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It’s mid-May on Sprucehead Island, and Bob Baines and crew are wrapping up their 2023 kelp harvest. Baines farms four acres near the Lower Gangway Ledge, 13,000 feet of line for a haul of about 50…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds May 1-5.
Belfast
Margaret K. and Christopher S. Campbell to Michael and…
CAMDEN — Camden police and Camden firefighters, a North East Mobile Health Services ambulance crew and volunteers with Coastal Mountains Search and Rescue team converged near the base of popular…
A memorial service will be held for Edith (Edie, Mimi) Wilson Hutchinson who passed away on February 27, 2023. Service will be Thursday, June 8, 2023, at 2 p.m., at The Happy Clam, 13 River Road,…
VINALHAVEN — Barbara Davidson, 78, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at Windward Gardens in Camden.
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Rockport is holding a meeting at 5:30 p.m. this evening in the lower level of the Rockport Public Library regarding the towns Traffic Infrastructure Study.
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At a May 16 regularly scheduled meeting, the Belfast City Council voted to approve the appointments of three new full-time employees with the City of Belfast.
The…
HOPE — Two years ago on the evening of March 25, 2021, Connie Magivney lost her home, her cats, her belongings – life as…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds May 8-12.
Camden
William L. Tims to 33 High Street LLC.
Gregory E…
ROCKLAND – The Knox County Commission, at the start of its regular session May 9 at the Knox County Courthouse handed out Spirit of America awards.
Knox County Administrator Andrew Hart…
With views of the White Mountains, Muscongus Bay, and the Camden Hills, the Clarry Hill Highlands is aniconic landscape where agriculture, wildlife,recreation, and Maine’s natural…
WASHINGTON — Janice L. (Curtis) Nelson-Kroesser, 70, of Washington, passed away on May 14, 2023. She is the daughter of James and Anita (Ames) Curtis.
Janice grew up in Waldoboro and…
THOMASTON — Wayne Addison McFarland, 70, passed away on May 9, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine, with his loving family by his side.
Wayne was born in Damariscotta, Maine on…
CUSHING — George Lyman Hoyt, 94, passed peacefully from this life early on May 10, 2023, in the company of his loving family. He was born May 25, 1928, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dr. Lyman H.…
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ROCKLAND - The Knox County Commissioners are creating a Knox County Charter Review Subcommittee to review and discuss proposed changes to the 2005 Knox County Charter.
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ISLESBORO — George Adelbert Durkee, III, 93, affectionately known as “Fa”, of Islesboro, Maine went home to be with his Lord and Savior on May 11, 2023, following a period of declining health.…
‘No one sets out to be in a crash, but when it happens, it can affect many other people besides just you’
An interesting trend is occurring in regards to motor vehicle crashes, according to Knox County Sheriff Patrick Polky. It’s not the…
A graveside service will be held for Daniel G. Davey, who passed away on February 27, 2023. His service will be held Friday, May 26, 2023, at 11 a.m., at the Village Cemetery, 24 Main Street, in…
FRIENDSHIP — Michael Paul Bradstreet, 46, passed away in Warren on May 11, 2023. Born on February 25, 1977, in Belfast, he was the beloved son of Elizabeth Winchenbach and Fred Ryan. Despite the…
Thomas L. Mackie (November 26, 1947 – November 18, 2022)
A graveside service will be held for Thomas L. Mackie on Saturday, May 27, at 11:30 a.m., at the Village Cemetery in South Thomaston…
CMP, State Officials Urge Safe Driving
Central Maine Power urges drivers to use caution and observe best practices that promote the safe operation of motor vehicles. This follows repeated motor vehicle crashes…
The Megunticook River Advisory Committee, a Camden municipal committee, hosts today, May 16, as part of its monthly speaker series Dr. Darren J. Ranco, a citizen of the Penobscot Nation, is a…
A service to celebrate Sheryl A. Ladd’s life will be held Tuesday, May 16, at 11 a.m., at the Second Congregational Church of Warren, 252 Main Street, Warren.
Halls of Waldoboro has care of…
BELFAST — A Montville man has been sentenced to serve a year in prison following his escape from police custody in March.
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Boston Post Cane… Queen Bee… Greening…
Diane O’Brien prepared a piece for this week:
The tradition of the gold-headed Boston Post Cane and its presentation to the oldest resident of a New England town was conceived by a…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court May 5-11.
Scott F. Mosher, 55, of Waldo, theft…
Amid a cycle of gloomy news, rays of sun started to break through dark clouds
With the end of the federal public health emergencies related to the COVID-19 pandemic May 11, the Penobscot Bay Pilot is looking back at the pandemic. Not just the gloom and havoc the virus…
BELFAST The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity April 27 - May 10.
An arrest or summons…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity May 2-10.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…
May 14 update: Rockland City Councilor Adam Lachman wishes to clarify that though Oak Street has been reopened to traffic, organized activities and special programming on the street are…
From Washington, D.C.
U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has introduced legislation to promote electric school buses. The BIDIRECTIONAL…
ST. GEORGE – John F. Myers, Sr., 54, died suddenly at home on Monday, May 8, 2023.
He was born in Rockland, July 1, 1968, to George Mahlon Myers, Sr. and Euretta Flagg Myers. Educated…
HOPE — Cynthia R. Blackington, 84, of Hope, passed away peacefully at home on April 28, 2023 with her partner, Ralph, and Angel care-giver, Ann, by her side.
Born in Washington, Maine on…
WARREN — It is our great sorrow to announce that George Athan Perry, 72, of Warren, Maine, died peacefully at home on May 11, 2023, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
George…
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit #36, Boothbay is supporting a national platform to reduce the rate of veteran suicide by sponsoring a Walkathon in Boothbay Harbor on June 3.…
THOMASTON — Walmart video proved successful at determining the circumstances of how a pressure cooker came to be sitting on a wastebasket at the entrance to the store, May 7. In the end,…
On June 13, voters in Camden will elect two citizens from a slate of five candidates to serve on the Camden Select Board. There are…
WARREN — On Sunday, May 7, Sheryl “Sherry” Ladd passed away at the Sussman House in Rockport with her loving family by her side. Born January 24, 1947, Sherry grew up in Camden, daughter of Mary (…
The graveside service for Neil Pollis that was scheduled for May 22, 2023 at the Veterans Cemetery in Augusta, Maine will be rescheduled; to be announced.
Halls of Waldoboro has care of the…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated COVID-19 confirmed and probable case data by ZIP code.
With the data update, the Maine CDC continues to urge all individuals in Maine — resident or not…
AUGUSTA — The Maine House of Representatives voted Tuesday to enact legislation sponsored by Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, that would require expert witnesses in child custody cases to meet…
VASSALBORO — A new Game Warden assigned to Appleton is one of 13 graduates of the Advanced Warden School, May 9, at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. Matthew Norcia and the others are headed…
‘We are a watershed that needs to make decisions at a watershed level if we want to be smart about it’
CAMDEN — One day following an historic storm that deluged the Midcoast with 6.25-plus inches of rain, destroying roads and submerging…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court…
CUSHING — Joyce E. Poland, 76, passed away at her home in Cushing on Friday, May 5, 2023. Joyce was born on August 20, 1946, in Rockland, Maine to parents Clifton Weaver Sr. and Julia M. Bakeman…
ROCKLAND — Douglass E. Conway, Jr. 62, passed away on May, 5, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport.
Doug was the owner/operator of Shorty's Garage and Towing Service on Old County Road in…
WALDOBORO — Richard J. Moran, 88, of Waldoboro passed away peacefully on May 3, 2023, at Lincoln Health Miles Campus in Damariscotta.
Richard grew up in Shirley Mills and attended local…
LISBON FALLS — Retired SFC Bari Virgil Milliken, 68, died peacefully on May 5, 2023 at Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, Maine. He resided many years in Lisbon Fall, Maine.
Bari was…
