BELFAST - School’s out in RSU 20, but advocates from six towns seeking to withdraw from the district are making a final push to get their agreements approved by district and state officials.
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Last-minute request draws wide range of opinions, resolves in split vote
Authorities have released the name of the Whitefield teen who died of injuries he received June 23 when the ATV he was on on Howe Road collided with a car. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Major Ken Mason…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity June 16-24. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
June 16
Andrea M. Walsh, 22,…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded at the Knox County Registry of Deeds June 9-23.
Appleton
Donald W. Keene Sr. EST to Anthony T. Prest to…
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity June 15-22. Troop D is responsible for Maine's Midcoast, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties, the…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity June 15-24. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
June 15
Gregory M. Aldus, 48…
WALDOBORO – Waldoboro police reported the following activity, June 9-23. Waldoboro officers responded to more than 300 calls for service in this time period. Below are a few of the…
A Whitefield teen on an ATV that collided with a car on Howe Road in that town on June 23 later died from his injuries, a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office press release states.
The unnamed 16…
Bay advocates seek cleanup near longtime chemical company site
SEARSPORT - Federal authorities have initiated an investigation into potentially hazardous conditions along the coastline at Kidder Point. The cove just east of Sears Island has been the focus of…
ROCKPORT - A Catholic committal service for Charles Guimond Perry, 83, who passed away Jan. 6, 2014, will be held Thursday, July 3, at 10 a.m. at the Rockville Cemetery, Route 17 in…
ROCKLAND — For the fourth year in a row, area high school youth raised funds and awareness for the Rockland District Nursing Association (RDNA), in memory of founding nurse Eliza Steele, RN.…
Firefighters lift the dash while standing on ladders
SEARSMONT — Tri County Rescue, along with two members of the Camden Fire Department, practiced extricating car accident victims with the guidance of instructor Troy Lare. …
Strawberries, Celebration flags, old homesteads
LINCOLNVILLE — Strawberry season was big business in Lincolnville in the years prior to 1935. Here on the Calderwood farm (995 Beach Road) one little boy obviously couldn’t resist eating the ripe…
New restaurant on Washington Street
CAMDEN — With Valentina in Camden, restaurant owners Olga and Mike Sanglipo promise to capitalize on Maine’s abundance of fresh vegatables and seafood.
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Next step? And what is a library these days, anyhow?
ROCKPORT — Rockport Library's Steering Committee has completed a three-month study of possible library expansion scenarios, and on June 16, it delivered the recommendation that Rockport consider…
MORRILL — Frederick H. Carter Jr. (or formally, Bumpa) of Morrill, died unexpectedly June 7, 2014. He was born Jan. 25, 1949 at the Sister’s Hospital in Waterville. He lived in Belfast for 44…
Boothbay Region High School running Coach Nick Scott is a finalist for the Brooks Running 2014 Most Inspiring Coach of the Year.
This means the BRHS cross country/track team has already won…
Destination: 18 miles offshore
KNOX COUNTY — Thursday, June 26, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., state, local and county agencies will be cooperating in an exercise designed…
CAMDEN — Construction has commenced on a new, supportive-living apartment home at 61 Elm Street in Camden. On Friday, June 20, a groundbreaking…
Fire Marshal called in; electrical investigator to help
ROCKLAND — The streets of downtown Rockland were filled with smell of burning plastic Sunday morning as a fire was burning in the basement and parts of the first floor of the Redlon & Johnson…
AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Marine Resources is seeking individuals interested in participating in a rockweed (seaweed) working group created by the legislation.
Pursuant…
Obituary
ROCKVILLE — Lucy Vinal, 86, died peacefully June 19, 2014, at Knox Center for Long Term Care in Rockland, with her family at her side. They expressed her passing by saying, "And her Father said to…
THOMASTON — A carpenter working at the Greenfield Apartments complex on Brooklyn Heights Road in Thomaston late Friday morning called 911 when he looked out a window and saw smoke coming from the…
Lobster boat, boat house burned in 2012
WALDOBORO — Maine’s Fire Marshal's Office arrested three men June 20 in connection with a fire two years ago that destroyed a boat house and a lobster boat…
AUGUSTA - Three Maine Department of Corrections Corporal K9 Handlers and their K9 team members graduated, on June 13, the 14-week Patrol Canine (K-9) Team Certification/Recertification course at…
Eluded Knox County deputies in Warren Tuesday night
WARREN — A Holden man wanted on 12 active warrants who gave Knox County Sheriff’s deputies the slip Tuesday night is in custody.
Chief Deputy Tim Carroll said Friday that 29-year-old Joseph…
Notice
OWLS HEAD — Alvin S. McNeilly, 93, died June 19, 2014, following a brief illness. A complete obituary will be published.
Visiting hours will be held Monday, June 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. at…
Obituary
ROCKLAND — Milton Charles Clark, nicknamed “Bub” and “Milty,” 64, died peacefully April 26, 2014, at Henry County Healthcare Center in Paris, Tenn., after fighting a courageous battle with cancer…
CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity, June 3-13. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and…
Foreclosure granted
ROCKLAND — A U.S. federal court judge has directed that an advertisement be placed in the Portland Press Herald announcing the public sale of the schooner Timberwind. Bar Harbor…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is hosting a special series of Café Scientifique conversations to mark 40 years of discovery at the laboratory. The first of…
Obituary
ROCKLAND – Bernice K. Loker, 94, born in Lawrence, Mass., on Sept. 13, 1919, died in Rockland on June 15, 2014. She was the third child of Emil H. and Louise Amandah Duschaine Ammon. She grew up…
Obituary
CAMDEN — Herbert Harry Inman, 101, of Camden, passed away June 13, 2014, at Windward Gardens. Born in Enfield on June 21, 1912, he weighed only 3 pounds at birth and was the youngest of eight…
Graveside service notice
CAMDEN — There will be a graveside service for Milton E. Clark, 84, of Camden, who died Nov. 28, 2013, on Saturday, June 28 at 1 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery in Camden.
Arrangements are…
For the Kindergarteners
ROCKPORT — The Adaptive Art Class at Camden Hills Regional High School performed a puppet show at Camden Rockport Elementary School for more than 100…
Property owners want dead-end street to remain residential
BELFAST - In a city filled with ornate old homes, many of which have been restored in recent years, Seaview Terrace has become an unlikely battleground for preserving the historic character of a…
Washing and drying at Camden Clothesline
CAMDEN — Camden Clothesline looks to improve on tradition with a new laundromat on Washington Street open June 20.
Jamie Weymouth, whose family opened the first laundromat at the location in…
In business
CAMDEN — The Bagel Café looks to revitalize a Camden staple by providing a fresh, homemade, local and community oriented experience.
Mark…
All for books
Rockland artist Joe Auciello installed, June 17, a six-foot tall sculpture of a book that will act as a sign at the corner of the …
Belfast grandchildren ask her what it’s all about
BELFAST - On Monday afternoon Deborah Walters parked at the west end of the Armistice Bridge and unloaded a modestly-sized sea kayak. Her husband Chris Percival wheeled it down to the pier at…
The office of U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) announced constituent outreach hours and locations for the second two weeks in June.
Constituent…
Obituary
WINTER PARK, Fla. and ROCKLAND — Janette Mary Fowlie, 79, beloved wife of William “Billy” Fowlie, died unexpectedly June 10, 2014, following a period of declining health, at Winter Park…
Obituary
CAMDEN — Viktor William Mank, 22, of Camden, died on June 5, 2014, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport. He was born in Smolensk, Russia, on April 4, 1992, and came home to Rockport in March of…
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity May 27 - June 15. Troop D is responsible for Maine's Midcoast, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties, the…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity June 10-16. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
June 10
Katherine Edgerton, 55…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity June 5-16. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
June 3 (late entry)
Chad…
Obituary
Forest Priestley, 18, of Hope and Rockport, passed away peacefully in his home in the early morning of June 12…
BELFAST — More than 200 people visited Colonial Theatre Friday, June 13, to watch friends, family, and sometimes themselves, dance in Belfast's ode to the popular Pharrell Williams' song…
Dugout destroyed, games likely to be relocated
THOMASTON — June 15 was a day of celebration for many people, as fathers were celebrated on Father’s Day. The Camden National Bank Little League softball team celebrated winning the 2014 Five…
Graveside commital service notice
ROCKLAND — A graveside committal service for Eleanor N. Chapman, who died March 24, 2014, and her beloved husband, Lawrence W. Chapman, who died March 7, 2009, will be held Saturday, June 28…
