BELFAST — AngelCom IT Services announces the promotion of Josiah Twitchell to manager of the Belfast office location at 107 Church Street. Formally ArchAngel Computers, AngelCom IT Services…
Commerce
new board position added
ROCKLAND — The Sail, Power, and Steam Museum, of Rockland, announced that its board has expanded in recent months – first with the addition of a new member of the board, and secondly with the…
ROCKLAND – A Rockport pizza joint may soon relocate to Camden Street if approval is granted by the Rockland Planning Board.
Aphiwat Ruklittikul (Mr. Wat) is seeking to bring his takeout…
ROCKLAND — Aaron Chase and Alvin Chase, Jr. have transitioned their company, Eastern Tire and Auto Service, to a 100% employee-owned company through its newly created Employee Stock Ownership Plan…
UNITY — Freedom resident and local attorney Tyler C. Hadyniak, Esq, of Mailloux and Marden, P.A., has joined the Sebasticook Regional Land Trust Board of Directors following the Trust’s monthly…
The Megunticook Watershed Association announces the appointment of Tim Trumbauer as the Association's new executive director and lake warden. Trumbauer's experience includes nearly twenty years of…
rebates, tax credits, incentives
“The City’s new Recharge Rockland program will showcase State and federal financial incentives to help make Rockland homes and businesses more energy efficient through weatherization and…
SWANVILLE — The Monroe Road in Swanville will be closed Wednesday, April 26 and Thursday, April 27, from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., for culvert replacement.
Updates will be posted on the Town…
‘HIOBS is a new adventure, but it feels like I am finally returning home’
CAMDEN — Hurricane Island Outward Bound School (HIOBS), an organization focused on character education through outdoor expeditions, recently welcomed Emily Shames as its new Director of Culture…
AUGUSTA — Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, and fellow lawmakers welcomed Anna Carpenter of Camden and her parents, Judith Carpenter and Jack Carpenter,…
BANGOR — The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing an inspection of the bridge on I-395 over Main Street in Bangor on the evening of Tuesday, April 25. Work will start at 6:30 p.m…
YARMOUTH — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the I-295 Exit 15 northbound off-ramp overnight on Wednesday to make pavement repairs.
The ramp will be closed from 8 p.m…
Steel-Pro, Inc. has announced the promotions of two employee-owners, Dylan Morong and Thomas Kennedy, to Vice President positions. Morong and Kennedy have served the company as Project Manager and…
The Comprehensive Sexuality Education Conference Awards Committee recently awarded OUT Maine its Community Pillar Award.
The Community Pillar Award recognizes a community organization that…
CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club has awarded six grant awards totaling $30,000 to assist local nonprofit organizations this year.
The Knox Clinic received $10,000 for its…
MONTVILLE — No Greater Love Food Pantry, in Belfast, received a donation from Montville-based ReVision Energy of a 2016 Ford T250 transit van. The van enables the food pantry to continue picking…
Firearm detections increased by 10.3%, while rate of firearms detected per million passengers is down
WASHINGTON — Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted 1,508 firearms at airport security checkpoints during the first quarter of 2023, which ended March 31, averaging 16.8…
KITTERY — The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing an inspection of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge from April 24 to April 28. This lift bridge carries the Route 1 Bypass over the…
Interest rates and lower-than-normal inventory led to a single-family existing home sales decline of 16.78 percent in March. According to Maine Listings, 858 homes changed hands last month,…
between Brunswick and Topsham
BRUNSWICK/TOPSHAM — The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing a bridge inspection of the Frank J. Wood Bridge between Tuesday, April 25 and Thursday, April 27. This bridge carries…
Loaded with new and used spring and summer outdoor gear and clothing
CAMDEN—With spring gradually fading in, people’s thoughts are turning to outdoor activities, such as hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking, and other recreation.
Midcoast Sports Exchange, a…
Succeeded by Justin Edelstein
SACO — Maine Water Company has announced that Greg Leighton is retiring on April 20, 2023, after a distinguished 35 year career with Maine Water. Leighton shared his retirement plans in early 2022…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Last week’s CR-V and this Accord Sport both have Honda’s new so-called two-…
Each day, the library will have a theme
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library is celebrating National Library Week this April 23-29 by inviting the public to enjoy the many stories that the library has to offer, as…
funding scholarships so everyone can have a seat in the boat
CAMDEN — Sixty plus rowers ranging in age from 14-70+ are racking up miles on their ergs (rowing machines) in a team effort to row the length of the coast of Maine this April. That’s 3,500 miles…
ROCKPORT — Maine Behavioral Healthcare (MBH) and Pen Bay Pediatrics welcome Psychiatrist Nicole Jederlinic, DO, to their teams.
Dr. Jederlinic earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from…
ROCKLAND – A resolve to accept donations toward the hire of an attorney specializing in fighting cell tower and 5G industries was defeated during a meeting of Rockland City Council, Monday, April…
ROCKLAND — Kimberly Hamilton, Ph.D., has been appointed to serve as Island Institute’s new president, effective April 1, 2023.
Hamilton, who served as interim chief programs officer since…
Edward H. Best Company has been acquired by Windward Ventures LLC, a Maine-based investment group. The Edward H. Best…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Is a hybrid vehicle the best of both worlds, internal combustion and battery drive, each neatly positioned to supplement the other? Or is it neither fish nor fowl, a mash-…
The hunt is on for invasive plants, macro invertebrates and local weather statistics thanks to five new grants recently awarded by the Stewardship Education Alliance. This spring students from The…
ROCKLAND — Pen Bay Primary Care, located at 22 White Street in Rockland, welcomes Teagan O’Toole, PA-C, to the team.
Before joining the primary care team, O’Toole worked as a physician…
BELFAST — Heléna Melone, of Datura Arts, has been named 2023 Artist of the Year by The Belfast Arts in the Park Event Committee.
As both a visual artist and a dancer, Melone’s work is…
spent 30 years in Corporate America
The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes Chris W. Nickerson to their Board of Directors. Nickerson is the founder of Whale’s Tooth Ventures, LLC, a restaurant and hospitality holding and…
aiming to determine why people with Type 2 diabetes and obesity are at higher risk for Longterm ailments
PORTLAND — The MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR) has been awarded $802,753 by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore a theorized cause of Long COVID. The Pathobiology in…
NEW ‘Safety and the Supervisor’ and coming soon ‘Mental Health First Aid at Work’
Join the Maine Department of Labor for no-cost upcoming safety trainings.
Upcoming classes:
Lockout/Tagout – Control of Hazardous Energy: April 3, 2023 from 8:30 a.m…
creating a community where everyone can feel safe
New Hope Midcoast, the Domestic Violence Resource Center serving Midcoast Maine, is asking everyone to join them in creating a place where people feel safe, supported and included through through…
SEARSPORT — The Town of Searsport has provided information regarding several construction projects lined up to begin in 2023.
“The following is the best information available as of today…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Like a robin hopping across a lawn newly free of snow, the first rear-wheel-drive coupe of the year signals the end of winter. Except there’s always at least one more snow…
a portable version of the group’s posters
First National Bank has donated $4,000 to Finding Our Voices to sponsor the 2023 bookmarks that are a chief way the survivor-powered, grassroots nonprofit is breaking the silence of domestic abuse…
THOMASTON — Pope Memorial Humane Society (PMHS) has received a generous $75,000 matching gift from Martine Richard LaBrie and Dr. Henry LaBrie, of Friendship, to support the medical care of…
‘truly a testament to every one of our drivers' attention to safety’
ROCKLAND — Maritime Energy has been awarded the 2022 Fleet Service Award from The Hanover Insurance Group for Two Million Safe Driving Miles in 2022 with One Traffic Incident.
“The award…
‘an opportunity of a lifetime’
Maine Seacoast Mission has hired Simone Babineaux as the nurse aboard the Sunbeam V, the Mission’s 74-foot boat which provides outreach and health services to unbridged islands on the…
Healthy Living for ME has announced several leader trainings occurring throughout 2023 for Mainers who are interested in volunteering with the organization as a workshop…
‘The world is burning, and everything is ending....what do I wish I had done differently in the past 10 years?’
ROCKLAND — Molly Staples coordinates the new Extended Learning Opportunities program at Oceanside High School. She finds professionals in the community who will answer student questions or allow…
The Maine Attorney General’s office has issued a warning about an active online scam involving the fraudulent sale of used and/or antique motor vehicles.
Scammers are using the names of…
bringing together thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators to explore sustainable economic development in Maine's coastal communities
ROCKLAND — Rockland Main Street, the Island Institute, Steelhouse, the Penobscot Bay Chamber of Commerce, the City of Rockland, and Mid-Coast School of Technology, are partnering with Northeastern…
updating equipment and other supporting materials
Avae Traina, Total Energy Management Market Lead for Municipalities and Education at Siemens, presented a Siemens Empower STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) grant to RSU 40…
