BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Oct. 23-31.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
News
ROCKLAND – After several hours of searching for a missing person in Rockland, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, the body of Andrue Leach, 30, of Rockland, was found in the water near the Coast Guard base at…
WARREN — Diane Esther Laing, 79 of Warren, passed away at her home on November 7, 2023.
The family will honor Diane’s life with a private burial. A full obituary will be published at a…
ROCKPORT — Judith (Rhodes) Walker, 85, of Rockport, died on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport. Born in Portland on February 11, 1938, she was the daughter of Albert and…
What to do with end-of-season bounty
Rutabaga. What do you do with this alien softball-sized thing?
This is the kind of vegetable I’m likely to pass over at a farmer’s market, because it’s so unfamiliar, but it’s a fall/…
Hail to the Rad Kids
“Quiet and thoughtful” is how I’d describe my first meeting with 15-year-old Caleb Carr, a relatively new Camden Hills Regional High School student to the Midcoast from Massachusetts.
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ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Oct. 23-Nov. 6.
Brian Warrick Beggarly, 41, of Appleton, operating under the influence (alcohol) in South…
UNION – A large majority of voters approved a path forward to find a developer to create senior housing in part of the…
Constitutional amendment
Knox and Waldo County voters have mixed opinions of statewide Question 3, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to change the time period for judicial review of the validity of written…
AUGUSTA — The following statement was issued just after 10 p.m. Nov. 7 by Avangrid,…
Regional School District 40, comprising K-12 public schools for students from Friendship, Union, Waldoboro, Warren and Washington, asked voters Nov. 7 to approve an $81 million spending package.…
Knox and Waldo County voters favor the Citizen Initiative Question 2, “Do you want to ban foreign governments and entities that they own, control, or influence from making campaign contributions or…
Camden and Rockport voters overwhelmingly approved a $1.9 million bond proposal for School Administrative District 28 (…
Citizen initiative
Knox and Waldo County voters are approving the Citizen Initiative Question 4, “Do you want to require vehicle manufacturers to standardize on-board diagnostic systems and provide remote access to…
Citizens initiative
Knox and Waldo County voters are helping to defeat the statewide Citizen Initiative Question 3, “Do you want to create a new power company governed by an elected board to acquire and operate…
Citizen initiative
Voters in Knox and Waldo counties are favoring Citizen Initiative Question 1, “Do you want to bar some quasi-governmental entities and all consumer-owned electric utilities from taking on more than $…
Knox and Waldo County voters are giving a thumbs down to Citizen Initiative Question 7, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to remove a provision requiring a circulator of a citizen's…
BELFAST The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Oct. 9-13.
Belfast
Upper Mason Dam LLC to Cooper Cay LLC.
Lindley P.…
Wednesday City Council meeting
BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will meet Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m., for their regular meeting, which was pushed back by one day due to election day. Topics on…
constitutional amendment
Knox and Waldo County voters are weighing in on Citizen Initiative Question 8, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to remove a provision prohibiting a person under guardianship for…
Constitutional amendment
Knox and Waldo County voters are weighing in on Citizen Initiative Question 6, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to require that all of the provisions of the Constitution be…
CAMDEN – On Nov. 7, Camden voters approved town-wide zoning changes to…
Patricia H. (Harding) Higgins, age 86, passed away peacefully November 4, 2023 due to cancer. She was born in China, Maine, and is a graduate of Erskine Academy and Thomas Business School. She…
On the morning of November 1 of 2023, Candice Etta Moore (age 59) passed away at Pen Bay Medical Center, surrounded by loved ones, after a short but brutal battle with stomach cancer.
Born…
CAMDEN — A proposed $210,000 consent agreement concerning dead trees and the illegal application of the chemical Tebuthiuron on private…
OWLS HEAD — Christine (Chris) Hansen, after being visited by close family members, was delivered into the waiting arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on October 29, 2023, after a hard…
LINCOLNVILLE — Roger William “Bill” Rocknak, son of Charles J. and Ruth A. Rocknak, passed away peacefully in his Lincolnville, Maine home on October 25, 2023, at the age of 88.
Bill was…
ST. GEORGE — Why don’t you just open the door?
That was the question posed by a young child to South Thomaston Fire Chief Dave Elwell during a live demonstration of vehicle extrication.…
An effort of five core churches
The Camden Area Christian Food Pantry (CACFP), at 128 Mt. Battie Street, serves several surrounding towns. Since the pandemic, CACFP has accepted families outside this nucleus welcoming any family…
Four candidates are competing for two open seats on the Rockland City Council, with elections set for Nov. 7. Both seats represent…
Two candidates are competing for one open seat on the Thomaston Select Board, with elections set for Nov. 7. The seat represents a one-…
Four candidates are competing for two open seats on the Rockland City Council, with elections set for Nov. 7. Both seats represent…
Four candidates are competing for two open seats on the Rockland City Council, with elections set for Nov. 7. Both seats represent…
Two candidates are competing for one open seat on the Thomaston Select Board, with elections set for Nov. 7. The seat represent a one-…
UPDATE: New funeral date
Former educator Baird W. Whitlock, a long-time resident of Belfast, Maine, died on October 29 after a brief illness, at the age of 99.
Whitlock was born in Highland Park, New Jersey, on…
SACO — Donna L. Glover, 82, passed away peacefully Friday, October 27, 2023 following an extended decline due to Lewy Body dementia.
She and her twin brother, Darold, were born August 5,…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Ray Merriman Sleeper, 64, passed away surrounded by his loving family, Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport, following a brief but courageous battle with…
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Stephen Paul Stadler on September 7, 2023, at the age of 68. He was born on November 11, 1954, to George M. Stadler and Eunice E. (Brown…
OWLS HEAD — Debra R. Goss, 72, died peacefully at home with her loving family, Saturday, November 4, 2023. Born in Rockland, June 15, 1951, she was the daughter of Norman and Bebe Brown Drinkwater…
It’s 4 p.m. in November as dusk settles in Maine. You pull back your curtains...and sigh. Another winter approaches as the days get shorter. And everyone cocoons in their houses for what seems…
CAMDEN — It has been 50 years since Camden Snow Bowl ski patroller Robert Winslow first began rescuing injured skiers on Ragged Mountain, bundling them onto toboggans and bringing them down in all…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Oct. 30-Nov.3.
Camden
Gabriela Laura Acero and Derek Edward Richard to…
From Ghoulies and Ghosties and Long Leggity Beasties, and Other Things that go Bump in the Night, Good Lord Deliver Us.
This old Scottish prayer hangs as a cross-stitch at the…
BELFAST — All but the mayoral race are uncontested in upcoming Belfast elections Nov. 7.
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BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Oct. 2-6.
Belfast
John A. Cashman and David F. Giroux to Belfast Harbor…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Oct. 21-27.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
BELFAST — The following case was closed in Waldo County Unified Court Oct. 26 - Nov. 2.
Dylan J. Brasslett, 23, of…
On Friday, November 3, at approximately 9:20 a.m., the Orland Fire Department responded to a fire/explosion at a single family home with a detached garage at 102 Soper Road in Orland.
Four…
