ROCKPORT — The extensive renovation of Union Hall in Rockport Village has continued at full bore throughout the winter, with major structural and cosmetic work under way to meet a spring deadline…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court Feb. 15 to March 12.

Tony Bartlett, 22, of Washington, disorderly conduct, offensive words/gestures in Washing Dec.…

CAMDEN — Lorraine Johnson, 74, died March 11, 2013, at Quarry Hill in Camden.

A full obituary will be published.

Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins…

CAMDEN — Felicia M. Chadwick, 98, died March 8, 2013, at Anderson Inn at Quarry Hill in Camden where she had resided since October 2003. A complete obituary will be published later.

Private…

BELFAST — A Lincolnville man has been arrested and charged with unlawful sexual touching and other crimes following an incident in a Belfast store Saturday.

Glenn L. Reed, 65, is accused…

OWLS HEAD and ROCKLAND — Nancy L. McIntosh, 79, died peacefully, surrounded by her children March 7, 2013, at her home in Rockland.

Born in Rockland June 1, 1933, she was the daughter of…

ROCKLAND — The Rockland City Council on Monday night voted to lease the Brass Compass 10 feet of space abutting its business in the park at Main Street and Park Drive. The approval came after…

 LINCOLNVILLE — Lincolnville, Camden and Rockport have all agreed to work regionally and craft a request for proposals for emergency care service, as part of…

ROCKLAND — Maine Governor Paul LePage has put forth a proposal in an effort to balance the state budget. It would allow the state to redirect a portion of Rockland’s municipal funds. Members of…

ROCKPORT — It took two executive sessions behind closed doors, but the Rockport Select Board has chosen from a list of 26 volunteers a committee of seven citizens to help select a new town manager…

ROCKPORT — Virginia Martin Burchell, 91, of Rockport, died March 5, 2013, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.

A complete obituary will be published later and services will be held at the…

ROCKLAND — Lillian Evelyn (Whitney) Lewis, 94, a resident of the Methodist Conference Home in Rockland, died Feb. 25, 2013, at Pen Bay Medical Center after a brief illness.

Born in Rockport…

ROCKLAND — June Tracy MacNair, 82, formally of Camden and Portland, died peacefully March 6, 2013, at the Knox Center in Rockland, where she had resided for the past two years. Her daughter, Jo,…

ROCKPORT — Rita Elizabeth Amoruso Masiello, beloved wife of R.J. Masiello of Rockport, passed away March 3, 2013. Rita served as a civilian hematologist technician in the U.S. Signal Corps during…

BELFAST — Belfast Police Chief Mike McFadden Monday morning issued a mea culpa, saying that further investigation into the hit-and-run car-bike accident Friday turned up evidence that it was…

SEARSPORT - A vote Saturday on what was arguably the biggest item on the warrant at Searsport's annual town meeting — an allocation of up to $762,000 for a new North Searsport fire station — had…

AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Sunday announced that a Waterville transient, who was wanted in connection with a March 5 home invasion and robbery in Unity, has been apprehended.

Trooper…

The sun came out in a blaze of glory on Saturday, March 9, but not until a gale blew through the coast of Maine and sent all the gloomy, soggy weather of the past week out to sea.

 Bob…

A Guatemalan-themed dinner to raise funds for a service trip to Safe Passage was held March 3 at the First Congregational Church of Camden. “Fiesta Guatemala” featured live music, Mayan kid’s…

Don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed Saturday evening. How can we forget, it’s plastered everywhere we look in every media conceivable to mankind. Why an hour? Why…

UNITY — Maine State Police are on the lookout for a 27-year-old Waterville man in connection with an early morning home invasion and burglary in Unity March 5 involving a 72-year-old woman who was…

BELFAST — Belfast police were able to make an arrest Friday night in a hit-and-run bike-car accident that sent a Belfast city councilor to the hospital with injuries that included a nearly severed…

BELFAST - City Councilor Eric Sanders said Friday night that he felt lucky to be alive after he was reportedly struck from behind by a car while riding his bike on Main Street that afternoon.

BELFAST — A 33-year-old Belfast woman who most recently worked at Belfast Area High School as a Jobs for Maine Graduates program teacher/mentor, has run afoul of the law while on bail for eight…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Belfast District Court between Feb. 1 and Feb. 28, 2013.

Nicholas George Adams, 18, of Frankfort, failing to make oral or written accident report…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Superior Court between Feb. 1 and Feb. 28, 2013.

Daniel P. Barnes, 25, of Owls Head, two counts of endangering the welfare of a…

BELFAST — A Belfast man is going to prison for 13 years for the 2011 rape of a Belfast 18-year-old mother, who was home alone with her infant daughter, a cat and a puppy, while her fiancé was out…

CAMDEN — Michael L. Temple, 50, of Camden, died unexpectedly March 6, 2013, at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

He was the companion of Bobbi Ann Oxton and also leaves his three sons, Ryan…

ROCKLAND — Mary Ann Carey, 84, long-time local dance instructor, died peacefully March 2, 2013, at Woodlands Memory Care Center in Rockland.

Born in Waterville Oct. 2, 1928, she was the…

SEARSPORT - Tallies from municipal elections held Tuesday showed Meredith Ares besting Travis Otis in a race for a vacant seat on the town's select board, but only by two votes. A recount held…

ROCKPORT —  Penobscot Bay Medical Center is coming to the Rockport Planning Board March 13 with applications to build a 12,000 square-foot hospice house, and add 632 square feet to its new biomass…

ROCKLAND — "Everybody was talking about something big was going to happen. We thought they were talking about the upcoming invasion, but it was the bomb they were talking about."
…

ROCKLAND —  James Page, Chancellor of the University of Maine System, noted in an address to the Maine Legislature March 7 that the University College at Rockland (URock), and other university off…

LANDISVILLE, Pa. — Alan Di Giovanne, 62, of Landisville, Pa., passed away March 5, 2013, at his residence. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Gilormo and Mildred (Korszniak) Di…

VINALHAVEN — Richard E. "Dick" Geary, 89, of Vinalhaven, passed away in the early morning Feb. 26, 2013, at Pen Bay Medical Center following a short illness. He was predeceased by his wife of 53…

ROCKLAND — Charles F. Fisher, 99, longtime resident of Newark and Florham Park, N.J., and Manchester, Vt., died peacefully March 6, 2013, at the Homestead in Owls Head.

Charles Francis…

ROCKPORT — Investigations of personnel complaints at the town office in Rockport have ended and municipal leaders laid to rest an internal saga that has plagued local government for months.

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BELFAST - Steve Hutchings, the Belfast Area High School Teacher who started the effort now underway in six towns of former School Administrative District 34 to back out of the consolidated…

ROCKLAND — Knox County opened the doors to its Public Safety Building at 301 Park Street in Rockland Tuesday, March 5, from 5 to 7 p.m., presenting the recently renovated building that now houses…

CAMDEN — H. Thompson Rodman collapsed in a chair in Paul Gibbon's office at 6 p.m., March 5, as if socked in the gut. The deal he had been cultivating since last summer had fallen through twice…

CAMDEN — TY Lin International, of Falmouth, will be the firm producing for Camden design renditions of a revamped public landing and a riverwalk from the harbor to Millville, as approved Monday…

ROCKLAND – Mary Ann Carey, 84, long-time local dance instructor, died peacefully March 2, 2013, at Woodlands Memory Care Center in Rockland.

A full obituary will be published at a later date…

ROCKLAND — Donna "Meme" Thurlow, 64, died unexpectedly, yet peacefully, following a life-long illness, March 3, 2013, at Knox Center for Long Term Care in Rockland.

A graveside service will…

ROCKLAND — Matthew Kevin Clarke Sr., 84, political activist and professor, died unexpectedly at his home Feb. 26, 2013, with his wife, Martha Jackson Clarke, by his side.

No services will be…

GLEN COVE – Marion "Mae" Merrill, 91, died peacefully at her home March 3, 2013, following an extended illness.

Born in Augusta Aug. 12, 1921, she was the daughter of Merton L. and Gladys…

SOUTH THOMASTON — Malcolm Putnam "Mac" Jackson passed away Feb. 28, 2013, at the Knox Center in Rockland. Born Nov. 4, 1928, in South Thomaston, he was the third child of five born to Samuel and…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 163 calls for service from Feb. 28 to March 5. What follows are a few of the highlights. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with…

ROCKLAND — Ebenezer Gay, 87, died quietly Feb. 28, 2013, at the Knox Center for Long Term Care Skilled Care Unit.

He was born in Hingham, Mass., Dec. 17, 1925. Eben was the son of Martha Gay…

ROCKLAND — Even the smallest fires, and those that extinguish themselves, provide an opportunity for full-time firefighters to stretch their legs, run equipment and practice skills. A reported…

UNITY - Jere Humphey, owner of Last Chance Racing Supplies & Race Fuel announced he has signed a lease to operate Unity Raceway for the 2013 season.

In…