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Carroll named patrol administrator
By Stephen Betts
The Knox County Sheriff's Office is beginning to have its vacancies filled. Timothy Carroll was appointed this month by County Administrator Andrew Hart as patrol administrator for the sheriff's ...
Photo by: Shlomit Auciello

Gubernatorial candidates address marketing, regulation at Maine Fishermen's Forum
By Shlomit Auciello
Twelve candidates for governor - six Republicans, four Democrats, one Green Independent and one candidate who is not enrolled in a party - fielded questions about fisheries and marine spatial ...
Lobsters in a sea of bait plumes
By Laurie Schreiber
If lobsters amble so many feet in a day and the aroma of bait wafts in a radius of an average given distance, how many traps does each lobster get to choose from for its dining pleasure — and, of ...
Photo by: Mark Haskell

Messer comes aboard as new 'Jammers softball coach
By Mark Haskell
The Camden Hills Regional High School softball team has been in a rough patch for well over a decade, having not ended the year with a winning record since 1999 and having five different coaches. ...
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Waldoboro seeks bid for new fire engine, shows current equipment
By Andrew Benore
On March 9, a few hours after battling a blaze at a home on Route 220, Waldoboro Fire Chief Paul Smeltzer and the fire department crew met with selectmen and the town manager to discuss their ...
Photo by: Sam Shain

Baldacci proposes $79 million bond to put Mainers back to work
By Sam Shain
At the Statehouse on March 10, Gov. John Baldacci released details of a $79 million investment package that he said would create 1,898 jobs and protect thousands more."To climb out of this ...
Baxter named KVAC co-skier of the year
By Mark Haskell
The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference honored many of its student-athletes this week as they unveiled their award winners for both Nordic and Alpine skiing. The announcement was especially ...
Photo by: Mark Haskell

Wiscasset pulls away from Stonescape, nabs men's league hoop title
By Mark Haskell
While the top two overall seeds fell March first in the semifinals, no one in the gymnasium was disappointed with Monday's league final between No. 3 Wiscasset and No. 4 Stonescape as the First ...
Photo by: Mark Haskell

Royals reign supreme, nab fifth straight state title
By Mark Haskell
State championships are nothing new to the South Hope volleyball team. In fact, it is becoming quite customary to not only the Royals themselves, but their fans as well. And after winning four ...

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By Staff - Mar 14
An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent ...

By Staff - Mar 14
An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent ...

By Stephen Betts - Mar 14
The Knox County Sheriff's Office is beginning to have its vacancies filled. Timothy Carroll was appointed this ...

By Shlomit Auciello - Mar 13
Twelve candidates for governor - six Republicans, four Democrats, one Green Independent and one candidate who is not ...

By Stephen Betts - Mar 12
A Knox County jury has found Edwin Vance Bunker and his daughter Janan Miller not guilty on all counts in the case ...

By Staff - Mar 12
An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent ...

By Laurie Schreiber - Mar 12
If lobsters amble so many feet in a day and the aroma of bait wafts in a radius of an average given distance, how ...

By Andrew Benore - Mar 12
On March 9, a few hours after battling a blaze at a home on Route 220, Waldoboro Fire Chief Paul Smeltzer and the ...

By Staff - Mar 12
An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An Individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent ...

By Staff - Mar 12
An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent ...

Community Happenings

By Staff - Mar 13
Port Clyde fiddle-maker and musician Kip Yattaw will bring the sounds of bluegrass to the Camden-Rockport Historical ...

By Staff - Mar 13
David T. Handley of the University of Maine will present a talk titled Choosing Vegetable Varieties for Maine on ...

By Staff - Mar 13
On March 5, the second-graders at Appleton Village School took a field trip to Camden National Bank in Union as part of the theme they are ...

By Staff - Mar 13
According to the Web site wordorigins.org, "Scuttlebutt is an early 19th century nautical term for an open cask of ...

By Staff - Mar 13
Spring ahead, fall back. Daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 14, which means it's time to turn clocks ahead an hour and gain an extra hour ...

By Staff - Mar 12
After a hiatus of more than a decade the Mid-Coast Model Festival will return to the Owls Head Transportation Museum ...

Mar 12
From Ed Geis of Atlantic Engine Company No. 2: This weekend, March 13 and March 14, is the time to set clocks to ...

By Staff - Mar 12
Eleven members of the Trekkers Leadership Program recently returned from a weekend of service and cultural exchange ...

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By Hartstone Inn - 03/14
Atlantic Salmon Cake with a Mint and Sweet Pea Cream 2 Tablespoons, plus 1 teaspoon canola oil 1 shallot, minced 1/4 cup dry white wine 1/2 ...

By Union Farm Equipment - 03/14
Cutter's Day will be held on Wednesday, March 24 from 7:30 until 2:00. This year we are focusing on helping you make ...

By Maine Heritage Village - 03/14
Opening in May, Forgotten Recipes has chosen the Maine Heritage Village to make there 4 time Blue Ribbon winning ...

By Plants Unlimited - 03/14
QUESTION: I had tomato late blight problems last year (even though I started everything myself from seed). I got ...

By Plants Unlimited - 03/14
Its a CRUMMY, YUCKY cal it what you want day! But we can still garden! GARDENING from your COUCH! Ask us your ...

By WRFR-LP Radio - 03/14
6-7am “COUNTRY WAKEUP!” Your host Larry Beckwith offers country music-decent sounds, to wake you up and get you ...

By Plants Unlimited - 03/14
Spring Arts and Crafts Show! Join us to celebrate Spring! NEXT WEEKEND - MARK YOUR CALENDAR Saturday March 20 and Sunday March 21 - in the ...

By Plants Unlimited - 03/14
Sunday March 14th - Rake Your Lawn Raking the lawn is a true test of how out of shape you are after the winter! A...

By Wag It! Training Center - 03/13
Wag It Training Center in Lincolnville. will host an APDT Rally competition April 30-May 2. This event is no open ...

By Maine Heritage Village - 03/13
For all those who have visited us before what did you like or dislike about your experience at the Village? The ...

Religion

By Grace Bible Fellowship - 03/12
It's THAT TIME AGAIN! Time when the promise of SPRING is just around the corner! We are getting excited because ...

By Owl's Head Baptist Church - 03/12
March 14, 2010: We invite you to join us for morning worship at 10:45am. Rev. Paul Munro's sermon is titled "Staying on Course", with scripture...

By First Church of Christ, Scientist, Camden and Christian Science Reading Room - 03/10
The Christian Science Monitor’s March 15th cover story goes in-depth on global adoptions. Finding children a home is down from a 2004 peak. ...

By Grace Bible Fellowship - 03/09
Hi Everyone! We'd like to invite you to join us at Grace Bible Fellowship every Wednesday evening at 7:00pm as we ...

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Member Stories

By Ken Keiran - Mar 14
Cutter's Day will be held on Wednesday, March 24 from ...

By Jim Gamage - Mar 13
All Aboard Trolley & Limousine Co. is proudly sponsoring ...

By Frank Champa - Mar 13
This is the time of year when towns consider budget requests from local nonprofit organizations that provide important services to our residents ...

By Frank Champa - Mar 12
Saturday March 20th will be the Brooks Town Meeting, I urge as many of our residents as can to come to this meeting. The largest issue to vote on ...

By Sallyann Hadyniak - Mar 12
The Selector’s will hold their meeting on Wednesday March 24 starting at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. All meetings are opened to the public The ...

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Opinion

By Kit Hayden - Mar 14
Too much stuff: a recent Economist provided a special ...

By Ray Wirth - Mar 14
Early rains and early snow melt make for an early ...

Mar 14
Grateful for benefit supper and auction The Wentworth family would like to say thank you in a huge way to everyone for the benefit supper on ...

By Nancy Schultz - Mar 14
"How the Market Got Its Groove Back," read one headline. Others marked the one-year anniversary of this recession's apparent market low by wishing ...

By Linda Hall-Stone - Mar 13
A search through the newspaper archives revealed the following: One year ago, 2009 Rockland District High School's Just Off Broadway Players ...

By Betty Heald - Mar 13
This week's column is dedicated to all those lads and lassies who love everything Irish. Reuben Pizza 1 prebaked Italian bread shell crust (14 ...

By Staff - Mar 13
With Midcoast school districts engulfed by massive cost-cutting measures, a variety of issues are surfacing, many of them back-burnered over the ...

By Daniel Dunkle - Mar 12
Corey Haim, who died Wednesday morning, is being remembered more for his drug abuse and his stint on reality TV than for his acting. But for ...

By Michael Weatherwax - Mar 12
One of the most basic tenets of sound educational funding is that a state should work to level the playing field of educational opportunity for ...

By Belfast Co-op Member ... - Mar 12
The Belfast Co-op is hosting it's 33rd Annual Membership ...

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By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Mar 14 - 1 Comments
And there are no hooks: FREE COFFEE HOUR is just what it says. It is for anyone who wants to drop by. Am picking up a friend this morning who will ...

By Phil Edwards - Mar 14 - 1 Comments
If there's no tax increase on individuals where does the $79 million come from? If there is only a tax on business, that will be passed on to you ...

By Paul Sheridan - Mar 13 - 1 Comments
I guess I don't get it... Why ruin a perfectly good dish with the flesh of a slaughtered pig? There is a pound of tofu in there---more than ...

By Francis Mazzeo - Mar 13 - 3 Comments
Good comment Richard. I just hope this wasn't a validation of gun usage against one another. I believe we have regressed as a society.

By Pat Chapman - Mar 12 - 1 Comments
In these tough economic times- doesn't seem that the Town should be nuying a Fire Truck. The Town needs to rein in expenses and cut back on ...

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By Ronald Horvath - Mar 14 - 0 Comments
"WellPoint Inc., Maine's biggest health insurer, holds 78 percent of the state market. Together with Aetna Inc., they control 88 percent of the ...

By Ronald Horvath - Mar 13 - 0 Comments
March 12, 2010 Getting Obama Right By DAVID BROOKS Who is Barack Obama? If you ask a conservative Republican, you are likely to hear that ...

By Darin Haviland - Mar 12 - 0 Comments
Kneale: Obama as Ahab, Strapped to Moby Dick Published: Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010 | 3:37 PM ET Text Size So now it becomes clear: ...

By Andrew Carpenter - Mar 10 - 0 Comments
People across the nation and here in Maine are still ...

By Andrew Carpenter - Mar 09 - 0 Comments
The overhaul of the health care system is just another ...

A & E

Mar 14
"A Matter of Conscience," a juried exhibition of 3-D artwork and sculpture by Maine high school age artists, will go ...

Mar 13
The Monday Night Blues series continues March 15 with Sue Foley and Peter Karp at Time Out Pub, 275 Main St., from 7 ...

Mar 14
Archipelago Fine Arts, the Island Institute's art gallery at 386 Main St., will feature landscapes by two well-known ...

Mar 13
The Monday Night Blues series continues March 22 with the JP Blues Band at Time Out Pub, 275 Main St., from 7 to 10 ...

Announcements

Obituaries

Births

Weddings/Engagements

Mar 12
Jean Mae Smith, 96, died March 9, 2010, at Windward Gardens in Camden where she had resided for several years. Born in Canada on June 11, 1913, ...

Mar 11
Richard Edward Murray III, age 72, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., died Feb. 18, 2010, at his home. Born in Rockland, he was a son of Frances Thompson ...

Mar 11
Clover Babcock Weeks, 85, died March 6, 2010, at the Clare Bridge Nursing Home in Farmington Hills, Mich., after a ...

Mar 10
Duane Vincent Bearse, 81, died March 8, 2010, at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport. Born in Hartford, Conn., ...

Mar 10
Norma P. Dorman, 89, died surrounded by her loving family March 7, 2010, at the Knox Center in Rockland. Born in ...

Mar 12
Dorothy M. Stanley, 89, died March 12, 2010, at the Homestead at Owls Head in Owls Head. She was born June 16, 1920, in New Brunswick, Canada, a ...

Mar 11
Marie Rahkonen, 43, of Rockland died unexpectedly March 5, 2010, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born ...

Mar 10
James Kenneth "Ken" Blake Sr., 91, died March 5, 2010, at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport. Ken was born May 16, 1918, in Union, a son ...

Mar 10
Robert W. Minott, 60, died March 6, 2010, after a ten-year battle with cancer. Born in Bath on March 10, 1949, he ...

Mar 10
Kenneth Morris Ames Sr., known to many as "Black Duck," died peacefully at home Feb. 10, 2010, after a long illness. ...

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Sports

By Mark Haskell - Mar 12
The Camden Hills Regional High School softball team has been in a rough patch for well over a decade, having not ...

By Staff - Mar 10
The Rockland Police Department will offer hunter safety courses in late March and April. The schedule includes: • Hunter safety firearms — ...

By Mark Haskell - Mar 09
While the top two overall seeds fell March first in the semifinals, no one in the gymnasium was disappointed with ...

By Staff - Mar 08
While the season came to an end last months for high school grapplers across the state, a select few were fortunate enough to continue on with ...

By Mark Haskell - Mar 11
The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference honored many of its student-athletes this week as they unveiled their award ...

By Staff - Mar 09
While the high school swimming season may be over, the YMCA league is still going strong. Sixteen teams competed ...

By Staff - Mar 08
With spring rapidly approaching, registration and tryouts for Warren's Little League softball and baseball teams are here. Registration will ...

By Mark Haskell - Mar 08
After last year's thrilling finish to the Athletics For Christian Education League (ACEL) basketball championship ...