This column was first published in 2014, but a walk around Beauchamp Point, Rockport, in early April features the skunk cabbage decked out in spring color. What is this wild cabbage?…
Home and Garden
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
ROCKPORT — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity to improve…
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MIDCOAST — Area landscapers: Have you filled your mowing contracts yet this year? Do you want to lock in more jobs? Help is here. Penobscot Bay Pilot is producing its spring/summer edition of the…
April 1 deadline
The Belfast Garden Club will award two scholarships of $2,500 each to graduating high school seniors or current students preparing for careers in fields linked to the mission of the garden club.…
ROCKPORT –Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a statewide land conservation organization, is offering teens paid internships through the Teen Ag Crew program to gain hands-on experience in sustainable…
CAMDEN —The Camden Garden Club would like to encourage those interested in any aspect of the environment and conservation to apply for one of its scholarships to study at the college (or similar…
Accepting applications now
Rockport’s Roadside Tree Planting Program is now accepting applications from individual home owners and businesses in the town of Rockport. The program, now in its second year, is a…
public workshop Monday, Feb. 26
ROCKLAND – “The character of our principle residential neighborhoods would change greatly if, as you propose, you reduce minimum lot sizes, permit detached accessory dwellings, and shrink the…
Winter Horticulture Series
CAMDEN — "Gardening for Biodiversity" is the topic of the final presentation of Camden Garden Club's 2018 Winter Horticulture Series at Camden Public Library on Tuesday, February 27 at 10 a.m. The…
In business with the sun
MONROE — When Eric and Alison Rector learned last January that a “Bomb Cyclone” was blasting much of New England and pummeling the Maine coast, the couple was on vacation in Mexico. They…
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My name is Patricia Clark. My husband, Wayne, and I have been customers of Central Maine Power for over three decades, and have had very little to complain about up until this point. …
Start dreaming of spring!
It's that time of year again! Even though it is still snowing, it's not too early to plan for spring. This year we have our largest offering ever: 167 varieties, 36 of them brand new – 59 bareroot…
Saving an estimated 7,900 gallons of oil per year
ROCKLAND – Brooks Winner, Nathan Davis and the rest of the Rockland Energy Advisory Committee connected with donors, held an energy fair, advertised, and then canvassed the city door to door.…
It’s not just about collecting moth eggs
In 1934, 18 people formed the Rockport Garden Club. Initial projects included collecting 20,000 gypsy moth eggs, brush clearing at Piper Block, landscaping at the elementary school and planting…
All gardeners out there, both beginners and experienced, who enjoy growing new plants, will enjoy the annual Seed Swap Day (Saturday, Feb. 10) at Knox & Lincoln Counties Extension, 377…
Solo builder Jim Bahoosh on the benefits of a small footprint to speak at Hutchinson Center Jan. 19
UNITY — There are some well known challenges to living in a small home, but solo builder Jim Bahoosh, who lives in a small home in Unity he built himself, finds that there are many more advantages…
RESEARCHING HISTORIC HOUSES IN CAMDEN
If you’ve ever noticed the small oval plaques placed on the front of many homes in Camden and Rockport and wondered what they signify and how they happened to be on some houses and not others,…
The deadline for free arsenic well tests has been extended to February 28 for all well owners in Camden and Rockport.
Due to the success of the program, the Camden and Rockport…
NOBLEBORO — Nobleboro Central School fifth grader Emily Tibbetts and her Big Sister Maya Bailey, a senior at Lincoln Academy, learned that good friends and good food go hand-in-hand. Since the…
Maine, along with 48 other state attorneys general, the District of Columbia and more than 45 state mortgage regulators have reached a $45 million settlement with New Jersey-based mortgage lender…
Winterize Pipes with these Tips
With cold weather in the forecast, homeowners are encouraged to take a few simple steps to prevent damage to household water pipes caused by freezing. …
Games, crafts, free pictures with Santa, and so much more!
When: Saturday, December 2, from 2-5:30 p.m.
2 p.m. Activities for…
A week before Thanksgiving the American Legion Hall in Camden was a sight to behold. Enthusiastic Camden Garden Club…
Monday, Nov. 13 meeting
ROCKLAND – Following public outcry to Rockland’s steep-stairs regulation, the city’s building and life safety code enforcers are requesting that the Council direct them to refine aspects of the…
For the third year running, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is welcoming visitors back to its annual seasonal celebration, Gardens Aglow. This year, CMBG is taking its dramatic…
Part One: Their mission
BROOKS — Far inland, on 790 acres of rolling farmland, approximately 240 animals of every kind, from domestic companion animals, such as dogs and rabbits to draft horses and sheep, spend their…
LINCOLNVILLE — The Lincolnville Business Group hosted its annual scholarship fundraiser at MacLaughlin's Tent next to the ferry terminal at Lincolnville Beach in mid-October. Local cooks sold…
Two-thirds of home fire deaths in homes with faulty, or no, alarms
Daylight saving ends Sunday, Nov. 5, and as you turning those clocks back, make a point to change batteries in smoke, as well as carbon…
Separate No. 1 Plastic from 3-7, and continue tossing No. 2 as usual
ROCKPORT — Because residents of Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport want to recycle their trash, but because the market demand for plastic has diminished, and because plastic is ubiquitous,…
ROCKPORT — A derelict and empty mobile home on Route 17 near the intersection of Meadow Street in Rockport has been deemed abandoned, unsafe and dangerous, according to Rockport’s code enforcement…
As has become a pleasurable and tasty habit, a Sunday afternoon jaunt to Beth's Farm Market in Warren was, again, perfection. After perusing the vast array of vegetables and selecting a perfect,…
There is an old story that affected so many lives, but it was such a secret that it is a little difficult to research. It is about what was called the Underground Railroad, whereby, through secret…
Industrial Arts
THIS SUMMER we’ve had Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal fly in for breakfast every morning. Actually, I haven’t seen Mrs. Cardinal in the bush by the…
Seeks community help in tracking, eradicating
High in the trees, as soon as the first leaf buds begin to open in the early spring, browntail moth caterpillars emerge from their winter nests. The larvae voraciously feed on the young…
Technology is there, but money is the issue
CAMDEN — The Camden-Rockport school Building Committee will investigate using heat from the Camden wastewater treatment system to heat the new Camden-Rockport Middle School. The technology,…
Spring, summer and fall beauty spills over parking lot, footbridge, downtown
CAMDEN — Tucked in on the north side of town, the Camden Riverhouse Hotel may be best known by locals for its arresting gardens. Owner David Dickey, who said the hotel was constructed 22 years ago…
From farm to far-flung lands
ROCKPORT — Sitting in Michelle Bianchi's garden on a sunny morning — the last day of July — it's difficult not to ease into the serenity of the space. Greens and flowers nearly overflow from…
SEARSPORT — The sounds of construction can be heard from at least a quarter of a mile away from Habitat for Humanity’s latest Waldo County build, located on Old County Road.
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ROCKLAND – For the third consecutive year, the Design Committee of Rockland Main Street, Inc., conducted a Downtown Window Box and Sidewalk Garden contest. The contest is open to any business in…
CAMDEN — While his cockeyed ears may be perpetually confused, Ralphie, PAWS longest canine resident, is…
The Rockport Garden Club (RGC) has been in existence since the 1930s. The club started out with 18 members, and was formed as a branch of the Camden Garden Club. Through the years, the RGC …
Maine’s wild orchids
When you think of orchids, exotic flowers growing in vine-draped tropical jungles might come to mind. Or perhaps those striped and colorful flowers staked upright in little pots in the grocery…
Remember how drafty your home was on cold and windy days last winter? Do you fret over high heating bills every cold winter month and promise to do something different before next…
SEARSPORT — Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County (HHWC) marked the official groundbreaking of its fourth build June 23.
With a group of more than 200 volunteers making the…
Industrial Arts...
Despite quite a few dim, foggy days and the lingering chilly nights (interspersed with a few oddly hot mornings), the official start of summer was this week. Here on Matinicus Island, the first…
Town signs $8,436 consent decree with state environmental agency
CAMDEN — Given factors that resulted in the ongoing Hosmer Pond algae bloom, town leaders agreed June 20 to assist in its mitigation. How that happens and how much it might cost remains on the…
The First Church in Belfast, United Church of Christ, is preparing to celebrate an anniversary. Next year, 2018, will be the 200th anniversary of the building of the stately church…
BCOPE’s students repurpose an old shed and grow a ‘spaghetti garden’
BELFAST—A couple of years ago, an old storage shed perched next to BCOPE (Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education) in Belfast had a lot of…
The Medomak Valley Land Trust has recently acquired a new 6-acre parcel of land in Friendship on Martin Point, thanks to the generosity of the former landowners, Penny Axelrod and Jerry…
promoting biodiversity and self-sufficiency in Waldoboro since the 1970s
The Heirloom Seed Project at Medomak Valley High School, in Waldoboro, has been honored with a national Award of Excellence from National Garden…
