CAMDEN – El Ancla means the anchor and on Saturday, May 5, at 7 p.m., Camden’s newest restaurant venture, El Ancla, will open on Public Landing. The restaurant was the former home of…
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opening Cinco de Mayo
Be conscious of your choice of food
Sugar tastes good.
Sugar makes eating enjoyable.
Sugar makes us feel satiated.
Sugar makes us feel better.
But how…
The Belfast Area High School released its third quarter honor roll:
Grade 9
HIGH HONORS:
Ashley Blais, Ruby Day, Kaitlyn Duffelmeyer,…
On Saturday, May 5, Maine Preservation will present its annual Old House Forum at Union Hall in Rockport. The event will feature renowned landscape architect Patrick Chasse. A resident of…
Linda Zeigler’s funny, touching story was a hit at the Sweet Tree Arts’ annual storytelling event
HOPE — A good story has conflict and drama, or as Jack from the show, Will & Grace, calls “conflama.” A great story also has laughs, pathos, and a surprise ending. Linda…
MCH, Inc. is hosting a fundraiser on Sunday, May 20, 2-4 p.m. at the Samoset Resort to benefit Knox County Meals on…
Volunteer profile
Because of a remarkable group of volunteers MCH Meals on Wheels is able to deliver 25,000 meals to more than 200 seniors and disabled individuals in Knox County every year.
One of…
costs decrease for option of heating new school with Camden wastewater
CAMDEN — As the bid package for the new Camden-Rockport Middle School to be built on Knowlton Street have been circulating, engineers associated with the project are refining at least one bid…
On Eating and Loving Food
I have a cold.
Considering the winter and spring that I’ve just endured, this is nothing. Some day I’ll tell you all the details of the winter/spring of 2018, but it’s still too raw, and…
The racers were raring to go at Camden-Rockport Elementary School on Saturday, March 30 for the fourth annual powder puff derby sponsored by Camden Girl…
Union woman builds picture bridge to reduce fear, anxiety
HOPE – The first 200 interactive communications books are becoming commonplace in the vehicles of Knox County responder agencies, as well as schools. The results are being noted, and it’s all due…
Grade 9 High Honors: Anya Babb-Brott, Nathanael Bartlett, Julian Blohm, Lane Cortese, Isaiah Doble, Bryler Fisher, Charles Griebel, Lexi Heidorn, Jonathan McDevitt, Lillian…
ROCKLAND – Hannaford's of Rockland presented the Midcoast School of Technology with a check for $1,000 on Wednesday, April 25, at the school. Beth Fisher, MCDT director, and Sherry Moody, MCST…
Shows Friday and Saturday at the Camden Opera House
CAMDEN – Camden Rockport Middle School will present Disney’s Aladdin Jr. Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. and two shows on Saturday, April 28, at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. The show will…
Ripple Initiative, Megunticook Watershed Assc., Hurricane Island
CAMDEN, ME – Camden Rotary Club, has selected eight nonprofit organizations to receive grants totaling $25,000 as part of its annual giving to…
Building is scheduled for completion in June 2019
ROCKLAND – Board members of the Midcoast School of Technology (Region 8) and officials were treated to a tour of the construction site for the new school building at 1 North Main Street in…
To further mitigate arsenic-contaminated soils
CAMDEN — Last autumn, Camden Town Manager Audra Caler-Bell submitted a grant application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for funds to continue cleaning up the former Apollo Tannery…
On Eating and Loving Food
Sometime last year I made an olive oil cake. I shared the recipe in a column. It was good, but what made it great was the ricotta, whipped up with some sugar and fresh-squeezed lemon juice, fresh…
It’s been a long time since the former Montsweag Roadhouse has been called Montsweag Farm Restaurant, and the establishment has been through a lot of changes over the 60-plus years since its…
Open House, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wed, April 25
ROCKLAND – “Rockland really stood out for us as a great community that could really use something like this,” said Randy Morrison, director of…
Rockland BMV location will be closed Monday, May 21
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap is authorizing closure days this spring for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles branch offices, to allow for staff training.
BMV employees will be…
ROCKPORT — The MSAD #28/Five Town CSD school districts will be executing emergency drills from 1:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. on May 9, a scheduled early release day. With the exception of some high …
BELFAST — The Belfast Free Library will host a cartooning club for kids and teens, ages 10 and up. The club will meet every Friday 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. starting April 27. Participants will explore…
CAMDEN – Every spring the Camden Public Library gathers volunteers and cleans the winter debris out of the Amphitheater and Harbor Park. The all volunteer event took place on Saturday, April 21.…
On Eating and Loving Food
Mark Twain once wrote, "Training is everything. A peach was once a bitter almond; a cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education."
Whatever that means.
I think…
AUGUSTA – As a mark of respect for the memory of Barbara Bush, Governor Paul R. LePage has directed that all United States flags and State of Maine flags shall be flown at half-staff immediately…
CAMDEN —The American Legion Post 30 is inviting the community to a flag retirement ceremony and open house at its headquarters on Pearl Street…
Straw bale gardening is a fun way to garden in small spaces or in areas with poor soil quality. The season-long program is open to children 6 to 10 who would like to learn how to plant, grow and…
Penobscot Bay Ministries is opening a home for women in Rockland. Founded in 2004 by the late Pastor John Durgen, PBM has been providing support of various kinds to women transitioning out of…
Medomak Valley High School released its 2017-2018 Quarter 3 Honor Roll:
Grade 9: High Honors: Zachary Cheesman, Ian Doughty, Alexis Nickles, Makayla Oxford, Alexis Parent,…
BELFAST – Waldo County businesses and individuals are joining the push for single payer health care with donations to Maine AllCare’s spring launch party to be held on Saturday, May 12, at 6 p.m.…
If you had asked me three years ago, “What is the role of a forensic nurse in our community?” I probably would have guessed that their work was like something you…
Psychic-Medium dinners are back by popular demand in Belfast at the Belfast Breeze Inn and Bay Leaf Cottages, in Lincolnville.
Kelly Dawn Purington will be the Psychic-…
On Eating and Loving Food
No matter how you look at it, noodles are good. They’re comforting. They’re soft and chewy. They’re fattening ...
Noodles can be a base for pretty much anything. What is pasta? Noodles.…
ROCKPORT – This May, Maine Coast Heritage Trust invites youth ages 10 to 18 to get up close and personal with the Belted Galloway calves at Aldermere Farm, a historic saltwater farm preserve…
From Augusta
AUGUSTA — For close to six hours Monday afternoon, April 9, the Joint Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs at the State House heard arguments from an overflow crowd of concerned teachers,…
Visiting with Carolyn Marsh, off the grid
Off the grid . . . on a mountaintop deep in the desert.
Seven a.m. The sun’s barely up, the horizon stretching 360 degrees around the glass walls of this house I’ve…
Pushback on the state’s education standards makes it to Legslature
AUBURN — A state law that requires a new way of granting high school diplomas worries Auburn mother Barbara Howaniec, who has seen her two high-achieving children struggle under the new system.…
CRMS gym alive with science
CAMDEN – Students of Camden Rockport Middle School’s sixth grade demonstrated passion and persuasion Wednesday, April 4, in the school gym as they hosted a Kids Conference for Change. The…
Sacred Art Tour includes classroom visit, mandala and fire puja
Eight Tibetan Buddhist refugee monks travelled from India to Midcoast Maine as part of their 13-month tour of the U.S. this past week, visiting Cushing and…
The Exhibition Hall at Union Fair, August 18-25, is promoting a queen-sized quilt themed around “Maine, the Pine Tree State.” This Exhibition Hall is the home of the displays of art, photography…
Ever wonder what it takes to get all our plants ready for your gardens? Well, join Guini Ridge Farm on Saturday April 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for its Behind the Scenes Tour to see how it is…
Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District has congratulated the winners of the annual conservation poster contest. This program is part of the National Association of Conservation…
From the outdoors
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?…
Watershed School presents the production on stage
ROCKPORT – Students of the Watershed School, in Camden will present John Cariani's play "Almost, Maine” on April 7 and 8 in the Rockport Opera House. The production will feature 17 Watershed…
CAMDEN — Big Brothers Big Sisters of America's Nationwide Leadership Council has recognized Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine (BBBSMM) with a 2017 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Quality…
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…
From Augusta
The citizen initiative to allow Maine seniors and people with disabilities to stay in their homes and receive needed care cleared a legislative hurdle in the Maine House of Representatives…
Right now, approximately 76,000 Maine residents have health insurance through the federal Affordable Care Act. Many of them are fishermen and their family members who never had health insurance…
Wandering is common with some forms of dementia
It was a dark and stormy night in January. Sally found herself walking down a road. She wasn’t sure in what direction…
