ROCKLAND — A diver was found dead following a search of Rockland Harbor, city police confirmed. The identity of the victim was not immediately available. The search began around 10 a.m. and involved the U.S. Coast Guard, Maine Marine Patrol, Rockland police and Rockland emergency crews. The search centered on Journey’s End Marina which is […]
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Maine Lobster Festival kicks off for 66th year
ROCKLAND (AP) — Lobster lovers are getting out their bibs for the state’s largest festival dedicated to Maine’s signature seafood. The 66th annual Maine Lobster Festival kicks off at noon Wednesday in Rockland with five days of festivities in celebration of the lobster. The festival each year draws about 100,000 visitors who put away more […]
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Karen Marks Lemke
1948 – 2013 LEWISTON — Karen Marks Lemke, 65, of Lisbon Falls, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 28, at Central Maine Medical Center with friends and family by her side. Karen was born on the same date in Rockland in 1948, the daughter of J. Edward and Geraldine Marks. She was raised in Thomaston and […]
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After dad makes impassioned speech, son withdraws guilty plea for assaulting him
ROCKLAND — A 21-year-old Rockland man who is accused of assaulting his father with a hammer last month withdrew his guilty plea Tuesday after his dad told the judge that he did not want his son to go to prison. Gabriel P. Grover had agreed Monday in Knox County Superior Court to plead guilty to […]
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Midcoast artists paint the blues
ROCKLAND — Not all blues riffs are auditory. Some spill out in spray paint stroked by the hands of an artist. To celebrate the 20th North Atlantic Blues Festival in Rockland next weekend, promoter Paul Benjamin struck a creative bridge between the arts. He asked 13 painters and sculptors to decorate a collection of guitars […]