Update March 21, 2025: Due to lack of information provided by Knox County and the Knox Regional Communications Center, a March 18, 2025 meeting of Rockland city officials yielded no…
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BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court March 14-19.
Derek M. Poulin, 34, of Fairfield, unlawful sexual contact in Freedom Sept. 1,…

PROSPECT — A Prospect man has been charged with three counts of gross sexual assault of a minor following investigation into a report of abuse. A…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Feb. 3-14.
Belfast
Lynn C. and James A. Crawford to…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity March 6-19.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered innocent…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Feb. 13-19.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Department is seeking to unite the following unclaimed, abandoned, or otherwise found property with its rightful owner, releasing a list of the items…

Waldo County Sheriff Jason Trundy issued the following letter to the media and to Waldo County commissioners, state representatives and senator March 20, following a March 13 traffic stop in…

WARREN — Judith M. (Wood) Barter, 85, of Warren, passed away at Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport on March 9, 2025. Judy was born November 3, 1939, in Brockton, Massachusetts to Carl F. Wood and…

WARREN — Lois C. Silloway, 92, of Warren, passed away peacefully at Windward Gardens in Camden on September 9, 2024. Lois was born on February 28, 1932, in a country farmhouse in Monroe, Maine to…

The Rockport Conservation…

The following was submitted March 20 by Camden-Rockport School Administrative District 28 Superintendent Maria Libby:
A couple of weeks ago the school district received the…

NORTHPORT — On March 19, at approximately 7:26 a.m., Waldo County Regional Communications Center received notification of a multiple vehicle crash on Atlantic Highway in Northport, according to a…

There will be a Community Conversation on Montgomery Dam and Waterfall on two upcoming Sundays, March 30 and April 27, at 2 p.m. each day. The sessions will be held at the Camden Public Library…

CASTINE — Following a national search, the Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees has selected Craig Johnson, an MMA graduate Class of 1991, as its new president.
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SEARSPORT — Lifelong Midcoast resident Peter Dennis Haddock passed away peacefully at his Searsport home on March 5, 2025, with his daughter, Jen Haddock, and…

ROCKLAND — In celebration of Earth Day, the City of Rockland will host its annual Rockland Harborside Cleanup on Saturday, April 26. The Cleanup is an opportunity to care…

THOMASTON — Lee-Ann Moore Upham, 80, of Thomaston, died March 14, 2025 at the Woodlands in Rockland. Lee-Ann was born December 17, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts to David P. Moore and Madeline…

SEARSMONT — Paul Nougaret, 71, of Searsmont, Maine, passed away on March 13, 2025.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Riposta Funeral Home in…

ROCKLAND — The Elks Lodge in…

The Maine Press Association is proud to announce it has awarded six scholarships to high school and college students totaling $10,000 to help those students…

ST. GEORGE — Monica A. Lombardo, 73, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 9, 2025, in her beloved home in St. George.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 12, 1951, she was the daughter…

ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds March 10-14. …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King is demanding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reverse its cancelation of food purchase programs for food banks,…

Maine awarded $2 million in grants…

BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will meet for its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, March 18, to address a variety of agenda items, including a presentation on the proposed…

Governor Janet Mills has officially proclaimed March 17-23, 2025, as …

ROCKPORT — Donald “Dode” Andrus, passed away on March 14, 2025. Dode was born at Knox Hospital on March 3, 1948 and was the son of Ted and Maxine Andrus. Dode attended Rockland schools and…

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Lorraine Nancy Ward on March 13, 2025. Lorraine was a beacon of love and strength, whose presence will be…
UPDATE (March 17, 2025): Due to the extent of the damage at the Springer Lane fire, the fire marshals office was unable to determine a cause of the fire, according to Owls Head Fire…

BELFAST — The folllowing deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Jan. 20-31.
Belfast
Alieshia Elwell and Chase…

The archives of the Lincolnville Historical Society are full of pictures of townspeople long gone. And names, some similarly long gone, and some which remain in town. Youngs, Knights, Healds…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court March 6-12.
Damien L. Ingraham, 43, of Knox, probation violation in Unity Jan. 13, 2022,…

BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court.
James H. Lott Jr., of Searsmont, and Hannah A. Lott, of Searsmont, were married…

ROCKPORT — The Midcoast Housing for All Fair will be held Saturday, March 29, from 3 - 6 p.m., at Pascal Hall in Rockport.…

ROCKPORT — After months of planning and collaboration, the Penobscot Bay Community Collaboration — a partnership between Rock Coast…

UNITY — Barry A. McCormick, born March 3, 1953, age 72, of Unity, passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family on March 5, 2025.
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CAMDEN — Kenneth W. Campbell, Jr., “The Kid”, died unexpectedly on March 11, 2025 at the age of 53. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut on January 16, 1972, he was the son of Kenneth W. and Jo Ann (…

The Maine State Police received confirmation from the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta that the deceased female found at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth has been positively…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Feb. 25 - March 19.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those…

Camden Fire Department and the…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Feb. 11 - March 6.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are…
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the sale and re-use of the former McLain School building and property for affordable…

OWLS HEAD — Elmer R. Witham passed away on March 3, 2025, at his home in Owls Head, Maine, surrounded by family.
Born on February 16, 1940 to the late Clayton R. Witham and Constance M.…

VINALHAVEN — June Marie Martin ‘Junebug’, 88, passed away peacefully March 2, 2025, at Ivan Calderwood Homestead Vinalhaven, with her family at her side.
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AUGUSTA — In a vote of 5 to 1, the Maine Board of Pesticides Control denied a proposed consent agreement concerning a stand of trees on private harborfront property in Rockport that had been…

It’s a safe bet that new residents of The Cottages at Winding Ridge in Gorham won’t be spending much time in their attics. After climbing through the scuttle hatch in a bedroom closet, they’d…

Some days, Jake looks up at his mother and says he’s broken. Other days, he borrows language from the insults hurled at him by middle-school peers, and says he wishes he were “a real boy.”…