Update: A Fire Marshal’s Office investigation into a workshop fire on Central Street, in Camden has determined the cause to be faulty electric wiring inside a table saw, according to Camden Fire…
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ISLESBORO — Islesboro Public Safety Director Fred Porter reports the following activity Aug. 1-21 for the Islesboro Police…
OWLS HEAD — Linda Gray Willcox went to be with the Lord, August 18, 2019 after battling a long illness.
Born in Chicago, IL, March 31, 1938, she was the daughter of Oscar and Luella…
‘I’ve always been fascinated with the concept of sharing one’s life world-wide’
BOSTON — From early on in her life, 2018 Oceanside High School graduate and valedictorian Gabby Simmons has known she has wanted to be an entrepreneur, though her latest passion of being a…
In business: ‘We simply want to take down any barriers to getting people outside’
WALDOBORO — Heading into the Maine woods, sipping on a cocktail and being fed by a private chef is not your ordinary camping experience.
At Tops’l Farm in Waldoboro, however, the ordinary…
Rockport is seeking volunteers to serve on the recently formed RES Redevelopment Committee. This committee, which is the official outgrowth of an informal group that has been meeting for a year to…
Steven Robert Jacobson, passed away August 16, 2019 at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine. Steve was born to Lucille Rogers Jacobson and Kenneth Jacobson, Sr. He grew up in Thomaston, Maine…
ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity Aug. 1-17. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person…
UPDATE: The Maine Department of Marine Resources released this statement Wednesday afternoon about the body recovered in Greenland Cove on Monday:
The Maine Medical Examiner's Office has…
HOPE — Lawrence D. ‘Larry’ Merrifield, 60, husband of Tina L. Jacobs Merrifield, father of Robert ‘Rob’ Merrifield, passed away peacefully in his home, Friday morning, August 16.
He is…
ST. GEORGE — Raymond Montgomery, 51, died unexpectedly while at work on a tug boat in New Jersey on August 19, 2019. Born July 3, 1968 in Waterville, he was a lifelong resident of St. George. He…
‘They should be safe out there.’
ROCKLAND — He may be close to patrolling Knox County’s highways and byways as the K9 partner to Deputy Tim Davis. He may be 92 pounds of solid German Shepherd sharing the rough-and-tumble work…
A $20 million grant announced today from the National Science Foundation will fund a five-year initiative by Maine science institutes to revolutionize the understanding and management of coastal…
OWLS HEAD — Andrew Edward Coffey, 95, passed away August 20, 2019 after a short battle with illness. Andy died peacefully and surrounded by his family at the Sussman House in Rockport, ME.
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THOMASTON — Amy R. Thompson, 26, went to be with her Lord, Thursday, August 15, 2019, surrounded by the love of her family at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, from injuries sustained in a…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from Aug. 12-16 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds…
WINTHROP, Massachusetts — Robert Lee Benner, 63, passed away peacefully and surrounded by loved ones on August 15, 2019.
He was the son of Marilyn Benner and Ray Hyler and grew up in…
BELFAST — A gray sky greeted the hundreds of spectators that gathered on the beach near Belfast’s Boathouse to watch the six vessels in this year’s Cardboard Boat Challenge, which took place Aug.…
CUSHING — A Cushing man suffered traumatic injuries Friday evening after fireworks exploded in his hands.
Friday, Aug. 16, at approximately 7:30 p.m., the unidentified man was lighting…
THOMASTON — The cause of an early morning house fire that began after one Brooklyn Heights Road resident left for work and before another occupant awakened will remain unknown, yet determined…
OWLS HEAD — A graveside service for John Stephen Dow, who died October 20, 2018, will be held Friday, August 23, at 3 p.m., at Sea View Cemetery, Rockland, Maine.
Arrangements are in the…
UNION — Shannon Christy Hopkins, of Camden, has been crowned the 2019 Maine Wild Blueberry Queen.
Hopkins is a 2015 graduate of Camden Hills Regional High School and a…
ROCKLAND — A Rockland man who was arrested by State Police in June for…
CAMDEN — A graveside service for Lois Bowen Overlock, 93, who died on April 26, 2019, will be held Saturday, August 24, at 1 p.m., at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Rt. 137, in Freedom.
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ROCKLAND — George E. Young, 90, went to be with the Lord at home, where he wanted to be, surrounded by his family on Friday, August 16, 2019.
Born in Rockland on August 29, 1928 to Clyde G…
THOMASTON — Amy R. Thompson, 26, went to be with her Lord, Thursday, August 15, 2019, surrounded by the love of her family at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, from injuries sustained in an…
cats and dogs, cows and pigs ..... a three-mile swim .... Hope poet reads
For these few lovely months, now that we’ve moved past the chilly rains of April, May, and June, the garden and chicken yard are as much a part of my house as the inside rooms. Early in the…
ROCKLAND — George E. Young, 90, died Friday, August 16, 2019 at his home with his wife and daughter by his side.
Visiting hours will be held Tuesday, August 20, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at…
Youth roams neighborhood with butcher knife, adult holds knife to witness of domestic argument
WASHINGTON — Two complaints of threatening with dangerous weapons by individuals in Washington tied up deputies through a large portion of Saturday night, Aug. 17.
The first incident…
THOMASTON — With the rebirth of the Thomaston Police Department, after residents voted to keep the law enforcement agency during June elections, Chief Tim Hoppe decided a new patch for the agency…
The 2019-2020 school year bus routes for Regional School Unit 13 have been released.
The district includes Ash Point Community School (APCS), Cushing Community School (…
CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity from Aug. 1-12. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Aug. 11-16. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 10
Kenneth Artkop, 44, of…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Aug. 4-15. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 4
Amanda L. Thomas, 32, of Belfast, was issued a…
WISCASSET — Waldoboro Selectman Abden Simmons will be racing in the Enduro on Saturday, Aug. 24 at Wiscasset Speedway to benefit the Waldo Theatre.
The 100-lap race is designed to provide…
TOPSHAM —Alice Elizabeth Smith, 93, was born July 6, 1926 at Potato Point, Marshfield, Maine, eldest daughter of George Kenneth Smith Sr. and A. Genevieve O'Donnell Smith. She died Saturday,…
HOPE — Lawrence D. ‘Larry’ Merrifield, 60, husband of Tina L. Jacobs Merrifield, father of Robert ‘Rob’ Merrifield, died unexpectedly of natural causes at his home, Friday, August 16, 2019.
…WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 313 calls for service from July 25-Aug. 9. Listed below are a few of the highlights…
CAMDEN — Maria H. Loehe, 91, died peacefully Thursday, July 25, at Sussman Hospice House in Rockport.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 16, 1927, she was the daughter of Charles L.…
If you thought you saw Amtrak coming down the rails Wednesday morning, Aug. 14, you weren’t seeing things, except maybe the future.
And the views from aboard were great, according to a…
ROCKPORT — A tiny park in Rockport Village is getting a facelift this week, with old juniper bushes pulled and plans for new shrubs getting underway.
The Goodridge Park project originated…
WARREN — Cheyenne E. Cesarini, 27, became the most beautiful angel in the arms of Jesus, Thursday, August 8, 2019.
Born March 2, 1992 in Dunedin, Florida, she was the daughter of Shannon L…
AUGUSTA - Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap is reaching out to help educate the public now that the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles is issuing two different types of driver's licenses and State…
ROCKLAND — Allowing for individual freedoms, advocating for the health of nonsmokers, protecting the poor, and speaking for the voiceless.
Rockland City Council must weigh the pros and cons…
The Maine Marine Patrol has temporarily suspended the search of Round Pond Harbor for 63-year-old Glenn Murdoch of Bremen. The search will resume Thursday and continue through the weekend with…
CUSHING — Everybody called her mom – everybody. Mary was a school teacher most of her adult life, and when she taught at U-32 High School in East Montpelier, Vermont, everybody called her mom.…
FAIRHAVEN, MA — A graveside service for Joseph E. Soares, 78, who passed away March 1, 2019 in Massachusetts will be held, Tuesday, August 20, 2019 ,at 1 p.m., at Ocean View Cemetery, South…
UNION — A Thomaston woman was transported to a Maine hospital by LifeFlight, Tuesday night, Aug. 13, due to serious injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.
The Knox County Sheriff’s…
HOPE: Times are approximate. Please be at bus stop 10 minutes prior to scheduled time to allow for adjustments.
***CHRHS: Appleton bus stops at Pushaw's on Rt17: 7:35am…
LINCOLNVILLE: Times are approximate. Please be at bus stop 10 minutes prior to scheduled time to allow for adjustments.
CHRHS: Lincolnville bus route #1 AM
High St:…
