ROCKLAND — “How do they know we’re here?” a teenager from the Bronx asked Annie Mahoney, of Rockland.
“Uh, do you think you look different,” Mahoney asked, in response to her young house…
Culture
It was a grand evening for a picnic
THOMASTON – It was a great evening for a picnic. Mike Miller's Steelin' Thunder played to the crowd on the outdoor stage at the General…
WALDOBORO — Who says art has to be so serious?
Sculpture artist Jay Sawyer, well known for his sculpture garden now known as Studio J Bone in Warren, only needed one letter in the alphabet…
DAMARISCOTTA – First National Bank announced the winners of its ninth annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest. Fourteen color photographs were chosen from more than 150 entries, and each winning…
Reny’s Plaza filled with cars and people
CAMDEN — The weather held and the Reny’s Plaza parking lot, at 33 Elm St., filled with people as quickly as it filled with cars. K2 Music held its second Country Music Showcase to the delight of…
Neew Orleans sound; Speakeasy Party; Free Outdoor Concert; barbecue and Steel Band; New Bangor Taproom
Make summer last! That’s the cry you’re hearing all over the Midcoast this weekend. On both Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27-28, you’ll have to choose between two great bands…
Transformations...
Writing coach Kathrin Seitz went to talk with a group of writers at Bartlett Woods, an active senior living retirement community in Rockland. This is the second installment of stories that grew…
Nat Lawson’s experiment has never been done by any mentalist before
CAMDEN — The last time we spoke with Camden Hills Regional High School student Nat Lawson for our …
Owls Head Transportation Museum’s third annual ball, Aug. 27
OWLS HEAD — Mobsters and moonshiners still get most of the attention when it comes to the 1920s, but there was another type of rogue warrior who managed to stay on the good side of the law while…
BELFAST - Richard Russo will be signing copies of his newest novel, Everybody's Fool, at Left Bank Books on Friday, Aug. 26 at 5 p.m.
Camden Falls Gallery...
CAMDEN - Camden Falls Gallery presents Coastal Color, which features a collection of works by contemporary landscape painters Janis Sanders and Jennifer Van Cor, along with other gallery…
Camden Public Library...
CAMDEN - Classic yacht model maker Robert Eddy, of Camden, will give a slide talk on his craft and creations at the Camden Public Library, on Sunday, Sept. 4, at 2 p.m.
The presentation is…
Captain Mattie ensures it’s all boat to plate
WALDOBORO — Monhegan resident Matt “Captain Mattie” Thomson has been providing the boat-to-plate experience for the public well before it ever became a trend. For the last 24 years that he’s lived…
Belfast Harbor Fest; Free Lake Concert; Waterfall Arts’ Dance Party; Cat Video Festival and Union Fair Demo Derby
Winding down in August we’ve got a beautiful weekend for boat lovers, crazy cat ladies and gents, danceaholics and demo derby fiends. And with summer waning, enjoy it while you can!
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Belfast Free Library Kramer Gallery...
BELFAST - An exhibit of Recent Works by Kerstin Engman will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library through Aug. 31. The Kramer Gallery is located on the ground…
Since the mid-1980s, Maine has seen the growth of more than 80 breweries and now, it’s getting its own Maine Distillery Trail.
With a dozen spirit makers joining forces all around the state…
CAMDEN—Bay Chamber Concerts has decided to invite you all to a concert. Only hitch is, you’ve got to row, sail, motor or paddleboard across Megunticook Lake to get there.
They’re bringing…
On eating and loving food
So, on the off chance any of you were freaking out because my food column didn’t appear in last week’s Boothbay Register, Wiscasset Newspaper and Penbay Pilot, relax, I…
‘If you venture off the big road and see a clean, shiny chrome and glass diner, stop and eat’
For many years, starting when I was in school, my parents drove back and forth to Florida for the winter. Much of the trip down south was on Route 301, and I can't say if that was out of necessity…
Transformations...
I was born into a clan of Republicans. My maternal grandparents so despised the New Deal that they affixed Roosevelt stamps to envelopes upside down, their waspy protest against the necessity of…
Hail To The Rad Kids
ROCKLAND—The last time we met Cecile Bizet, 16, she was standing behind the gelato case of Gelato Rose, an artisanal shop she co-owns with her mother Annie Higbee in downtown Rockland. (…
BELFAST — Lydia Schofield, 11, (pen name Jo Jo Thoreau) has been in the publishing game long enough so that standing up in front of 250 people on a book tour to read from her latest picture book…
Rockport Public Library...
ROCKPORT - Joyce Lovely will be at the Rockport Public Library on Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 6:30 p.m. to talk about growing up during World War II in Liverpool, England, amid air raids, bombs and gas…
MBH&H Concert and Dog Trials; Belfast Co-op party; Beatles tribute show and Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Some unsettled weather coming in this weekend makes us feel spoiled as we’ve had sunny weekends all summer; but just make the best of it with a community party hosted by the Co-op, great stuff…
Magic over the Goose River
ROCKPORT — Teamwork and a collective love for the town of Rockport made the first-ever community dinner on the Goose River Bridge a magical evening for those who came to eat, to serve, or just to…
THOMASTON — The Thomaston Public Library will display the handmade art books of Thomaston artist Cynthia Motian McGuirl for the month of August. The exhibit can be viewed during regular library…
Come Aug. 30 a new show opens at Studio 53 in Boothbay Harbor, “David Estey: A 65-Year Retrospective,' with artist receptions on Friday, Sept. 2 and Saturday, Sept. 3 from 5-8 p.m.…
Elizabeth Evans has rubbed elbows with some celebrities.
These days she can usually be found at the East Boothbay General Store, at…
This is the season where there is something going on all the time and weekends are on overload. Sometimes it's hard to experience everything that's happening because there's just not enough time.…
Scenes from the festival, starting-line images and 10K results
ROCKLAND – Several crew members of the USS Raphael Peralta drove up from Bath to volunteer at the 2016 Lobster Festival in Rockland. Aside from scattered rain showers keeping Saturday afternoon…
ROCKLAND — Rockland Public Works Director Dave St. Laurent isn't one to let a refurbishable item go into that black hole of no return. So when resident Warren Perry called St. Laurent several…
Transformations...
Following is a very personal piece written by Midcoast resident Maureen Egan, who is a student of writing teacher and coach Kathrin Seitz of Rockport.
My breasts are soft…
Briar Lyons: ‘Every time it has taken more time, we have benefited and I think the project has benefited’
LINCOLNVILLE — When your heart lives in two places, and you're blessed to be able to physically live in either location as circumstances demand or desire calls, eventually the time comes when you…
Steins & Vines; Smash Mouth; Flavor Fare; Antiques Festival and Portland Sea Dogs
Start the weekend early with the best “staycation” things to do at the Lobster Festival, along with food, antiques and ballgames.
Steins & Vines…
Corner building in downtown Camden gets overhauled
CAMDEN — In a soft opening event Wednesday night, several dozen people got a chance to check out the renovations the Sea Dog Brewing Co. has made over the spring and summer in anticipation for…
There’s a new fast food joint on Route 1 in Wiscasset, beside Twisted Iron Customs, a custom shop for anything having to do with motorcycles.
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BELFAST — There will be an evening of contra dancing at American Legion Post #43 in Belfast, on Friday, Aug. 5. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with a community dance called by Chrissy Fowler and…
On eating and loving food
I like fast food joints.
That's not to say I'm a fast food junkie, but I'm not above stopping at a McDonald's or a fast food takeout…
Aug. 3 Coronation
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival coronation committee has announced the names of the 13 young ladies who will vie for the title of Maine Sea Goddess at the 2016 Festival, Aug. 3-7.
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Appleton Library...
APPLETON — What would you do if you answered the door one snowy winter night, and there stood a wild bear, begging to come in by your fire? So begins the story of Two Roses and a Burly Bear…
Winery concert; Firefighters’ Ball; Book Festival; Locavore Festival and Free Outdoor Sports
We’re just tipping the corner of peak summer here in the Midcoast and it’s a work-hard play-hard kind of weekend with pop up concerts, dances, a festival and outdoor sports— so hold on for the…
Transformations...
In the past months, the Universe has cared for me, even when I was grumpy. I've pulled within and held some friends at bay. I've been numb. Last week, I felt a shift. Others have shared this…
Artist Orlando Johnson exhibits...
ROCKLAND — 'POP' sees Black Hole present the most recent work from Orlando Johnson, placed in the context of pieces that have stemmed from similar musae and in like styles over the past decade.…
BELFAST — A professional gardener's perennial beds, vegetable gardens and a woodland walk are sixth in Belfast Garden Club's Open Garden Days on Friday, July 29. The gardens of Emily Rogals and…
Okay I know I’ve said this so many times you’re probably sick of hearing it but I really do love food, and eating. As I say in my disclaimer at the bottom of each of my columns I’m not a chef and…
A better future with help from Knox County Homeless Coalition, community volunteers
ROCKPORT — Her father dying of brain cancer was heartbreaking enough for then 16-year-old Michaela, but she had no idea how much tougher life was to become. She and her mother became homeless…
Public invited to Rockport's 125th anniversary — all week!
Help Rockport celebrate its weeklong 125th anniversary, July 29 through Aug. 7! …
Bluesy Rock, ‘90s Alternative, Folk/Experimental, Maine Farm Day, Island Cleanup with Lobsters...
With three cranking bands on Saturday night and two outdoor events on Sunday, this weekend has all the bases covered as we round the corner to the highest point of summer. Live it up!
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Marine photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz, publisher of the Calendar of Wooden Boats, and marine historian Maynard Bray, who has provided the…
