A recent talk spotlighting U.S. maritime policies — and actions — at the monthly Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations, in Rockland, could not have been more timely, given the tensions and a U.S.

The Town Office will be closed April 14 – 17.

"This closure is due to the unavailability of town staff because of medical needs and a family emergency," said Hope Town Administrator Samantha Mank.

There are certain things that need to be done in their time. Late summer/autumn brings wood stacking. The morning when the pile of wood — thankfully pre-split these days, not tree length as was delivered in my youth — needs to be stacked into even rows in the woodshed.

MaineHealth, the parent organization of MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital and numerous medical offices and services in the Midcoast, has relocated its headquarters and administrative offices from Portland

AUGUSTA — The Maine Library Commission met Monday for the first of two special meetings to begin drafting new public library standards.

ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in the state court in Knox County from March 27-April 6.  

ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland is looking to use Congressionally-directed (CDS) spending to help fund purchase and renovation of a new police station. However, the grant that the City seeks is a matching grant, and therefore, if the CDS funds should be awarded, the match still needs to come from somewh…

BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will meet for its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, April 7, to address an agenda that includes adding a new part-time groundskeeper, a community stage for Summer Nights concerts, and dock improvements, among others. 

ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in the state court in Knox County from March 23-27.  

Caleb L. Barter, 25, of Friendship, terrorizing in Friendship May 3, 2024, guilty.

CAMDEN — The Select Board in Camden has a weighty agenda to address at its regularly scheduled April 7 meeting, with business that encompasses a $5.9 million grant for the Montgomery Dam removal; two citizen-initiated petitions asking f

ROCKLAND — A proposed project for an apartment house at 20 Elm Street, in Rockland, which drew numerous complaints from potential abutters last year, will return before the Planning Board Tuesday, April 7.

Developer Sally Levi’s proposal, coined by her as “the Greenhouse Project,” would…

ROCKLAND — Major construction is due to begin Monday, April 6 for the Oak and Orient Street Improvement project. According to a City of Rockland news release, the project will involve extensive excavation and roadway work, and residents and businesses in the area should be advised to expect significant…

Growing up, we had a full set of World Book Encyclopedias on the bookshelf in the front hall. I was the kind of kid who, from time to time, would pull down a volume and spend a good chunk of the afternoon flipping through it; 1980s doomscrolling.

All the information in the world was contained in those thick, h…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds March 9-13.

Belfast

Troy C. and Sherry L. Thomas to Shilo and Daniel A. Coleman. 

Todd M. Bluhm and Micaela A. Schweitzer-Blum to Bluhm Revocable Living Trust. …

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court March 25-31.

THOMASTON — They thought three days spanning Friday to Sunday would be necessary to return actors’ …

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity March 21-31.

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.

March 21

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity March 19-29.

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.

March 19…

Two years ago, when Alan Kearl started as director of AIO Food Pantry and Energy Assistance, the facility was serving around 325 households per week. Today, they see around 700. The increases in numbers can be traced to certain events in recent history, according to Kearl. During the e…

ROCKLAND – A Union man was arrested by the Maine Marine Patrol on March 28 for allegedly stealing two crates of lobsters from a Tenants Harbor dock.

Charles N. Collins, 46, was charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. The charge is elevated to a felony because the value of the stolen items exceeded $1,000.

As April brings blooming flowers and the beginning of spring travel, don’t let distractions bloom behind the wheel. From 2021-2024, there were 52 fatal crashes resulting in 55 fatalities involving distracted drivers on Maine roadways, according to The Maine Bureau of Highway Safety, in a news release. MBHS want…

ROCKLAND — The sole occupant of a vehicle rollover on Lake View Drive in Rockland denied any injuries immediately following the single-vehicle event, Tuesday, March 31.

While sitting in the rain on the Hendersonville Road in South Carolina my windshield wipers died. This was the first real mechanical problem I had encountered on my travels.

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court March 18-24. 

Matthew J. Nevells, 28, of Bucksport, criminal mischief in Waldo March 2, 2024, $250 fine.

Just over 30 people (about five percent of Islesboro’s year-round population) participated in the No Kings March on Saturday, March 28. Gathering in the Town Offices parking lot shortly before 11 a.m., the early arrivals watched more and more island residents arrive, many with handmade signs that represented a range of views.

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Select Board will convene this evening at 6 p.m. for a workshop on the 2026-2027 proposed budget. They will have in hand the town's Budget Committee's recommendations made at its last meeting, March 25.