Maine will experience a level of extreme cold temperatures that only occurs about once every decade. The National Weather Service (NWS) Offices in Gray and Caribou report wind chills are expected…
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ROCKLAND — Leo C. Dostie, 92, died peacefully, Friday, January 27, 2023.
Leo was born in Augusta, on May 26, 1930, the son of Leo J. and Matilda Gilbert Dostie. He graduated Cony High…
ROCKLAND — Rockland’s Inaugural Poet Laureate, Kendall Arthur Merriam, died peacefully January 28, 2023 in hospice care at The Sussman House in Rockport, Maine in the embrace of his loving wife,…
WALDOBORO — Anthony “Tony” Michael Chaisty, 58 of Waldoboro, passed away unexpectedly on December 13, 2022 at Maine Medical Center. Tony was born on January 20, 1964, in Taunton, Massachusetts to…
LINCOLNVILLE — Robert Payne, 66 of Lincolnville, passed away Sunday January 28, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport.
He was born on October 4, 1956, in Searsmont and moved with his family…
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced the final wording of two referendum questions on Monday.
The wording of the citizens’ initiative question entitled “An Act To Create the Pine…
Temperatures and wind chills near or below zero could freeze pipes
Temperatures and wind chills near and below zero are forecast for Friday night into Saturday. Homeowners are encouraged to take a few simple steps to prevent damage caused by…
BELFAST — Belfast Police responded to a local gas station Jan. 30, after the store management requested a civil standby by police while they asked customers to leave, according to a Jan. 31 media…
Undeterred by whatever Mother Nature tosses up, U.S. Toboggan Nationals to get underway
CAMDEN — At first, the winter was too warm and Hosmer Pond froze, melted, froze and melted again, making it too unsafe to even think about running toboggans over it. So, volunteers and staff the…
ST. GEORGE — Donald ‘Jake’ Jacobson, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at Maine Medical Center in Portland surrounded by close loved ones, the Cyrs and the Mynicks.
Jake was born…
ROCKLAND — On Jan. 30 at approximately 5 p.m., Rockland Police responded to Hannaford for a reported shoplifting. While summonsing an adult shoplifter in an unrelated incident, Rockland Police and…
BELFAST — Raymond L. “Skip” Davenport, a resident of Belfast, passed away peacefully on January 19, 2023 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.
Skip was born in Ashland on July…
Mid-Coast Solid Waste Transfer Station in Rockport has a two-hour delay on January 31, 2023.
BATH/PORTLAND – An employee of Bath Iron Works who assisted in the company’s rescue efforts for passengers on the historic schooner Mary E, after it…
JUDGE SETS BAIL AT $5,000 CASH
ROCKLAND — A Rockland man was arrested shortly after midnight on Jan. 27 when police responded to a report of a suspect in a physical altercation with a group of people and allegedly threatening…
JUDGE SETS BAIL AT $5,000 CASH
ROCKLAND — A Virginia man who is accused of sexually assaulting a Rockland woman made his initial appearance in Knox County Court Jan. 24.
Joel Becker, 73, of Norfolk, Virginia, was…
MALVERN, Pennsylvania — Mary Daniels Sohier died January 27, 2023, two weeks after her 102nd birthday. Born in Boston in 1921, she was the second of three children of Edward Perry Daniels, a…
SOUTH THOMASTON (3:30 p.m.) — An automotive battery charger is being blamed for a fire on the Dublin Road in South Thomaston this morning, Monday, Jan 30. Based on an investigation by the…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 23-26.
Appleton
Thomas F. Neely and Lisa T. Neely to Joseph H.…
Dana Ruth is owner of Modern Metalsmith at Rockland’s North End
ROCKLAND—With fewer than 200 square feet on 497 Main Street, Dana Ruth, a self-taught metalsmith and studio jeweler, has everything she needs to make her art and she couldn’t be any more pleased…
A COMMUNITY FACES CHANGE
So Sleepy Hollow still has a land line. And we have the exclusive “789” exchange code. For anyone who has lived in Lincolnville since before the age of cell phones, you will know that this…
Monday, 6 p.m., Town Office
ROCKPORT – The Rockport Select Board will meet Monday evening, 6 p.m., at the Town Office, for a one-hour workshop to address wastewater infrastructure investments, a water resource recovery…
Smoke at Pizza Hut, propane odor at Domino’s Pizza, rollover in St. George
Despite the relatively warm temperatures throughout the region this weekend, not all people in the region were playing.
On Sunday morning, Jan. 29, St. George Fire and Ambulance awoke at 5:…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Jan. 12-19.
Belfast
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BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Jan. 13-18.
Kote R. Aldus, 31, of Belfast,…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Jan. 8-25.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Jan. 10-25.
An arrest or summons does…
CAMDEN — Betty Stetson Cameron, 93, widow of the late Clifford R. Cameron, Sr., died on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport.
A complete obituary will be published…
LITCHFIELD — Stephen W. “Big Guy” Leppanen, 49, died unexpectedly from complications of heart disease, Thursday, January 19, 2023 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Born in Camden,…
131st Maine Legislative session: Representatives Jan Dodge, Vicki Doudera, Paige Zeigler
From teacher’s insurance to retirement home temp controls, area legislators sponsor variety of bills
AUGUSTA — With Maine’s 131st Legislative session underway, the printing of bills is moving at a fast pace. Several Midcoast…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said Jan. 26 that $33 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding…
Update Jan. 26, 2:45 p.m. — According to an afternoon update that was provided to the Union Town Manager, Jay Feyler, four cows succumbed after a barn collapsed this morning on the North…
ROCKLAND — Esther Dondis, better known known as Essie, died on Sunday, January 22, 2023, at the Sussman House in Rockport after a short illness. She was 98 years old.
Essie Hoffman, along…
AUGUSTA — Rep. Reagan Paul, R-Winterport, is facing a Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices fine of as much as $1,945.30 for missing a filing deadline related to reporting…
THOMASTON — Karen Rhodes Clarke, 77, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 16, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine with her loving family by her side. Karen was born in Boston,…
ROCKLAND — Charlotte J. Root, 95, passed away peacefully at the Knox Center, Sunday, January 22, 2023, surrounded by her family. Born in Bristol, Connecticut, December 19, 1927, she was the…
AUGUSTA — Just a little more than a month after being elected to serve in the 131st Maine State Legislature, a Waldoboro man is under investigation by the Maine Attorney General’s Office over an…
Camden group pledges $11,500 for Montgomery Dam repairs to be made in advance of 2023 tourist season
CAMDEN — Members of the citizen-formed Save the Dam Falls Committee pledged to the Camden Select Board at its…
DOVER FOXCROFT — Marlene Wentworth Dodge, 71, formerly of Rockport, died on December 24, 2022 at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. Born in Camden on August 4, 1951, she was the daughter…
BURKETVILLE — Joyce Elaine Cressler, passed away in Rockport, on Friday, January 13, 2023, at the age of 91.
She was blessed to live the last 20 years of her life with her daughter at her…
FRIENDSHIP — On January 18, Richard “Dick” Wilshire, 89, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend to many passed at the Sussman House where he was surrounded by family and friends. While…
BELFAST — A Waldo County grand jury handed up the following indictments Jan. 17-18.
An indictment does not imply guilt…
BELFAST — Francis A. Dudley, 89 of Belfast, died January 20, 2023 at Waldo County General Hospital, Belfast, Maine.
Francis was born July 1, 1933 in Brooks, Maine to Frederick W. Dudley and…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 16-20.
Camden
Brian Tolman, Bruce Tolman, and Cheryl English to Dana…
CAMDEN — An old fishing vessel moored in Sherman’s Cove in Camden Harbor came perilously close to completely sinking Jan. 22, as its batteries died and bilge pump stopped functioning.
The…
SPRUCE HEAD — Ruth V. Peterson, 86, of Spruce Head passed away peacefully at the Sussman House in Rockport on January 19, 2023. Ruth was born on March 25, 1936, to Eskil Peterson and Gerta Lind.…
Penelope Victoria Padden died peacefully at Penobscot Bay Medical Center on December 8, 2022 after an extraordinarily brief struggle with cancer. Penelope (Pene) was 62 and had lived in Rockland,…
CAMDEN — Jeffrey Colquhoun, 75, died from complications of Lewy Body Dementia on January 20, at his home in Camden, Maine. Jeff passed away in his bed overlooking his beloved Penobscot Bay with…
National Stalking Awareness Month
You look out your kitchen window ... and he’s standing outside right next to your car.
At the grocery store, as you walk from your car toward the store, the hair on the back of your neck…
BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court.
Marissa M. Melton, of Winterport,…
