Seven new members of the Camden Garden Club, Donna Barbieri, Leslie Fillnow, Ruth Lowry, Adrienne Mavragis, Barbara McNulty, Sue Pfau and…
Home and Garden
Starting June 8, the Waldoboro Farmers Market will offer fresh produce and other goodies at Cider Hill Farm, 777 West Main Street (old…
The 2016 Open Garden Days presented by the Belfast Garden Club will offer an array of places for the public to stroll this summer on Fridays, from June 17 to August 12. Gardens will be open 10 a.m…
At their annual business meeting on May 26, the Camden Garden Club installed its new officers for 2016-2017. Incoming President…
Penbaypilot, bringing your community to you.
The Camden Garden Club is involved in a number of projects involving plants. But they also have a very important project, Plants for Scholars, which is about plants and…
Partnership with Habitat’s Women Build program underwriter Lowe’s
ROCKPORT — Teams of women from Camden National Bank and Camden-Rockport Middle School grabbed hammers and drills and volunteered with Midcoast Habitat for Humanity during National Women Build Week…
BELFAST — Volunteers waited near the ocean Saturday morning for participants of Belfast's inaugural P.A.W.S. on Parade Walk-A-Thon, held in Belfast City Park. …
The Camden Area Christian Food Pantry
CAMDEN — Thanks to The Camden Hills Regional High School, Camden For Community Team, for their hard work during this year's Postal Food…
CAMDEN — Three at Allen Insurance and Financial receive State insurance license.
Allen Insurance and Financial is pleased to…
ROCKLAND — With a generous challenge grant from the Roxanne Quimby Foundation and another from the Davis Family Foundation, the Millay…
CAMDEN — Going on 31 years, Susan Shaw of Camden has welcomed neighbors and friends to her Mill Street yard for her annual spring perennial exchange. It's an opportunity to learn about plants you…
Annual event connects women and power tools
ROCKPORT — The heavy clouds failed to dampen the spirits of nine intrepid women who worked at the Hospitality House, 169 Old County Road in Rockport, as part of Habitat for Humanity’s National…
Unique and beautiful is the standard for this boutique hotel
ROCKLAND — The new kid on the block in Rockland is 250 Main Hotel. After a lengthy construction period, the boutique hotel, built by Lyman Morse, has opened with five floors of guest rooms,…
WALDOBORO — The Board of Medomak Valley Land Trust is pleased to announce a change in officers. These changes were originally scheduled for…
GIBBS LIBRARY
WASHINGTON — The Gibbs Library is pleased to present a two-month exhibit of hooked rugs, by Washington resident Kathy Yoder. The exhibit…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from April 4-8 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
Camden
Stuart W. Carle Est. to Carle Farm LLC.
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Pesticide/herbicide alternatives
ROCKPORT — How green can a yard get? What does “organic” or “pesticide/herbicide-free” really mean? Are organic blueberry and farm fields truly organic? And, do homeowners still use…
Working the soil
BELFAST — When asked what grew in last summer's garden at a low-income senior housing community in Belfast, members of the Belfast Home-…
Plant flowers for pollinators, use less water, compost...get outside!
This Earth Day, there are a lot of small things each of us can do around the yard to create a better environment.
From planting just one tree, to committing to use less water to keep shrubs…
Georges River Land Trust
This Mother's Day, bring your mom or any mom in your life out for an afternoon of daffodils and dessert! Growing up in Lakeland, Florida,…
CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club congratulates the winners of their 2016 charitable grant awards. Forty-two deserving nonprofit…
UNION — The "big" Exhibition Hall at Union Fair is promoting a queen-sized quilt themed around "Down on the Farm." This Exhibition Hall is…
MVHS Heirloom Seed Project fundraiser
WALDOBORO — The Teen Agriculture Crew at Medomak Valley High School's Heirloom Seed Project is the small group of students — usually eight…
High School club just one part of it all
ROCKPORT — A group of students from Camden Hills Regional High School have established a Camden Hills Habitat for Humanity Club, working in conjunction with the nonprofit Midcoast Habitat for…
Maine Farmland Trust Gallery
BELFAST — From April 4 through May 30, Maine Farmland Trust Gallery is exhibiting black and white photographs, paintings, mixed media…
The Rockland Historical Society
ROCKLAND – The Rockland Historical Society has completed the purchase of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay's birthplace. A generous donation from the Roxanne Quimby Foundation…
UNION — The Vose Library, 392 Common Road, announces upcoming events at the library this April. These programs are free and open to the public. For more information, call Vose Library at 785-4733…
UNION — The name started as a joke, something Gary Harriman’s friend and business partner, Kevin Davis, came up with. “As we assembled different pieces of wood together to make something new…
NORTHPORT — The Medomak District of the Garden Federation of Maine will hold its annual meeting Monday, May 2 at Point Lookout and…
ROCKLAND — Knox and Waldo County homeowners, landlords and renters can now sign up for low-cost, energy-saving window inserts from the…
ROCKPORT — Spring is here and what better way to welcome the season than with a lovely day trip to visit stunning spring landscapes. Five…
CAMDEN — Under the raw March skies, two excavators worked March 15 to pull an old waterfront cottage down at 10 Dillingham Point. “You just missed the chimney coming down,” shouted one workman, as…
ROCKLAND — Georges River Land Trust is pleased to announce that for the second year, First National Bank and First Advisors are lead…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
ROCKPORT - Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District continues the beginning farmer workshop series with two programs on March 30…
BELFAST — Tired of seeing all of those kitchen leftovers from preparing meals and snacks get thrown out in the trash or eaten by critters…
BELFAST — Back by popular demand, the Belfast free library, in collaboration with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and…
ROCKPORT – Plants Unlimited, on Route 1 is organizing two charter trips to the Boston Flower Show on Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March…
Messler Gallery of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
ROCKPORT — Six Maine woodworkers were honored with awards at the opening of "Maine Wood 2016" Friday, Jan. 29. The exhibition is the fifth in a biennial series presented by the Messler…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
ORONO — For 15 years, University of Maine Cooperative Extension's statewide Maine Harvest for Hunger (MHH) program has organized gardeners…
In business
Christine Annis has worked professionally with animals for more than 35 years, including at animal hospitals, where she did everything from setting appointments to assisting with…
In Maine, we have the luxury — on par with New Hampshire and Vermont — of having the greatest variety of Christmas trees from which to choose. We can cut our own in the back field or that of a…
A look back in time
ROCKLAND — High school sophomore Gil Merriam, some of his siblings, and his father rushed from their Mechanic Street home after seeing an unusually red sky from their dinner table. They headed…
Old houses can be energy efficient
We love old houses but is a warm, energy efficient, old home... possible? …
The O’Brien’s take on the movie: “Weave it, and someone will eventually come and buy it”
For repeat customers of Diane and Wally O'Brien of Lincolnville, it's no mystery who the weaver of Sleepy Hollow Rag Rugs is. But for others, it's a surprise.
Since he retired from education…
CAMDEN — When the Camden Garden Club was organized a century ago, one of the first suggestions put forward by the members was a reserved…
Church nears 200th anniversary, 2018
BELFAST — The First Church in Belfast, United Church of Christ, has started construction of new front entrance steps, a gathering place and walkway.
The church is in Belfast's…
The Maine Preservation Honor Awards this year recognized 16 projects from around the state, including the Unity Food Hub, in Unity. Maine…
Plan to save Mainers $870+ million on energy bills advances
AUGUSTA - Efficiency Maine’s Board of Trustees recently voted unanimously to adopt a new three-year plan and budget, which the agency said…
