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12/02/2025

The preliminary 2026 state valuation shows a wide range of changes for municipalities within Knox and Waldo counties.

12/01/2025

Winter parking bans are being announced in advance of the snowstorm forecast to strike Maine.

12/01/2025

As more and more “third places” — like malls and cafés that have historically been teen after-school hotspots — disappear, teens have fewer and fewer options for places to go after school. It can be difficult to find quiet, neutral locations to hang out or do schoolwork, which creates less community and more isolation.

Belfast is creating a space where teens can be teens.

11/30/2025

The school bus that was operated in the Nov. 21 death of Brayden Callahan has been decommissioned, the superintendent announced Sunday, Nov. 30.

ROCKLAND — The school bus that was operated in the Nov. 21 death of Brayden Callahan has been decommissioned, the superintendent announced Sunday, Nov. 30.

11/30/2025

The annual Parade of Lights attracted large crowds who watched the procession of floats from the Maine State Ferry Terminal to past the Lobster Trap Tree.

ROCKLAND — The annual Parade of Lights attracted large crowds who watched the procession of floats from the Maine State Ferry Terminal to past the Lobster Trap Tree.

11/30/2025

When Hurricane Melissa tore across Jamaica on Oct. 28, it left behind one of the worst humanitarian crises in the island’s history. The Category 5 storm flattened homes, washed out roads, severed communications, and displaced hundreds of thousands of families. Many of the hardest-hit communities were the same ones that, year after year, send dozens of men to Maine to work the fields at Beth’s Farm Market in Warren. Those men, longtime seasonal neighbors in the Union/Warren area, suddenly found themselves thousands of miles from home as their families faced staggering loss. In Union, one small church decided that distance didn’t lessen the obligation to help.

Union Church Leads Heartfelt Relief Effort for Jamaican Farmworkers

11/30/2025

Hundreds of children and adults gathered in Post Office Square in Belfast Saturday evening to welcome the arrival by fire truck of Santa and Mrs. Claus and to witness the lighting of the Christmas tree.

Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived by fire truck moments before the lighting of the Christmas tree.

11/29/2025

Dozens of people flocked to Balsam Hill Farm in Hope on Friday and Saturday to buy Christmas trees and Maine-made wreaths during the farm's opening weekend. While precut trees were available, many customers opted to cut their own. Located on Barrett Hill Road, the farm follows no-spray and other natural growing practices.

Balsam Hill Farm in Hope opened for the season on Friday.

11/29/2025

North Haven Community School will forego its 2025-26 boys basketball season due to a lack of eligible players.

North Haven Community School, with only 51 students in grades kindergarten through 12, hopes to return next year.

11/29/2025

A Warren man was arrested Thanksgiving Day in New Jersey, accused of robbing a bank in Scarborough.

ROCKLAND — A Warren man was arrested Thanksgiving Day in New Jersey, accused of robbing a bank in Scarborough.

11/29/2025

“Desiring to simplify” his life, E.B. White famously left New York City for Maine in 1938. From his saltwater farm in Brooklin, he continued to write prolifically — for The New Yorker and Harper’s and elsewhere — and published books, too, some (ostensibly) for children. He also became a gentleman farmer, as concerned with daily chores as world affairs. Still, White was from away. Like me.

E.B. White gives us something for every season in life.

11/28/2025

Longtime restauranteurs Kate and Mike Miller announced Nov. 28 that they will no longer operate the Landings Restaurant.

ROCKLAND — Longtime restauranteurs Kate and Mike Miller announced Nov. 28 that they will no longer operate the Landings Restaurant."After a meeting with our landlord, we were unable to come