It’s Wednesday afternoon at Walmart in Thomaston, and shoppers are rushing around — grabbing dog food, picking up prescriptions, perusing the towel aisle. It’s clear that the store, less than a…
Commerce
Municipalities lose hundreds of thousands whether they fight the retailers or not, and a slow-moving state appeals board doesn’t help.
Politicians are championing the arrival of $28 million in federal funds to expand broadband across rural sections of Maine. The money is to benefit broadband services in 24 communities, and 15,000…
creating environments where everyone feels safe, welcome, and included
ROCKLAND — Starting this spring, Trekkers will undergo a long-term Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) project with a mission to assure policies, procedures, and programs support best practices…
CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club Foundation has extended the deadline for grant applications from February 28 to March 19.
Nonprofit…
the benefits of community land trusts
CAMDEN — Brenda Torpy, who led the Champlain Housing Trust in Vermont for nearly 30 years, recently spoke to Camden Rotary Club about how community land trusts (CLTs) provide permanently…
rebuilding the administrative staff from the effects of COVID-19 pandemic
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School (HIOBS), an organization that focuses on experiential learning through outdoor expeditions, has announced Andy Colby as the new Director of Admissions.
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ranked 13th among survey group of 500 companies
Forbes has named MaineHealth one of America’s Best Large Employers in 2022.
Forbes partnered with independent research firm Statista to survey 60,000 people working for businesses…
AUGUSTA — A bill from Senator Chip Curry, D-Belfast, to improve the effectiveness of the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program passed in the Legislature’s Taxation Committee last week.
An…
Maine REALTORS® experienced the second-best January sales month on record for single-family existing homes last month. According to Maine Listings, while…
BAR HARBOR – Bar Harbor Bank & Trust employees recently presented $12,000 in donations from the Bank’s employee-driven charitable giving program, Casual for A Cause, to six nonprofit…
University of Maine Rural Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care
The University of Maine Rural Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care (RIBHPC) Training Program will offer a free, live webinar about early detection of psychosis, Friday, April 1, from 10:30…
the Battle of Mogadishu and ‘Black Hawk Down’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills …
Reducing Sexism and Violence
ROCKLAND — On Monday and Tuesday, March 14 and 15, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Maine Boys to Men will teach attendees how to bring Boys to Men programming, for middle and high school boys, to the…
aiming for successful interactions with persons with mental health conditions
KNOX COUNTY — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office has completed a pledge to improve its response to those with a mental health condition in Knox County. The pledge is part of an initiative called the…
CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club is providing …
Bringing 15 Years of NonProfit Experience to Organization
The Penobscot Bay YMCA has named Whitney Files as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective March 21, 2022. She was selected by the Y’s Board of Directors following a nationwide search. Files…
SEAL COVE — The Seal Cove Auto Museum Board of Directors welcomes Executive Director Ethan Yankura to the Seal Cove team.
A veteran nonprofit professional with an auto museum…
serving to replace and consolidate existing VA clinic leases at Saco and Portland locations
PORTLAND — The VA Maine Healthcare System’s new Portland Veterans Affairs Clinic was officially dedicated Feb. 11, 2022, in a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at its new location on West Commercial Street…
PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing I-295 over Veranda Street, in Portland, on the fourth weekend in April to accommodate the replacement of an aging interstate…
library is now the only institution anywhere with a complete run of the paper
BELFAST — The Belfast Free Library announces the digitization and microfilming of the complete run of The Waldo Independent newspaper. This digitized content is now freely available to the public…
‘pay-it-forward’ mission
CAMDEN — Heavenly Threads Thrift Shop, an outreach mission of the First Congregational Church U.C.C. of Camden, reports proceeds from sales at Heavenly Threads Thrift Shop have accounted for more…
In true Trekkers form, the interview with Evelyn Isom began with a “Would You Rather” question. “Would you rather show up chronically underdressed or overdressed?” I asked, to which Isom replied “…
learning a great deal about environmental research and the natural world
The Stewardship Education Alliance announces the opening of its Winter Grant Cycle. Teachers working in any school in the towns of Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport are invited to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six organizations in the state have received a total of $1,089,479 to support rural microborrowers and potential microborrowers, according to a news release.
These…
federally funded Summer Food Service Program
AUGUSTA — With the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maine public schools have long offered a nutritious breakfast and lunch meal program to thousands of income eligible children…
The Maine Lobster Festival recently donated $2,750 to Knox County Homeless Coalition, Rockland District Nursing Association, and Trekkers at its recent Board of Directors meeting. …
‘This if for our neighbors, our community members, our friends, and often our customers’
The Shepard family and the Shepard Auto Group have announced a $5,000 challenge to raise additional funds for the AIO Energy Program. The high cost of fuel, COVID-19 pandemic, and state and federal…
identifying key gaps in services and resources
OUT Maine’s new project aims to improve Maine’s health, behavioral health care for transgender youth
The Maine Health Access Foundation has funded a two-year project to improve the health and behavioral care provided to Maine’s transgender youth. In partnership with the Maine chapter of the…
SEARSMONT — The Searsmont Town Library Board of Trustees announces this year’s availability of the H. Joyce Withee Scholarship, a $500 scholarship for college students from Searsmont who are…
Donut’s life was spared because of the Sherman Medical Fund
THOMASTON — A couple from Friendship have stepped forward to offer a matching gift to help animals at Pope Memorial Humane Society (PMHS). Martine Richard LaBrie and Dr. Henry LaBrie, of…
Veterans Affairs Maine has comprehensive care for its women veterans throughout the state. The VA will host a virtual town hall, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, from 6 – 7 p.m., to familiarize women…
Great Works Internet Partners (GWI), Arctaris Impact Investors, LLC, and the Finance Authority of Maine said Jan. 31 that they plan to build new fiber broadband networks for five communities in…
ISLESBORO — Is that island in Waldo County or Knox County? An alleged boundary line snafu by a cartographer in 1941 has led to a continuance of maps identifying the islands off of Islesboro as…
‘It’s pretty amazing to get to work with so many selfless, enthusiastic, kid-focused humans’
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine (BBBSMM) welcomes Haley Stearns as the agency’s new Midcoast program manager. In her new role, Stearns supports the community youth mentoring program, as well…
‘Hancock and Washington counties deserve access to excellent noninvasive cardiology services’
ELLSWORTH — Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital welcomes Zachary Trzaska, MD, to its cardiology practice in Ellsworth.
A graduate of the St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine, Dr.…
‘work that I believe will have a truly meaningful and long-term impact’
CAMDEN — This week, Coastal Mountains Land Trust welcomed Tempe Landi, Development & Communications Coordinator, to their team. Landi comes to the Land Trust having worked in a variety of…
passionate about supporting Maine’s rural communities
ROCKLAND — The Island Institute, a community development nonprofit serving Maine’s island and coastal communities, announced Jan. 28, 2022 that Nick Battista has been promoted to the role of Chief…
Sheila Lowe, of Union, has been elected as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce for 2022. Lowe replaces Jeff Hamilton of JA Hamilton Consulting, in…
CAMDEN — While the identity of Otto the Cat, (the anonymous benefactor who established a recent challenge to benefit the Camden Area Christian Food Pantry) remains a mystery, his generosity has…
$150,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts
CAMDEN — The Points North Institute has set their dates for the 18th edition of the Camden International Film Festival, which will run from September 15-18, 2022 in Camden, Rockport, and Rockland…
using the latest science to set standards for return
MaineHealth said January 27, 2022, that it is altering slightly its policy with respect to how care team members return to work after a case of COVID-19, dropping a requirement for a negative…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — In light of the winter storm that is forecast to arrive in the Midcoast this weekend, Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital have made the following…
funding trips and activities throughout the year
Trekkers’ annual catalog fundraiser, Local Treats, is on and students are taking orders. The catalog features treats from local Bixby Chocolate and Rock City Coffee.
Now through March 9,…
building the MaineHealth Cancer Care Network
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — “Cancer patients do best when they receive care close to home and without interruption,” said Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital, in a news release. “…
enhancing and expanding one-to-one youth mentoring services
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine received a generous $33,000 grant from the Unity Foundation that will enhance and expand its one-to-one youth mentoring services in Penobscot and Northern…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Tuesday the Maine Department of Labor is making available up to $12 million in grant funding for Maine businesses to significantly expand apprenticeships…
Finding Our Voices, a grassroots survivor-powered nonprofit breaking the silence of domestic abuse, was awarded $4,150 from the International Women’s Club of New England at a luncheon January 21,…
AUGUSTA — The Ending Hunger in Maine VISTA program, housed within the Commissioner's Office of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, seeks nonprofit organizations and…
On a bright and frigid Friday, with windchill making it feel like 1 degree Fahrenheit and sea smoke in the distance beyond the Rockland Breakwater, 10 staff and boatbuilding apprentices submerged…
KITTERY — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing travel lanes on the Piscataqua River (I-95) Bridge in Kittery next week to accommodate overhead sign work.
Between Monday,…
