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…
Life
Meeting April 12
ROCKPORT — A group of first-grade mothers are questioning the judgment of Camden-Rockport Elementary School administrators as next year’s classes get organized. They, and other parents, do not…
OWLS HEAD — Owls Head Transportation Museum hosted modelers and miniaturists from throughout New England to its annual Midcoast Model Festival. The two-day indoor event, April 8 and 9, attracted…
ROCKPORT – Ashwood Waldorf School held it Projects Showcase Thursday, April 6, at the Camden-Rockport Elementary School Auditorium. The eighth grade project is a major element of the student's…
The Maine Chapter of the Wildlife Society honored Annie Kassler, of Camden, with its Award of Recognition March 9 in Bangor.
The award acknowledges Kassler's noteworthy contributions to…
ROCKLAND – The Penobscot Language School, at 28 Gay Street in Rockland, celebrated its 30th anniversary as a language center on Thursday, April 6. Board members, staff and some of the original…
In the northeast corner of Waldo County, where the clam casserole melts in your mouth
PROSPECT – The Prospect Community Center hosted its first monthly benefit supper on Saturday, April 8, in the community center dining room. The suppers run every second Saturday of the month and…
Are you a Maine adult who “stopped out” of college, but wants to return? You may now qualify for as much as $4…
Are you curious about what it means to eat a plant-based diet? It does not mean that you are a vegetarian. Join this free two-session class to explore the…
ROCKPORT – It's called the Muffuletta and it's a traditional New Orleans sandwich. It's featured every Thursday at Maine Street Meats, in the State of Maine Cheese building. Derrick Lynker runs…
Maine Maritime Academy President William J. Brennan announced today that U.S. Senator for Maine, Susan Collins, will be the college’s 2017 Commencement speaker on Saturday, May 6 in…
The Hope School Committee meets April 10, at 6 p.m., at the Hope Elementary School, to finalize the 2017-2018 school…
ROCKLAND (Updated April 7) — Monday night was training night for firefighters in Rockland, where the gathering place was the Transfer Station and the drill was extinguishing propane fires. The…
Charlie Morecraft has a message for all about safety
Maine is a state of hard, rugged, tenacious workers. They won’t quit cutting cordwood, hauling traps, or haying the fields until it’s getting dark and time for supper, maybe a beer.
But…
Invasive plants are becoming more common in Maine. Look near highway exits, ditch banks, and construction sites — places where there is soil disturbance — and you are likely to spot…
BELFAST — Belfast Community Radio, WBFY 100.9 FM, broadcasts many spoken word programs, giving listeners a variety of informative and entertaining talk shows. Program topics range from poetry to…
Be mindful of what you burn, how you burn, weather conditions...
LINCOLNVILLE — Lincolnville Fire Chief Steve Gibbons has announced that Lincolnville residents and property owners can now obtain an open burning permit, either online or in person. Burning…
UNION — Following is a list of public events happening during the month of April at Vose Library in Union. For more information, call Vose Library at 785-4733.
Herbs and Edible…
Camden’s American Legion to host homecoming
CAMDEN — For many, the Vietnam War evokes memories and images of one of the most controversial times in American history. It was the first war…
Superintendent Maria Libby said March 30 that she has accepted the resignation of Camden Hills Regional High School Principal Robert Sampson effective the end of the school year. Mr.…
On Eating and Loving Food
When I was a kid baked beans were a pretty common Saturday night dinner. Not B&M, not Bush's, real homemade baked beans. My mother made them fairly regularly for…
Lucy Hayward, of Hope, has been awarded the Matthew Henson Outdoor Leader Award by Green Mountain College. The college for environmental, social and economic sustainability based educationgrants…
Heating up the Wave in Rockport
ROCKPORT – The Wave Café at Camden Hills Regional High School was abuzz with Jazz Thursday, March 23, as bands from Belfast, Camden Rockport Middle School, Camden Hills Regional High School and…
Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator Marcia Kyle, of Rockport, has been elected speaker of the House of Delegates of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The Academy is the…
Closed April 16, 17
CAMDEN — Camden Public Library has a lot of events happening in the first half of April, from chorus concerts, philosophy discussions and support group meetings to game nights and storytelling.…
Birth announcement...
CAMDEN — Jordyn May Todd was born March 7, 2017, at 4:32 p.m. at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport, to Nikki Rubenstein Todd and Orrin Todd of Camden.
She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and…
Design resilient and sustainable human habitats
The Hurricane Island Foundation (HIF) and Midcoast Permaculture Design said they will offer a two-day Introduction to permaculture course on Hurricane Island this spring. Using…
For the first time this year, in partnership with Damariscotta River Association, the Medomak Valley Land Trust is offering a limited number of half scholarships to DRA’s summer day…
Opinion
VA appeals process has not been updated since 1933, more than 450,000 appeals are currently pending.... Bill would replace archaic system with one that provides veterans…
CAMDEN — Let the downward dog pose jokes write themselves. Marylou Cook, owner of …
LINCOLNVILLE BEACH – The weather could not have been more perfect for a polar plunge: 27 degrees, snowing and the wind had turned Penobscot Bay into an uneasy chop that broke onto Lincolnville…
‘Annual event highlights dramatic maple industry growth since 2010’
AUGUSTA - This weekend Maine will celebrate its 34th annual Maine Maple Sunday on March 26, 2017. The annual event is held every fourth Sunday of March. Participating sugarhouses will be open for…
Camden Hills Regional H.S. Band Director Nancy Rowe and Chorus Director Kim Murphy will be competing against each other in a “Bowl-Off” at 3:30 p.m. today, March 24, at All-Play in…
St. Thomas Episcopal Church is again offering Noon Music in Lent, a free program of music in its church followed by a simple lunch of soup and bread in the Parish Hall. All are…
$1,000 raised
CAMDEN – In an emergency when you can't get there from here you call LifeFlight. Camden-Rockport Middle School eighth grade students and teachers took to the hard court Tuesday night for a…
CAMDEN — A near-institution at the intersection of Union, Belmont and Wood streets in Camden has been sold to a neighbor whose plans for the property don't involve towing and repairing cars and…
basketball challenge
The eighth grade students and staff at Camden Rockport Middle School will compete in a fun and friendly game of co-ed basketball this evening at the CRMS gym. The community is invited…
BREWER — Camden Hills hockey team and five team members were recognized with several awards at the Class B North Hockey Banquet on March 19 at Jeff's Catering in Brewer.
• 2016-17 Class B…
CAMDEN – Wayfinder Schools in Camden hosted its annual open house on March 16. Guests were treated to food and an opportunity to speak with the nine students in the class of 2017, as well as…
ROCKLAND —One of the most important services New Hope for Women provides to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking is the toll-free 24/7 Hotline.
Last year, New Hope…
The War Memorial Post 30, of Camden, is looking for Viet Nam War Veterans who both served "in country" or during this era so they may be included in a special recognition program and Welcome Home…
Camden Hills Regional High School Senior Anna Christie has been named the Visual and Performing Arts Student of the Month for March 2017. Anna is a four-year member of the CHRHS Concert and Jazz…
Takeaway from author Virginia Tuttle “Puttin’ on the Ritz: The Gilded Age Restaurants of New York.”
ROCKLAND – Want to know what the rich used to order to eat? Oysters and caviar for appetizers, turtle soup, beef or English sole, followed by a delicacy people rarely got in the winter, fresh…
BELFAST — Within three months of moving back to her hometown in March 2015, MaKayla Reed and South Carolinian wife Rachel Epperly knew they wanted to bring bigger city …
Nearly two years ago, in February of 2015, Camden and Rockport voters turned down a plan to build an 82,000-square-foot new school for the middle school students of…
On Eating and Loving Food
Have you ever had clams casino? Have you ever even heard of them?
They’re one of those things that were on every restaurant menu in the ’70s, but that was way before my time :-0
My…
Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast was recently named one of the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States by iVantage Health Analytics and The Chartis Center for Rural Health…
Cleaned up and ready for students to return on Wednesday
CAMDEN — The leaking burner that closed Camden-Rockport Middle School March 13 has been repaired, but not before…
Hail To The Rad Kids
BELFAST—Last Friday, March 4, dozens of kids as young as four up to teenagers were milling through the hallways of Waterfall Arts’ second annual “Young Artists’ Gallery Takeover” – an opportunity…
CAMDEN — A frigid 11-degree Fahrenheit day on Sunday might have brought out fewer spectators for the 5th annual Cardboard Box Derby than last year, held at the Camden Snow Bowl, but it made for a…
