Owls Head, ME

ROCKLAND, Maine — A juvenile is facing charges of theft and assault, among other charges, after allegedly taking a woman's cellphone on Sunday in Rockland. Around 2 a.m., Rockland Police responded to the South End and found an intoxicated juvenile in a "verbal domestic dispute," according to a news release issued on Facebook by the Rockland Police Department.

KNOX COUNTY — “It’s crazy to go from ‘how am I going to cover some shifts’ to ‘wow, we’re fully staffed,’” said Thomaston Police Chief Tim Hoppe. Not long ago, law enforcement agencies in Knox County were struggling to fill patrol vacancies within their departments. Recently, a new – yet still small – nibble of interest is being seen along the baited lines cast in Knox County, but those lines slacken and tighten continuously along the way.

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 27-Feb. 3. Stacey Marcouillier to Ryan O’Neill. Peter L. Rubenstein and Jennifer D. Rubenstein to Nancy J. Hughes. Augustus D. Lookner and Jenna L. Lookner to Thomas Carlo Light Lookner and Grayson...

WARREN — A Waldoboro man has been arrested following an assault that left a Warren woman hospitalized with serious life threatening injuries. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at 2:26 p.m., the Knox Regional Communications Center received a call in reference to an assault that occurred on Oyster River Road in Warren. Knox County Sheriff’s deputies, along with Warren Rescue responded.

Matthew Pendleton faces charges in connection with the killing of Kevin Curit in January. The state and defense agreed to a grand jury for early next month.

MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — Minimalist landscape photography strives for simplicity, sparseness and careful composition, shying away from overabundance of color, patterns or information. At the Mount Desert Island Photo Club meeting at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14, Jon Tobiasz, one of the winners of the 2022 Minimalism Photography Awards, will...

It was the end of January, following a pair of terrible storms that dumped a huge amount of snow and then a huge amount of freezing rain across the state when the Green Meadow Farm suffered an awful blow; the barn housing about 50 of their animals, including cows, pigs, chickens, and a donkey, collapsed under the weight of all that wet snow.

The Goldwater Institute, a national conservative group, has sent a letter to the Lincoln County Central School District threatening legal action because a mother says her child was counseled about gender identity without her knowledge. They claim the district violated Amber Lavigne’s constitutional rights. The Maine Wire reported on...

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Jan. 25 - Feb. 3. An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles aged 17-or-younger are not named. Jan. 26. Joanna Mehuren, 37, of Gouldsboro,...

BEFAST — “The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce is always exited to break out the big red ribbon and scissors to celebrate a business opening, business growth, or new ownership,” said the Chamber, in a news release. On Friday morning, February 3, Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce...

Four members of the Fredericton Toboggan Club returned home as winners after competing in the U.S. National Toboggan Championship in Camden, Maine. The Crazy Canucks team brought home the bronze in the four-person category at an international competition with more than 1,000 participants from as far away as Ireland. "It...

ROCKLAND — The Knox County Emergency Management Agency issued the following warming center list Friday afternoon.

CAMDEN, Maine (WABI) - With temperatures rising back above zero, it’s time to sled. The sun is shining and it’s a beautiful day to hit the slopes and the chute, down in Camden. Despite the delay, the races are underway. In its 32nd year, annual U.S. National Toboggan...

ROCKLAND — Parking space requirements could be the deciding factor as to whether a methadone clinic already operating in Rockland will be permitted to relocate to a certain other Rockland location. New Season Treatment Center currently operates at 166 New County Road. However, its owner, Metro Treatment of Maine,...

CAMDEN — Mark and Catherine Bradsheet are asking the Town of Camden for permission to establish a stand or shack by the fisherman’s dock on the Public Landing, from which they would sell lobster on a daily basis. The Select Board will take up the discussion Feb. 7...

So earlier this week, Lincolnville Central School posted a photo of its Kindergarten class wearing the groundhog masks they had made in honor of Groundhog Day. They were all so adorable, though if I am being honest, a bit unsettling. Something about those long toothed rodent faces.... But it got me thinking about my own Kindergarten class, 1980-1981. The FIRST LCS Kindergarten.

CAMDEN, Maine — Hundreds of teams are racing their toboggans at the annual U.S. National Toboggan Championships at the Camden Snow Bowl in Camden. The races typically get underway Saturday, with teams of two, three or four teams racing their toboggans down a 400-foot toboggan chute that dates back to the 1930s. But due to the recent cold snap and mild temperatures from early winter. This year's tournament has a different look.

Nobleboro girls basketball team defeated South Bristol 47-36 on February 6 to advance to the Busline League Small School South Division championship game. The Lions were led by Lilly LaBrie with 18 points, Rowan Coffin 11 and Brea Lafrenaye 10. The Mariners were led by Izzy Bhe with 24 points. Nobleboro will take on Boothbay on Wed., Feb. 8 at 3:45 p.m.

The Friends of the Rockland Public Library is holding on online auction, from February 12 to February 18, of an elegant wooden card catalogue. The online auction web address is https://www.32auctions.com/FRPLauction2023. “The hardwood catalogue case evokes the by-gone days of the Rockland Public Library, when each and every book in...

OWL’S HEAD — Bonnie Post, of Owls Head, dedicated a lifetime to helping others in myriad ways. She died peacefully January 29, 2023, at the Owls Head Homestead, after a period of declining health. Bonnie was born in Santa Barbara, California, on January 27, 1944, to Sgt. Francis...