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Rockland overnight parking ban begins
Rockland's overnight parking ban has started. The city ordinance prohibits vehicles from parking along city streets, lots or sidewalks from 2 to 6 a.m. from Dec. 1 through March 31. The ordinance is...
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School bus goes off road
A school bus went off the road Friday, Dec. 4, injuring the driver. The driver was the only person on the bus when it went off Depot Street, Knox County Sheriff Tim Carroll said. The driver's injuries...
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Knox County court news
The following cases were completed in the Knox County court from Nov. 27 through Dec. 4. William J. Doniel, 42, Thomaston, probation violation on a prior operating after habitual offender revocation,...
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SAD 40 bus goes off road
A SAD 40 school bus went off the road Friday, Dec. 4, injuring the driver. The driver, Wendy Daggett of Union, was the only person on the bus when it went off Depot Street, Knox County Sheriff Tim...
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Police probe break-in at Rockland business
Rockland police are investigating a break-in at a city business. The burglary and theft was discovered Dec. 7 when employees of Prompto 10 Minute Oil Change at 74 Camden St. arrived at work. A rear...
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Man gets 19 years for providing drugs that led to St. George man's death
A federal judge sentenced a Massachusetts man Dec. 7 to 19 years in prison for selling fentanyl to a St. George man who died from an overdose, calling the case a modern American tragedy. Cameron Soto,...
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The following deed transfers were recorded from Dec. 1 through Dec. 7 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds: Camden Alexander S. Kuli and Gladys B. Kuli to Robert B. Sullivan and David T. Bowles....
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Driver charged after car knocks down pole
A Washington woman was arrested for operating under the influence after she crashed her car into a utility pole Friday night in Rockland, knocking out power for a section of the city. Jessica Lee, 33,...
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Knox County court cases
The following cases were completed in the Knox County court from Dec. 4 through Dec. 11. Peter S. Thompson Jr., 42, Warren,was sentenced Dec. 9 for assaulting a family member with dumbbells last year...
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Pair accused of Rockland burglary, theft spree
Two Rockland men were arrested Friday, accused of breaking into Prompto last week, and attempting to break into the Breakwater Marketplace and the Rockland Transfer Station. Harold R. Tarbox III, 29;...
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Thomaston man admits to role in prison farm death
A 35-year-old Thomaston man admitted Dec. 17 that he caused the death of a fellow inmate at the state prison farm in June 2018. Zachary W. Titus pleaded guilty Dec. 17 to manslaughter. He previously...
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MVHS student ID'd as victim in fatal Warren crash
A Medomak Valley High School student was identified by the school Dec. 17 as the driver who died Wednesday night when a pickup truck crashed on the Western Road in Warren and caught fire. Knox County...
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The following deed transfers were recorded from Dec. 8 through Dec. 14 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds: Appleton Ava Y. Goodale, Olivia Y. Goodale and Olivia Young Goodale to Chelsea Blaise and...
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Knox County court news
The following cases were completed in the Knox County court from Dec. 11 through Dec. 18. Mont Daniello III, 50, Thomaston, domestic violence assault on April 1 in Thomaston, two years in jail with...
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Police say man was injured in homeowner defense
A man who attempted to assault a Union homeowner was injured Dec. 20 when the homeowner defended himself, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office. William J. Doniel, 42, of Union, was arrested...
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Kidnapping call turns out to be scam attempt
A Dec. 21 telephone call to a grandmother, claiming her granddaughter was kidnapped, turned out to be a scam attempt, Thomaston's police chief said. A woman in Augusta received a call from someone who...
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The following deed transfers were recorded from Dec. 15 through Dec. 21 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds: Appleton Hugh M. Hall III to CTL Land Management Services Inc. CTL Land Management...
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Lawsuit claims island man sexually assaulted boys 30 years ago
Two men have filed a civil lawsuit against a Vinalhaven man, alleging he sexually assaulted them when they were boys 30 years ago. The attorney for Kevin E. Hopkins of Vinalhaven has denied the claims...
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Hearings result in few changes of cases handled by former officers
Hearings were held this week in more than 40 cases in which three former Rockland police officers, enmeshed in an animal cruelty case, were to have testified. In the end, only a few cases were...
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Rockland police respond to series of violent offenses overnight
Rockland police responded to three separate incidents Saturday night in which threats and actual violence occurred, police reported. On Saturday, Dec. 26 at 11:30 p.m., officers responded to a...
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