Registration is open for fall 2017 classes offered through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
More than 300 undergraduate and graduate courses, both live and via…
Life
No shortage of fun
Midcoast Maine is hopping with music, parades and events, all to celebrate Independence Day in the United States, and the unofficial start to summer in Maine. Here is the schedule, and we will add…
Applications are being accepted for the 2017 Maine Wild Blueberry Queen Competition. The coronation will take place at the Union Fair/Maine Wild Blueberry Festival on Monday, August 21…
ROCKLAND — Three students from the University of Maine at Augusta, participating through University College…
There are still openings in RSU 13’s Pre-K program for the 2017-2018 School year. This is a full day program for families residing in RSU 13. Children who are 4 years old by October 15 are…
Maine’s wild orchids
When you think of orchids, exotic flowers growing in vine-draped tropical jungles might come to mind. Or perhaps those striped and colorful flowers staked upright in little pots in the grocery…
The Thomaston 4th of July Committee named Mr. and Ms. 4th of July 2017. Coby Dorr and Meredith Mitchell are both graduated seniors from Oceanside High School, and…
ROCKPORT – On June 30, Down East magazine hosts its first Food Truck Friday event. Food Truck Fridays is a four part summer series June 30, July 14, July 28 and August 11 at…
LINCOLNVILLE — When Lincolnville’s iconic beach restaurant, the Lobster Pound, announced it was going to close after 80 years, along with the small town’s only brewpub Andrew’s Brewing Co., locals…
On Eating and Loving Food
Here in the United States most of us think of petits fours as those cute little square chocolate-covered cakes that come in a box around Christmastime.
That's what I thought when I asked…
AUGUSTA - The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is investigating a travel-associated confirmed case of measles in Franklin County; currently there are no other cases…
The University of Maine recognized 2,303 students for achieving Dean's List honors in the spring 2017 semester. Of the students who made the Dean's List, 1,727 are from Maine, 533 are…
Remember how drafty your home was on cold and windy days last winter? Do you fret over high heating bills every cold winter month and promise to do something different before next…
Any child ages 6-8 is welcome to participate for free
ROCKPORT — Get out and play TENNIS. When you visit the U.S. Tennis Association's website, that's the message, front and center.…
BELFAST — Steamboat Landing was awash in wagging tails Saturday as P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center hosted the Canine Games and Family Festival.
Though the P.A.W.S. facility is located in…
SEARSPORT — Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County (HHWC) marked the official groundbreaking of its fourth build June 23.
With a group of more than 200 volunteers making the…
Angelica Gaudreau’s grueling battle
ROCKLAND — Maine is experiencing an unprecedented surge in ticks this year. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,464 cases of Lyme cases in 2016 and recently confirmed…
Industrial Arts...
Despite quite a few dim, foggy days and the lingering chilly nights (interspersed with a few oddly hot mornings), the official start of summer was this week. Here on Matinicus Island, the first…
Town signs $8,436 consent decree with state environmental agency
CAMDEN — Given factors that resulted in the ongoing Hosmer Pond algae bloom, town leaders agreed June 20 to assist in its mitigation. How that happens and how much it might cost remains on the…
With all due respect
CAMDEN — Another World War II…
ST. GEORGE — Sixth-graders at St. George School recently created a Welcome to Maine booklet for children of French-speaking newcomers to the state. The booklet is intended to help young…
On Eating and Loving Food
Uh oh. Rhubarb again. But there's still rhubarb to be had out there, and who doesn't like the strawberry rhubarb connection? Not I.
Strawberry rhubarb pie. Yum. I ran into Kate Schwehm…
Camden Rotary Club President Ken Mitchell and Rotary exchange student Arami Britos traded club banners after Britos addressed club members during a recent meeting. Arami has been attending Camden…
BELFAST — Nearly 2,000 participants in this year’s Trek Across Maine made their way through the streets of Belfast June 18, as their three-day, 180-mile journey came to a waterfront conclusion.…
Hoist those sails, set out for the sea or pack those vehicles and head for the highway; and be bound for Boothbay Harbor sailors and landlubbers, for the 55th Annual Windjammer Days Festival just…
The First Church in Belfast, United Church of Christ, is preparing to celebrate an anniversary. Next year, 2018, will be the 200th anniversary of the building of the stately church…
AUGUSTA — Data released on the Maine Tracking Network by Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) reported that adults over the age of 65 years had the highest rates of Lyme…
SEARSMONT — A group of 18 fourth- and fifth-graders at Ames Elementary School were chosen as winners of $100 College Aspirations Scholarships, as a result of working with Bob Stuart, director of…
Thomaston Public Library ...
Thomaston Public Library is about to launch its fourth year of 40 Days of Summer. Beginning Monday, June 19, school aged children are invited to join in myriad activities and eat lunch without…
Jacobson Glass Gallery in Montville
MONTVILLE — Tucked down a dirt road in the western Waldo County town of Montville sits an unassuming art studio that creates one-of-a-kind hand-blown and kiln-formed glass. Run by one of the most…
On Eating and Loving Food
I went to the opening at the Boothbay Harbor Oceanside Golf Resort (phew, that’s a mouthful – luckily they’re just calling it Oceanside) on May 27.
I met some great people.
I…
Elect school board members, approve harbor question and establishment of wastewater reserve account
Lincolnville voters have elected two new faces – Joshua Gerritsen and Jonathan Fishman — to the Board of Selectmen, and two school board members.
Three candidates vied for two three-year…
The Waldoboro Business Association will be sponsoring the music for Waldoboro Day, including the DJ music for the Friday, June 16, dance at the VFW Hall, and all the music performed at the former…
In case you missed it, in remarks delivered at Islesboro Central School's graduation ceremony June 11, U.S. Senator Angus King offered his congratulations to the seven graduating…
Cafe Miranda pizza, live band, fun children’s activities....
ROCKPORT — The Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition (MCRC), whose mission is to reduce the rates of drug addiction and its consequences in Mid-Coast…
BCOPE’s students repurpose an old shed and grow a ‘spaghetti garden’
BELFAST—A couple of years ago, an old storage shed perched next to BCOPE (Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education) in Belfast had a lot of…
Two signs with Camden photographs near the Camden Harbormaster's office at the landing were recently updated and replaced by the Camden-Rockport Historical Society. Project…
CUMBERLAND – The Midcoast branch of Girls on the Run finished its second season, Sunday, June 4, with a state-wide 5K run in Cumberland. The run, held every season, proclaims the end of a 10-week…
MCH Inc. invites the public, especially past and current Meals on Wheels volunteers, to attend a celebration of the new Meals on Wheels kitchen at the Methodist Conference Home, 39 Summer Street…
The Medomak Valley Land Trust has recently acquired a new 6-acre parcel of land in Friendship on Martin Point, thanks to the generosity of the former landowners, Penny Axelrod and Jerry…
The Waldoboro Business Association will be sponsoring the music for Waldoboro Day including the DJ music for the Friday, June 16, dance at the VFW Hall and all the music performed at…
First Church in Belfast UCC
BELFAST — The First Church in Belfast is hosting a Choral Festival: Songs of Peace for Our Times, to be held Sept. 29 through Oct. 1.
The festival will be led by Dr. Ronald Sherwin, Music…
Opinion
Dear Citizens of Camden and Rockport,
As approval of our school budgets and a new middle school proposal will soon go to vote, I wanted to take a moment to clear up some questions…
On Eating and Loving Food
I know. I’ve written about lobsters before. But I’m a Maine girl, and it’s summer in Maine (almost).
We Mainers rarely have lobsters in the winter. And I rarely…
Industrial Arts...
I really, genuinely, seriously love this time of year on Matinicus Island.
There are two reasons for this sloppy excess of gratuitous sentiment. First, these few weeks of spring (well,…
Transformations...
Haiku for a Sunday Afternoon in May
A fig hangs heavy
from a thin leafy tree branch.
Nature has control.
my fingers wet with tears
will smudge fine…
Joyous tradition continues through downtown
CAMDEN — One of the largest classes to earn diplomas at Camden Hills Regional High School in recent years commenced its week of graduation ceremonies June 5 with the annual baccalaureate, a…
Sen. President Thibodeau sends Legislative Sentiment to Kinneys...
LINCOLNVILLE — Isabella and Maren, the young daughters of Lincolnville Town Administrator David Kinney, were lauded at the Board of Selectmen's meeting Monday night for their vital roles in saving…
Gov. Paul LePage signed legislation affirming Direct Primary Care (DPC) agreements not require oversight and regulation by the Maine State Bureau of Insurance, declaring they are…
Learn to ski mountains vital to getting kids outside, having fun, being active
PORTLAND — Thanks to the generosity of 51 winter sports areas statewide, 1,832 kids and their families got outside and active this winter with the WinterKids Passport. Mt. Abram, Black Mountain,…
