CAMDEN — Responding to Camden Police Chief Randy Gagne's description that a drive down Sea Street on a typical summer day is "like threading a needle," the Select Board Tuesday night voted…
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ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Rockland District Court from Sept. 21-25.
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ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court from Sept. 21-25.
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WALDOBORO — Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde announced in a new release that on Oct. 6, at approximately 6:10 a.m., officers responded to Reef Road for the…
ROCKPORT – Rockport police reported the following activity Sept. 22-28. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Oct. 1-6. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Sept. 22 (late entry)
Jacob S. Aldus, 21,…
ROCKLAND — Donna Dearborn, 74, died peacefully Oct. 4, 2015, at the Sussman House in Rockport. A complete obituary will be published.
Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter &…
ROCKLAND — Charlie M. Lawry, 62, died Oct. 5, 2015, at the Sussman House in Rockport, following a gallant battle with cancer. A complete obituary will follow.
Friends and relatives are…

The Islesboro Police Department reported the following activity for Sept. 14 to Oct. 4, 2015. A summons or arrest does constitute a finding of guilt.
Sept. 15
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CUSHING — William F. “Bill” Collyer, 72, retired teamster and IRS agent, died unexpectedly Oct. 5, 2015, at his home. A full obituary will be published.
William is survived by his wife,…

BRUNSWICK — Philip G. P. Rowling Jr., 82, died Oct. 4, 2015, at Winship Green in Bath, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Born in Islesboro on May 20, 1933, he was the son of…

ROCKLAND — Kevin Fredrick Young, 67, passed away Oct. 5, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer. He is joined on his journey by his wife of 48 years, Mary Ellen Young, who passed away earlier…
It seems to me there are two kinds of people: those who watch/listen…

CAMDEN — He would hate for you to read these kind words, even though those who knew Desmond Snow Emery would surely agree that he was a genuine, hardworking, uncomplicated man - truly treasured by…
VINALHAVEN — Irene Brown Martin, 75, widow of Robert W. Martin, died Oct. 3, 2015, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport. A complete obituary will be published later.
Arrangements are with…
CAMDEN — Two proposals for traffic calming and parking improvements are coming before the Camden Select Board this evening, Oct. 6, when it convenes for a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. The towns’s…
UPDATE: According to the family, Paul Doelp of Reading, Pa., twin brother of Peter Doelp of Southport, suffered what is believed to be a medical problem as he and Peter were…

A couple is denying neighbors’ claims that the pair have been overfeeding wildlife at their Bristol home. They have not been leaving corn around, nor using flash cameras at night, according to the…
CUSHING — A LifeFlight of Maine helicopter and medical crew picked up a 17-year-old male driver in Thomaston late Saturday morning, after he crashed his car in Cushing and sustained incapacitating…
BRADFORD — Arielle Victoria Nickerson, 24, formerly of Warren, died Oct. 1, 2015, at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
Friends are welcome to join the family for a time of visitation…

Last week, Maine State Police reported the arrest of two Biddeford area men in with more than 25 burglaries across Maine. Some of those businesses included J.C. Penney, in Rockland, as well as…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Sept. 27 - Oct. 2. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Sept. 27
Randy Elwell, 18, of…

In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first National Fire Prevention Day proclamation, and since 1922, Fire Prevention Week has been observed on the Sunday through Saturday period in which…

ROCKPORT — The Camden-Rockport Historical Society held its Harvest Fest on Sunday to wrap up its season. Held from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the festival showcased the Conway House Farm, which dates…
On Monday, Oct. 5, Chris Wolf will host Douglas Laliberte of Granite Orthodontics, Rockport. The show will be…

UPDATE: The Maine Marine Patrol Friday night said that the lobsterman found unresponsive on the deck of his boat discovered circling in Penobscot Bay off Owls Head Lighthouse died of natural…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Sept. 22 - Oct. 2. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Sept. 22
Owen B. Wagner, 18,…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Superior Court Sept. 21- Oct. 1.
Kane T. Ackley, 30, of Swanville,…

ROCKPORT — Midcoast residents could, if money were no consideration, have access to high speed broadband. They want it, according to a recent independent survey of Owls Head, Rockland and Rockport…
CAMDEN — Desmond S. Emery, 89, of Camden, died Oct. 1, 2015, at his home. A complete obituary will be published later and services will be announced.
If desired, memorial gifts may be made…

An N.C. Hunt Corp. pickup truck on Wiscasset’s Main Street Friday morning struck a car, starting a chain-reaction, four-vehicle accident near the post office Friday morning, Wiscasset Police…
ROCKLAND — Over the past year, John C. McDonald, superintendent of RSU 13, reviewed the structure and function of the school system that comprises Cushing, Rockland, Owls Head, South Thomaston and…

ROCKPORT - A two-car crash Thursday around 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of Routes 17 and 90 in Rockport demolished both vehicles but did…

UNITY — Say you “went to the fair” over the weekend, and chances are, anyone in Maine will have known you meant the …

ROCKLAND and PALM COAST, Fla. — Harold B. Kaler, 98, of Palm Coast, Fla., passed away Sept. 13, 2015, following a long and fulfilled life. Harold was born in Rockland on Aug. 14, 1917. He was the…
ROCKLAND — In its first review of the Dowling-Walsh art management building proposed for Winter Street in Rockland, Sept. 29, planning board members accepted the overall project plans, but…

BLANCHARD TOWNSHIP — Several Maine game wardens, two Mount Desert Island search and rescuers and a Maine Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter crew worked Thursday morning to rescue three out-…
ROCKLAND – The following deed transfers were recorded from Sept. 14-18 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
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CAMDEN – A Camden woman accused of stealing approximately $40,000 from the Lodge at Camden Hills pleaded not guilty to the charges Sept. 28…
ROCKPORT – Rockport police reported the following activity Sept. 14-21. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills said Oct. 1 that Paul L. Griffin, Jr., 44, an elver fisherman from Waldoboro, was sentenced on…
ROCKLAND — Rockland Police Chief Bruce Boucher announced Wednesday that Sgt. Matthew Lindahl and former Officer Scott Redmun had been selected as recipients of the department's Meritorious Service…
CHINA — Maine State Police said Wednesday that 37-year-old Richard Breau of Searsport died after his car overturned on a curve while he was driving Sept. 29 along Route 3 in China.
Breau is…

The same rainstorm that is submerging cars along Marginal Way in Portland is also swamping boats in Penobscot Bay harbors and has closed a section of Route 1 south of Belfast where water washed…

CAMDEN - A Camden man was arrested after police say he broke into a downtown store and stole collectible cards, some of them quite rare.…
THOMASTON — Herbert E. Sanborn, 95, beloved husband of Marion Sanborn, died peacefully Sept. 29, 2015, surrounded by his loving family at his home.
Family and friends are invited to visit…
NORTHPORT — Fawn M. Munson, 54, passed away Sept. 21, 2015.
Arrangements are under the care of Riposta Funeral Home
Rockport Harbor Master Abbie Leonard is advising boaters to haul their dinghies onto the grass and turn them over, given the threat of copious rain. In Camden, Harbor Master Steve Pixley wants…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Sept. 23-29. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Sept. 23
Elizabeth Kilby, 34, of…