Last Sunday, I was standing in the kitchen with my husband having just prepared a rather elegant (read: complicated) dinner when I glanced down at my hand and saw the gaping hole. One of the three…
Life
WALDO COUNTY - On December 29, the 2018 Christmas Bird Count for the Belfast sector, sponsored by the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, was conducted by 29 volunteers. They divided up the territory…
Maine game wardens are seeking information from the public regarding an eagle that was shot in the town of Waterford.
Maine Operation Game Thief (OGT) has offered a reward of up to $1,000…
up to 12 college credits per year
ORONO — Through a partnership between the Maine Department of Education and the University of Maine System, tuition is waived for all qualified high school students…
300 courses via live, online, ITV, and videoconferencing; Need-based scholarships available
Belfast — Registration is open through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center for more than 300 undergraduate and graduate courses offered in spring 2019, both…
Camden Hills Regional High School
ROCKPORT — Did you make a resolution to get more exercise this year, but the cold and snow have kept you inside? Are you a…
ISLESBORO — Islesboro Central School is now accepting magnet applications for grades 9-12 for the 2019-20 school year.
ICS offers robust, individualized academic and co-curricular…
ROCKLAND - The Maine Lobster Festival presented a $1,000 donation to Rockland Police Officer Ken Smith and his family.
The Smiths’ baby daughter is hospitalized at Boston Children's…
THOMASTON - Pope Memorial Humane Society (PMHS) kicked off its 30th anniversary year with a New Year’s Day Open House. Founders, board members, donors and volunteers came together to reminisce…
Cancer survivor hopes to raise $10,000 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital
FRIENDSHIP - On March 2, 2019, Dan Cahalane will slide his home-made kayak into the waters of St. Petersburg, Florida and begin a 300 mile odyssey that will hopefully end on the shores of Key…
CAMDEN - The Camden Lions Club proudly announces that the Lions Club International has awarded Lion Nikki Bland with a Melvin Jones Fellowship Award.
Lion Nikki Bland joined the Camden…
BELFAST - On January 4, 2019, with a mixture of loss and deep appreciation, the Waterfall Arts Board of Directors announced the departure of Executive Director, Martha Piscuskas. Martha informed…
Session uses a thin fabric hammock for core exercises
CAMDEN— Remember when you were a kid and could swing for hours on a swing or hammock? Sometimes you’d flip over and lie on your stomach and do the “Superman.”
Turns out, that child-like…
ROCKLAND — As part of the Check out Movement and Healthy Living at Your Library series, Rockland Public Library announces the availability of six new fitness kits for checkout by Rockland Library…
ROCKLAND — The Good Tern Natural Foods Co-op’s slate of winter events begins Wednesday, January 16.
Good Tern Natural…
career started with five years in army nurse corps
CAMDEN — Heather Quesnel, MS, RN, NEA-BC, has joined Quarry Hill as the Camden senior-living community’s director of nursing.
…
Vix and the Vapor Rubs!
ROCKPORT — The Visual and Performing Arts Department at Camden Hills Regional High School has selected senior Noah Vix as the…
A storm is rolling in next Tuesday; are you ready?
So, far we’ve been lucky. No major storms have interrupted work and school in the fall and winter of 2018. But, coming this Tuesday, Jan. 8, we’re facing some potential significant snowfall, which…
Brandon Yeaton, Matt Ripley, winners of Annual Lobster Trap Tree Raffle
ROCKLAND— With 50 brand new traps made from Brooks Trap Mill or $2,250 cash riding on the winning ticket, two random names were pulled out of a bag at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 3 for the Lobster…
BELFAST — Preparation for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) will be the focus of eight weekly classes at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center beginning Sunday…
ROCKLAND — Senior Buddhist teacher Shastri Veit Weber will offer Shambhala Level I training at Rockland Shambhala the weekend of January 25 - 27. The program introduces participants to the…
‘Food For Friends/It’s Cool To Be Warm’ committee for ‘Tis the Season’ celebration
BELFAST — Students at Waldo County Technical Center left for holiday break armed with warm clothes and a little extra food, thanks to the Tech Center’s second annual “‘Tis The Season” celebration…
ROCKLAND — Doctors Nathan Neville and Elizabeth Neville, of Camden Hills Eye Care, recently donated a check for $550 to Area Interfaith Outreach, in Rockland.
The donation, representing…
BELFAST — With temperatures in the 40s, it was mild weather for the 50-plus brave souls who decided to participate in Belfast’s annual polar plunge, which takes…
semester starts January 22
ROCKLAND — The University of Maine at Augusta Rockland Center is still accepting students wishing to start or return to college this spring semester. The term begins…
Still no snow, but twice as ice
Very few times of the year are conditions as ideal as they have been the month of December for ice skating outdoors in Maine—on ponds and lakes that have “buttoned up.” After a number of rainy…
Nearly three drug-affected babies were born each day in Maine from 2013-2017, severely taxing hospitals, foster care system
The baby girl was born on a Sunday.
By Tuesday, she was suffering from opiate withdrawal. Exposed to drugs in her mother’s womb, she could not sleep. Inconsolable, her…
classes in anatomy, general biology, conservation biology
ROCKLAND — This spring semester which begins January 22, the UMA Rockland Center (URock) will offer three important sciences for those going into allied health careers, science and technology…
BELFAST — The University of Maine Hutchinson Center will offer two dynamic courses this spring semester led by Dominick Varney.
…
BELFAST — The University of Maine Hutchinson Center will offer an English course in business and technical writing beginning January 24, led by Caer Hallundbaek, an…
Make new choices and trust the journey
Surrendering is not giving up, abandoning or raising the white flag.
Surrendering is not accepting defeat.
Surrendering is not failure…
In memory of Kolby Adams
HOPE— Emulating an Asian cultural practice of lighting up paper lanterns around the winter solstice, Sweet Tree Arts…
Paying off lunch balances, provide backpacks with school supplies, Christmas presents
SEARSPORT — A little over a year ago, Jen Wenz, owner of the Aquarian Gift Shop in Searsport, heard some disturbing news from friends who were faculty in several local school systems.
“I…
“The perfect step towards understanding how college works.”
ROCKLAND — RSU 13 Adult Education announces the recent graduation of three students from the College Next program. These students successfully completed their preparation for college and are…
ROCKLAND — Thomas Michaels Designers was one of 58 businesses to participate in United Midcoast Charities’s Day of Giving on December 8 in Camden, Belfast and…
Russian history, karate, reading music
THOMASTON — We have been hard at work prepping for our winter concert, which was FANTASTIC!
Kindergarten did lots of work with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Snow is Falling Today…
THOMASTON — Thomaston Grammar School held its annual Cookies with Santa event this past Saturday, Dec. 15.
One hundred and ten student shoppers did their Christmas shopping in the store…
Curbing obesity with healthy choices
BELFAST/ROCKPORT — Several medical providers within Waldo County General Hospital and Pen Bay Medical Center have been recognized …
finances, automotive
BELFAST — Students at Waldo County Technical Center got a taste of the real world on December 19 when the school’s Maine Educational Loan Marketing Corporation (MELMAC) committee hosted its first…
Midcoast Athletics
ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills wrestling team is in the process of raising $3,500 as the team has nearly 30 wrestlers this season and needs to raise additional funds due to the larger-than-…
Midcoast Athletics
WALDOBORO — For the second consecutive season, the Medomak Valley basketball program will hold its annual Paws for the Cause event to raise funds for the Maine Breast Cancer Coalition.
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No fine issued by Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection
ROCKPORT — On Dec. 19, School Administrative District 28 School Board and Superintendent Maria Libby listened to a presentation on the current state of the new middle school construction by Mary…
ISLESBORO — Islesboro Central School hosted its annual Holiday Concert on December 14.
A full house enjoyed skits and musical performances by K-12 students.
Music Teacher John…
THORNDIKE — It was a great day for a field trip to warm some hearts in Waldo County as Pay It Forward for Kids, Inc. completed another of many planned future endeavors by paying…
desciptive stories about their recipes
CAMDEN – On November 7, the Camden Rockport Middle School sixth grade had a buffet in the cafeteria, a culmination of a project that combined language arts with family and consumer science. The…
‘Eat them, don’t save them’
ROCKPORT — There is a saying that goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There’s also a saying that goes, a child’s imagination knows no boundaries. Both held true on Wednesday, December 12,…
ROCKPORT — Dr. Jonathan Goss, DDS, and his team have welcomed Dr. Adam L’Italien, DMD, join the practice of Camden Hills Dental Care at 200 West Professional Offices on Route 90 in Rockport.…
Advances to the second competitive round for $100K
BELFAST— Kids Unplugged, a local multi-use indoor play space for all ages, just made the cut in the first competitive pitching round of Greenlight Maine, a TV show that functions as a Maine…
‘I know [school] may not be as fun as playing the sport that you love, but you won’t be able to play forever’
Life as a high school student can be incredibly stressful and difficult between academics, social life, clubs, jobs, community service and, of course, sports.
With only so many hours in a…
