefully on Aug. 16, 2023.
A celebration of Michael’s life will be held on Saturday, Sept. 30 at Mine Oyster Restaurant…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Sept.11-22.
John K. Baxter, 54, of Warren, operating vehicle without a license in Warren June 23, 2023, $100…

Saturday morning, we packed the children, no longer small, into the car for the trip to the inland Waldo County town of Unity. As we have nearly every late September since they were born. It was…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Sept. 18-22.
Camden
Kathleen B. Costello and Mario J. Costello to…

PORTLAND—Longfellow Books was the place to be on September 20 for an author talk amongst Maine writers Chris…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Sept. 15-21.
Bryton Allen, 38, of Belfast,…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Sept. 11-15.
Belfast
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BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Sept. 12-21.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…

Camden Hills Regional High School has been ranked the fourth-best out of 111 high schools in Maine for the 2023-2024 school year by U.S. News & World Report.
“Our…

Ronald Vincent Tommasino, born September 28, 1950, passed away on August 14, 2023 in Englewood, Florida.
A celebration of life will be held on October 6, 2023, at 1 p.m., at the Veterans’…

SOUTH THOMASTON — Randall “Randy” Rickards went home to be with his Lord and Savior on September 18, 2023, due to injuries sustained in a biking accident.
He was born on October 29, 1958,…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Sept. 18-22.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and…

UNION — Joan Evelyn (Wookey) Peckham passed away September 14, 2023 in Union, Maine surrounded by her family after a period of declining health. She was born June 24, 1946 in Hartford, Connecticut…