MIDCOAST — For the second time, the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce is asking an old friend to help out during a leadership change. The Chamber’s Board of Directors has appointed Gordon…
Commerce
reaching upwards of 600,000 users
GORHAM — Bookclubs, a social network and app for readers that makes it easy to start, manage, and join a book club, was named the 2023 winner of Gorham Savings Bank’s annual LaunchPad small…
Nov. 1 information session
LINCOLNVILLE — AARP Foundation Tax Aide is establishing a new site at the Lincolnville Community Library for 2024. In preparation, the organization is looking for compassionate and friendly people…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center announces the appointment of Tara Boynton as the new director of Pen Bay Perioperative Services.
With a career spanning more than 12 years in various…
64% of LGBTQ+ teens in Maine believe they don’t matter to their communities
ROCKLAND — OUT Maine announces the receipt of a significant three-year $300,000 grant from the Peter Alfond Foundation. This generous funding will enable OUT Maine to further its mission, building…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) and Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH) announce the promotion of Emma (MJ) Grant to the position of director of Professional Education. She previously…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
As an old-school motorhead, I am much less impressed by car-borne over-the-air Web magic than younger generations of drivers seem to be. However, when my car says to me,…
CAMDEN — Each year, Coastal Mountains Land Trust recognizes volunteers, community groups, and land donors for their extraordinary service and contributions to the benefit of local land…
BELFAST — After two weeks of voting by its membership and the public at large, The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce announces this year's annual Chamber award winners.
“There were many…
nine generations strong
FREEPORT — A diverse group of companies from across the state was honored last night at the 23rd Maine Family Business Awards gala hosted by Amanda Hill, weeknight anchor for NewsCenter Maine. The…
ROCKPORT — Midcoast Music Academy (MCMA) welcomes Mark Power to its faculty of teaching artists.
Power recently settled in Maine after a lifetime of vocal training and performance across…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) announces the promotion of Suzanne McKenzie, RN, to the position of Supervisor-Endo Clinical Care Coordinator within the Endoscopy department.
“…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) announces the promotion of Evelyn Fuller, RN, to the position of nurse manager in the hospital’s Cancer Care practice. In her new role, Fuller will take on…
ROCKPORT — Marcie Deemer has been named the director of Oncology at Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) and Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH). In this new role, Deemer will take charge of cancer care…
ROCKLAND — Island Institute, in Rockland, has been awarded a Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) in the amount of $86,988 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Island Institute is a…
Hammond Lumber Company (Hammond) has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Maine for the third year in a row and a Best Company to Work For in New Hampshire for the first time. These…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
In August, I waxed rhapsodic about the Acura Integra Type S, a sport sedan for grownups who…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor’s Workplace Safety and Health Division (SafetyWorks!), Maine Fire Service Institute, Office of the State Fire Marshal, and Maine Department of Agriculture,…
‘We’ve proven that it can be done....but we must also have a sustainable business model
WALDOBORO — The Waldo Theatre announces a gift of $2,500 received from The First in support of its community arts and education programs. The First has signed on at the Sustainer level as part of…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
If the midsize Canyon is GMC’s Goldilocks pickup (it is) and the Denali is the deluxe Goldilocks pickup (also true), then the AT4X is Goldilocks after she’s been to the…
10,640 square foot footprint with parking and store
Gorill Palmer, a South Portland-based engineering consulting firm, has submitted on behalf of the…
The Maine Water Company recently received the 2023 NEWWA Utility of the Year Award from the New England Water Works Association (NEWWA), the region’s largest and oldest not-for-profit organization…
BELFAST — Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce announces this year's annual Chamber Awards nominees.
“We wish to congratulate all the respective nominees and thank our members and the public…
CAMDEN – Borden Cottage, a luxury residential drug, alcohol, and co-occurring behavioral health treatment program on outer…
CAMDEN — West Bay Rotary is once again accepting grant requests to support local causes. Twice a year, the Club, through its Charitable Foundation, provides financial support to organizations that…
CAMDEN — Since the 2022 purchase of the building at 5 Mountain Street in Camden, Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School has worked with an accomplished team of architects, contractors, engineers,…
Staff will host a conversation with residents about physical accessibility, Oct. 11
THOMASTON — Thomaston Public Library has been selected as one of 240 libraries to participate in Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an American Library…
Livestrong at the YMCA
The YMCA Alliance of Northern New England is the recipient of a two-year, $80,000 grant from the Maine Cancer Foundation to expand Maine cancer survivors’ access to LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, a…
BELFAST — Belfast is one of six featured cities in the Annual Maine Craft Weekend, October 6 and 7, 2023. Belfast’s events will include live demonstrations, DIY workshops, classes, hands-on help,…
Join the Maine Department of Labor for no-cost upcoming trainings in October 2023.
Upcoming classes:
Fire Extinguisher | Emergency Action Plans | Workplace Violence –
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Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Since the all-electric Ioniq 6 rolled out in February 2022 as a 2023 model, it has won awards left and right, including World Car of the Year, and it has dethroned the…
the new headquarters for WCAP
BELFAST — Waldo Community Action Partners (WCAP) announces a virtual community meeting to complement three in-person meetings it has hosted throughout Waldo County. These meetings are aimed at…
What Thomaston knows regarding the closure and what is still unknown
THOMASTON — The Town of Thomaston has released “A Citizen Guide From the Town of Thomaston-Dragon Products Company Fact Sheet October 2023,” providing some answers and acknowledging lingering…
Rockland Street
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland and Ransom Consulting, LLC will hold a public meeting to discuss the Brownfields Cleanup Project at 9, 13, and 15 Rockland Street in Rockland. This cleanup project…
No experience necessary
SEARSPORT and BELFAST — Waldo County WindowDressers is organizing two community builds this fall to make almost 500 new window inserts and rewrap 170 existing inserts.
Volunteers are…
expanding Child Care Program to meet the critical need for working families
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA held its Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to celebrate the new Lily Pond Infant Care Center on September 27, 2023. Once fully staffed, the new child care center will allow…
Waldo County General Hospital welcomes Natasha Lantz, MD, to its Primary and Walk-in Care team.
Dr. Lantz earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science from the University of Guelph in…
Applications are now being accepted for selection as the beneficiary of proceeds from its June 2024 concert by Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC). For this upcoming year, the choral group will…
The State of Maine has joined 16 other states and the Federal Trade Commission in suing Amazon.com, Inc., alleging that the online retail and technology company is a monopolist that uses a set of…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Aha, so this is how it’s done—elevating a vehicle from mid-grade to luxury: Just add a zero to the badge! For 2024, Mazda’s long-running CX-9 three-row crossover SUV has…
an outreach program of the First Congregational Church of Camden
For over twenty years the Shields Fund has helped people in the Knox County (and Lincolnville) community who find themselves in financial crisis for any number of reasons...the need for a security…
OUT Maine has received generous support from Jane’s Trust Foundation in the amount of $25,000 to continue its work with and for LGBTQ+ youth in Maine.
OUT Maine was founded in 1996 as a…
Fourteen employees receive awards
Camden National Bank announces the 14 employees recognized at its annual employee appreciation event. The Commitment Awards honor a select group of employees who…
two Board seats remain open
BELFAST — Belfast Senior College’s Board of Directors elected a slate of officers and members at its annual meeting, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, at the Belfast Boat House. With a full house of over…
CAMDEN — Finding Our Voices has its first full-time, paid staff member.
In a news release, the group’s president and founder, Patrisha McLean, said she is grateful to United Midcoast…
Remote Work through Libraries grant
ROCKLAND — Rockland Public Library now offers The Office for rent by the hour; reduced rates apply for daily and weekly rentals.
Furnished with funds from the Rockland Public Library…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District as one opening on its five-member Board of Supervisors. The volunteer board, which is responsible for guiding the District’s business affairs…
WALDO — Epsilon Chapter members met at Stonecrest Event Center, in Waldo, on Monday September 11, 2023 to bring two new members into Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.
Christi…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital welcome Lexi Carter, DNP, to their Rheumatology teams.
Carter began her career as a registered nurse at Creekside…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital welcome Benjamin Mason, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, to their Diabetes and Nutrition care teams.
Mason began his medical career…
