Lincoln County commissioners declined to apply for two Homeland Security Grants Aug. 5, citing a new requirement for cooperation with federal immigration officials. In past years, Lincoln County applied for Homeland Security and Emergency Planning Management grants for disaster preparedness and response.

AUGUSTA – The Maine Bureau of Insurance will hold a virtual public forum Friday, August 15, at 9 a.m. to discuss proposed rate increases for calendar year 2026 sought by health insurers offering coverage in the merged (individual and small group) market.…

Johnnie Walker, director of housing and shelter services at Partners for Peace, has worked at the domestic violence resource center for 25 years. When she started working there, the organization’s shelter, which serves Penobscot and Piscataquis counties, was emergency housing in the truest se…

Rockland's waterfront is about to see a flurry of activity as boat dealers from up and down the coast arrive with watercraft to display at the Maine Boat & Home Show’s docks at Harbor Park, Aug. 8-10. 

ROCKLAND – A Rockland police detective filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Portland against the city claiming she was demoted and denied reasonable workplace accommodations and was subject to retaliation and sex, pregnancy and disability discrimination because she was pre…

ROCKLAND — An idea to construct a new Public Safety Building housing Fire/EMS and Police on the site of the current fire station has been tabled as of the Aug. 4, 2025 Agenda-Setting meeting of Rockland City Council. The City Manager and the Police Chief will, instead, continue looking a…

Effective August 5 for a six-week period through approximately September 16 the Youngtown Road in Lincolnville is closed to through traffic.

Numbers 581 to 489 Youngtown Road can be accessed from the Route 52 end. Numbers 1 to 476 can only be accessed from the Route 73/Stevens C…

The Lobster Festival Parade, Aug. 2, 2025, in Rockland, was one of leaning in, leaning on, and leaning forward. The width of the parade lane narrowed considerably as spectators leaned in further and further. Intrepid selfie-takers leaned even more, and not just for the Oscar Mayer wienermobile, but for pirates, Shriners, and military unifo…

ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from July 15-July 31.  

So there has been some chatter around Lincolnville recently. On the social medias, on the Lincolnville Bulletin Board, about town. People are not getting their mail as expected.

Today ground-level particle pollution concentrations are expected to reach, ‘Unhealthy levels in the Northern region and Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups in the Western Mountains and Western Interior regions’ according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

Ever had the urge to see where sparks of inspiration live? Inside the former Rockland High School on Lincoln Street is such a place. Rockland is changing. Over 30 studios in that former school could evaporate this Fall. Yup, the clock is ticking.

ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds July 28-Aug. 1.

Camden

Susan Conover Tr. and Dianne R. Conover Living Trust to Melissa B. Tanksley and Lawrence Daniel Tanksley.

Matt Belkin Tr. and Matt Belkin Trust to Jimmy M. Fulton and Patricia G. Fulton.

Bruce Van Note, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT), will retire from his position on August 15, 2025.

BELFAST — The following indictments were handed up from  Waldo County grand jury July 24.

Ricky L. Seekins, 53, of Brooks, eluding an officer in Jackson May 7; violating a condition of release in Jackson May 7. 

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds July 14-18. 

Belfast

James K. Colcord to Julia M. Colcord and Jessica L. Lawrence. 

James K. Colcord to Julia M. Colcord and Jessica L. Lawrence. 

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court

Dakota Wing, 27, of Searsport, unlawful possession of a scheduled drug in Searsport June 19, 2024, nine months 137 days in jail and $400 fine. 

A plane flying into Knox County Regional Airport, in Owls Head, and a burn permit on North Shore Drive created a ripe combination of factors that led to an emergency response by Fire, EMS, and law enforcement, Friday evening, Aug. 1, 2025.

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity July 20-30.

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.

July 20

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity July 16-30.

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.

July 16…

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) urges Maine residents and visitors to take steps to prevent rabies exposure by limiting contact with bats, it said in a July 31 news release.

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said July 31 that the Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works (BIW) the contract to build the next DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

PENOBSCOT BAY — Almost two years ago, Oct.

Reverend Gwen Fry realized she was a transgender woman in 1976 as she watched the transgender tennis player Renée Richards fight to compete in the U.S. Open as a woman.

Borden Cottage, a private recovery retreat in Camden, has appointed Jeff Jay as its new President and CEO.

ROCKLAND — The five candidates competing for the 2025 Delagate blew away the judges with their poise, knowledge, and respect, said the 78th Maine Lobster Festival president, Celia Knight. In introduction to the coronation ceremony, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, Knight said she was glad she didn't have to make the difficult decision of who should be Delegate.…