UNION — Kathi Langelier, founder and formulator Herbal Revolution, has a shot at winning two competitions this coming week. In November 2016, she had just advanced as one of 13 semi-finalists in…
Life
Kathi Langelier, owner of Herbal Revolutions, will find out June 6 whether or not she’s won $100,000
On May 25, Coastal Family Hospice Volunteers and MaineHealth Care at Home (formerly Kno-Wal-Lin) honored their active volunteers at a luncheon at the Craignair Inn in Spruce Head. Forty-five CFHV…
Thomaston Grammar School held its annual Fine Arts Night May 25. The entertainment portion of the event was split into three concerts led by music teacher, Angela Johnson.
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On Eating and Loving Food
Last night I grilled some chicken and made my new favorite salad: Arugula, sliced almonds, blue cheese and my all-time favorite dressing. I’ve made it with fresh grated parmesan in place of blue…
LINCOLNVILLE — The town of Lincolnville may have a small parade for Memorial Day, but it has all the bases covered when it comes to paying respect and adding a little fun for the kids in the form…
Camden-Rockport Middle School...
CAMDEN — Seventh-grader Karen Linares-Mendoza has spearheaded a project to create the first ever Camden-Rockport neputa, which is a large fan shaped float. Linares-Mendoza and a troupe of seventh-…
With huge photo gallery!
CAMDEN — Forget the Indy 500 and the Nascar 600, the students of Camden-Rockport Middle School's eighth-grade class kicked off the Memorial Day weekend with a race of their own. And they raced…
BELFAST — Belfast Creative Coalition announces the first of the 2017 Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walks, which will take place on May 26 on and around Main Street and High Street in downtown Belfast…
Belfast, Rockland and Waldoboro locations
ROCKPORT — The Midcoast Recreation Center's Red Ball tennis program is hitting the road this summer with tennis camps coming to a town near you! Three tennis camps for kids, ages 6-8, are being…
On Eating and Loving Food
So I was walking down Cross Point Road last Sunday morning thinking about this week’s column. I took my phone out of my back pocket to start dictating. It had been left with a text window open…
Collection of Lennie Weiner
WASHINGTON — The Gibbs Library is proud to present an exhibit of a selection of 18th and 19th century lithographs depicting events of the Revolutionary and Civil wars, from the collection of…
promoting biodiversity and self-sufficiency in Waldoboro since the 1970s
The Heirloom Seed Project at Medomak Valley High School, in Waldoboro, has been honored with a national Award of Excellence from National Garden…
The Informed Young Leaders Series starts its third year of PechaKucha-style presentations on vital political issues by…
Registration is open for summer courses offered through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Over 200…
AUGUSTA — Ground-level ozone concentrations will be climbing in Maine on Thursday, May 18, and are expected to reach unhealthy levels along the entire coastline, and will reach inland to include…
Illuminating the perils of plastic garbage in the ocean
Ella Simon, a senior at the independent Watershed School in Camden, loves to make art, and she plans to study the fine arts at Colorado State College next fall. She also likes to…
On Eating and Loving Food
Okay, we’re going to talk rhubarb again today, so I hope you like it as much as I do. I promise this will be the last rhubarb recipe till next spring.
It does seem that rhubarb is a well-…
SOUTH THOMASTON — The South Thomaston Fire Department opened its doors April 29 and welcomed the special needs community and their families. Several members of the community came by and had the…
Hospitality House and Habitat for Humanity team up to give homeless clients a prototype for a temporary accessible shelter
ROCKPORT—On Tuesday, May 9, a little over a half dozen volunteers worked to push the framing of a 192-square-foot structure in place on the front strip of lawn next to Hospitality House in…
On Eating and Loving Food
Last week I was thinking about what to write this week's column about. It’s almost rhubarb season, so I figured it’s a good time to make a rhubarb custard pie. Hannaford…
One South Thomaston teen’s triumph over adversity...
SOUTH THOMASTON — Sarah Penney, 19, a senior at Maine Virtual Academy, is about to graduate in…
At a special May 8 meeting, the Five Town CSD School Board unanimously voted to hire Shawn Carlson as the next principal of Camden Hills Regional High School, in Rockport.
Carlson was the…
Two public hearings are scheduled for the Camden-Rockport Middle School building project. The first will be held at the Rockport Opera House on Thursday, May 11, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The…
SOUTH THOMASTON – They entered the house, three at a time. A dark, empty building, shuttered against the rain and the light of day. Blindly they crept forward, their rational brains reminding them…
We will miss him
The Midcoast lost a good friend May 4 when Tom Ford, of Hope, passed away. Tom’s smile, his gentle quips, and belly laugh when truly amused were present wherever you bumped…
Learn about Labyrinths through time and design your own labyrinth, than head outdoors to Belfast Common to visit the labyrinth constructed last year by Friends of Belfast Parks. Guide…
On Eating and Loving Food
Last week I interviewed the pastry chef at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, Alex Tallen. As she was talking about the absolutely ridiculous French pastries she learned to make while attending a…
Commentary
On December 5, 2016, we found our son, Aaron Pearce, dead in his bed with no apparent cause. As the family worked through the shock and heartache of…
Rockland Public Library...
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Historical Society and the Rockland Public Library will present Big Ben and Stanley's Stupid Funny Stuff in the Rockland Public Library Community Room on Tuesday,…
The parents of Brynne Hanna are pleased to announce her engagement to Andrew Whitney.
Brynne is a 2004 graduate of Lincoln Academy and is employed by Bangor Savings. Andrew is a 2003…
On April 29, the Camden Hills Regional High School choirs, under the direction of Kimberly Murphy and the CHRHS bands, under the direction of Nancy Rowe, attended the…
Students outrank state competitors, head to nationals
UNION – Madelon Kelly teaches science at Medomak Middle School and is the proud coach for the Champion Science Olympiad. The Medomak team has won the Olympiad held at the University of Southern…
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA's annual Ned Kyle Boat Auction is scheduled for Saturday, June 10. The YMCA is looking for new or old boats (sail, power, dinghy, kayak, canoe, skiffs, rowing…
Belfast and Searsport will be among 20 host sites this year across the state fabricating low-cost insulating window inserts during Window Dressers Community Builds. Last year in Belfast alone,…
Over dinner one night in February 1999, Michelle Peele’s middle daughter Morgan Hasbrouck Perdue got talking about a front page newspaper article on two teens killed in an auto accident. The North…
It’s almost time to forage
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has investigated a number of outbreaks of food-borne illness associated with fiddleheads. The implicated ferns were eaten either raw…
The Watershed School, in Camden, announced that its graduating class of 2017 has gained acceptance to the following colleges and universities:
Bates College (early…
A candid look at a Down East storyteller’s career
ROCKPORT – In the 1960s, Maine humorist Tim Sample worked at the shipyard in Boothbay Harbor. Back then, the octogenarians would sit around the dock, spinning oakum, puffing clay pipes, and…
On Eating and Loving Food
So really – does anything sound more appealing than a warm, flaky chocolate biscuit with butter melting on it? Besides an ice cold manhattan with a cherry?
I love biscuits. I wrote about…
Those fortunate enough to live on lakes often add to their enjoyment with a floating dock. Such floating docks, when well‐constructed, are both aesthetic and offer shelter and a resting place for…
Reopening May 31
PORT CLYDE – Lexi Rackliff-Zable is the new proprietor of the Dip Net Restaurant in Port Clyde. In February, Rackliff-Zable signed a three-year lease with Linda Bean’s Perfect Maine. Rackliff-…
Down one kidney from cancer and already living with two heart devices in her, Kimberly Emerson, 33, has faced one medical challenge after another since childhood. It’s all she’s ever known, she…
On Eating and Loving Food
So this week we’re going to talk about creamed asparagus on toast. Don't stop reading! I say that because I mentioned creamed asparagus at work the other day and the three or four people who were…
Work began today, April 17, on rebuilding the historic Pascal Avenue High Sidewalk in Rockport.
Consequently, the sidewalk will be closed for reconstruction from just past the bridge to…
The second census of arts education resources for Maine's 183,995 students, the first survey in this area since 2009, revealed both a surprising amount of consistency in school offerings over the…
Dole & Bailey offered free tastings, beer and spirits to Midcoast restaurateurs and the public
LINCOLNVILLE—With the sun still peeking through atop the summit at Point Lookout dozens of food companies from Texas to Maine were setting up tables overlooking Penobscot Bay with gourmet tastings…
Bangor Savings Bank has invested $75,000 in LifeFlight of Maine, to ensure Mainers have access to critical care and medical transport when needed.
The grant will go toward replacing…
With the increased demand for locally grown fresh fruit, some Maine farmers see an opportunity in adding plums to fruit crops already being grown for the consumer market.
…
On Eating and Loving Food
I’ve been watching the Great British Baking Show, and it’s killing me. This morning they were making cakes. Ugh. I've been trying to walk 10,000 steps daily, and it really doesn't help when I sit…
