There will be a glow of color over the Boothbay peninsula from just before Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve, illuminating trees and rocks and gardens — a heaven of lights cascading over the Boothbay…
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ROCKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
ROCKLAND — Rockland Acting Fire Chief Adam Miceli said Monday that two separate house fires over the weekend were caught early and…
WALDO COUNTY GARDEN PROJECT
BELFAST — We have just finished the final harvest of the Waldo County Garden this year. I am pleased to report to the citizens in Waldo…
Hoboken Gardens will be hitting the streets of Rockport, Camden, Rockland and the…
BUSINESS SPONSORS AND COMMUNITY EVENT LISTINGS NEEDED, DEADLINE OCT. 8
CAMDEN — Christmas by the Sea, a much anticipated holiday event in Camden, Maine will take place this year from Dec. 4 to 6.Planning and hosting for the weekend festivities are shared by The Town…
CRAFTS,COOKING, MUSIC, WRITING AND MORE
ROCKPORT — This fall features over 160 classes at Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education, found in the fall brochure and on the adult education website at…
mORE THAN BOOKS: TELESCOPE, BINOCULARS AND UKULELES TO LOAN
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public library has received a gift from the Friends of Rockland Public Library of four passes to the Farnsworth Art Museum and one Maine State Parks…
HEALTHY EATING AND ACTIVE LIVING FOR CHILDREN
ROCKLAND — The Penobscot Bay YMCA’s Kid’s Club Program is a participant of 5210 Let’s Go! childhood obesity prevention program. Over the past three years, the YMCA’s Child Care Program has…
UNITY — The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) bulletin board highlights the following upcoming local agricultural events in Maine. They include fairs, educational workshops,…
UNITY — The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) bulletin board highlights the following upcoming local agricultural events in Maine. They include fairs, educational workshops,…
ART IN THE GARDEN THIS SPRING
WALDO — Operated by Bill and Lynn Warman in Waldo, the sole purpose of The Maine Garden, a day lily farm, is to promote, encourage and foster the development and improvement of the genus…
New house to be constructed overlooking harbor
ROCKPORT — The longtime home of Maynard and Joyce Ingraham, at 97 Pascal Avenue overlooking Rockport Harbor, came down today, Sept. 14, in a cloud of dust and debris. The house is being leveled in…
Looks to next spring for forum
ROCKPORT — Members of the Rockport Conservation Commission will be spending the winter collecting educational materials and scheduling public presentations to address herbicide and pesticide use…
Maine wild blueberries are picked and processed by humans, but they are pollinated by insects, namely honeybees, bumblebees and native bees. Insects visit plants in search of food, in the form of…
IS YOUR FAMILY READY IF AN EMERGENCY STRIKES?
MAINE — September is Preparedness Month, and the Red Cross is reminding Mainers to take a few minutes and make sure your family is ready if an emergency strikes.
“You can’t always prevent…
Meeting tonight, Tuesday, Aug. 18
CAMDEN — The Camden Select Board tonight, Aug. 18, will hold a public hearing to discuss a slew of proposed Harbor Ordinance amendments, and while some might think they…
PRE-REGISTER BY SEPT. 25 FOR SITES AT PRESQUE ISLE, BANGOR, AUGUSTA AND PORTLAND
AUGUSTA — Mainers can dispose of banned pesticides or unusable pesticides in October, with the help of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's (DACF), Board of Pesticides…
CARE FOR YOUR HOME AND VACTION PROPERTY
ROCKLAND — Local women Sue Lindley-Howard and Valerie Allis are co-owners of Shelter Cove Property Management, a new property management business located here in Midcoast Maine. What makes this…
HIGH WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION LEVELS
AUGUSTA — The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) conducted its weekly heating fuel price survey on Monday, August 10, 2015, and found the current statewide average cash price for No. 2 heating oil was…
CALL FOR SITES, SIGN UP BY AUGUST 18
BELFAST — Interested in being a site on the Cultivate: Belfast Area Farm and Art Fall Tour, Oct. 10 and 11, 2015? Sign up is due by August 18th. All locations need to be within 30 to 45 minutes…
A FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1854!
TOPSHAM — The 161st Topsham fair will be held August 4 to 9. It is a coastal Maine Fair that celebrates farms, families and fun in Maine. We offer all inclusive admission price that includes…
SEND FOOD HOME IN BACKPACKS
ROCKLAND — Area Interfaith Outreach (AIO) will be placing decorated milk jugs in retail and convenience stores, restaurants, etc. to continue the fundraising for the Weekend Backpack Program to…
Snapshots of Appleton’s Ridgeberry Farm at harvest time...
HOPE and APPLETON — If you've ever wondered how Maine wild blueberries get from the barrens to the farm stand, we visited two locations where members and friends of the Boyington family of…
Rockville Community Chapel...
ROCKPORT — Rockville Community Chapel will host a blueberry social on Saturday, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Enter your favorite blueberry pie in the best blueberry pie contest (must have…
Midcoast HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
ROCKLAND — Some lucky family is going to have a nice house on Brewster Street in Rockland in the near future. Today was the first…
PROTECT AND SELL PROGRAM PRESERVES PROPERTY
SOUTH THOMASTON — Maine Preservation announced today that it has sold the first historic property from its Protect and Sell Program. The iconic Robbins-Anderson Farm, a late 18th-Century property…
Who you gonna call? Whatcha gonna do?
WALDOBORO — This spring, one-half of the Edwards Apiary team in Camden has "caught" nine honeybee swarms. Six were in trees near blueberry barrens, two were in trees at private residences that…
SUMMER PLANTINGS DOWNTOWN ROCKLAND
ROCKLAND — Two businesses were the recipients of prizes in the first annual Downtown Window Box and Sidewalk Garden contest, sponsored by the Design Committee of Rockland Main Street, Inc. The…
Mike and Frank are on the hunt for ‘rusty gold’ and they want to hear from you...
If you are a fan of antiques, collectibles, memorabilia and the kind of old junk that makes your heart beat in fine fettle, news that Mike and Frank and the producers of American Pickers…
NORTHPORT — The Farm at Point Lookout celebrates the third season of operation with a full summer schedule including Farm-to-Table dinners and Open Farm Days. The first Farm-to-Table…
A cabin built for the road
Ken Wright was a forester for years in the New Hampshire woods, work that included writing forestry management plans…
Get ready for the big blooms
ROCKLAND — Our Neighbors’ Gardens tour of private and not-so-private gardens will be held June 28 in Rockland. Though the 2015 fundraiser event, sponsored by Friends of Rockland Public Library,…
Pollinator Week June 15-21
CAMDEN — The 2014-2015 school year is winding down around the Midocast, and as they have for a number of years, eighth-graders at Camden-Rockport Middle School are spending the day before their…
CAMDEN — Six new members of the Camden Garden Club joined board members at the home of Kris Mikkleson for coffee and refreshments on June 3.
Ceil King, Susan Neves, Debra Stokes, Dawna Pine…
WARREN — For the fifth year in a row, Hatchet Cove Farm in Warren has received a grant from the Wholesome Wave Foundation to expand accessibility to organic vegetables for low-income families.…
Around the Watercooler
LINCOLNVILLE — ReVision Energy and Evergreen Home Performance invite women to bring their questions about heating systems, fuel choices, energy efficiency, solar power, and more to Cellardoor…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Farmers Market opened for the season Thursday morning at Harbor Park, and there were a few new faces and some new products mixed among the traditional traveling market…
CAMDEN – The annual Camden Garden Club Plants for Scholars sale will be held May 16 and 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of Allen Insurance at 34 Elm Street.
Camden Garden Club is…
The 90-acre Cushing homestead of Maine artist Bernard Langlais will soon be gifted to the Georges River Land Trust as the Langlais Sculpture Preserve, but first it's getting an energy efficiency…
This weekend's weather forecast is calling for some rain, but with only a total of about .6 inches predicted to fall, it's likely that the Maine Forest Service's Red Flag Warning for open…
First Congregational Church of Camden...
CAMDEN — Three generations of Henry family crane operators were in Camden Monday morning, during the diligent to work to move an historic barn from behind the old Hutchins family home at 59 Elm St…
ORLAND — Forester and Certified Logging Professional Tom Fox will teach a course covering chainsaw operation and felling, from basic to precision, June 6. Cost is $100, which includes…
ROCKPORT — Love to garden or want to learn to garden but find working at ground level troublesome? Maine Coast Heritage Trust staff and volunteers are constructing several taller raised beds at…
Kids CAn Grow
ROCKPORT — Want to grow carrots and other vegetables in the back yard? Want to meet with other families to learn about gardening and food through hands-on work, informational activities, art…
BELFAST — Midcoast gardeners are asked by the Belfast Garden Club to remember its annual Green Thumb Plant Sale set for Saturday, May 16 at the Belfast Boathouse.
The sale depends on local…
The stink of Spring is in the air
It hasn’t been much of a spring so far. Freezing temperatures, flurries, and persistent piles of crud-covered snow are making April feel a lot like March, which felt a lot like February. It…
Penobscot Bay Community Gardens
ROCKPORT — Applications are available for community gardening sites at 63 Washington St, Camden and Erickson Fields Preserve, 124 West St., Rockport.
Dreaming of early radishes, crispy…
Janita Martinez is truly farm-to-couture
BELFAST — You could call it a “farm-to-model” style of fashion. Janita Martinez, a young artist who grew up in New York City and moved to Rockland three years ago, is about to display her unique…
Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District
ROCKPORT — Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District, in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is offering local residents the opportunity to improve soil and conserve…
