ROCKPORT – North Haven and Vinalhaven schools took to the stage for the 2018 Maine Drama Festival in the Strom Auditorium at Camden Hills Regional High School. Also taking the stage for the…
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Accepting applications now
Rockport’s Roadside Tree Planting Program is now accepting applications from individual home owners and businesses in the town of Rockport. The program, now in its second year, is a…
winter is a tough time to collect blood in New England
ROCKLAND – The American Red Cross held a blood drive at the American Legion Post 1 on Thursday, February 22. Winter months are particularly hard on blood drives as the winter weather can cause…
Rescheduled date to be announced
ROCKPORT — The MSAD #28/Five Town CSD school safety forum scheduled for Thursday, March 8 has been postponed due to inclement weather.
Communication on the new date for the forum will be…
How do you identify a tree if it has no leaves? The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites the public to the first event in the Stewardship Series to learn how to identify trees in winter on…
MIDCOAST — With a storm filling the region with snow, government, businesses and organizations have made scheduling adjustments.
Postponements and cancellations can be emailed to news@…
‘It’s not to prove others wrong, but to prove myself right’
GORHAM — Being a collegiate student-athlete can be a job itself with balancing academics and athletics. And for University of Southern Maine men’s basketball player Keenan Hendricks, his life as a…
Here is a schedule of services at the Episcopal Church of St. John's in Thomaston for Holy Week.
March 25, Palm Sunday, 8 and 10 a.m. services with the Passion Narrative
March 29,…
Here is a schedule of services at the Episcopal Church of St. John's in Thomaston for Holy Week.
March 25, Palm Sunday, 8 and 10 a.m. services with the Passion Narrative
March 29,…
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy President William J. Brennan announced that Maritime Administrator, Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, USN, Ret. will deliver the college's Commencement address on Saturday…
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As we round the corner into spring, despite the nor’easter, we are getting closer and closer to breaking ground on the new school. We are very busy preparing for that moment, and we feel a mixture…
The Midcoast School of Technology, in Rockland, has named its February Students of the Month. They are:
Kylie Farnham, Senior, Oceanside High School
Kylie…
Five Town CSD, MSAD 28
ROCKPORT — The Safety Forum being hosted by the MSAD #28/Five Town CSD school districts on Thursday March 8th at 6:30 p.m. at the high school, will be held as planned. If there is power, the event…
‘Wait a minute. What do you mean I can’t use a calculator’
FAIRFIELD — The Camden Rockport Middle School Math Team is number one in Maine, taking top honors at the Mathcounts State Competition for middle schools hosted by the Maine Society of Professional…
ROCKPORT — Kerry Lavigne, M.D. F.A.A.D, has announced the opening of her new dermatology practice, Camden Dermatology and Mohs Surgery, on March 5 at 195…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today joined a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues to introduce the Students…
AUGUSTA - Certification of the citizens' initiative effort "An Act To Establish Universal Home Care for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities," is complete and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap…
Sophomore Pearl Benjamin takes a message to Augusta
AUGUSTA – Camden Hills Regional High School Sophomore Pearl Benjamin stated her case at the state capitol March 1, on Gun Safety Advocacy Day. In the State House Hall of Flags, she spoke before a…
Two dozen children from Boothbay Region YMCA’s FitKidz afterschool program and the Montessori class from the Y’s Child Enrichment Center got to meet Ellie, a 6-foot, 5-inch talking robotic…
At its February board meeting, the Maine Lobster Festival Board of Directors donated $1,000 to Rockland District Nursing Association (RDNA).
RDNA has been providing in-home nursing…
ROCKLAND — The First National Bank recently announced that it has made donations totaling $15,000 to 21 food banks in bank's market area.
"First National Bank is grateful for the critical…
Camden-Rockport schools continue to pursue same grant funding for SRO
ROCKLAND – As the last item on their agenda, March 1, RSU 13 School Board members discussed the viability of positioning a school resource officer in Oceanside High School. Rockland Police Chief…
High School Girls Basketball
AUGUSTA — Scores of people will gather at the Augusta Civic Center on Saturday, March 3 at 1:05 p.m. to enjoy a varsity girls basketball showdown between the Vinalhaven Vikings (21-0) and the…
THORNDIKE — On March 1, a student at the Mt View Complex received a threat on social media threatening the safety of students at the Mt. View Complex, according to a news release from the Waldo…
THORNDIKE — Following the Feb. 28 release of a mace-like substance at Mt. View High School, which cleared the building, has resulted in a 16-year-old female has been charged with…
ROCKLAND — The RSU 13 School Board will meet on Thursday, March 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Mclain school.
The meeting will begin with an executive session scheduled to convene prior to the…
Seeking Poets, Performers, Artists, and More for Collaborative Works
BELFAST — The 14th Annual Belfast Poetry Festival seeks teams of poets, performers, and artists for its annual juried presentation of original collaborative works featuring poetry combined with…
SEARSPORT and STOCKTON SPRINGS —On Wednesday, February 28, the office of RSU 20 Superintendent Chris Downing released the following statement regarding the death of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.…
BELFAST — 12 educators will conduct an on-site Accreditation visit of Belfast Area High School (BAHS) on March 11 through March 14, Principal McLean announced today. The Accreditation visit will…
Linda Brewer retired as Southport Memorial Library’s sixth librarian a couple months ago. A much-loved figure at the library for 30 years, she wasn’t your typical librarian.
If you went in…
Periodic check arrives from Minnesota prison
CAMDEN — After two years of strategic planning, the local nonprofit that raises money to turn around and give it away to Knox and Waldo county charitable organizations has a new vision, mission…
COLUMBIA FALLS and WASHINGTON, D.C. — Each year, millions of Americans come together to REMEMBER the fallen, HONOR those that serve and their families, and TEACH the next generation about the…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
Snow, rain, thaw, melt, repeat. This pattern tells us that mud season is approaching. For weeks, I’ve heard people comment on the unexpected snowfall levels as they tried in vain to prepare for…
BELFAST — Good Morning, Belfast! will launch its first week of programs with interviews of local community leaders: Stephen Ryan, Executive Director for Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce; and…
WALDOBORO — Waldoboro’s Select Board will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27 and will immediately enter executive session to discuss the town manager’s contract. Once the executive session — the…
Food stamps cannot be used to buy hygiene products, so then what?
ROCKLAND – Sharon Hobson loves to buy toilet paper. She loves to have rolls and rolls and rolls of it around, but she doesn't suffer from acartohygieiophobia, which is the fear of running out. Nor…
public workshop Monday, Feb. 26
ROCKLAND – “The character of our principle residential neighborhoods would change greatly if, as you propose, you reduce minimum lot sizes, permit detached accessory dwellings, and shrink the…
Now in 13th year, it’s the community lunch spot
CAMDEN — A bowl of hot and hearty soup can carry different meanings for people. Maybe it is chicken soup to ease the discomfort of a cold, or a…
27 percent increase in deaths due to illegal fentanyl and fentanyl
AUGUSTA — The State of Maine saw 418 drug-induced deaths in 2017, according to figures released today by Maine’s Attorney General, Janet Mills. Drug overdose deaths increased by 11 percent in 2017…
On Eating and Loving Food
You know how all of a sudden it’s, like, 1 p.m., and you’re starving? You start searching the fridge, hoping lunch will magically appear.
That happened…
‘“Good, better, best. Never rest until your good is better and your better is best’
WATERVILLE — Medomak Valley alumna Sammie Griffin has enjoyed a successful collegiate women’s basketball career that started in South Portland as a member of the Southern Maine Community College…
‘Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds’
STANDISH — Medomak Valley High School graduate Hannah Marks and the Saint Joseph’s Monks are having a tremendous season on the hardwood.
The Saint Joseph’s (24-1) women’s basketball team…
Learning how to shape, score and bake a loaf
CAMDEN — Retired teacher Bill Babb never planned on leading workshops on the art of sourdough bead making; it became a hobby borne out of a desire to make a friend with cancer happy.
“A…
Owls Head Transportation Museum presents ‘Niche Purveyors’ Saturday Feb. 17
OWLS HEAD— Each of Owls Head Transportation Museum’s four speakers this Saturday, Feb. 17, has vastly different interests ranging from pet supplies and organic chocolate to hand tools and premium…
CUSHING —The Georges River Land Trust has partnered with the Cushing Community School to develop a new after school program at the Langlais Sculpture Preserve. Beginning with an introduction and…
NEW YORK CITY — Three Midcoast area chefs and one Belfast restaurant have been named semifinalists for 2018 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef awards, the foundation announced on Thursday…
Winter Horticulture Series
CAMDEN — "Gardening for Biodiversity" is the topic of the final presentation of Camden Garden Club's 2018 Winter Horticulture Series at Camden Public Library on Tuesday, February 27 at 10 a.m. The…
events to take place in northport, belfast, rockport, waldoboro
CAMDEN— Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine invites local businesses, organizations and individuals to sign up to Bowl For Kids' Sake 2018, presented by Hannaford Supermarkets, Camden National…
In business with the sun
MONROE — When Eric and Alison Rector learned last January that a “Bomb Cyclone” was blasting much of New England and pummeling the Maine coast, the couple was on vacation in Mexico. They…
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My name is Patricia Clark. My husband, Wayne, and I have been customers of Central Maine Power for over three decades, and have had very little to complain about up until this point. …
