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By Susan Mustapich - Aug 21
A new group applying for satellite membership to the Camden and West Bay Rotary Clubs is recruiting members in preparation for a proposed launch ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 21
Three people were taken to the hospital late Tuesday morning when an 82-year-old driver went through a stop sign and struck another vehicle, ...
By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 21
Beautiful weather ushered in day four of the 147th Maine Wild Blueberry Festival in Union Aug. 21.
The day was not only full of typical agricultura...
By Susan Mustapich - Aug 21
New zoning to allow the reuse of the lower level of the Mary E. Taylor building will go before the planning board Aug. 23.
This is the second ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 21
Doug Curtis Jr., a longtime active volunteer in the schools and community, is seeking a three-year seat to represent Rockland on the Regional ...
By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 21
Two residents are seeking to fill the remaining two years of a term on the Owls Head Board of Selectmen left vacant by the sudden death of Wayne ...
By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 21
With additional mooring requests being referred to Owls Head by Rockland, the Board of Selectmen voted Aug. 20 to increase the fees.
At the ...
By Louis Bettcher - Aug 21
For the past 150 years the Brodis family has been supplying customers on the Midcoast with native blueberries harvested on their property in Hope. ...
By Daniel Dunkle - Aug 20
Whitney Helene Dow of Waldoboro was named the Maine Wild Blueberry Queen Monday night, Aug. 20, at the Union Fair.
Dow is a 2017 graduate of ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 20
The Rockland City Council gave initial approval Monday evening, Aug. 20, to a moratorium on marijuana businesses, which the mayor said was needed ...
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Aug 20
Family members said a struggle with brain cancer likely contributed to the events leading to a police chase involving a 71-year-old Camden man ...
By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 20
A third-year student from the University of Maine at Orono spent the summer plotting and logging information on four of Union's six cemeteries.
The...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 20
The operator of the bus service that runs from Pen Bay Medical Center to Walmart, and makes many stops in between, is seeking to expand its ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 19
An owner of a large undeveloped waterfront property in Rockland's North End said the site could be used as an alternative to the city's public ...
Aug 18
For the third year in a row, clients and friends of Knox County Homeless Coalition marveled at lobsters, starfish and other wonders of Penobscot ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 18
A Rockland lobsterman said he thought he was going to die as he struggled Thursday, Aug. 16, to stay above water in Rockland harbor.
But the quick ...
By Louis Bettcher - Aug 17
There was not a spare seat in sight as residents packed into a presentation by Erik Heim, CEO of Nordic Aquafarms, at the Camden Yacht Club Aug. ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 17
Rockland is again advising people not to swim at the popular Johnson Memorial Park at Chickawaukie Lake.
City Manager Tom Luttrell said Thursday, ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 17
One of the most frequent complaints heard in Rockland is that property taxes are high compared to the state average and that tax-exempt organizatio...
By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 16
When the auctioneer's gavel started opening bids on a particular item Aug. 16, it started some mayhem at Echo Hill in St. George, as what is ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 16
The Rockland City Council has scheduled a special meeting for Monday evening, Aug. 20, to vote on a moratorium on marijuana production facilities.
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By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 16
Despite the town's having approved a decreased municipal budget for 2018-2019, significant increases in the Knox County and Regional School Unit ...
By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 15
In a quiet ceremony near Sandy Beach in Rockland Aug. 15, Taylor Hamlin accepted some unexpected gifts from some well-wishers.
Thomaston resident ...
Aug 15
Waldoboro Public Works is currently conducting maintenance along several roads in Waldoboro, including this on Old Route 1. The maintenance may ...
By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 15
Police Chief William Labombarde announced Aug. 14 that he will be stepping away from the Waldoboro Police Department and moving to Medomak Valley ...
By Louis Bettcher - Aug 14
The Rockport Select Board discussed a proposal which would ban the use of Styrofoam takeout containers by retail vendors on Aug. 13. The ban would ...
By Susan Mustapich - Aug 14
The SAD 28 School Board voted Aug. 13 to send a $4.89 million proposal to a public vote in November, on renovating the Mary E. Taylor building for ...
By Susan Mustapich - Aug 14
A meeting to discuss a change order for the construction of the foundation of the new Camden Rockport Middle School was scheduled by SAD 28 ...
By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 14
Owls Head residents will be looking at a municipal budget increase of 4 percent at town meeting Aug. 27.
The Board of Selectmen signed the town ...
By Louis Bettcher - Aug 14
A special town meeting will be held at the Rockport Opera House on Aug. 27 to consider revising the tax increment financing district on Commercial ...
By Louis Bettcher - Aug 14
Despite a rainy start to the day, droves of swimmers and their attendants in kayaks or paddle boards took the plunge into West Penobscot Bay on ...
By Louis Bettcher - Aug 14
Sixteen bicycles have been awarded to local children by the Rockport Masonic Center for their participation in the Rockport Public Library's ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 13
The Rockland City Council voted Monday night, Aug. 13, to impose a limit on the number of large cruise ships that can come into the harbor.
The ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 13
The Rockland City Council voted Monday night, Aug. 13, to postpone until next month a vote on a six-month moratorium on marijuana production ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 13
A Marks Lane woman is the first person to take out nomination papers for a single seat on the Rockland City Council.
Brandy Perkins took out ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 13
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration announced Monday, Aug. 13, that Rockland has received an $830,000 grant to ...
By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 13
The town of Thomaston has been awarded a grant to help complete the final phase of the Business Block Streetscape Project.
At its Aug. 13 meeting, ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 12
Zola, a Cushing Labrador retriever, has bragging rights for the second straight year as the World Champion Boatyard Dog.
Zolo, who has the ...
By Dagney C. Ernest - Aug 11
The second annual Rockland Sculpture Race took place mid-afternoon Saturday, Aug. 11, in the midst of, and sponsored in great part by, the Maine ...
Aug 11
Erik Heim, CEO of Nordic Aquafarms, will present information and answer questions about the company's proposal to build an aquaculture facility in ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 11
Two current supervisors with the Rockland Police Department have applied to be the next chief.
City Manager Tom Luttrell said Friday, Aug. 10, ...
By Susan Mustapich - Aug 10
The School Administrative District 28 has withdrawn a request to change the zoning of its Knowlton Street property from traditional village to ...
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Aug 10
Students planning on auditioning for the Camden Hills Regional High School fall musical “Anything Goes” are encouraged to attend dance workshops ...
By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 10
The town of Waldoboro has announced the closure of the Pine Street Landing boat ramp.
Beginning Monday, Aug. 13, the ramp will be closed as ...
By Ethan Andrews - Aug 10
Waldo County Superior Court Justice Robert Murray on Wednesday sentenced Victoria Scott of Rockport to serve 11 years of a 16-year prison sentence ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 10
Rockland's downtown harborfront was filled Friday with people and boats as the 16th Annual Maine Boat & Home Show opened to sunny skies.
There ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 10
Residents of Rockland's South End are keenly focused on the potential sale of a home near the waterfront.
"The whole neighborhood is abuzz," Mayor ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 10
The Rockland City Council will consider Monday night extending the time when loading and unloading delivery trucks are prohibited downtown.
The ...
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Aug 09
The Online Absentee Ballot Request Service is now available for the Nov. 6 general and referendum election, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap ...
By Susan Mustapich - Aug 09
A public hearing will be held to discuss a proposed ban on plastic bags and polystyrene containers, and a 10-cent charge for carry-out paper bags, ...
By Stephanie Grinnell - Aug 09
With a just one step, Belfast Mayor Samatha Paradis did something no other mayor has done —participate in the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace ...
By Stephen Betts - Aug 08
The executive committee of the Maine Lobster Festival held a closed-door meeting Wednesday evening, Aug. 8, but is not revealing details of that ...
By Daniel Dunkle - Aug 08
Behind the Nativity Lutheran Church on Old County Road there is a narrow walking trail through the tall grass of the field called Serenity Path by ...
By Susan Mustapich - Aug 08
Recommendations on commercial cannabis growing and manufacturing businesses are not heading to a November vote at the polls in Camden.
The select ...
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By Daniel Dunkle - Aug 08
A member of the Nativity Lutheran Church on Old County Road found a dead body on a walking trail behind the church on Sunday morning, July ...
By Beth A. Birmingham - Aug 08
With temperatures nearly unbearable Aug. 7, most of the local activity was found at the beach. Above, at Crescent Beach in Owls Head, Tad, Con, ...
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