BELFAST - The City Council on Tuesday approved a plan to give a lot in the Airport Business Park to a green building entrepreneur in exchange for jobs.

Chris Corson of Northport proposes to…

ROCKLAND — Junille Glenda “Juni” Wieting Shepardson of Rockland passed away Aug. 31, 2013.

Juni was born in Texas April 12, 1944, the daughter of the Rev. Wilson and Viola Wieting. She is…

ROCKLAND — Helen E. Vinal, 97, died Aug. 27 at her home in Rockland. She was born Dec. 28, 1915, in East Fairfield, Vt., to Loren and Bessie Leach Potter. She graduated from Crosby High School in…

CAMDEN — The intersection of John Street, Route 1 and Conway Road has perplexed the town of Camden for years, and now the town may have some room to negotiate a solution. The Select Board will…

CAMDEN — John Allen Jenkins Jr., 83, of Camden, passed away suddenly at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass., with his daughters by his side.

John was born in New Orleans, La.,…

WALDOBORO — Ruth Bernadine Hoffses, 74, passed away peacefully at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta Aug. 29, 2013. She wished to thank all who visited, sent her cards, flowers and well…

BELFAST — Rescue crews extricated a woman from her car Saturday evening, Aug. 31, following an accident on Route 1 in Belfast. Belfast Police Chief Mike McFadden confirmed Monday, Sept. 2, that…

PORT CLYDE — Douglas Edwin Anderson Sr., 96, entered into rest with his Lord, surrounded by his family, Aug. 31, 2013.

Born in Thomaston, he was the second of four sons of Edwin A. and Helen…

CAMDEN — The West Bay Rotary Chowder Challenge is one of the most popular contests of the Camden Windjammer…

They came, they wagged their tails, some jumped into the harbor and others jumped over obstacles. Sunday morning at the Camden Windjammer Festival, it was time for the Sea Dog Show.

Joe Ryan…

BELFAST — The Belfast Co-op held its 9th annual Customer Appreciation Day Aug. 17. The event, which blocked High Street from the Co-op to the traffic light, drew many from the Harbor Fest being…

CAMDEN — Friday night’s fireworks show lasted nearly 30 minutes, with a nice cluster at the beginning of the show and a true grand finale.

Camden’s downtown was packed, from Harbor Park and…

ROCKLAND — Elizabeth McGrath Gerlach, 84, died Aug. 28, 2013, at Quarry Hill’s Anderson Inn in Camden.

She was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 18, 1929, the fifth of nine children of Anna…

CAMDEN — They sailed into Camden Harbor throughout the afternoon Friday, on beautiful August breezes, those coastal schooners that have made Midcoast Maine famous. Capt. Jim Sharp narrated,…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Fire Department responded to the report of a gas spill on Route 1 near Hannaford Shopping Plaza this afternoon, and plugged a hole in the side of a boat so no more fuel…

BELFAST — The following case was closed in Waldo County Superior Court Aug. 10-23.

Mark D. Meierdirk, 40, of Unity, unlawful furnishing of a scheduled drug in Unity March 1, 2012, one year…

CAMDEN — John A. Jenkins Jr., 83, of Camden, died in 2013. A complete obituary will be published later. A funeral mass will be held Saturday, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 33…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Aug. 19-23. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Aug. 19

James Hughes, 77, of…

CAMDEN — The 2013 Camden Windjammer Festival is shaping up to be a truly spectacular weekend celebrating the Midcoast's maritime heritage, with three days of nautically-themed things to see, learn…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Aug. 20-28. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Aug. 20

Ana G. Johnson, 31, of Cranston…

BELFAST — The Maine State Police reported the following activity Aug. 18-26. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Aug. 18

Trooper Shawn Porter responded to a…

BELFAST — The following casese were closed in Belfast District Court Aug. 10-23.

Lemuel H. Acosta, 40, of Frankfort, burning prohibited material in Burnham April 21, $100 fine.

Silas W…

BELFAST — A Waldo County Superior Court judge early Thursday evening denied bail for the Belfast man accused of murdering a 55-year-old mother and shooting her 21-year-old son late Wednesday night…

BELFAST — Police have identified the woman killed late Wednesday night in Belfast as 55-year-old Lynn (Day) Arsenault, who was shot and died in a home she owned at 162 Waldo Ave.

Christopher…

ROCKPORT — Todd Gilday, 44, of Belfast, the man wanted in connection to a double-shooting late Wednesday night in Belfast, has been located and arrested at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.

BELFAST — Law Enforcement authorities this morning are continuing to seek a Belfast man after two people were shot in the city late Wednesday night, leaving one dead and one critically injured.…

BELFAST — Kathleen A. Winslow, 27, of Belfast, was summonsed for endangering the welfare of a child after police received two separate reports last weekend that a 4-year-old girl was not being…

ROCKLAND — Helen E. Vinal, 97, died Aug. 27, 2013, at her home in Rockland. She was born Dec. 28, 1915, in East Fairfield, Vt., to Loren and Bessie Leach Potter. She graduated from Crosby High…

BELFAST - The building that was home to Peirce Elementary School for nearly a century, and most recently was headquarters of the Belfast Academy of Music, sold at an auction, Aug. 28, for $220,000…

CAMDEN — An accident near Megunticook Lake in the early hours of Aug. 27 drew Camden firefighters, police and ambulance crews to Route 52, where a Rockport man drove off the road into a stand of…

ROCKPORT — The wind picked up on a hot August afternoon, Aug. 27, and on a hill in West Rockport, embers from a brush fire spread onto a surrounding blueberry field, moving quickly through the dry…

YELM, Wash. and GLEN COVE, Maine — Donna “Dee Dee” Vester Martinez, 48, died peacefully, following an extended illness, Aug. 12, 2013, at University of Seattle Hospital in Seattle, Wash.

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FRIENDSHIP — Glenys P. Harrington, 93, died peacefully Aug. 24, 2013, at Coves Edge Nursing Home in Damariscotta.

Born Oct. 20, 1919, in Bremen Long Island, Maine, she was the daughter of…

CAMDEN — A slowly growing puddle of water on a Mechanic Street parking lot was barely noticeable for weeks, if not months. In a climate where it rains a lot, it was…

KNOX — Georgia Elnora Rines, 90, passed away peacefully, with her daughters by her side, Aug. 24, 2013, at a local health care facility. Georgia was born Nov. 5, 1922, in Belmont, to Charles and…

LINCOLNVILLE — Blueberry scones, blueberry jam, blueberry aprons, blueberry pancakes — Maine’s bluest berries were the stars at the Blueberry Wingding at Lincolnville Beach on Saturday…

ROCKPORT — There will be a memorial mass for Richard Unrath, of Rockport, who died July 15, 2013. The mass is Friday, Aug. 30, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church in Camden, with…

ROCKLAND — The stretch of Route 1 between Rockland and Rockport, now a mix of old homes and big box stores, asphalt, traffic and sidewalks can be a better place to live, shop and travel along —…

CAMDEN — Max, a one-year-old golden retriever, walked into the the driveway…

WARREN — Laken Kyle Harrington, 14, died unexpectedly at his home Aug. 21, 2013.

Born in Rockport July 20, 1999, he was the son of Leroy I. IV and Judith A. Lea Harrington. Growing up in…

ST. GEORGE — If one spends even just a few minutes talking to Sally Robinson Long or emailing Karmo Sanders, one learns these two women have a basic common interest – people. Long and Sanders, the…

ROCKLAND — Rockland Fire and EMS and Thomaston Ambulance crews were called to the O'Hara bait shop on Front Street, along Rockland's waterfront, for a report of at least two injured fishing boat…

WARREN - “Think of this as cookies,” said Michael Parker, project manager with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. “You roll out the dough and stamp out the cookies and this is what…

CAMDEN — Just a short weekend away and school halls will again fill with students. Camden Rockport Middle School has a new interim principal, Thomas Ingraham, after Maria Libby accepted a position…

BELMONT - Voters in a special refendum Thursday favored a second attempt to withdraw from Regional School Unit 20 by a tally of 36-15.

The town joins Belfast, where voters approved a new…

CAMDEN — Camden police have had a productive week, as far as moving criminal cases from the “under investigation” pile to the “arrest made” pile. Three of those cases involve crimes at businesses…

GRAY — The National Weather Service Wednesday evening extended its air quality alert for Wednesday night, saying the alert is in effect again Thursday, Aug. 22, from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m.

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CAMDEN — Five years after approving a nonbinding measure to support borrowing $2 million for Ragged Mountain improvements, voters may be asked in November if they are ready to issue such a bond…

Margaret Ann “Marc” (Doelker) Bonning died Aug. 18, 2013. She was born Sept. 12, 1924, and raised in Detroit, Mich. Her parents were Adeline Todd Doelker and Lawrence Theodore Doelker, and her…