ST. GEORGE, Maine — In just over an hour Tuesday, residents adopted the $2.4 million municipal budget for 2013-2014. Voters overwhelmingly approved doubling the town’s fireworks budget to $10,000. The Select Board had proposed $5,000. The money is needed for St. George Days, the town’s annual summer fair, which has ...

OWLS HEAD, Maine — The state took an oceanfront home, a car and beloved cat from a Rockland man while he was living in a state-run mental hospital, according to a lawsuit filed by his sister. Earlier this year, the state sold oceanfront property owned by William T. Dean Jr., ...

ROCKLAND, Maine — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is warning the city that it faces legal action including financial penalties for problems with its sewer system that allow too much pollution to enter the harbor. The director of the city’s wastewater plant, however, said Rockland has spent $17 million ...

WASHINGTON, Maine — A 51-year-old Union man is in fair condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor following a Friday night motorcycle crash. At approximate 10:20 p.m. Friday, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a crash near 468 Augusta Road, also known as Route 17, in Washington, ...

ROCKLAND, Maine — An alert motorist and a city public works crew are credited with giving an early mother’s day gift to a mama duck. The ducklings were caught in a storm drain by the entrance to The Home Depot driveway on busy Route 1 in Rockland. Rockland Water Pollution ...

ROCKLAND, Maine — City Manager James Smith presented his 2013-2014 budget, which represents no increase, to city councilors on Thursday night. The $10,647,576 proposal eliminates a maintenance position at the Recreation Department and cuts a vacant Police Department secretary position. Savings are also realized by changes in the labor union ...

ROCKPORT, Maine — Concerns about Pen Bay Medical Center’s refusal to share the long-range master plan for its Route 1 medical campus dominated discussions Wednesday night as the hospital sought approval for a seven-bed hospice house. But in the end after more than an hour of discussions, the board voted ...

ROCKPORT, Maine — The select board is scheduled to interview seven finalists next week for the town manager job, the chairman of the board said Wednesday. The seven are all from Maine, board Chairman William Chapman said. “We are looking at a strong pool of candidates,” he said. “We’re in ...

ROCKPORT, Maine — Rockport may have a new fire chief starting next month for the first time in 42 years. Interim Rockport Town Manager Roger Moody said Tuesday that he has nominated Jason Peasley to be the town’s next fire chief. The Rockport Selectboard will vote on confirming Peasley at ...