ROCKLAND - Laura Pessolano has been a pastry chef for more than 20 years. She currently works at Atlantic Baking Company, 351 Main St. in Rockland. She wanted to create a gingerbread sensation…
Life
BELFAST — For the fifth year in a row, volunteers from around Belfast and Waldo County worked together at the Belfast Boathouse for two weeks in November to help their neighbors stay warmer this…
BELFAST — Karen Worcester, cofounder of Wreaths Across America, issued a challenge to the community during a Wreaths luncheon Sunday, Dec. 11, in Belfast: When gathering for the holidays, set an…
President Adams: ‘There’s a spirit in America that doesn’t exist anywhere else.’
On Sunday, Dec. 11, in the afternoon, an estimated 35 trucks will travel through the Midcoast, along Route 1, toward their Wreaths Across America destination of Arlington National Cemetery in…
A new season of History’s Alone debuted on the A&E Networks on Dec. 8, 2016. And Zachary Fowler, one of the show’s 10 contestants, happened to catch the episode surrounded by…
Stonewall Kitchen, headquartered in York, is voluntarily recalling limited quantities of Stonewall Kitchen Cinnamon Apple, Orange Cranberry and Toasted Coconut Pancake and Waffle Mixes, after the…
CAMDEN – The reading room at the Camden Public Library was alive with activity Monday, December 5, as members of the library and First National Bank gather to put the final touches on the Mitten…
$17,000 this year, $71,000 since 2012
Redeemable cans and bottles donated by Midcoast Maine residents to the nonprofits of their choice, through a company called CLYNK, have accumulated more than $17,000 so far this year, according to…
Chef Kerry Alterio takes the long view about how food influences mood
CAMDEN — Food isn’t just fuel; it directly impacts our emotions. Award-winning chef and local restaurateur Kerry Altiero will be covering this topic in a talk on Dec. 12 at the Camden Public…
From Augusta
Rep. Stanley Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, was sworn into the 128…
Leapfrog Group announced Dec. 6 that Pen Bay Medical Center has been named a Top Hospital for the…
Rising Tide Community Market is gearing up for its holiday season Member-Owner Appreciation Week, starting Saturday,…
Snapshot
Belfast dairy farmer Jeffrey Keene visited students at Edna Drinkwater School in Northport Tuesday, Nov. 29. The school recently received a grant funded by Maine dairy farmers to purchase a…
Beach bonfire tradition continues to draw crowds...
LINCOLNVILLE — As the sun began to inch further toward the horizon, Christmas by the Sea’s activities moved to Lincolnville Beach, where revelers had built a monster bonfire in anticipation…
Knox County Homeless Coalition/Hospitality House circulates wish lists for ‘Adopt a Family for the Holidays!’
It seems with every Christmas commercial, there’s a suburban McMansion twinkling with lights, a 20-foot tree mounded underneath with presents and a happy, supportive family gathered around…
Sharing knowledge about establishing a homeless hselter
BELFAST — The Belfast Homeless Coalition met for the fourth time Nov. 30, with members gearing up for their Dec. 1 meeting with Stephanie Primm, of the Hospitality House, in Rockport.
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CAMDEN — Day two of Camden’s Christmas by the Sea, on Dec. 3, was packed with events. There were craft fairs, shopping, charity work, Santa arriving by boat and then reading to the kids at…
Christmas by the Sea...
CAMDEN — Christmas by the Sea organizers and participants couldn’t have asked for a better night for the annual parade through downtown Camden, and all the accompanying side activities before and…
THOMASTON — The ambiance in four of the rooms at Montpelier in Thomaston have special resonance this year, representing Lucy Knox’s heritage…
The gastroenterology practice of Neil D. Smith, M.D., at 823 Commercial Street,…
Planning Board considers American Boathouse converted to residential use
Camden’s Planning Board will talk further Thursday evening, Dec. 1, about a proposed ordinance amendment that would influence whether a $5 million rehabilitation of the American Boathouse, at the…
Justin Roig’s latest show at Michael Good Gallery is a special benefit exhibition and raffle
ROCKPORT — Just four months ago, Justin Roig’s world was a lot different than it is now. As the front of the house manager of Primo, Roig was working six days a week along with his wife,…
Cushing, Owls Head, Rockland, South Thomaston, Thomaston
RSU 13 school board to talk about Owls Head school construction, middle school restorative practices
The board overseeing Regional School Unit 13, comprising elementary in Cushing, Owls Head, Rockland, South Thomaston and Thomaston, as well as Oceanside Middle School and Oceanside High School,…
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Dr. Rifat Zaidi’s photograph of flowers and wildlife, of Paris and ancient forts, are helping to bring a new world of opportunity to girls in one of the poorest regions of Pakistan.
The…
Grand opening celebration Dec. 2, 3 and 4
CAMDEN — Venita Robertson took over Nature's Choice at 87 Elm St. in Camden in September. Nature's Choice has been Camden's health food store for 31 years, 20 years in its current location. Former…
Is your photo in our gallery?
ROCKLAND — Santa Claus enjoyed breakfast with adoring children on the morning of Nov. 27, at the Eclipse Restaurant in the Trade Winds, just like he's done for the last 14 years. The event…
On Eating and Loving Food
Speaking of comfort foods (soups and chowders over the past couple weeks), have you had a chicken pie from Wiscasset General Store lately? No? Okay, don't say I didn't warn you. If you're trying…
Thanks to a little help from its customers, Camden National Bank donated extra support to Maine's homeless shelters in honor of National…
Camden, Lincolnville, Rockport...
Christmas by the Sea is a December tradition in the Midcoast, with a bevy of events and activities all weekend long in Camden, Lincolnville and Rockport. The kick-off Friday, Dec. 2, includes…
Hunger is not always visible
BELMONT - Totman’s, at 369 Augusta Road in …
A Thanksgiving Day primer for you
Survey says: The No. 1 answer to what is Thanksgiving about? Family. Overwhelmingly the majority of people answered “family” when we asked them what Thanksgiving was about to them. We give you…
ROCKLAND - On Nov. 21, the Knox County Homeless Coalition/Hospitality House held a fundraising supper at the St. Bernard Church on Broadway in Rockland. The purpose was to raise…
GrAttitude Project and More Good...
CAMDEN — Three years ago on one of the worst days of her life, Mary Latham, 29, was sitting in the hospital with her relatives, waiting to hear news of her beloved mother, Pat, who was dying of…
The Riley School in Glen Cove, Rockport, was filled with the sound of busy bakers and aromas of chopped apples Nov. 22 as students made 16 apple and pumpkin pies for the Community…
Annual Mt. Battie tradition gets underway
A dedicated crew set out under sunny skies Saturday morning, Nov. 19, to once again erect the Mt. Battie Star over Penobscot Bay. It is an annual tradition in its 50th year now, and the star…
In business
SOUTH THOMASTON — Mussel Ridge Market, at 20 Island Road in South Thomaston, celebrated its grand opening on Monday, November 21, with a tasting buffet for just $6, and the dishes represented what…
WALDOBORO — The historic Broad Bay Congregational United Church of Christ, in downtown Waldoboro, has been selected to participate in a national grant-making program. The church will receive a…
On Eating and Loving Food
Turkey. Now there's an interesting subject. Wonder what made me think of that. Just kidding.
CNN reported that last Thanksgiving an…
The Camden-Rockport School Board agreed November 16 to pursue building a new Camden-Rockport Middle School. The vote…
What a community can do
A few weeks ago, I witnessed something I had not seen only but once before in my life. A little more than 50 years ago, Ivan Young’s cattle barn burned fast in a few hours one fall night.…
More than 300 take to the sidewalk
By all accounts — police, organizers, participants and onlookers – the Nov. 19 march that organizers defined as a walk of “solidarity for all the groups of people that President-Elect Donald Trump…
Grade 9 High Honors: Genevieve Bracher, Sophia Campbell, Tysen DeWaard, Sarah Fiske, Tanner Hilt, Alison Linares Mendoza Honors: Nicholas Bajor, Pearl Benjamin, Anthony Benson,…
Public Works crews installed wreaths downtown this week...
CAMDEN — The rainy weather outside the American Legion Hall in Camden did not dampen the spirits of Camden Garden Club members, spouses and friends on Nov. 16, when they gathered as they have for…
RSU 71...
BELFAST — Every year students and staff at Belfast Area High School’s alternative high school, Belfast Community Outreach in Education, prepare a traditional Thanksgiving meal, which is then…
Volunteer Day...
BELFAST - On a warm, sunny November day, athenahealth arrived at Broadreach Family & Community Services in Belfast with nearly 70 volunteers from its Small Group Account Management Team for a…
CAMDEN — A young barred owl is now under the watchful eye of wild bird rehabilitators Diane Winn and Marc Payne of Avian Haven in Freedom. The owl was found sitting on the ground, in the leaves on…
BELFAST — Last April, local entrepreneur Kathi Langelier, owner of Herbal Revolution Farm and Apothecary, was dropping off an order of her plant-based products at a Midcoast store when she had a…
Searsport Middle/ High School brings production to its stage
SEARSPORT — Searsport District Middle/High School will present Spamalot, a musical comedy adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, November 18 and 19, at 7 p.m. in the…
BELFAST - In keeping with the season, Waterfall Arts has scheduled two new workshops – Holiday Card Printing Bonanza with Gwen Tatro and Paste Paper Painting and Bookbinding with…
For those cats, dogs and others that are waiting for their forever home
PAWA Auction for the Animals, featuring a live and silent auction, appetizers and a cash bar, will be held Thursday, December 1, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Samoset Resort in…
