BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court May 5-11.
Scott F. Mosher, 55, of Waldo, theft…
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Amid a cycle of gloomy news, rays of sun started to break through dark clouds
With the end of the federal public health emergencies related to the COVID-19 pandemic May 11, the Penobscot Bay Pilot is looking back at the pandemic. Not just the gloom and havoc the virus…
BELFAST The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity April 27 - May 10.
An arrest or summons…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity May 2-10.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…
May 14 update: Rockland City Councilor Adam Lachman wishes to clarify that though Oak Street has been reopened to traffic, organized activities and special programming on the street are…
From Washington, D.C.
U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has introduced legislation to promote electric school buses. The BIDIRECTIONAL…
ST. GEORGE – John F. Myers, Sr., 54, died suddenly at home on Monday, May 8, 2023.
He was born in Rockland, July 1, 1968, to George Mahlon Myers, Sr. and Euretta Flagg Myers. Educated…
HOPE — Cynthia R. Blackington, 84, of Hope, passed away peacefully at home on April 28, 2023 with her partner, Ralph, and Angel care-giver, Ann, by her side.
Born in Washington, Maine on…
WARREN — It is our great sorrow to announce that George Athan Perry, 72, of Warren, Maine, died peacefully at home on May 11, 2023, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
George…
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit #36, Boothbay is supporting a national platform to reduce the rate of veteran suicide by sponsoring a Walkathon in Boothbay Harbor on June 3.…
THOMASTON — Walmart video proved successful at determining the circumstances of how a pressure cooker came to be sitting on a wastebasket at the entrance to the store, May 7. In the end,…
On June 13, voters in Camden will elect two citizens from a slate of five candidates to serve on the Camden Select Board. There are…
The graveside service for Neil Pollis that was scheduled for May 22, 2023 at the Veterans Cemetery in Augusta, Maine will be rescheduled; to be announced.
Halls of Waldoboro has care of the…
WARREN — On Sunday, May 7, Sheryl “Sherry” Ladd passed away at the Sussman House in Rockport with her loving family by her side. Born January 24, 1947, Sherry grew up in Camden, daughter of Mary (…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated COVID-19 confirmed and probable case data by ZIP code.
With the data update, the Maine CDC continues to urge all individuals in Maine — resident or not…
AUGUSTA — The Maine House of Representatives voted Tuesday to enact legislation sponsored by Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, that would require expert witnesses in child custody cases to meet…
VASSALBORO — A new Game Warden assigned to Appleton is one of 13 graduates of the Advanced Warden School, May 9, at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. Matthew Norcia and the others are headed…
‘We are a watershed that needs to make decisions at a watershed level if we want to be smart about it’
CAMDEN — One day following an historic storm that deluged the Midcoast with 6.25-plus inches of rain, destroying roads and submerging…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court…
CUSHING — Joyce E. Poland, 76, passed away at her home in Cushing on Friday, May 5, 2023. Joyce was born on August 20, 1946, in Rockland, Maine to parents Clifton Weaver Sr. and Julia M. Bakeman…
ROCKLAND — Douglass E. Conway, Jr. 62, passed away on May, 5, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport.
Doug was the owner/operator of Shorty's Garage and Towing Service on Old County Road in…
WALDOBORO — Richard J. Moran, 88, of Waldoboro passed away peacefully on May 3, 2023, at Lincoln Health Miles Campus in Damariscotta.
Richard grew up in Shirley Mills and attended local…
LISBON FALLS — Retired SFC Bari Virgil Milliken, 68, died peacefully on May 5, 2023 at Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, Maine. He resided many years in Lisbon Fall, Maine.
Bari was…
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Corinne R. McIntyre, fine artist and proprietor of Ocean Point Studio and Gallery in East Boothbay, passed away at her home on May 2, 2023, at the age of 92.
Corinne was born Feb. 28, 1931…
CUSHING — Frank Peter Solari, Jr., 83, passed away at the Maine Veterans Home in South Paris, Maine on May 3, 2023, after a period of declining health. Frank was born in Brockton, Massachusetts,…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds May 1-5.
Appleton
Gary E. Sukeforth to Ronald Gibson and Monica Gibson.…
Back-to-the-land… cobra chickens… a memorial flower bed…
In 1954 Helen and Scott Nearing published The Good Life: How to Live Simply and Sanely in a Troubled World. In the years that followed, this became the blueprint for the “Back-to-the-Land…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity April 18 - May 4.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and…
ROCKLAND (UPDATE) – A Vinalhaven man who is accused of setting fire to a woman’s personal property, will be back in court on June 29 for a dispositional conference after he made his initial court…
AUGUSTA — Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, introduced LD 1775 this week before the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, which would establish a clean hydrogen pilot program.…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity April 23-29.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…
no need to file a claim
AUGUSTA — Attorney General Aaron Frey has announced that consumers who were tricked by TurboTax’s owner Intuit into paying for free tax services will begin receiving checks from a $141 million…
HOPE — Cynthia R. Blackington, 84 years, of Hope, Maine, passed away Friday April 28, 2023, at her home in Hope.
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TENANTS HARBOR — Charlene Allen Black, 91 of Tenants Harbor, passed peacefully to her heavenly home on February 19, 2023, surrounded by her family. She…
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ROCKPORT — The owners of Skyhook Crane and Rigging LLC, Shane Laprade and Nathan Pickering, are questioning the Town of Rockport about a…
BELFAST — The following case was closed in Waldo County Unified Court April 30 - May 4.
Theodore D. Harris, 44, of…
The graveside service for Barbara A. (Pearse) Ludwig, 99, who died on November 27, 2022, will be held Friday, May 12, 2023, at 3 p.m., at the Mountain View Cemetery in Camden.
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WARREN — Flora Elizabeth Bowden, 94, passed away on May 3, 2023 at her home in Warren. Flora was born in Friendship, Maine, on July 4,1928 to parents Emery Frank Simmons and Lena Frances Carter…
WEST ROCKPORT — Vernon Barrows Hunter went home to his Lord and Savior, following a period of declining health, Friday, February 3, 2023, with his son keeping watch at Waldo County General…
ROCKLAND — On May 1, 2023, Barbara Hill, 76, left us peacefully at The Sussman House in Rockport, after a long, brave battle with cancer.
Barbara loved children. In addition to raising…
ROCKPORT — One week after hikers discovered a body while walking alongside a portion of a stream bed that extends alongside the town-owned RES property down to Rockport Harbor, Maine’s Medical…
ROCKLAND — Rockland police decided that the safest option available at the moment for returning a child to the ground was to call in the fire department.
Shortly before 12:30 p.m., Friday…
Healthy Lincoln County has named Larissa Hannan as its new executive director, effective May 8. Hannan succeeds Kelsey Robinson who served as…
CAMDEN — Andrew Francis Boutin, Jr., 80, died on January 3, 2023 at a local nursing facility.
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 21, 1942, he was the son of Andrew F. and Dorothea V…
For 90 minutes, intellectual electricity generated by a debate filled a room at the Maine State Prison in Warren. Requiring intense…
ROCKLAND—The little food stand on 346 Main Street, in Rockland, formerly The Shack, is reopening under a new owner Friday, May 5.
Kyle Apel is set to open Wiley’s, his grandmother’s surname…
CAMDEN — Charles Adelbert “Del” Babb, 86, died peacefully and surrounded by family on April 23, 2023, at Windward Gardens in Camden, Maine. Del was a dedicated family man and could not have been…
SEARSPORT — Doris M. Fahlberg, 96, widow of Kenneth L. Fahlberg, passed away peacefully April 29, 2023 at her home in Montville.
Doris was born Sept 18, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York, and…
ROCKPORT — Charles Morgan Foote, Jr., 91, passed away on April 26, 2023 after a brief period of declining health. His wife, Joan, and children, Charlene, Cindy and Charlie, were privileged to be…
WALDOBORO — Thomas S. Hansen, 46, of Waldoboro, passed away unexpectedly at his home on April 20, 2023. He was born on December 12, 1976.
Tom worked many different jobs throughout his adult…
