A Lighthouse Tower Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will be held Sunday, June 29, at 6 p.m. Visit Grindle Point Light Station for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the re-opening of the Grindle Point…
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UNION — Flagger positions at a paving site on Heald Highway were handed over to Union firefighters, Thursday, June 19, after the construction zone became a chain reaction crash scene.
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Retail and 'third place' for music lovers
CAMDEN—When Jeff Clarke opened String Theory, his first music store, in October 2024, he had dreams that…
ROCKLAND — Moose Carlson, aka Donald N. Carlson, 66, passed away at the Breakwater Commons in Rockland on June 15, 2025, surrounded by the love of his family. Born in Waldoboro on September 18,…
CAMDEN — Virginia Bell Johns died peacefully on June 9, 2025, at the age of 81. She was surrounded by loving family members and a devoted caregiver whom she loved. Virginia passed away after a…
MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital’s Addiction Resource Center (ARC) has announced a new name and broader alignment: it is now known as Comprehensive Addiction Psychiatry Services (CAPS),…
Lincolnville Select Board to vote June 23; Hope, June 24
For the last 12 years, Camden has had no ambulance based in town. That is changing July 1, when, courtesy of a new public-private initiative, a North East Mobile Health Services (…
ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from June 3-17.
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UNION — Assistant Union Fire Chief Nick Ciasullo arrived on scene to a two vehicle crash in Union just in time to prevent a wide load from driving into the crash scene. Unable to turn around, the…
ROCKLAND – Gladys St. John Dodge Hardy, 90, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2025 at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.
Born in Montville, April 7, 1935, she was the daughter of Arthur Lewis…
WARREN — Herbert Levi Hamblen Sr., 89 of Warren, passed away January 26, 2025.
Herbert was one of eight children…
WALDOBORO — Having affirmed her faith many years ago, Lillian Maureen Brown Dolloff went home to meet her savior face to face on June 15, 2025.
Lillian was the daughter of former Deputy…
To take place July 19
The Rockport High School Alumni Association will be celebrating its 131st anniversary with a meeting and banquet at the Rockland Elks Lodge, at 220 Rankin Street, in Rockport on Saturday July 19,…
A public funeral will be held for Marek, a K9 who served with the Knox County Sheriff's Office, the Rockland Police Department, and beyond since 2019 before being sidelined for medical reasons and…
“We’re just little Rockland. It may never happen in Rockland,” said Police Chief Tim Carroll during a May 14, 2025 City Council meeting. “But I just feel, as a public safety official, that there…
On June 10, two Rockport candidates running for one three-year seat on the Five Town CSD and School Administrative District 28 boards received the same number votes each. On June 23, there will be…
Maine’s foster care population grew at a higher rate than any other state between 2019 and 2023, new federal data shows.
It was one of just six states that increased its foster care…
SEABRING, Florida — Beatrice “Bea” (Lenfest) Maxwell, 86, of Sebring, Florida previously of Swanville, Maine, passed away May 26, 2025 at her home in…
A graveside service for Lee C. MacFarland, who passed away on November 1, 2024, will be held Saturday, June 28, 2025, at 2 p.m., at Lakeview Cemetery on Overlock Hill Road in Union. There will be…
A memorial service for Colonel Robert “Bob” M. Wilshire, who passed away on December 7, 2024, will be held Saturday, June 28, 2025, at 11 a.m., at Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main Street, Waldoboro.…
ROCKLAND — A graveside service for William George Butman Jr., 84, who passed away March 24, 2025, will be held Monday, June 30, 2025, at 2 p.m., at Coughlin Memorial Cemetery, Rankin Street,…
BELFAST — Stephen A. Morang, 71 of Belfast, previously of Belmont, passed away at home on June 9, 2025 after a battle with cardiac disease. He was born on…
SUSPECT ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING WOMAN WITH A STUN GUN
UPDATE (June 16): A Warren man accused of breaking into a home and assaulting a woman with a stun gun is being held at the Knox County Jail on $50,000 cash bail.
Daryl D. Green Sr., 57, was…
Started by two Midcoast authors
MIDCOAST—Maine authors, particularly those who would rather write than wear a sales and marketing hat, are finding community and collaboration with a new authors' collective called No Shelf-…
This Sunday morning as I write this is Father’s Day in the United States. While the idea of a day set aside for father’s goes back centuries at least, the current American observance only…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds June 9-13.
Appleton
Alvin Monroe Edwards Est. to Jean Edwards.
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ROCKLAND – A graveside service for Betty L. Farrand, who died April 13, 2025, will be held Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at 10 a.m., at Achorn Cemetery, Old County Road, Rockland.
Arrangements…
WALDOBORO — Sandra Stewart Whitehill, 81, of Waldoboro, died June 13, 2025 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
Sandra was born August 1, 1943, in Damariscotta to James Stewart and Frances…
Rockland Rotary teamed up during the first week of June to build a covered shelter at the All Aboard Playground at McDougall Park. The shelter provides the park with a…
THOMASTON — Town officials and community members gathered on Tuesday, June 10 to celebrate the ribbon cutting for YOIKI Japanese Express, a new food truck offering…
BELFAST —The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court June 5-11.
Dakota A. Moody, 24, of Frankfort, criminal threatening in Winterport Dec. 26…
in business
Most of us have played a number of board and card games in our lives. A standard pack of cards, the Monopoly box on the hall shelf. Maybe Risk or Clue, if you’re feeling up for something a bit…
ROCKLAND – Towards the end of a No Kings rally, in Rockland, a moment of silence was held for the two Minnesota legislators and their spouses, who were shot in the middle of the night, June 14.…
JEFFERSON — Charles M. Martin, "Charlie," grew up in Jefferson, Maine and spent almost all his 76 years on Linscott Road. He spent the last 12 years on 4K Lane, affectionately named for his four…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity May 27 - June 10.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity March May 16 - June 10.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are…
CHELSEA — On Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at approximately 8:37 p.m., Maine State Police Troopers responded to a residence on Windsor Road in Chelsea. Upon arrival,…
coercing them into acts of self-harm, animal cruelty, or worse
The Maine Information and Analysis Center (MIAC), in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Boston Division (FBI), is sharing an important public safety advisory regarding…
ROCKLAND -The following indictments were handed up by a Knox County grand jury on …
Country-rock royalty Pure Prairie League (PPL), a seminal outfit during the 70s and 80s movement that brought mainstream success to the country rock and southern rock genre, continues to ride the…
ROCKPORT — Donald Flock, 89, a 25 year resident of Rockport, Maine, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 27, 2025. Born in 1935 in Elk County, KS, the youngest of four siblings, he spent his early…
SOUTH CAROLINA — Frank J. Semancik, 87, passed away, Tuesday, April 29, 2025 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was born in 1937 in Cleveland, the son of Ann Zales and Frank P. Semancik. He was…
largest increase affects apartments, which increased by 95 percent
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland circulated notice of its preliminary reassement numbers from the recent city-wide 2025 revaluation, breaking down the increases according to property…
On the evening of May 17, 2025, Master Sergeant John Paul Brooks received his last set of orders and assignment to his final duty station. John passed away in his sleep at his apartment in Bangor…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Joseph Henry Walsh, 51, passed away on June 6, 2025, with his wife of 25 years, Charlene Walsh, by his side.
Joe was born in Rockland and attended local area schools. He…
making a statement or adding undue attention?
An ordinance amendment that would provide language specific to Rockland Police Department's handling of immigration was defeated City Council members during a June 9, 2025 vote. The ordinance, #35…
With a turnout of 597 registered voters at the polls June 10 for annual Town Meeting, Union approved its $4.3 million municipal budget and the RSU 40 $40,815,369 budget (332 to 252 votes),…
The Maine Dept. of Transportation announced June 11 that Andrew C. Gobeil, of Owls Head, is the agency's new Director of Public Information.
Gobeil is a former Cape Cod…
Second half of town meeting to be held June 12
Hope voters tended to the first part of their 2025 annual Town Meeting June 10 at the polls with 394 ballots cast, approving their …
Voters in Lincolnville went to the polls June 10 to tend to school budgets and candidates, voting by secret ballot. On Thursday, June 12, citizens will…
