WALDOBORO — The Waldoboro Public Library Board of Trustees is in the planning stages of an exciting fundraising event on July 8 at the VFW Hall on Mill Street in Waldoboro. This event will combine…
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The RSU 20 School Board, which represents Searsport and Stockton Springs elementary, middle and high schools, is…
BRUNSWICK —- On Feb. 28, the Camden Hills Regional High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Nancy Rowe, earned an “I,” or "superior rating," at the…
BELFAST — Penobscot Marine Museum's historic photography exhibits, Acadia National Park: A Postcard View and The History of Postcards, will be at the University of Maine…
Rockland Heart & Soul and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) are joining forces to find out what kids love about Rockland.
On Saturday, March 17, from 2 to 4 p.m., children…
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School...
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts' Young Stars of Maine Prize Program deadline is March 17.
Young Maine musicians between the ages of 12 and 25 are encouraged to apply for a Young Stars of…
Open to all Maine high school seniors...
LIBERTY — Liberty Graphics, environmentally conscious T-shirt printers, is currently accepting art submissions to its 20th annual $1,000 art scholarship contest. All high school seniors residing…
ROCKLAND — Mid-Coast School of Technology announced its January Students of the Month, and they include seniors Isaiah Harriman and Liam Thomas, and Madison Winslow, a sophomore at the school.…
On Eating and Loving Food
You know how sometimes you meet someone and within a very short time you know they’re destined to become lifelong friends? Such was the case with the Maryellens.
Mary-Ellen Pecci and Mary…
The week of February 27 to March 3 was Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Week, and at the Thomaston Grammar School, Dr. Seuss was the theme all week long.
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ROCKLAND - At its agenda setting meeting scheduled for Monday, March 6, the Rockland City Council discussed a letter from RSU 13 offering the McLain School Building at 28 Lincoln Street to the…
Seventh grader heads to nationals
On Saturday, March 4, seven Camden-Rockport Middle School students participated in the Maine MathCounts competition at Kennebec Valley Community College. Four students from across the…
University College at Rockland announces that registration for courses in summer and fall will open later in March. Degree seeking students may register on March 13 slightly ahead of non-degree…
Maine Coast Orthodontics has announced the arrival of Kirk Round to its Rockport practice.
"Dr. Round is the perfect fit for our team," said MCO founder Ed Zanca, in a news release. "Along…
ROCKLAND – At its regularly scheduled meeting March 2, the RSU 13 School Board voted unanimously to accept the results of the February 28 referendum results giving the district a green light to…
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Align and Shine, a new exercise class, is now offered in Camden and Belfast. This class emphasizes deep core work and includes cardio, strengthening, and mindfulness.
Lisa Lyons, of…
In the upcoming weeks, over 2,000 students from 75 high schools will be preparing for the 86th annual Maine Drama Festival. The Regionals will be held Friday and Saturday, March 10 and 11 and the…
The Maine Download Library, a service providing Maine library patrons with online access to over 10,000 e-books and e-audiobooks, has launched a new digital content management platform called…
CAMDEN — St. Thomas' Episcopal Church is again offering Noon Music in Lent, a free program of music in its church at noon, followed by a simple lunch of soup, bread and fruit in the Parish Hall.…
On Eating and Loving Food
Happy new year!
This is the first day of …
Issues collective statement
Appleton has taken a firm stance against racism and hate, and has issued a collective resolve supporting diversity and a welcoming community. The Appleton Resolution will appear in the…
Local doctors endorse later start time for high school students
As pediatricians and parents, we of the department of pediatrics at Pen Bay Medical Center would like to offer our full support to moving the school start time for middle school and high school…
As many of you are aware, change is inevitable at our Mid-Coast Solid Waste Facility over the next few years. In the spring of 2018 we will begin trucking our household trash to the ecomaine waste…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, in partnership with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Somerset County…
ROCKLAND – For the sixth year, amateur and professional chefs gathered at Trackside Station in Rockland with their best chilies and chowders in an event to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy…
On Eating and Loving Food
So this food column has been running for a solid year! The first one, “What’s for supper?” ran on Feb. 23, 2016. Man! How time flies. A lot has happened around Boothbay Harbor and the rest of the…
On Saturday, Feb. 18 the sun appeared and temperatures soared, after a week of cold and snow in Boothbay Harbor. The improved weather and a redistribution event at the…
The crew members know their stuff
ISLESBORO – Quick: Six-year-old boy. Car accident. Right lung collapse. Lacerations covering the torso. Arm fracture. What do you do?
No. Wait. It’s an eight-year-old with…
Josh Fitterling will begin his ministry at the First Congregational Church UCC in Wiscasset on March 5. Following a two-year search for a pastor, after the retirement…
APPLETON – Deer Foot Farm has occupied the same address of 1221 Appleton Road for the last 104 years. Sue Ellen Mink-Roberts is the current owner and operates the Deer Foot Farm Market and Café…
Maine Driving Dynamics, a State of Maine sponsored 5 hours defensive driving course, will be offered in partnership with RSU 13 Adult Education on Saturday, March 18 from 8:30 a.m.- 2…
Opinion: RSU 13 superintendent outlines big changes to Rockland area schools, district offices
A little over a year ago, I presented a concept plan to our School Board and community outlining a comprehensive approach to improving education in RSU 13, called the "Schools of Our Future."…
‘Why should I wait to give something away?’
At age 92, Carmine Pecorelli, of Belfast, continues to put others ahead of himself. This time, he is offering a kidney to a fellow graduate of the Citadel, in Charleston, South Carolina. A firm…
Chases Daily in Belfast nominated for best restaurant
Brian Hill, owner of Francine Bistro; Ravin Nakjaroen, co-owner of Long Grain; and Keiko Suzuki Steinberger, owner of Suzuki’s Sushi Bar, in Rockland, are all semifinalists for the annual…
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a total of $732,842 in federal funding to three Maine Health…
On Eating and Loving Food
So a couple weeks ago I mentioned ployes. Most of my friends know what they are. If they didn't already, I made sure they heard about them, and tried them. But a lot of people have never had them…
UNION – The Trustees of the Union Fair–Maine Wild Blueberry Festival are again launching a contest to choose a design suitable for use in publicizing the 2017 Union Fair, Aug. 19-26.
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The anti-Valentine’s Day love notes
CAMDEN — When Willow Henry-Elwell, manager of Rockport Blueprint, Camden’s art supply store, went to tidy up the pen area of the store where people tend to try out a color on random bits of scrap…
NORTHPORT — Winterfest and U.S. National Toboggan Championships revelers descended on the Point Lookout Resort and Conference Center in Northport on Feb. 10, to celebrate the third annual Fire…
14,000 pieces of pie consumed
On Feb 8, 2017, innkeepers, restaurant owner and business members who participated in the 13th Annual Pies on Parade Pie Tour presented a check to the Area Interfaith Outreach (AIO)…
On Eating and Loving Food
It’s been almost a year since my first food column. After a year you start getting short on ideas – for headlines, and food.
But somehow they keep on coming to me. Either from my own…
The Riley School has special activities planned during February Vacation for children ages 6-14, February 20-24, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Children will have the opportunity to create…
ReVision Energy workshops
Join representatives from ReVision Energy for two upcoming solar workshops on how homeowners can use the sun to power all their energy needs here in Maine.
The focus of each workshop will…
BELFAST — Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County (HHWC) is currently seeking applications from individuals or families interested in becoming the owners of a yet to be built home.
The group…
The Maine Community Foundation offers more than 525 scholarships that support students pursuing music, journalism, teaching, horticulture, technology, the arts, and…
CAMDEN – Camden is looking forward to celebrating an 80-year history of organized winter festivities in the Midcoast at this year's upcoming Winterfest and U.S. National Toboggan Championships.…
Overdose deaths in Maine jump from 2015 by 100
More than one person a day died of a drug overdose in Maine in 2016, according to the Maine Attorney General, Janet Mills. The influx of fentanyl has contributed to a 39 percent increase in the…
Program still happening tonight!
LINCOLNVILLE - Veterinarian Hayden Sears will share stories from his "Thirty Touching Years" of caring for animals this Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Lincolnville Community Library.
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On Eating and Loving Food
On Saturday, Jan. 21, I took a walk down Cross Point Road in Edgecomb. It was a warm-ish (for January) day, and I wanted to take some pictures for a short, sweet…
Animals at Work
One month after the 83rd anniversary of the first official seeing-eye dog to go to work (Jan 29, 1929), a black lab named Otter will complete her understudies at Unity College, in Unity. For the…
