HOPE — Area firefighters were faced with an odd angle as they sought to extricate two occupants of a pickup truck, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, on the Camden Road (Rt. 105) in Hope.
Following the…
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What a show!
ROCKPORT — The mix of celebratory fireworks over Rockport Harbor Dec. 31, just as the clock struck 6 p.m., was creative and imaginative, drawing laughter and roars of approval from a large crowd…
BELFAST The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Dec. 22-28.
James D. St. Pierre, 32, of Belfast, probation violation in Belfast Nov. 13, 2020, five months in jail and…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Dec. 15-31.
Belfast
Phoenix Row Investments LLC to Powell Property…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Dec. 26-30.
Appleton
Walter Lamont Sr. and Anne Lamont to Michael Bunker…
Analysis
When President Biden signs the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill into law, Maine’s lobster industry will take a six-year step back from the brink thanks to the efforts of Maine’s congressional delegation…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Dec. 14-30.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Dec. 16-30.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…
SPRUCE HEAD — Arlene Grace (Kennedy) Baum, 93, died Friday, December 23, 2022 at The Homestead in Owls Head after a long period of declining health.
Arlene was born April 4, 1929 in…
MEDFORD, New Jersey — Bruce Wight Starrett, recently of Medford, New Jersey, passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at the age of 75.
Bruce was a devoted husband to his beautiful wife…
ROCKLAND — A lock on a gate was cut so emergency responders could access the property. A horizontal ladder was employed to bridge an estimated three-foot gap beyond the edge of a paved pier. And…
NORTHPORT — Howard Pierce Sawyer III, of Shore Road in Northport, has died. Known throughout the Belfast community as Buck, he was diagnosed with cancer in late November and passed away on…
LAKELAND, Florida — Brenda Laurel Rivers passed away at her home in Lakeland, Florida on December 8, 2022. Born June 22, 1941 to Amasa (Dan) Hatch and Elsie Leach Hatch, Brenda was the oldest of…
MORRILL — Tambara Lynn Arnold, 30 of Morrill, passed away unexpectedly on December 19, 2022. Her family is devastated and shocked by this loss.
Tambara was born September 7, 1992 in…
WALDOBORO — Two weeks before the holiday break, an incident at the Medomak Middle School appalled and frightened students and parents,…
AUGUSTA — Janet Mills will be inaugurated Jan. 4 at the Augusta Civic Center, with an afternoon and evening marked by music, speeches, poetry and pageantry.
“The inauguration of a governor…
Press release
Shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, Maine Department of Public Safety reported the following:
The 3-year-old child in Edgecomb, pronounced dead on Sunday, Dec. 25 has been identified…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Dec. 19-23.
Camden
Ronald L. Vanosdol to Ronald L. Vanosdol Revocable…
UNION — Dorothy E. Williams left the bonds of earth on December 16, 2022, surrounded by her family. The love, compassion, and respect we send with her will help cushion her journey to her Maker…
ROCKPORT — Robert A. (BJ) Edwards Jr, 40 years old, passed away unexpectedly, December 19, 2022, with his mom by his side at her home in Rockport. Born in Rockport on May 1, 1982 to Robert and…
SEARSPORT — Steve A. Pomeroy, 66, of Searsport, passed away on December 24, 2022 at home with family by his side. He was born August 20, 1956, the son of Hugh and Virginia Pomeroy.
Steve…
NORTH HAVEN — Ida Margaret Wooster Haskell, 100, died peacefully June 24, 2022 at Quarry Hill in Camden. Born on August 25, 1921 at Silsby Hospital, Rockland, Maine. Daughter of …
A Thomaston ambulance needs a replacement of glass within the driver’s side mirror after being clipped by a vehicle passing in the opposite direction.
On Thursday, Dec. 22, just prior to 6:…
BELFAST — Ervin E. Merry, 95, passed away on December 24, 2022, at Tall Pines. He was born in Belfast on October 14, 1927 to John Sr. and Sadie (Dyer) Merry. He married Faustina L. Thompson, of…
FRIENDSHIP — Randall Clark Lee, 75, peacefully passed away on December 19, 2022 surrounded by his family. Born December 26, 1946 in Damariscotta, Maine, he was the second of four children born to…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Dec. 16-23.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…
the silence, the absence ... the garden beckoned ... boomerang generation
Six years ago this January my husband/partner of nearly 50 years died, literally in my arms. Surrounding us in that small room, the one we always thought of as his, were…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Dec. 1-20.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, helped to secure more than $2 million in Community Project Funding to expand…
Belfast — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Dec. 15-21.
Carlos Castro, 48, of Freedom, five counts of unlawful sexual contact in: Searsmont Oct. 20, 2019;…
BELFAST — The Stockton Springs woman convicted of murdering her three year old son in June 2021 was sentenced in Waldo County Superior Court Dec. 20.
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In early 2022, Unity’s Songbird Farm was the second farm to speak out
BELFAST — At its recent Annual Meeting, Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) honored farmers from six farms with Paul Birdsall Awards. The recipients include Nell Finnigan and Justin Morace of Ironwood Farm…
BELFAST — The City of Belfast has temporarily closed the Belfast City Wharf to through traffic to keep folks safe and allow for City Public Works crews to respond to the flooding.
In a Dec…
WARREN — Charles E. ‘Charlie’ York, 78, longtime Warren resident, died peacefully with his sons by his side, Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport.
Born in Rockland…
CAMDEN — Helen C. (Kozak) Minick, 99, passed away peacefully in her sleep at Quarry Hill in Camden, Maine, where she resided for the past 4 years on December 18, 2022. Prior to moving to Maine in…
TENANTS HARBOR — Ralph E. “Bud” Colson, 93, died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving friends on December 17, 2022.
He was born Rockland, February 26, 1929, the second youngest of…
Power off, power on, power off — CMP crews worked through the storm to reconnect homes back to the grid
MIDCOAST — Waves of seawater washed over the harbors this morning, Dec. 23, bringing piles of seaweed, broken boards and bits of trash ashore with waters never seen so high.
High tide was…
HOPE — Charlene Alfano, 94, died peacefully, Saturday, December 17, 2022 at her son’s home where she has joyfully resided for the past 4 years.
Born in West Rockport, February 29, 1928, she…
ROCKPORT — Dennis E. Norton, 71, passed away with the love of his life, Doris, by his side on December 6, 2022, on the beautiful island of Maui. Dennis was seriously injured November 25 while on…
THOMASTON — Jerry S. Sylvester, 80, died peacefully, Thursday, December 15, 2022 at the Sussman Hospice House in Rockport.
Born in Rockland, June 7, 1942, she was the daughter of Edward and…
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Andrew W. Seidner, 51, passed away unexpectedly, at his home here, November 30, 2022. Born in Rockland, May 26, 1971, he was the son of Gabriel Tony and Carol Newhall…
winds out of the east to coincide with highest tide of the month
MIDCOAST — Another wind/rain event in a long line of recent storms is predicted to be especially heavy-handed, but this one, due to…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Dec. 1-14.
Belfast
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ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Dec. 12-16.
Appleton
Ramona Dennison to Boggs Homes Inc.
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BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Dec. 1-15.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those…
THOMASTON — Walmart, in Thomaston, was forced to close for the night, Wednesday, Dec. 21, after a smell of propane was observed outside, and then again inside the entrance to the large retail…
‘These boats aren't owned by Amazon or Walmart or Whole Foods. They're owned by individual people’
Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills said they…
CAMDEN — NordHavn Camden, LLC has submitted initial plans to the Camden Planning Office for an open-space residential development with 10 single-family, stand-alone condominiums at 440 Belfast…
carpeted with mussels ... otters and beavers .... prolific weeds
I made a decision when I was 23 years old to move to Maine, based on a childhood dream to live in the woods. And I’ve never once regretted or even imagined a different…
