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ROCKPORT — The Rockport Select Board will be down to four members Monday evening when it convenes first to talk about a matter in…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

If an eagle is found, call Maine Police dispatch at 207-624-7076.

The Northeast is currently experiencing an outbreak of Highly Pathogen Avian Influenza, and the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is reminding the public not…

Maine AFL-CIO President Cynthia Phinney released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade: 

ROCKLAND — Raymond Arthur Comeau, 84, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2022 at the Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport following multiple medical complications.

Born May 25, 1938 in Chelsea…

CAMDEN — Two years ago, Rockport filed suit in Knox County Superior Court…

BELFAST — Judith Crosby, 90, passed peacefully at her home in Belfast on Thursday, June 23, 2022.

Judy was born on January 21, 1932, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, the daughter of Donald A.…

CAMDEN — On Friday, June 10, 2022, Frederick Miles Davis, of Camden, journeyed from his life on earth to his life in heaven. Born in Camden on April 4, 1935, he was the son of Harold Stanley and…

A graveside committal for Gregory David Kibitz, 56, who passed away on December 30, 2021, will be held Friday, July 8, 2022, at 1 p.m., at the Village Cemetery, Dublin Road, South Thomaston.…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

ROCKLAND — Rockland Police, with the assistance of the Machias Police Department, Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Probation and Patrol, and the Maine State Police Crime Lab, arrested a suspect…

WASHINGTON — Allen Lee Jackson passed away in his home on June 20, 2022, at the age of 62, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family, who all came…

APPLETON — Lucille Marcia Gorham passed away peacefully at the Sussman House in Rockport after a brief illness unrelated to Covid. She was born June 13, 1931, to Josiah “Sim” Bryant and Carrie…

ROCKLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation is announcing today that Maine State Ferry Service customers are now able to buy ferry tickets online. This new online ticketing system went live…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

SOUTH PORTLAND — Southern Maine Community College is proud to announce that more than 1,000 students have made the 2022 Spring Semester Dean’s List.


The students from Knox and…

Lloyd George Manning, 58, of Belfast, went peacefully to be with his Lord at Maine Medical Center on October 4, 2021. A celebration of life will be held June 30, 2022, at 11 a.m., at Riposta…

ST. GEORGE — David Richard Falla, 71, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport surrounded by the love of his family, friends, and his best friend, Bob Spear who was at…

Hail To the Rad Kids

LINCOLNVILLE—Emmit Dayhoof is 18 with an exciting future ahead of him. 

Like so many high school seniors, he’s now easing into that pleasant lull that comes after finals are over and the…

WARREN — The state paid $395,000 to a former prison corrections officer to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed that she endured a hostile work environment due to her gender and sexual…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court June 10-16. 

Patrick J. Conlon, 20, of Morrill…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported seven traffic citations June 5-18, for the following reasons: three citations were issued for failure to register a vehicle, two citations were for inspection…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity June 7-16. 

An arrest or summons does…

The Maine Department of Transportation is beginning two projects to make improvements in Camden. One project will involve drainage, sidewalk, and signal work on the part of Route 1 (Elm Street)…

Investigate Calais fatal fire; Maine Warden Service responds to two drownings

On Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers of the Maine State Police and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Curtis Cove Road in Blue Hill for a…

June 21: According to the Fire Marshal’s Office, a fire that brought multiple fire departments to 59 Water Street, in Thomaston, on June 15, was determined to be incendiary in nature.…

Joan W. Bunnell, 90, passed away on December 31, 2021. A memorial service will be held Friday, June 24, 2022, at 4 p.m., at the First Church in Belfast, 8 Court St. Belfast.

Memories and…

Tammy Lacher Scully is desperately searching for her son — and just as desperately searching for ways to explain who he is.
 
An understanding of who he is — has been, and…

The committal service for Hugh Curran, 84, husband of Maryann Curran, who died on December 15, 2021, will be held Monday, June 27, 2022, at 2 p.m., at the Maine Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, Mt…

2022 Annual Rockport Town Meeting

ROCKPORT — Annual Town Meeting in Rockport drew approximately 70 people to the Rockport Opera House June 15; some were ready to defend certain lines in the budget, others to question and comment,…

A graveside celebration of life for Lionel William Heal, 89, formerly of Glen Cove, who passed away on January 27, 2022, will be held Thursday, July 7, 2022, at 10 a.m., at The South Parish…

SEARSPORT — Mitchell Alan Bagley Philbrook, 23, of Searsport, died June 11, 2022 as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was born on February 11, 1999 in Belfast, Maine, the son of Timothy and…

UNION — Kathy M. Collins, 63, died unexpectedly, Saturday, June 11, 2022 at her home in Union. Born in New York, January 5, 1959, she was the daughter of Carl and Alberta VanBrocklyn Nickles.…

Now living with friends in the Midcoast while hoping to reunite with her husband

MIDCOAST—In the month leading up to Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and unjust full-scale attack on Ukraine February 24, 2022,…

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Hello Neighbor, [goes a recent letter]

It’s been nearly two years since the Lincolnville Historical Society convened a…

WARREN — Harvey L. Staples, 69, passed away on June 11, 2022. Harvey was born in Bucksport, Maine on April 27, 1953.  He was the son of Arthur and Arlene (Goode) Staples.

Harvey was…

June 20 update: The man who died in a single-vehicle car crash early Saturday morning, June 18, has been identified as Shawn Nadeau, 51, of Searsmont.

UNION — On June 18, 2022, at…

ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from June 1-13.

Matthew J. Bradley, 39, of Portland, trafficking in prison contraband in Warren July 13, 2019,…

Maine Medical Center has been declared all-clear by Portland and State Police at 6:32 p.m., working in coordination with the MMC Safety and Security teams. Visitation has been returned to normal…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

ROCKLAND — Rockland Police want to make the community aware that over the past few months, several unlocked vehicles, with the…

SOUTH HOPE — “Beth” Guiseley, 87, lovingly known as “Muz” to her family, died May 22, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport after a period of declining health.

Born in Hudson, New York on…

ROCKLAND — The Knox County grand jury indicted 40 defendants, for a total of 110 counts, during its recent three-day session that concluded June 9.  An indictment does not imply guilt.

On Sunday, June 19 at 10 a.m., the Boothbay Railway Village Museum, Route 27, Boothbay will open for the season. It’s Father’s Day on Sunday and all Dads get to ride the train for free.

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

SEARSMONT — Bruce Edward Brierley, of Searsmont, left this world and went on to the next while at home on Monday, June 13, 2022, at the age of 85. He was born on January 28, 1937.
 
He…

PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Liana Gobin, of Belfast, has been named to the Plymouth State University President's List for the Spring 2022 semester.

To be named to the President's List, a student must…