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Dec. 13: Rockland Police Officer John Bagley confirmed that the ATM screen destroyed by juvenile vandals was located at Rockland Savings Bank. The Rockland Harbor Hotel was also identified as the…
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AUGUSTA — Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Monday a multistate coalition of attorneys general have finalized agreements with pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens to bring the national amount…
Marion "Mimmie" Sawyer, 95, of Belfast, passed away on December 4, 2022. She was born on Feb 14, 1927, to Norman Kand Mildred Rexford Van Epps in Watertown, New York, being one of 9 children.…
CASTINE — On Saturday, December 10, 2022, at approximately 2:07 a.m., the Maine State Police responded to a single vehicle crash…
BELMONT — Errol G. Littlefield, Sr., passed away tragically when his lobster boat flipped over in Searsport Harbor on October 22, 2022. He died doing what he loved.
Errol was born to Leroy…
The Lincoln County HazMat team is no more. Emergency Management Agency Director Casey Stevens told county commissioners Dec. 6 the team was being discontinued. The team met twice per year for…
ROCKPORT — With Rockport Town Clerk Linda Greenlaw due to retire in less than a month, the Select Board is ready to hire her replacement. The town is offering the job to Camden’s current Deputy…
ST. GEORGE — Constance ‘Connie’ Davis Lehtinen, 88, died peacefully, surrounded by the love of her daughter and care givers at the Owls Head Homestead, Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
Born…
ST. GEORGE — A Maine Game Warden and a search team from the Maine Association for Search and Rescue located the body of Francine Laporte, 71, of Saint George at approximately, 10 a.m. today, Dec.…
SWANVILLE — Roberta "Bert" Herbest, 60, of Swanville passed away on December 6, 2022 in Belfast. After a long battle with cancer, she is no longer in pain.
Bert was born in Belfast, the…
VINALHAVEN — Richard G. Tolman, 86, died Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at his home here, following a long illness.
A life-long resident of Vinalhaven, Richard lobstered out of Vinalhaven all…
ROCKLAND — On Dec. 8 at approximately 2:30 a.m., Rockland Police officers on patrol observed a vehicle traveling head-on towards them, going the wrong way down Union Street.
Officers…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Nov. 23 - Dec. 1.
Stephanie C. Coutu, 28, of…
FARMINGTON — Susan E. (Payne) Bragdon, 70 of Farmington, passed away on December 1, 2022.
A funeral service will be held on Monday, December 12, 2022, at 1 p.m., at Riposta Funeral Home…
ROCKLAND — Patricia Louise Dutille, 72, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones in the comfort of her home from pancreatic cancer on her birthday, December 3. She was born in Lewiston…
On Thanksgiving Day, November 24, the Waldoboro Police Department received a report that a hunter found human remains off Old County Road in Waldoboro. …
Ronald Thorne of Warren, Maine passed away peacefully on November 23, 2022 after a brief illness. Leaving behind to cherish his memory his wife of 36 years, Rose, and his three sons Donald, Ronald…
PEMBROKE, New Hampshire — Donald L. Gross, age 67, of Birdie Circle, passed away on December 5, 2022 at Concord Hospital.
He was born in Frederick, Maryland, the son of the late Carroll L.…
Camden receives $2,000, Island Institute, $31,388
Five Midcoast municipalities are among multiple statewide recipients of Community Action Grants through Maine’s…
ROCKLAND — The new owners of 500 Main Street are already receiving positive feedback for their renovation and business proposal despite still needing to return before the Rockland Planning Board…
When Jill Duson made Maine political history over 20 years ago, she was the first and only Black woman on Portland’s school board and later its city council. When she takes office Wednesday, she’…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Nov. 6 - Dec. 1.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…
December 10 at Midcoast Hannaford stores
Midcoast police officers will be busy Saturday afternoon, Dec. 10, filling grocery bags with cans and boxes and food, loading it into…
Dec. 6, 2022 — Lucas Ross, 25, made his initial court appearance in Knox County Court via zoom Dec. 5 after he was arrested for a robbery at Shaws Supermarket in Rockland Dec. 2.
At the…
ROCKLAND — A four-legged officer might one day join the Rockland Police Department if Police Chief Tim Carroll is successful in persuading councilors and citizens of the value of a K9.
In…
BELFAST — Belfast Police are looking for a white SUV in connection with three separate vehicle break-in incidents at two YMCAs, two of which occurred Dec.…
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Unfortunately, we’re both addicted to crunchy snacks, Fritz and I. His go-to between-meal treats are Milk Bones, while mine are anything crunchy-salty-greasy –you know,…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Nov. 28-Dec. 1.
Camden
Donald P. Palmer and Gayle E. Palmer to Gayle E…
BELFAST The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Nov. 19-30.
An arrest or summons does…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Nov. 17-22.
Jeffrey H. Dorr Jr., 41, of South Thomaston, two counts negotiating a worthless instrument in Belfast…
CAMDEN — Downtown Camden was packed to the gills Friday evening as holiday cheer spilled into the street with an annual holiday parade, and tree-lighting at the head of the harbor.
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SOUTH THOMASTON — Thomas ‘Tommy’ ‘Tom’ ‘Grampy’ Anthony Bosica, Jr, 75, passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of his family on November 21, 2022, at the Sussman House in Rockport. He lived…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Nov. 20-30.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…
Changes likely for St. George taxpayers
ST. GEORGE — After almost 70 years, the last nonprofit ambulance service in Knox County is no longer able to sustain itself through fundraising efforts, grants, and volunteer personnel. Now, the…
ROCKLAND — Joseph D. Donahue, 85, passed away peacefully on October 29, 2022, at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine, surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia, and his…
ROCKPORT — The August 5 fire that left CHRHS damaged has not been easily brushed off by the school’s faculty, students, or by the overall…
OWLS HEAD — Alice Jean (Jean) Martel, 81, passed away peacefully, Sunday, November 27, 2022 at the Owls Head Homestead.
Born December 23, 1940, in Camden, South Carolina to Harold and Ila…
Obituary
Gordon Earl Grinnell, originally from Washington, Maine, and more recently from Boothbay Harbor, passed away on Nov. 25, 2022.
He and his wife Jeanette (“Ginny” Upham) were married nearly…
Camden is ‘alarmed at such blatant disregard for the environment and for an abutter’s property’
CAMDEN — The Town of Camden has issued a violation notice to Amelia Bond and Arthur Bond, III, of St. Louis, Missouri, who own property…
The first open house to the public shows the progress of the house over the last six years
ROCKLAND—Five years ago I took a tour of the house where Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in and wrote a story,…
WASHINGTON — A tractor trailer truck may have come to a stop completely off the road before emergency crews arrived shortly after an approximate 7:10 a.m. dispatch from 911, but it would be hours…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce and Boothbay Lights have announced they are keeping an eye on Saturday’s weather – rain and wind in the forecast -- for the scheduled arrival of…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Nov. 21-30.
Belfast
Kyle J. and Helen Skinner to Kassandra L. and Derrick…
ROCKPORT — Voting unanimously Tuesday evening, Nov. 29, the six members of the Rockport Zoning Board of Appeals upheld municipal approval…
ROCKLAND — Renee Mary Hutcheon, 92, passed away on Monday, November 28, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine. She was born in London, England on September 18, 1930.
In retirement,…
BELFAST — Donna M. (Jackson) Way, 90, of Belfast, passed away peacefully at her home on November 26, 2022 with her family at her side. She was born in Belfast on February 7, 1932, the daughter of…
