ROCKLAND – On Sunday, November 2, Rockland Shambhala will host a meditation retreat with Shambhala Guide Rachel Nixon and senior teachers Christopher and Eunice St. John. The retreat will take…
Life
On Eating and Loving Food
I think swordfish is my favorite fish. I love haddock. I love tuna. I love halibut. I love salmon. I love mackerel, as long as I don’t have to catch it and cut its…
Heavy winds, rain, cause outages
Working diligently, crews from Central Maine Power had restored electricity by 8:50 a.m. to approximately two-thirds of the customers in Knox and Waldo Counties that were previously without power…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Trekkers recently hosted their twelfth annual "From the 'Hood to the Woods" program at Blueberry Cove Camp in Tenants Harbor. The five-day expedition provided an opportunity for…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) and Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH) would like to thank United Midcoast Charities (UMC) for $19,000 in grants recently received. UMC supports agencies…
Multiple workshops offered, free enrollment
ROCKPORT — Open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace for 2018 is November 1 through December 15, 2017. Enrolling or re-enrolling may seem a bit daunting — trying to understand all your…
Two local residents who are employees of Ocean State Job Lot have been named as 2017 "Three Square Meals" Food Ambassadors by the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation. Julie Philbrook, of…
BAR HARBOR — The Maine Press Association held its annual conference/dinner Oct. 21 in Bar Harbor, feting Maine journalists, and media production and sales staff with awards. The Penobscot Bay…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine (BBBSMM) is looking for volunteers in the Midcoast to serve as coordinators at its School-Based mentoring programs. Coordinators are adults from the community…
#fitzysfight: ‘It’s been the most humbling experience of my life’
ROCKPORT – Brian Fitzpatrick is determined to return to coaching basketball, despite battling cancer. The past few months have been rough. Treatments are rigorous for the 35-year-old body already…
Two Boothbay Harbor chefs were the big winners at the 2017 Lobster Chef of the Year competition in Portland on Oct. 20. Nathaniel Adam, executive sous chef of the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, was…
The National Honor Society of Camden Hills Regional High School cordially invites American veterans and their families to its seventh annual Veterans' Day Breakfast on Friday, November…
Separate No. 1 Plastic from 3-7, and continue tossing No. 2 as usual
ROCKPORT — Because residents of Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport want to recycle their trash, but because the market demand for plastic has diminished, and because plastic is ubiquitous,…
On Eating and Loving Food
Leftovers vs. gourmet dinner, in or out. Cheap vs. expensive. Delicious vs., like, totally awesome. Sitting on the couch, alone vs. in a nice restaurant with friends, or a date. OK, friends.…
Music and festivities will take place during event
HOPE — Visit Hope Orchards Friday, October 20 through Sunday, October 22 to experience the widest varieties available during their season. Over 20 varieties available for tasting, paring and…
Annual Halloween event to open October 20
UNION — Each October, it takes approximately one dozen volunteers to create the spooky set pieces and props to transform the Union Fairgrounds into an annual outdoor “frightgrounds” of the Trail…
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the University of New England was awarded a three-year, nationally competitive research grant for $1,321,039 from DOE’s…
Oct. 19, at the Strand
The Rockland District Nursing Association and the Strand Theatre present American Graffiti, Thursday, October 19, at 7 p.m. Donations will be accepted at the door. The suggested donation…
CAMDEN – "The greatest mark of civility they can show you is to invite you to drink tea with them." And so began Mary Kay Fenton, as she addressed the Camden Garden Club on the subject of tea. Tea…
From the radio
Over the last week, wildfires have been raging across most of the state of California.
On Wednesday, one of my life-long best friends named Donna, who lives about an hour south of San…
From kids to post-middle age to dogs, it was a good run
ROCKPORT — Moving at a good clip, approximately 40 runners and walkers took off from Rockport Harbor early Saturday morning, Oct. 14. Their destination was the Beech Nut atop Beech Hill…
At the Camden Congregational Church, 8 a.m. to noon, the area’s annual fabulous rummage sale to raise money for Partners in Health. If you are not aware of the work PIH does please take…
Camden – Wayfinder School, at 79 Washington Street, celebrated an open house on Thursday, October 12 with fresh hot and cold cider, apple crisp, homemade salsa, mac and cheese and other crudités.…
‘I very much oppose the administration’s plan to repeal the clean power act’
ROCKPORT — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, (R-Maine), greeted members of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce at a Friday morning business breakfast, Oct. 13, and before the…
‘I already find myself thinking 70 is chilly’
DELAND and FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When most Rockport residents travel over 1,400 miles to the Orlando area, or 1,600 miles to the South Florida area, they usually do it for a vacation or to…
BELFAST — A three-week course, "Writing the Personal Essay," will be offered on Saturdays 1:00 to 3:30 from November 4 -18 at Waterfall Arts on High Street in Belfast. The class will be led by…
From Augusta
Greetings constituents of District 94 Camden, Rockport and Islesboro. Rep. Owen Casas here and I thought I would provide an update on legislative activity. Over a series of columns I'll lay out…
THOMASTON — In late August, Trekkers honored eight participants who graduated from the Trekkers Training Institute for Youth Development's first summer immersion training experience. The Trekkers…
On Eating and Loving Food
Chicken soup: When was the last time you made a big pot full? It's one of those simple things to make, but because it's so simple, I just keep putting it off. “Ah, I can make chicken soup …
SEARSMONT — Midcoast Bee Week brings pollinator studies straight into the classroom at Ames School in Searsmont. The school's third graders, whose studies include learning about the life cycles of…
Volunteers will soon begin circulating petitions for a new citizen initiative to make sure every Maine senior and person with a disability in the state has access to care and assistance…
UNION — The Union Fair, located at the Union Fairgrounds just off Route 17 in Union, is seeking volunteer scare actors, tour guides, and wherever you may be able to help for the second annual…
Belfast was the first town in Maine to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day in 2015. Just this month, in unanimous decisions, Bangor and Portland joined Orono and Brunswick in making…
Mid-Coast School of Technology's September Students of the Month are Silas Faria and Heaven Dudley.
Heaven is a senior at Camden Hills Regional HS and is enrolled at…
CAMDEN — Adria ("Addie") Ellen Chamberlain and David Alex Goldstein were married July 2, 2017, at Point Lookout in Northport. Adria's long-time family friend and local attorney, James Elliott,…
Cartoonist and horror book illustrator Glenn Chadbourne has been painting giant pumpkins in front of King Eider’s Pub since the beginning of …
BELFAST — Guiding Eyes for the Blind welcomed the September 2017 class of graduates, a group of 17 individuals paired with guide dogs bred and raised by the nonprofit to be matched with a person…
Troubled Minds, ‘Shattered’ System
Advocates for the mentally ill believe state government’s refusal to appropriate enough money to meet the demands of the 1990 “…
West Bay Rotary thanks all participants and congratulates the winners for helping the organization raise funds to support local causes. Its annual Chowder Challenge, at Windjammer…
This evening
It is the Art Loft's dream that everyone gets to experience the power of art, including the less advantaged, outlining sectors of the community. To that end, Kathryn Matlack, of Camden,…
Snapshot
Jimmy from the Midcoast sent along these two photos recently, snapshots he got of one child making a go of it on the Rockland Breakwater. We admire the rider’s balance and tenacity as he assumes…
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will connect K–12 students in Maine and around the country to UMaine student researchers in the field as part of its Follow a Researcher®…
BELFAST — Looking for a few good mentors! The Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast (RJP) is seeking stable, compassionate, and resourceful volunteers to become mentors. Mentors play a…
Dick Reid and his (very) soon-to-be wife, Anya Heyl, own The Thistle Inn business in Boothbay Harbor.
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SEARSPORT— Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County celebrated the completion of its fourth build, a home located in Searsport, with a dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting Oct. 2.
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Event Oct. 6 and 7 honors Leonard Lookner
CAMDEN — In April, members of the Camden community (as well as a number of Rockport neighbors, and a handful of volunteers hailing from other parts of the Midcoast) gathered in the parking lot of…
What do a rusty-patched bumble bee, Jimmy Carter and Siksika Tribe elder Treffrey Deerfoot have in common?…
Sanctuary for wild beasts birds first, recreation second
CHIMNEY POND TRAIL — Emily Davis pulled out her portable scale and hung it from a tree branch. “Let’s weigh our packs,” she called cheerfully, across the parking lot to hikers who were hoisting…
Public encouraged to contribute
On September 22, at the "Our Mountain Voices" event at the Camden Opera House, Coastal Mountains Land Trust launched the public phase of the Round the Mountain Collaboration, a partnership between…
