ROCKLAND (AP) — A former Maine jail guard has been sentenced to one year in prison on charges of sexually assaulting three female inmates. WABI-TV reported that 62-year-old Richard Wellingon pleaded no contest on Friday to unlawful sexual contact and unlawful touching. Prosecutors said Wellington, a former guard at the Knox County jail, molested the […]
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Democratic state representative from Rockland resigns
ROCKLAND — State Rep. Elizabeth Dickerson, a second-term Democratic House member from Rockland, announced she is resigning. Dickerson was re-elected in November to a second term from House District 93, which encompasses Rockland and Owls Head. She defeated Republican James Kalloch 1,744 to 1,612. “After much thought and deliberation, I am announcing that I will […]
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State shuts down raffle created to raise money for Rockland farm market’s new cooler
ROCKLAND — Cheryl Denz said she never imagined that she was doing something wrong when she organized a raffle to help pay for a new cooler for her downtown farm market. But a call from the gaming division of the Maine Department of Public Safety on Monday informed her otherwise. Denz has operated the Terra […]
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‘We will restore her’: Iconic Maine sloop rescued from trash heap
ROCKLAND — A crowd of boating enthusiasts welcomed the arrival Dec. 2 of the newest addition to the Sail, Power and Steam Museum — a circa-1900 Friendship sloop. Noel March, the newly elected commodore of the Friendship Sloop Society, said the Blackjack may be one of the two oldest Friendship sloops in the world. Capt. […]
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Rockland mom to serve 14 days for leaving 2-year-old alone overnight
ROCKLAND — A Rockland woman will serve up to 14 days in jail after admitting to leaving her 2-year-old son alone at home while she spent the night at a friend’s house. Destiny Barrett, 22, pleaded guilty Thursday morning in Rockland District Court to endangering the welfare of a child. Judge Patrick Ende accepted the […]
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Rockland nonprofit uses volunteer power to keep Mainers warmer in the winter
ROCKLAND — It all started so small, Richard Cadwgan marveled this week as he looked around at the Window Dressers’ busy teaching workshop space in Rockland’s Lincoln Street Center — space that is packed with the makings for thousands of low-cost, high-efficiency thermal window inserts. Back in 2009, Cadwgan, a retired geotechnical engineer who lives in […]
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Attorney for former Camden charity president confirms his client is ‘target’ of federal probe
ROCKLAND — The attorney for a Rockport man who is accused of stealing $3.8 million in charitable donations during the past 13 years confirmed in a court filing Monday that his client is the target of a federal investigation. And because of that, attorney Peter DeTroy of Portland asked that the state court order a […]
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Rockland arrest couple living in tent on private property
ROCKLAND — A couple was arrested Thursday morning after police said they refused to leave a tent site on private property where they had been living with three children. Both the minister of the church that owns the land where the couple had set up their tent site and the lead police officer in the […]
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Three struck and injured by Shriner go-cart during Maine Lobster Festival
ROCKLAND — A 79-year-old woman was treated at Penobscot Bay Medical Center Saturday after being struck by a Kora Temple Shrine go-cart during the Maine Lobster Festival parade. At about 10:23 a.m. Saturday, the go-cart drove onto the sidewalk on Main Street near AutoZone and struck the woman, as well as a 43-year-old man and […]
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Celebration of Maine’s signature seafood kicks off Wednesday
ROCKLAND (AP) — It’s time for lobster lovers to get their bibs out. The 67th annual Maine Lobster Festival kicks off Wednesday in Rockland with five days of festivities that celebrate the state’s signature seafood. The festival event draws about 100,000 visitors who put away more than 20,000 pounds of lobster. Besides lobster, the festival […]