OWLS HEAD — The Knox County Regional Airport is updating its 2000 Airport Master Plan as required by the Federal Aviation Administration, a process overseen by the Public Relations/ Environment…
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MIDCOAST — On Thursday, Dec. 27, Governor Paul R. LePage issued an executive order to reduce state spending by $35.5 million to balance the 2013 budget. Those curtailments included a reduction of…
Meeting tonight; Camden seeking new board member
CAMDEN — When the school board that oversees Camden Hills Regional High School convenes tonight for its first meeting of 2013, it will review a series of policy changes, including its own…
Happy New Year 2013!
BELFAST - New Year's by the Bay, the city's alcohol-free first night celebration, marked its sixteenth year last night. Judging from packed houses at the dozens of concerts and performances…
Winter safety: Read!
Although we have had a taste of real winter, and temperatures are dropping, it is way too soon to step out on any ice that appears to be covering area lakes and ponds. "Stay off of them," Lake…
Obituary
ROCKPORT — Pauline M. Stanley, 90, of Rockport, passed away peacefully Dec. 25, 2012. She was born in Trenton, N.J., the daughter of Lewis and Eva Tatham.
She received her education in…
AUGUSTA — Rockland and Rockport Police departments, and Knox and Waldo County Sheriff's departments are joining Maine State Police and 47 other county and municipal law enforcement agencies in…
Obituary
LINCOLNVILLE — Beatrice H. Gherardi, 90, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, Dec. 27, 2012, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport
Born in Rockland May 24, 1922, she was the daughter…
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ROCKLAND – Lila J. Magie died Dec. 23, 2012, in her 85th year in Rockland. Born in New York, N.Y., she was the daughter of Melvin H. Magie of Duluth, Minn., and Gertrude Behnken Magie of Brooklyn…
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WARREN — Robert A. "Bob" Jacobson, 61, died Dec. 27, 2012, surrounded by his family, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough after a six-year battle with Leukemia.
Born in Camden…
Obituary
SANTA FE, N.M. — John Patrick "Rico" Eastman, 60, died at Christus St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe, N.M., Dec. 21, 2012. He was born Aug. 22, 1952, in Atlanta, Ga., the eldest son of John Hume…
Firefighters plow through foot of snow
LINCOLNVILLE — A homeowner successfully doused a growing fire in her garage Sunday morning, Dec. 30, with a bucket of water and fire extinguisher, but not before tools and a window succumbed to…
Updated: Police identify man as from Rockland
ROCKLAND — Rockland firefighters early Saturday morning responded to a call from police about a man in the water in Rockland Harbor.
The man was reportedly in the water off Archer's on the…
National Weather Service issues winter storm warning
GRAY — The National Weather Service in Gray has updated the forecast this afternoon and changed its winter weather advisory to a winter storm warning for the entire Maine coast.
The expected…
GRAY — The National Weather Service in Gray has issued a winter weather advisory for southern and central Maine up through Winterport. Three to six inches of snow are in the forecast for areas…
Obituary
CAMDEN — Robert A. Makofski died Dec. 25, 2012, at Pen Bay Medical Center of cancer, two days short of his 82nd birthday. He is survived by his wife, Cathy Lickteig Makofski of Camden; his son,…
Start dates vary widely according to town office hours
Same sex marriage becomes a legal option for Maine residents Saturday, Dec. 29. And while Midcoast towns are unlikely to be issuing them at midnight as is planned in Portland, some Waldo County…
'Bomb fire' wood, used cloth diapers, Christmas trees - one pre-lit, one with stand
More and more, people are turning to Craigslist to sell, buy, barter and give away myriad categories of goods and services. Following is a verbatim sampling — typos and all — of some of the posts…
Photos, photos, photos!
Today's nor'easter continues to blow across Maine, and it won't be letting up until early in the morning Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
Most state and municipal…
Obituary
ROCKLAND – Cynthia T. Wass, 84, died Dec. 25, 2012, at Pen Bay Medical Center following a brief illness.
Born in Rockland Oct. 11, 1928, she was the daughter and step-daughter of the late…
10-percent of your tax bill
MIDCOAST - County government expenses, including the sheriff's department, corrections facilities, emergency management and 911 dispatch centers, account for around 10 percent of property tax…
Up to 12 inches of snow in central eastern Maine
GRAY — A winter storm warning is now in effect for all but Down East Maine. Snow is predicted to quickly make travel hazardous Wednesday night across the region, and wet snow combined with…
Longterm program sustainability needs attention
ROCKPORT — As the number of international students enrolled at Camden Hills Regional High School increases, so, too, grows the interest in sending local students and teachers abroad. On Dec. 18,…
Obituary
WARREN – Lori A. Roscoe, 44, died unexpectedly following a long illness Dec. 17, 2012, at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast.
Born in Boothbay Sept. 24, 1968, she was the daughter of…
CO poisoning: the silent killer
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless, tasteless gas and is produced whenever any fuel is burned, including gas, oil, kerosene, coal, charcoal, and wood. CO is…
NORTH POLE — Santa is on his way, and he's delivered more than 2,726,000,000 gifts so far this Christmas Eve.
As of 3:16 p.m. Dec. 24, he was last spotted in Riga, Latvia, and was headed for…
Obituary
UNION — Frances H. Beote, 92, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, following a period of declining health Dec. 19, 2012, at her home.
Born in Antrim, N.H., Dec. 29, 1919, she was the…
'Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all'
CAMDEN — Camden's Select Board tended to a slew of business at its Dec. 18 meeting, including the acceptance, with regret, of longtime volunteer Sidney Lindsley's…
Accident attributed to icy roads
FREEDOM — Maine State Police say a well-known Belfast businesswoman died this morning when her pickup truck slid off Route 137 in Freedom and struck a tree. The woman’s granddaughter escaped the…
NORTH POLE — It's getting close, Christmas Eve is almost here, and we've checked in with Santa and the fine folks at North American Aerospace…
Bonus video: what are all those building numbers about?
(Editor's note: Questions from residents about building numbers referred to at the Shipyard led City Councilor Mike Hurley and BEL-TV's Ned Lightner to film a short video tour of the property…
Knox and Waldo counties report power outages, trees down wires
Along the coast, the winds are gusting, rain is creating big puddles, and area fire departments are busy responding to trees on wires, or just wires plain falling down onto roads.
As wind…
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CAMDEN — Patricia E. Barton, 80, of Camden, died Dec. 20, 2012, surrounded by her family and friends. A complete obituary will be published later.
Arrangement in the car of Long Funeral Home…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Ricky Curtis, 48, of Union, and his son, Todd Curtis, 29, of South Thomaston, have been charged with illegal possession of v-notched and mutilated lobsters after an investigation…
300 packages per second delivered around the world
Twenty eight million deliveries in one day. Even Santa Claus would be impressed.
This week alone, United Parcel Service shipped 135 million packages around the globe. On Thursday, Dec.…
Just like any other day....
Early risers will grasp the winter solstice at 6:12 a.m., Friday, Dec. 21, that second in time when the North Pole is most distant from the sun, at 23. 5 degrees. It is a particularly good moment…
ROCKLAND —Knox County Sheriff's deputies arrested Daniel Boyce Wednesday night after Boyce was allegedly seen leaving an unoccupied home on Finntown Road in possession of stolen items.
Boyce…
AUGUSTA — The chief of the Maine State Police said in a press release Thursday afternoon his agency has found "no credible threat against any Maine school."
Colonel Robert Williams said the…
BELFAST — The Waldo County General Hospital Aid's Holiday Silver Tea was held Dec. 12, with $9,000 in donations being presented to WCGH Executive Director Mark Biscone.
The Silver Tea was…
CAMDEN — Justin Hills of Camden First Aid Association said the notice that they were collecting for Toys for Tots came late this year, but the community acted fast and delivered plenty of gifts to…
Coastal Mountains Land trust and Maine Water Company collaborate
ROCKPORT — Coastal Mountains Land Trust and The Maine Water Company announced today, Dec. 20, completion of their acquisition of the fourth and final piece of a 203-acre property on Ragged…
UNION — For 10 years, Union Ambulance members have been making Christmas a little brighter for families that need some help.
Beginning in September, the Kids for Christmas program begins the…
Who's angry?
BELFAST - The thought of adding seats and lighting to the footbridge (a.k.a. Armistice Bridge) brought an angry contingent of veterans to City Hall last month. When the topic came up again on Dec…
Some envelopes, milk kefir grains, virile hen-loving roosters and a pair of plastic trash cans
Free dog toys' (Parsonsfield)
I went through my dogs toy box and i have a trash bag full of stuffed animals and dog toys some new she never even touched. She still has to…
Exploding targets/tannerite create potentially dangerous situations
ROCKLAND — The Knox County Sheriff's Office has received calls querying origin of loud bangs and booms over the past weeks, sounding to some as explosives detonated in the middle of Knox County.…
Lotus building to be used for fire training
CAMDEN — The steady bang, bang, bang you hear as you walk around Hannaford Supermarket, just off of Route 1 at the Camden-Rockport town line, is not recorded music; rather, it is the sound of…
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OWLS HEAD — Carroll Charles Peasley, 69, died Dec. 17, 2012, at St. Mary's D'Youville Pavillion in Lewiston. A complete obituary will be published later and services announced.
Condolences…
Why the city's gone three months without a Parks director
BELFAST — The city manager, in his Dec. 18 report, said he expects to be advertising soon for the vacant park director's position.
The move would be standard procedure were it not for the…
BELFAST — Students and scholarship committee members and donors had the opportunity to meet and share stories Dec. 13 during UMaine Hutchinson Center's fifth annual scholarship luncheon.
Dr…
Obituary
CAMDEN — Clifton Henry Richards, 96, of Camden, died Dec. 10, 2012, at the Maine VA Medical Center at Togus. One of 11 children, Cliff was the son of Burnside and Hattie Richards, and was a…
