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APPLETON: Times are approximate. Please be at bus stop 10 minutes prior to scheduled time to allow for adjustment

CHRHS: Appleton bus route #1 AM

Fishtown Road: 6:40am…

School bus routes for Hope Elementary School, 2019-2020.

(Adjust accordingly for early release Fridays)

Route #1 AM Driver – Gary Gould

7:28 am…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity July 27 - Aug. 10. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. 

July 27

PAWS Animal Adoption Center, in Camden, was left holding the bag on a bill for a dozen cats abandoned at PAWS by a lone couple on four separate occasions over the…

Also request return of seven cell phones found in residence

BELFAST — Lawyers for Sharon Carrillo filed two motions with the court July 31, a Motion in Limine and a Motion for Return of Property. 

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity July 31 - Aug. 9. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. 

July…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Aug. 5-9.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 274 calls for service from Aug. 6 through Aug. 13. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 9,487…

ROCKLAND — Tuesday, Aug. 13 is Tax Day.

During the Monday, Aug. 12, Rockland City Council meeting, City Manager Tom Luttrell announced the expected mil rate for the 2020 Fiscal Year.

OWLS HEAD — Alice Ann Nash Hurd, 85, died peacefully in her home, on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at the conclusion of a long struggle with illness.

Alice was born in Pittsburgh, PA on…

LINCOLNVILLE — Irmgard A. Duffell, 91, of Lincolnville, died on July 8, 2019 at Bangor Nursing & Rehabilitation. 
 
A complete obituary will be published later and a graveside…

CAMDEN — Maria H. Loehe, 91, of Quarry Hill, died on Thursday, July 25, 2019, at the Sussman Hospice House, in Rockport. 

A complete obituary will be published later and a graveside service…

UNION — John F. ‘Jack’ Moran died peacefully surrounded by his family after a brief illness, August 12, 2019.

He died where he was born, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was 87 years young and…

The Maine Department of Transportation will distribute approximately $3 million in Volkswagen environmental mitigation settlement funds. This money is what's remaining in the Appendix D-2 Eligible…

UPDATE: The search for Glenn Murdoch, 63, of Bremen was suspended at 6 p.m. Tuesday and was set to resume at 8 a.m. Wednesday with divers, Maine Marine Patrol vessels and an airplane, Maine Marine…

After a four month search that attracted more than 50 applicants from throughout the U.S., The Waldo Theater’s board of directors is very pleased to announce that Kate Fletcher will be the…

ROCKLAND — What’s the easiest way for a police officer to divert attention away from himself during a commendation ceremony in his honor? Announce his son’s current accomplishment.

Sgt.…

THOMASTON — The annual Tip-A-Cop event to benefit…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from Aug. 5-9 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued two boaters Sunday approximately 30 miles off the coast of Maine after …

BELFAST — RSU 71 will hold a celebration of the substantial completion of the Belfast Area High School renovation and construction project. 

On Monday, Aug. 26 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. there…

UNION — Deborah L. ‘Debbie’ Farley, 64, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at Pen Bay Medical Center, in Rockport.

Born in Rockland, August 21, 1954, she was the daughter of…

UPDATE/ROCKLAND (Aug. 12, 2019) — A 19-year-old South Thomaston…

WARREN — D. Elaine Chandler, 75, of Warren, passed away from complications related to Parkinson’s disease on August 11, 2019 at the Sussman House with her family by her side. She was born on May 6…

PITTSTON — Syria L. Martin, 41, of Pittston, gained her wings on August 6, 2019, in Portland. She was born in Poway, California on May 29,1978. The daughter of Vicki Owens and Gary Martin,…

WARREN — Route 1, at Finntown Road, in Warren, reopened at 1:15 p.m., after closing just before 10 a.m., due to wires across the road. 

Warren Fire Department is redirecting southbound…

Listed below are the 2019-2020 School bus routes for students from Camden/Rockport attending School Administrative District 28 and the FiveTown CSD. 

‘Must be Nice’ owner hauls, cooks, shucks lobster, and runs her own business

BELFAST—She works hard for the money, that’s for sure. Captain Sadie Samuels catches lobster all week on her own boat, FV Must Be Nice

Charged with burglary, criminal mischief, and criminal trespass 

BELFAST — Seven Waldo County juveniles have been charged with burglary following a night of criminal mischief Aug. 7. 

Police warn others to be diligent when approached with a deal ‘too good to be true’

Belfast Police are cautioning people to be careful with what information they share over the internet after one elderly Waldo County woman lost over $26,000 in less than a year. 

goose flotilla .... flipping pancakes ..... a memorial service
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She rose out of the sea right on time about 5:40 a.m., and once again I was there along with two or three other solitary watchers. She rises a bit south of Blue Hill and Cadillac as they appear on…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds June 24 - July. 5. 

Belfast

BELFAST — The following cases were recently closed in Waldo County Unified Court Aug. 2-8. 

John W. Horseman, 28, of…

CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity from July 15-31. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person…

statewide

BUXTON — Maine Game Wardens recovered the body of a 17-year-old who drowned in the Saco River in Buxton. Maine Game Warden Bruce Loring made the recovery in about 50 feet of water at approximately…

stricken with acute case of inflammation of the brain

CAMDEN — This summer was supposed to be any ordinary summer for Camden’s Rachel Waldron and her husband, William Waldron III. 

The couple were in the midst of planning for the future,…

ROCKLAND — The following divorces were finalized in Rockland District Court June-July.

Penobscot Bay Pilot has posed questions to each candidate running for the Thomaston Select Board, providing the opportunity for the public to better understand their position on issues…

Penobscot Bay Pilot has posed questions to each candidate running for the Thomaston Select Board, providing the opportunity for the public to better understand their position on issues…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity July 30 - Aug. 5. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

July 18

Shane A. Mitchell,…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity July 31 - Aug. 4. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. 

July 31

Ann Pallotta, 67, of Burnham, was…

Penobscot Bay Pilot has posed questions to each candidate running for the Thomaston Select Board, providing the opportunity for the public to better understand their position on issues…

PORTLAND — A memorial service for Wayne Richard Harwood, 25, formerly of Lincolnville, who died on July 12, 2019 in Portland, will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, August 17, at the United Christian…

THOMASTON — Gwendolyn M. Ranquist, died August 3, 2019, at the age of 96, at the Sussman House in Rockport, surrounded by her family.

Gwen was born January 10, 1923, in Rockland, Maine.…

OWLS HEAD — Alice Ann Hurd, 85, beloved wife of Karl T. Hurd, died at her home in the loving care of her family, Wednesday, August 7, 2019.

Friends and relatives are invited to visit…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from July 26-Aug. 2.

THOMASTON — Harold (Wig) LeRoy Wiggin, 92, passed away peacefully at the Sussman House with his loving family by his side on August 4, 2019.

Wig was born in South Thomaston on April 24,…

WARREN — Jeannette L. Mank, 92, of Warren, passed away on August 8, 2019 at the Owls Head Homestead. She was born January 11, 1927 in Warren, Maine, to Arthur L. Perry and Ruth (Watts) Perry.…

ROCKLAND — The U.S. Border Patrol, which Mainers usually consider an agency encountered when crossing the Calais or Houlton border to Canada, is making periodic visits to the state’s coastal…

ROCKLAND — It was a perfect storm of situations that made an incident in Rockland seem worse than it was, according to Rockland Asst. Fire Chief Adam Miceli.

Thursday, August 8, just before…