First National Bank and First National Wealth Management have become the first sponsors of downtown Camden lampposts through the Camden Garden Club’s inaugural lamppost sponsorship program.…
Commerce
Availability of properties for sale continues to be an issue for buyers of single-family existing homes across Maine. According to Maine Listings, Realtors sold 708 homes last month—a dip of 19.4…
“Special Olympics helps me to believe in myself and do more things that make me happy,” said John Paul Carr, of Belfast.
SOUTH PORTLAND — Bank of America has awarded Special Olympics Maine a $50,000 Neighborhood Champion grant to help the nonprofit organization grow and reach more athletes with intellectual…
Additional two-year grant from Wyeth Foundation helps seed new chapter
CUSHING — In November 2022, the Langlais Sculpture Preserve was selected by the Ruth Foundation for the Arts (Ruth Arts) as an RDK Legacy grantee. The 90-acre former homestead of artist Bernard…
closing the Knox Center in June
ROCKLAND — Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) has retained a real estate broker to sell several properties in downtown Rockland, including the site that houses its long-term nursing care facility at 6…
ROCKPORT — “Buying a home has become increasingly challenging,” said Five Town Adult Ed, in a news release. “Even when prices were lower and there was more housing available it was hard to know…
closures/delayed starts continue into Wednesday
With a winter storm forecasted to bring heavy snow and high winds that will create hazardous driving conditions across the state, Governor Janet Mills has directed all State of Maine offices…
ROCKPORT — In early March, Ann Filley, Treasurer of the Friends of the Rockport Library, presented Library Director Ben Blackmon with a donation check for $10,000, to benefit the library.
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the only paid library staff member serving Liberty and Montville
LIBERTY — Liberty Library Director Barbara Rehmeyer has been recognized as “Solo Librarian of the Year” by the Association for Rural & Small Libraries. The award honors the solo or nearly-solo…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center has expanded its Palliative Care program after completing a two-year pilot project funded by a Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Foundation quality improvement grant.…
BELFAST — Waldo County General Hospital celebrates the completion of its Orthopedics and Sports Medicine expansion project, welcoming patients in the fully renovated space March 8.
The…
Ghislaine Bola moved to Maine from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2015. Before then, she’d been a practicing physician for five years.
In Maine she’s a medical assistant — which…
The week of March 13-19 is AmeriCorps week. Across the country more than 250,000 AmeriCorps members are helping their communities through their service in education, the environment, senior…
Heidi and Joel Neal, of Rockland, first purchased the Loyal Biscuit Co. in January of 2009. What was then a single retail location with one employee has since grown to add five additional…
a variety of academic and job training supports
The Maine Job’s and Recovery Plan has committed $6 million dollars to address the workforce development needs of those disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Maine’s Department of Education/…
A Rockland man is interested in transforming the Pyro City Maine building into a restaurant. Edgecomb selectmen received a request from businessman Steve Stinson about fire and sewer…
Maritime Energy promoted Charon Curtis to Senior Vice President. Charon joined Maritime in 2007 as the Operations Manager for the Maritime Farms convenience stores and a member of the senior…
Knox County is forecasted to receive approximately 5 - 8 inches of snow on Saturday, March 4, 2023. Some forecasts predict that the storm will begin around 3 a.m., and will last through the…
With four seats about to be vacated from the The Airport Public Advisory Committee (APAC), The Knox County Commission is asking for nominations to fill those seats.
The Airport Public…
Midcoast entrepreneurs
Maine Cup is a new business devoted to exploring the state’s coffee offerings one roaster at a time. The business' signature products is the state's only online coffee subscription solely devoted to…
WALDOBORO — Three new community members have recently been elected to serve on the Board of Directors at The Waldo Theatre, in Waldoboro. Shanna Castner, Buffy Hull and Samantha Wheeler were…
Representatives from Canadian mining company Exiro Mineral Corp were in Union and Warren last week to talk about their plans to look for nickel, copper and cobalt near Crawford Pond, a move has…
Feb. 27 meeting
ROCKLAND — “Something could be installed tomorrow and no one has to tell the City,” said Councilor Sarah Austin. “That’s my concern.”
At a Feb. 13 vote of four to one, with Councilor …
Starting March 1, nonprofit organizations providing the basic needs of food, housing, health and safety, and economic security to residents in Knox and Waldo counties can apply for a 2023 grant…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Due to a winter storm forecast to move into the coastal area overnight, Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital ambulatory and outpatient services will…
low-cost inserts providing lower fuel bills this year
Belfast/Searsport Window Dressers, serving Waldo County, announces another busy year saving residents money on fuel bills, keeping homes more comfortable, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and…
340 prepared meals supplied to Appleton residents in 2022
APPLETON — The Area Interfaith Outreach Food Pantry is looking for volunteer drivers in Appleton to assist with grocery deliveries. If you are able to help, please call AIO at 207-596-1043.
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Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine continue to be affected by rising mortgage interest rates and a smaller number of available homes for sale. Maine Listings announced a 34.99 percent…
$5,000 Heat Assistance Challenge to Raise $10,000 or more
The Shepard family and the Shepard Motor Group have announced another $5,000 fundraising challenge to raise additional funds for the AIO Energy Program.
“This year’s high cost of heating…
BELFAST — Waldo County Medical Partners Palliative Care, currently located within the Oncology practice at Waldo County General Hospital, will begin seeing patients at 125 Northport Ave., suite…
Jake Miller, of First National Bank in Rockland, has been elected as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce for 2023. Miller replaces Sheila Lowe, of…
community well-being, food insecurity, Belfast Public Health Nurse
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — The Coastal Healthcare Alliance, which includes Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital, has issued its first digital-only annual report with a focus on how…
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce Year in Review Awards Gala took place at the Samoset Resort on Friday, February 10, 2023. More than 250 Chamber member businesses, elected…
THOMASTON — Dream Local Digital recently promoted five employees to new positions within the marketing agency, overseeing both internal and external operations.
"Our theme for 2023 is…
available to year-round Five-Town CSD residents of all ages
CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club has added stipends for course-related expenses to its career technology education (CTE) scholarship program.
Scholarships and stipends for education-related…
Rockport writer Frank Burtnett has published the third edition of his book …
FRIENDSHIP — A construction company based in Massachusetts is under investigation by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following a workplace fatality that occurred in Friendship…
Bixby Chocolate Belize 70% Dark Chocolate Bar is a 2023 Good Food Award Finalist.
Spanning 42 states and Washington D.C., the Finalists stood out from the nearly 2,000 entries as the top…
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is seeking grant applications to assist in the creation, implementation, or enhancement of initiatives, programs, or projects that aim to divert…
CAMDEN — United Midcoast Charities recently announced the addition of three new Board members, whose diverse professional experiences range from organizational and community development to law.…
BEFAST — “The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce is always exited to break out the big red ribbon and scissors to celebrate a business opening, business growth, or new ownership,” said the Chamber,…
ROCKLAND — Parking space requirements could be the deciding factor as to whether a methadone clinic already operating in Rockland will be permitted to relocate to a certain other Rockland location…
THOMASTON — The OHSTT Transfer Station and The Stump Dump will be closed Feb. 4, 2023
The Friends of the Rockland Public Library is holding on online auction, from February 12 to February 18, of an elegant wooden card catalogue. The online auction web address is …
UNION — Galaxy the cow is in a sling to allow her legs relief and to promote blood flow. More than two dozen cows and pigs waited hours to be rescued after a…
ST. GEORGE — Due to the forecast for record low temperatures and issues related to the heating system, the St. George Recycling Facility will be closed on Saturday, February 4, 2023.
Solid…
‘I hope my election will inspire students to pursue interdisciplinary research relevant to coastal communities’
Heather Leslie, professor of marine science and director of the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, has been named a 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)…
CAMDEN — John Fromer of Appleton is the new Program Director at Merryspring Nature Center.
Fromer, who succeeds Brett Willard in that position, assumed his duties in mid-January and will…
In recognition of the heart health of its customers and associates and in conjunction with American Heart Month, Hannaford Supermarkets has announced that all 185 stores throughout New England and…
