ROCKLAND — Deanna L. Conary, 74, died peacefully and unexpectedly June 19, 2016, after a brief battle with cancer, at the Sussman House in Rockport.

Deanna will be laid to rest with her…

ORONO — While many local law enforcement officers participated in their local torch runs June 8 for the Special Olympic summer games, there…

The Maine Marine Patrol was working to notify relatives of…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 153 calls for service from June 14-20. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

ISLESBORO — Frank Fernald Fairfield, 84, passed away June 21, 2016, at his home on Islesboro, hours after the full moon of the Summer Solstice. He had returned home to hospice a couple weeks…

ROCKLAND — Layers of crushed stone outside the ferry terminal entrance on Rockland’s Main Street created an appearance of far-reaching beach erosion around 3 p.m. Thursday. The crushed rock hit…

Edward Ephraim Magnuson passed away peacefully on June 16, 2016. He was 90 years old.

Ed was born Dec. 2, 1925, in Arlington, Mass., the fifth of eight children of Swedish immigrant parents…

ROCKPORT — As she does nearly every morning, Jan Campbell, president and owner of Rockport Automotive…

ROCKLAND — Rockland City Manager James Chaousis resigned today, June 22. He wrote in his letter:

ROCKLAND — Simone Cecile Beaulieu, 94, passed peacefully on the morning of May 26, 2016, after a short period at the Sussman House.

Simone was born Dec. 15, 1921, in Berlin, N.H. The family…

THOMASTON — Charlotte I. Stanley Konelick Monroe, 96, died June 20, 2016, at Knox Center for Long Term Care in Rockland.

Born in Southwest Harbor on Aug. 26, 1919, she was one of five…

MORRILL — Carmen Roy, 73, of Morrill, passed peacefully on June 21, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Saint Medard, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Ulric and Alice (…

WALDOBORO — Charles K. Davis, 77, passed away on June 20, 2016, at his home in Waldoboro. Charles was born May 14, 1939, in Portland, son of Keith S. Davis and Vera (Hansen) Davis.

Charles…

Deputy Ken Hatch of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Tuesday and taken into custody at Two Bridges Regional Jail on two charges of Sexual Abuse of a Minor, a Class C felony, Tim…

ROCKPORT — For more than a decade, Maine Water Company and Coastal Mountains Land Trust have been talking about establishing protection for the 1,405 acres of corporate-owned land in West Rockport…

BRIGHTON — A Maine State Trooper captured Jonathan Edman, who ran off from a work detail in Kingsbury Plantation late Tuesday morning.

According to Department of Public Safety spokesman…

PENOBSCOT BAY — Noting more extensive mercury contamination of the Penobscot River and its outlet to the bay, the Maine Department of Marine Resources has extended its lobster and crab closure…

ST. GEORGE — Dorothy Phillips, 87, passed peacefully on June 14, 2016, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport, surrounded by her loving family. There will be a happy reunion when Dorothy joins her…

VINALHAVEN — Robert Walden Philbrook, 66, passed away unexpectedly on June 3, 2016, at his home in Vinalhaven. A life-long resident of Vinalhaven, Bob was born Sept. 27, 1949, and was the son of…

CUSHING — Ida R. Barnard, 89, died peacefully on June 16, 2016, at Cushing Homestead in Cushing.

A graveside service will be held Friday, June 24, at 10 a.m. at Achorn Cemetery on Old County…

ROCKLAND — Deanna L. Conary, 74, died peacefully and unexpectedly on June 19, 2016, after a brief battle with cancer, at the Sussman House in Rockport.

Deanna will be laid to rest with her…

ROCKLAND — Nicholas Barnard “Nick” Beal, 23, died unexpectedly on June 15, 2016, surrounded by the love of his mother at her home.

Born in Rockport on Sept. 17, 1992, Nick was the youngest…

ROCKLAND — Rockland was dancing hard Saturday night, with music filling the streets and later, in the boat shed down on the harbor. Summer (and winter) Solstice celebration is the time of the year…

NORTHPORT — The family of Steven R. Prescott cordially invites friends, family and acquaintances to join in celebrating his life on Saturday, June 25, at the Prescott Family blueberry fields on…

What does the word flapper mean to you? Well, if you’re of a certain age, if you had a mother or a grandmother who came of age in the 1920s, you’ve probably heard the term. These wild and…

BELFAST — A Belfast man was issued a summons June 2 after threatening a fellow driver with a collapsible baton, according to Belfast Police Chief Mike McFadden.

Andrew M. Clark, 28, was…

BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded at Waldo County Superior Court.

Heather M. McLaughlin, of Jackson, and Dale McLaughlin, were married Sept. 22, 1990, in Jackson and…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from June 13-17.

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ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court and Rockland District Court from June 13-17.

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WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 147 calls for service from June 6-14. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from May 23-June 3 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

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ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity June 4-14. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

At about at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, 12 participants in an organized protest near Bath Iron Works were taken into custody and charged with the crime of Obstructing a Public Way, a Class E offense.

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity June 6-17. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

June 6

Meisha L. Rice, 34, of Monroe, was…

ROCKLAND — The Knox County grand jury handed down their indictments June 8 which represented 14 defendants, including two inmates at the…

On Monday, June 20, traffic along Route 1 in Thomaston, relating to the Maine Department of Transportation's Route 1 reconstruction project, will return to two-way traffic.

Over the past…

ROCKLAND — Rockland police reported the following activity May 1-31. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

ROCKLAND — Nicholas Barnard “Nick” Beal, 23, died unexpectedly on June 15, 2016, surrounded by the love of his mother at her home.

Family and friends are invited to visit Tuesday, June 21,…

LINCOLNVILLE —Contrary to what happened in Camden and Rockport earlier this week at their respective town meetings, voters in Lincolnville June 16 overwhelmingly approved entering into a 20-year…

WARREN — Abdi Awad is an unlikely graduate of the University of Maine at Augusta’s class of 2016. He not only had to learn the college-level course material behind the proverbial prison bars, he …

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Fire Department responded to a welding equipment fire at Steel-Pro Inc. at 660 Main Street around 11:50 a.m.…

CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House was nearly filled Wednesday night, June 15, for the annual Camden Town Meeting, and although there was some back and forth about the…

ROCKLAND — Beatrice Jenny Beal, 95, died peacefully on June 9, 2016, surrounded by loving family, at Woodlands Memory Care Center in Rockland.

Born in Rockland on Dec. 24, 1920, she was the…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Opera House filled to the gills June 15 at annual town meeting, with citizens of all ages gathering to debate, sometimes heatedly, a $300,000 fiber optic expansion study,…

CAMDEN — Camden Town Meeting moderator Roger Moody was forced to request a vote count Wednesday night, when the show of hands vote on whether to enact the town’s new bird feeding ordinance came up…

CAMDEN - Following some passionate discussion on both sides of the much talked-about and publicly debated $297,303 Snow Bowl deficit, the full house of Camden voters at the Opera House voted in…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 124 calls for service from May 31-June 6. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

Everything will be ready for the Boothbay Civic Association's 30th annual Fourth of July celebration on the Boothbay Common.

"Town Manager Dan Bryer assured me that the construction near the…

LINCOLNVILLE — Following a few years hiatus from serving as a selectman in Lincolnville, David Barrows is again taking a seat with the board. June 14 municipal and political primary results in…

BELFAST — Cars lined Front Street Tuesday evening as members of the Belfast community gathered at the Boathouse gazebo to honor the 49 victims of Sunday’s Orlando shooting massacre.