An argument between a couple that turned violent ended in the arrest of a Swanville man the evening of Sept. 21.
At about 8:20 p.m. Waldo County Sheriff's Deputy Jonathan Shaw responded to a Harriman Road residence for a report of a domestic incident.
Upon arriving, Shaw interviewed 51-year-old David Knowlton and the alleged victim. Shaw learned that a verbal argument between Knowlton and the victim escalated to ...
An argument between a couple that turned violent ended in the arrest of a Swanville man the evening of Sept. 21.
At about 8:20 p.m. Waldo County Sheriff's Deputy Jonathan Shaw responded to a Harriman Road residence for a report of a domestic incident.
Upon arriving, Shaw interviewed 51-year-old David Knowlton and the alleged victim. Shaw learned that a verbal argument between Knowlton and the victim escalated to ...
Law enforcement officials with Belfast Police Department reported the following recent activity:
Sept. 20
Robert D. Dearborn, 54, of Searsmont, operating under the influence.
Sarah R. Higgins, 30, of Liberty, arrested on a warrant.
Sept. 19
Thomas D. Fish, 50, of Union, operating under the influence.
Sept. 18
Michael F. Clark, 53, of Swanville, operating under the influence.
Emily M. Russell, 21, of Belfast, ...
Belfast police are searching for the person or people responsible for drilling into vehicle gas tanks around the city.
Sgt. John Gibbs said police received three complaints in Belfast and one complaint in Searsport after it was discovered holes were drilled into vehicle's gas tanks. In some cases, Gibbs said the complainants started their vehicles and noticed their fuel gauge was on empty. He said other people ...
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What started as a routine day of work to be followed with some last-minute shopping in Bangor before the school year kicked off turned into a life-altering experience for a senior at Waldo County Technical Center.
While driving toward Bangor Aug. 31 after getting out of work, Hannah Nichols noticed a number of vehicles flashing their headlights at her as she traveled along Route 1A (Main Road South) in Frankfort. ...
From the entrance of City Park, the tops of two red pines stick up above a scatter of shorter ornamentals like bristly goalposts. If you were to draw a line, or kick a football, from the gate at Northport Avenue straight downhill to the bay, the pines would lie equally to the left and right of it.
These and other symmetries — a pair of shady linden groves flanking the tennis courts and a row of horse chestnuts ...
The Islesboro Department of Public Safety reported the following activity from Aug. 24 to Sept. 13.
Sept. 13
Public Safety Director Fred Porter received a report of suspicious activity on Main Road. The incident remains under investigation.
Sept. 12
Porter conducted a hunting detail on Meadow Pond Road. There were no violations.
Porter conducted a shellfish detail at Mill Dam, Parkers Cove and Hutchins Island. ...
Roger Bohn and Michael Hoess, friends visiting Belfast, weren't the first to see smoke coming from a wooden enclosure on Pendleton Lane. But they were the first to put water on it and may have kept it from getting out of control.
Bohn of New Jersey and Hoess of Philadelphia said their first response after happening on the scene was to try to find a fire extinguisher and alert the Main Street businesses that back ...
There's a regular playground in front of Capt. Albert Stevens Elementary School with swings, a climbing wall and courses of brightly painted platforms, ladders and slides. But some of the younger grades take recess behind the school in a grassy triangle that for the past few years has had a wigwam at one end.
David Hurley, an ed tech at the school, built a smaller one several years ago using branches lashed ...
Police charged a Belfast man who flipped his motorcycle while driving on Lincolnville Road.
At about 1:45 p.m. Sept. 18, police and emergency personnel responded to a motorcycle crash on Lincolnville Road in Belmont near Belmont Motorcycle Performance. An investigation by Deputy Dan Thompson of Waldo County Sheriff's Office determined 20-year-old Robert F. McKinney flipped his 1980 Suzuki GS450 motorcycle ...
A two-vehicle crash the morning of Sept. 27 left one person with serious injuries.
At about 9:32 a.m. Deputy Dan Thompson responded to a two-vehicle crash on Waldo Station Road in Waldo. A 1999 Saturn passenger car driven by Siiri N. Pinkham, 19, of Montville was traveling south on Waldo Station Road when Pinkham turned to speak to her passenger.
At that time, Pinkham’s Saturn drifted across the center line and ...
Law enforcement officials with Belfast Police Department reported the following recent activity:
Sept. 26
Eric S. Ellis, 27, of Belfast, possession of a usable amount of marijuana; sale and use of drug paraphernalia.
Sept. 25
Mario Contreras, 26, of Newburgh, arrested for domestic violence criminal mischief.
Christopher R. Finley, 43, of Belfast, arrested for domestic violence assault.
Sept. 23
Elizabeth M. ...
“He said if we could just go one more year, that would be great,” Montville Historical Society President Debi Stephens said of fellow member Elmin Mitchell.
According to Stephens, Mitchell was the driving force — literally — behind the yearly horse-drawn wagon tours of Frye Mountain. Mitchell died April 22 following a bout with cancer and the tours this year are being held in his memory, she said.
“He's the one ...
The Lincolnville Select Board joined Rep. Christine Burstein, D-Lincolnville and new Lincolnville Planning Board member Dorothy Havey Sept. 28 in honoring Lois Lyman for her years of service to the town.
Lyman was a member of the town's Planning Board for 14 years, and according to Havey, her comprehensive plan developed for the town is used as a model for other towns around the state.
"Someone taught me a lesson ...
State police say a Searsport man died Tuesday, Sept. 29, in a single-vehicle crash on Route 3 in China.
Richard Breau, 37, was killed after his 2004 Volvo overturned on a curve, near S&T Motors, Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said in a press release. Troopers said the car left the road, hit an embankment and flipped over, landing on its wheels. Breau, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the ...
A number of streets in Waldo County are reportedly flooded as of 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, and a tree fell on power lines on Congress Street in Belfast.
Water encroached on Route 1 at Lincolnville Beach at high tide around 1 p.m., leading to a closure of that section of road.
Emergency dispatchers also were flooded with calls for water in basements, downed trees and at least one report of a stalled car stuck in ...