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The Maine State Police reviewed nearly three dozen complaints about troopers who used physical force in the past decade. Not once did the agency determine the force was excessive.

CAMDEN — Members of the Camden Fire Department, along with participants from Rockland, Windsor and Brooklin fire departments, a trainee heading to Ukraine, and a Canadian who coordinates emergency reponse in the Caribbean, spent the weekend, Sept. 13 and 14, learning and practicing how to re…

BELFAST — The MaineHealth Waldo Hospital healing garden, which can be seen from the hospital’s cancer care and IV therapy unit, has has been completed. 

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Sept. 9-12.

Belfast 

Suzanne R. Trumbull and James Hershleder to CTSDET Trust. 

Patricia A. Reed Est. to Randy and Valerie J. Kreider. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King, I-Maine, a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), is calling on SASC Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) to hold a hearing on President Trump’s deployment of American troops into American cities.

ROCKLAND — Now that the Bog Trail has been established, creation of another access trail is being eyed, which will allow substantial progress to the Waterfront to Wilderness project, according to Jenny Carter, City of Rockland Sustainability and Community Developmen…

HALLOWELL — In a Sept. 16 news release, Maine's Public Advocate said she is concerned about the scale of a Central Maine Power Company spending plan that would, if approved, affect customers beginning in October 2026.

CMP filed a five-year, $1.4 billion-plus spending plan, with th…

'If we want to make it a better country, if we're serious, we would do well to begin with a few simple lessons from the past." — David McCullough, from 'The Good Work of America'

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Sept. 6-10. 

Bridget M. Sawyer, 32, of Prospect, probation violation in Belfast Aug. 4, 2022, six months in jail and probation partially revoked. 

Update (Sept. 16, 2025): A cause of fire will not be determined due to the extent of damage to the structure housing Sweetgrass Winery and Distillery. The Fire Marshal's Office was notified of the blaze at the time of the Sept. 15 incident, yet with nothing about the scene provoking suspicion and with the amount of dam…

ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Sept. 8-12.    

Camden

Scot Pierce to Melissa L. Powers.

Katherine M. Bestwick and Charles Bestwick to Kristine M. Phillips.

My older brother Bill recently moved back to town. He retired from his career as a high school math teacher, purchased a little place up on Masalin Road, and plans to offer tutoring for International Baccalaureate students, maybe pick up some carpentry skills, and, of course, find time to harvest blueberries in the summer,…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Sept. 2-11.

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.

Sept. 2

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Aug. 20 - Sept. 11.

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.

Aug. 20…

LIBERTY — The driver of a big rig truck is uninjured, having vacated when smoke and flames began, but the scene at the intersection of Routes 220 and 105 in Liberty, Friday afternoon, would become tense through at least one brief duration of time.

“There were 10 minutes of heavy fire, a lot of explosions,” sai…

The Town of Camden issued the following information Sept. 11 about parking in the downtown:

OWLS HEAD — Two hundred years ago today, the Owls Head Lighthouse beamed its first light toward the sea with the intention of guiding mariners to shore and evolving into an assurance to those seeking tangible markers in an ocean of uncertainty. To mark the occasion, and each of those 200 y…

ROCKLAND – The following comprises recent court activity in Knox County, including a woman who remains in custody at the Knox County Jail for drug trafficking and a man who was charged with engaging a prostitute completes his case in court.

Matinicus woman arrested for trafficking cocaine

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Aug. 25-29.

Belfast

Elizabeth W. and Rick N. Fitzsimmons to Seth N. Fitzsimmons. 

Paula M. Urbach to William and Deirdre Briggs. 

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Aug. 26-Sept. 5.

William W. Alexander, 30, of Portland, operating under the influence (alcohol) in Rockport Sept. 15, 2024, $750 fine, license suspended 150 days.

The Waldo County Democratic Committee will hold a Democratic Candidates for Governor Forum September 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Mount View High School, 577 Mount View Road, in Thorndike. The venue was changed from its former Searsmont location in order to accommodat…

 AUGUSTA – In a Sept. 8 news release, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said she issued a formal letter of response to the U.S.

CAMDEN — The Select Board will convene Tuesday evening, Sept. 9, at 6:30 p.m.

Camden municipal staff and Pennsylvania-based parking kiosk installers have been busy since Monday afternoon cleaning the screens, card readers and receipt printer ports of Camden's new parking kiosks that were vandalized between 3 and 4 a.m. Sept. 8, the Camden Town Office said Sept. 9.…

It was a blessedly damp Sunday morning. The rain was so very welcome after an extremely dry spell. 

I love a rainy weekend morning. The weekend chores were mostly completed yesterday, and Sunday afternoon football is back on. Autumn in Maine.