Starting a Garden from Scratch
Saturday, April 7, noon
Master Gardener and Washington resident Sharon Turner teaches the basics and answers beginner…
Life
University College at Rockland is offering the Osher New Beginnings Scholarship for the summer and fall semesters to encourage more Maine people of all ages to give college a try.
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Riley School offers Discovery Camp for April Vacation, April 16 -20. Each day’s activities will include Outdoor Exploration, Field Science, Movement Arts and Yoga, and Studio…
Several students were recognized in March at Thomaston Grammar School for the attribute of friendship. Each student was presented with a certificate at an Awards Assembly on March 16 and were…
Home-like environment in magnet school house
NORTH HAVEN — Maine’s smallest K-12 public school is seeking high school magnet students for the 2018 - 2019 school year. North Haven Community School, which has a total enrollment of…
Meets April 5, middle school library
CAMDEN — On April 5, the group of citizens, school board members and staff tasked with conceptualizing how to repurpose the Mary E. Taylor school building in Camden will…
If no plan created by Repurposing Committee, he will organize new petition
On February 16, I proposed the following petition:…
He’s the spiritual storyteller in our midst. He has been in Boothbay Harbor since he took his place at the pulpit of the Congregational Church in July 1993. As members of his congregation, we…
On Eating and Loving Food
After returning from a long road trip with my brother, Peter, and indulging in a lot of tasty, high fat, low health level foods, I got up this morning feeling a strong desire for a good healthy…
Maine Lobstermen’s Association offers guidance
MIDCOAST — Congratulations! 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…
Collection bins placed around community
The Camden Hills Regional High School Windplanners team continues an initiative started last…
ROCKPORT – A rescheduled School Administrative District 28/Five Town CSD school safety forum was held March 27 in the Strom auditorium in Rockport. Panelists included Shawn Carlson, principal of…
Perfect score for programming and sight-reading music
On Wednesday, March 28, the Camden Hills Regional High School Concert Band, under the direction of Nancy Rowe, participated in the Maine Band Directors Association Concert Band Festival. Thirty…
Dot’s Market fills with sound
LINCOLNVILLE – A standing-room-only crowd packed Dot's on Route 1 in Lincolnville on Saturday, March 31, where students from the Midcoast Music Academy performed a "Showcase." Tom Ulichny, founder…
Plain and unassuming, but down right homey
BELFAST – If you're not looking for it, it's easy to miss. The small unassuming location at 118 High Street in Belfast sits directly across form the Belfast Co-Op. Inside there isn't much more.…
Highlite was the theme song, ‘Rockland, Maine’
CAMDEN – A hearty group of ukulele players gathered at K2 Music in Reny's Plaza for a monthly jam session. From Montville to Boothbay and points in between, they came to play and play they did,…
CAMDEN — Visit the Camden Public Library during National Library Week 2018 and celebrate the life of the library and the life of the community. National Library Week runs from Sunday, April 8 to…
Limited special ad space...summer is coming!
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…
‘If you want it, work for it. It’s that simple’
BOSTON — Being both a collegiate men’s soccer and men’s lacrosse player at Boston’s Emmanuel College, Morgan Mercier is a unique collegiate student athlete. That is because the majority of dual-…
Evening is followed with a concert band performance
WALDOBORO – Medomak Valley High School held its 15th annual Empty Bowl Supper on Wednesday, March 28, in the school cafeteria. Students in the art classes had been busy making approximately 200…
WARREN — The Leadership School at Kieve-Wavus, hosted Boy Scout Troop 254 and the Venture crew both of Warren with the most difficult requirements of their "Climbing Merit Badge".
Director…
MIDCOAST — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is pleased to announce – and congratulate – the winners of the annual conservation poster contest. This program is part of the…
Snapshot
Cynthia Wheeler spotted this eagle on Sand Street, in Camden, on March 26. The eagles that frequent Millville like to feed in the Megunticook River, which runs through the Camden neighborhood.…
Meetings begin at 6 p.m., tonight, March 26
CAMDEN — The Camden-Rockport (Camden and Rockport K-8) School Board and the Five Town CSD (Camden Hills Regional High School) School Board are holding public information meetings tonight, March 26…
In business: Self defense to help diffuse a situation
CAMDEN – Angela Crawford has a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and she has been teaching a women's self defense class at Flow Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at 255 Molyneaux Road, in Camden. The class…
‘the most honest way of communication’
CAMDEN — Upon the urging of the public and following several board discussions, the School Administrative District 28 Board of Directors voted unanimously March 21 to pursue live-streaming their…
Melissa Bellew is the Y’s new president and CEO
ROCKPORT – The Easter Bunny was a busy fellow on Saturday, March 24, at the Penobscot Bay YMCA at 116 Union St. in Rockport. More than 100 families flocked to the facility for breakfast,…
Only facility north of Boston licensed to instruct
CAMDEN – Yoga is not new, but anti-gravity yoga is. It hasn’t been available north of Boston, until now. Betsy Kingsley, owner of…
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.…
Health and Wellness
“Is this a coordination test?” Carole asked, as I instructed her to sit on the floor to do an exercise. “Yes, it is.…
Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice (MSAHHH) will be offering a free hospice training course for all those interested in becoming a hospice volunteer. The training will held on April…
ROCKLAND — Registration for both summer and fall semesters opens at University College at Rockland on March 19 and continues until those semesters begin. No money is due during this pre-…
Each spring, schools in the Midcoast partner with Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition in the Salmon in Schools program.
BBWC President Tom King recently delivered salmon eggs to 12 schools…
Alex Flagg, Dalton Oakes, Krysta Porter, Jarrod Leonardi, Darrian Leonardi open up
WATERVILLE — Every local student-athlete who has gone on to play collegiate athletics has a unique story. Many learned a great deal and are willing to share their stories, and advice, with the…
Coffee, sandwiches, fresh bread and bagels
ROCKPORT – Rockport welcomed SeaFolk to town March 17. The coffee shop is at 22 Central Ave and had an unannounced opening. There's not even a sign up, yet. It's new, comfortable, inviting, and…
Mark your calendar, make your plans, call your friends from afar and make tracks to Camden!
CAMDEN — The past two March nor'easter storms dropped more than 36 inches of new snow on Ragged Mountain, allowing for an extended season of outdoor fun and activities! During the month of March,…
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…
BELFAST—On Friday, March 16, for those shopping at the Belfast Farmer’s Market in the greenhouse of Aubuchon Hardware in Belfast, there were plenty of fresh, farm-grown ingredients to make a…
ROCKPORT – It was Staff Appreciation Day at Camden Hills Regional High School on Thursday, March 15, day when parents prepare and take in dishes to provide lunch for the teachers and staff at the…
BELFAST — A two-day professional development program, Beginning the Journey of Courageous Communication: Integrating nonviolent communication and interpersonal neurobiology, will be offered May 17…
Students walk out to honor Parkland victims
ROCKPORT – Nationally students staged a walkout to end gun violence on Wednesday, March 14. Because heavy snowfall had resulted in school cancellations that day in the Midcoast, students at Camden…
MAINE — On March 15 Maine officially celebrates the birthday of its statehood. On March 15, 1820 Governor John Brooks of Massachusetts officially declared Maine a state.
Brooks declared…
Coach Bruce Haffner took25 Lincolnville Central School students to compete in the K-6 State Chess Championships in Orono last weekend and the results were…
Snow crazy!
MIDCOAST — Flurries late Monday afternoon provided a preview of the impending storm that would cover the majority of the state in snow throughout the day Tuesday and Tuesday night.
Snow…
On Eating and Loving Food
On the day of that gorgeous, serene snowfall last week (easy for me to say – I didn’t lose power) Sue Mello sent me a link to a recipe for bread: “Slow bread.”
The headline, on Slate.com,…
MRC, biz after hours, Knox county commissioners... the list is growing
MIDCOAST — With the snow still falling, offices and are delayed in opening. Here’s the latest, as of Wednesday morning, March 14:
Wednesday, March 14:
Midcoast…
Safety, Quality, location
ROCKLAND – Following recent threats made at Oceanside High School and the middle school, students came forward to report those threats. Superintendent John McDonald believes that the actions of…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Trekkers' 10th grade Team Everest made a first-time Trekkers 10-day "Cross-America Disaster Relief" expedition to Houston, Texas with a focus on disaster recovery from the…
Panel will address unmet needs fueling addition
It is time for our community to get organized and to take local action on the war against drug addiction. By all measurements, this terrible problem continues to worsen and is affecting thousands…
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…
