Knox County News

ROCKLAND : The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay recently made a visit to the Knox Center for Long Term Care in Rockland, the first of many visits and service projects as the Coast Guard Cutter has adopted the Knox Center facility as its sponsor group.

Regional School Unit 13 nurse Lynne Hall said Nov. 6 that the district has received H1N1 vaccine for its children and will begin vaccinations at the end of next week.

THOMASTON : Our pet pick of the week is Suka. Suka is a 3-year-old spayed female Boxer mix.

UNION : A 53-year-old Union man was arrested Wednesday night after police said he attacked another man with a club.

Voters in Knox County went to the polls Tuesday to consider seven state questions, most of them the result of citizen initiatives, as well as a transportation bond and a constitutional amendment.

ROCKPORT : The 30th Annual Festival of Lights Craft & Gift Market sponsored by Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Saturday, November 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Samoset Resort in Rockport.

There have been at least three traffic checkpoints held this month in Knox County at which a variety of law enforcement departments, including the state's drug enforcement agency, have participated.

ROCKLAND : The Knox County Sheriff's Office has lost its second patrol administrator in a year.

ROCKLAND : The tradition of law for the Collins family continued with another generation last week in Knox County Superior Court.

The Maine Marine Patrol is investigating a complaint that two Tenants Harbor lobstermen cut lobster traps and one threatened another man with a shotgun.

It was just a small plastic box with some cash inside --$25 to $100, depending on whom you ask.

SOUTH THOMASTON : A South Thomaston man injured Friday evening, Oct. 23, when a pickup truck hit him was in fair condition 24 hours later at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.

THOMASTON : A. Mason Johnson Jr. said he has always been interested in town affairs and is concerned about keeping taxes under control.

A 36-year-old Washington man remains behind bars after a judge kept bail at $20,000 cash on the charges that he threatened to blow himself up at his mother's house with a home-made pipe bomb.

CAMDEN : Have you ever wished that you could do something to help the 10% of Maine families in need of food? You can! Join us on Sunday, November 1st, at 2:00 pm at First Church of Christ, Scientist, One Central Street, Camden, for a concert to benefit The Good Shepherd Food Bank.

The state Fire Marshal's Office said a Washington man is charged in connection with a pipe bomb incident at his home.

ROCKPORT : Town The library committee will meet Thursday, Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. and the harbor committee will meet at 5 p.m., both at the town office.

THOMASTON : Our pet pick of the week is Thurston. Thurston is a sweet 2-year-old neutered Beagle.

Camden's town manager has requested that Knox County include $90,000 in its budget for economic development initiatives and work with the private nonprofit Knox/Waldo Regional Economic Development Council.

BANGOR : Waldo and Knox county musicians will be featured Friday night, Oct. 9 on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network.