The National Weather Service is determining that the strongest gusts from the approaching nor'easter will occur Saturday night in Sunday morning.

The public is invited to attend a candidates' forum to hear from those running for Belfast City Council in the Nov. 3 election. The forum will be on Tuesday, September 29, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Troy Howard Middle School.

Caitlin Hills is running against city council member Mary Mortier in Ward 1…

Camden Firefighter/EMT Kevin Callahan will be presenting an educational program about the safe use and storage of lithium-ion batteries October 5, 6 to 8 p.m. in the French Conference Room at the Camden Town Office/Opera House. 

UNION — Georges River Land Trust (GRLT) has announced the conservation of Sennebec Hill Preserve in Union. According to GRLT, in a news release, this 111-acre preserve creates a corridor of conserved land through Union along Sennebec Road and will provide access to a large tract of undeveloped forest…

United Midcoast Charities (UMC) awarded a record-setting $686,300 in grants to 40 nonprofit organizations serving Knox and Waldo counties during its Annual Grantee Breakfast, sponsored by the Samoset Resort in Rockport. 

LINCOLNVILLE — The Select Board in Lincolnville has reached out to neighboring municipalities, inviting their respective select boards to join them for individual meetings to discuss common interests. Last week, Northport went to Lincolnville; on Sept.

The September sun was hanging low over the trees as I pulled into the student parking lot at Camden Hills Regional High School Friday, Sept 18. It was 5:30 p.m. and the place was already filling up. I pulled on my Camden Hills Windjammers sweatshirt, something I never would have worn during my own time as a student, and made my way to th…

ROCKPORT — Ashwood Waldorf School will mark its 40th anniversary with a community celebration on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 2 - 5 p.m., at the school’s Rockport campus.

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Aug. Sept. 6-16.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles aged 17-or-younger are not named.

Sept. 6

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Sept. 8-16.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles aged 17-or-younger are not named.

Sept. 8

ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Court from Aug. 28-Sept. 10.

UPDATE (Sept. 21): Two individuals who were arrested on Sept. 17 as a result of a multi-agency drug-related search, on a warrant executed by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office at a residence on Fish Street in Thomaston, both remain at the Two Bridges Jail in Wiscasset a…

ROCKLAND — The city of Rockland dealt with another water main break, this time an early morning break, Thursday, Sept. 17, along Broadway in the area of Summer Street and Talbot Avenue. 

Maine Water Company and JBI Construction are on scene and have closed the section of Broadway between Limerock…

With severe weather disasters striking with more frequency, communities fare better when local residents are prepared. Citizens can help Rockport and Camden be ready by joining a free American Red Cross “Shelter Fundamentals” training, Friday, September 25, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Penobscot Bay YMCA, 116 Union…

On Aug. 26, the Town of Camden posted its help wanted advertisement for a new town manager with the Maine Municipal Association, listing October 31 as deadline for applications submission.

As of Sept. 15, 22 applications had been received by the town.

AUGUSTA — The Maine Library Commission voted unanimously Monday to adopt new standards that redraw the geographic boundaries of the Maine Regional Library System and set eligibility requirements for libraries seeking Maine State Library services.

The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs (MCE), a leading statewide entrepreneurship development organization since 1997, according to the University of Maine System, in a news release, will move its programs to the UMS Graduate and Professional Center (Maine Center) effective Oct…

Following the Sept. 10 sudden rupture of a six-inch water main six feet underground, and the subsequent collapse of Mountain Street (Route 52) at the intersection of Spring Street in Camden, all systems are now back in working order following fast work by local contractors.

On Sept. 15, at 6:30 p.m., the Lincolnville and Northport select boards will convene for a joint meeting to talk about several items. The agenda follows:

1.MaineDOT Presentation – Proposed Route 1 improvements

2.…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Aug. 10-14.

Belfast

Neil L. Greenleaf to Holly, James D., and David A. Hannah. 

Robert K. and April Kochan to Rick S. White and Ashley N. Demarest. 

Every year, the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety partners with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to celebrate Child Passenger Safety Week, which runs this year from September 20-26, 2026.

ROCKLAND – A former detective with the Rockland Police Department was paid $150,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit she filed against the city in July 2025.

I remember my Mom telling me that she remembers exactly where she was when Kennedy was assassinated. A historical tragedy that happened long ago, that I had learned about in school, but my Mom was there, seeing the tears in Walter Cronkite’s eyes on TV first hand.

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Sept. 2-8.

ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Sept. 7-11.   

Camden

In advance of the Sept. 14 Rockport Select Board meeting, Town Manager Jon Duke issued his monthly report, which follows. The Select Board meeting will be held in the Geoffrey C. Parker Meeting Room at the Rockport Opera House at 6 p.m. and…

CAMDEN — “The heroes of 9/11 didn’t just give their lives on a single morning,” said Camden Police Chief Allen Weaver. “For many, they gave their lives over a span of decades, fighting the invisible wounds brought home from Ground Zero. Their names belong on our monuments just as clearly as those who f…

HOPE — The property tax bills mailed Aug. 27 to approximately 1,200 Hope residents reflect a substantial calculation error, and the town will be circulating revised tax bills in mid-September. The new bills will report a reduced mil rate — from 15.2 to "12.4-ish," said Town Administrator Samantha…