ROCKPORT — “There's a lot of homeless people here. They just hide quite well,” said Jim, a client of the Knox County Homeless Coalition.

I have been photographing and interviewing clients of…

Farmers' markets across the state are preparing to celebrate Maine Farmers' Market Snapshot Week, August 7-…

Who doesn’t covet a raw oyster?

Me.

So far I’ve only written about foods I love, or at least like: good sandwiches, pizza, biscuits, chocolate cream pie, popovers, chocolate bread…

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library will screen the 2013 documentary My Way to Olympia (Niko von Glasow, director/writer/co-producer) on Thursday, July 21 at 6 p.m. This event is a…

ROCKLAND — More than 10 years ago, Rodney Lynch visited a home in Rockland at the request of the city's code enforcement officer. That code officer approached him out of…

ROCKLAND — Jump, dance and play while learning about healthy and wholesome life choices at Rockland Public Library. Moms, dads, kids of all ages: all are welcome and bring your dancing shoes.

AUGUSTA — Ground-level ozone concentrations will be climbing in Maine Friday and are expected to reach unhealthy levels, according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection). The…

BELFAST — The Challenger Learning Center brings the Astronaut Life program to the Belfast Free Library on Friday, July 15 at 3 p.m. Learn how astronauts wash their hair, brush their teeth and eat…

ROCKLAND — As he does every year, Alan Leo will help monitor the ‘Running of the Chairs’ at 6 a.m. Saturday morning, July 16. This moniker, dubbed by him for its likeness to the Running…

OK guys, I’m going to apologize before I even start this week because what I’m about to tell you could ruin your resolve to lose weight for your summer attire. Be forewarned.

CAPE COD BAY, Mass. — Studying whales and seals will not be the same for Northeast Fisheries Science Center marine mammal researchers Lisa Conger and Elizabeth Josephson, who have spent weeks…

As part of Rockland's Wellness Wednesday program, The Art Loft will be starting free one-hour art classes from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays. This is a weekly drop-in class that sets the…

Tucked away in the Mansion section of the July 8 edition of the Wall Street Journal is a short piece about the priciest residential property up for sale in Maine. It is apparently in Camden, on…

Maritime Farms in Rockport is a busy hub most days, with drivers getting gas, workers and cops getting coffee and lunch, and the Concord Coach Lines bus periodically rolling through. But when you…

THOMASTON — Wellness Connection of Maine, a nonprofit and the state's largest medical marijuana dispensary group, said July 7 that it will…

"It didn't seem real," Destiny said, about learning that someone had donated a car in perfect condition to the Knox County Homeless Coalition, and that she was selected by the staff to receive it…

Belfast Coop has launched an incentive program that will help low-income shoppers purchase more local food with federal food benefits. With…

AUGUSTA — If you know you have bats in your neighborhood, or know where you often see bats on hiking trails or during camping trips, biologists with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library Summer Reading Program will be taking place the entire month of July, with a special event each week. All of the programs are free to the public.

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Rockland's AIO Food Pantry received a matching check from United Mid-Coast Charities to replace money that was stolen from the food pantry…

Join the Town of Rockport in celebrating its 125th anniversary with a special Goose River Community Bridge Dinner, Sunday, August 7, 6 to 9…

ROCKPORT — In 2003, during her regular evening shift, Vicki Harriman collapsed. Through the previous years of working as a pediatric nurse at Maine General in Augusta, as the co-founder of Come…

CAMDEN — Do you have a creative, innovative project you would love to share with the community? We invite do-it-yourselfers, artists, craftspeople, performers and makers of all ages to apply…

ROCKLAND — More than 37 artists with ties to Maine have created wooden paddle art for the upcoming Trekkers' Paddle Art Auction. A paddle art display will be open on Friday, July 1, from 5 to 8 p.…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library Summer Reading Program will be taking place the entire month of July, with a special event each week. All of the programs are free to the public.

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VINALHAVEN — It’s not often a family can assemble five generations in one seating, but the Mills, on Vinalhaven did it. The gathering marked the tying together of Marguerite (MacDonald)…

Things are humming this weekend, I mean humm-ing with exciting food and drink events, ska legend the Toasters making their first Midcoast appearance, CMCA’s grand opening and events for…

CAMDEN — Sometimes you need to get away to reinvent your life. That’s what one woman did after moving from Islesboro to Camden last year. Megan Murphy, a baker, decided to turn her rickety 1940s…

CAMDEN — At their annual luncheon on June 9, Camden Garden Club President Ann Vanosdol, past and present Tree Program chairmen Dale Bruce and Priscilla Granston, and the members of the Club…

ROCKLAND — The Sail, Power and Steam Museum will host a Maine lobster bake by the shore, open to the public, on Friday, July 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. Proceeds from the dinner will go into the fund the…

ROCKLAND — Rockland was dancing hard Saturday night, with music filling the streets and later, in the boat shed down on the harbor. Summer (and winter) Solstice celebration is the time of the year…

ROCKLAND — The anticipation for the 14th annual World Championship Boatyard Dog Trials is building among canines and their adoring fans. Would you like to compete? Then Maine Boats, Homes &…

WARREN — Abdi Awad is an unlikely graduate of the University of Maine at Augusta’s class of 2016. He not only had to learn the college-level course material behind the proverbial prison bars…

In their 2014 report to the Maine State Legislature, the Maine Quality Forum highlighted the need to enhance training within extended care facilities- nursing facilities and assisted living…

As the local story goes, in 1847, 16-year-old Hanson Crockett Gregory, a boy from Clam Cove, Maine, (now part of Rockport) was working aboard a ship when he got mighty sick of the way frycakes…

CAMDEN — Camden Town Meeting moderator Roger Moody was forced to request a vote count Wednesday night, when the show of hands vote on whether to enact the town’s new bird feeding ordinance came up…

Everything will be ready for the Boothbay Civic Association's 30th annual Fourth of July celebration on the Boothbay Common.

"Town Manager Dan Bryer assured me that the construction near the…

BELFAST — Cars lined Front Street Tuesday evening as members of the Belfast community gathered at the Boathouse gazebo to honor the 49 victims of Sunday’s Orlando shooting massacre.

AUGUSTA — With an early spring and dry weather conditions, the Department of Inland fisheries and Wildlife is reporting that Maine's black bears have been causing more conflicts with many Maine…

ROCKLAND — Through teary eyes, Harmony Fuller accepted the keys to her new front door Sunday, June 12, in front of volunteers from several area construction crews. As soon as the…

ROCKPORT — The Class of 2016 graduation ceremony June 10 at Camden Hills Regional High School marked Principal Dr. Nick Ithomitis' last day at the school. He said nothing about the significance to…

CAMDEN/ROCKLAND — The skies cleared early Wednesday morning, just in time as runners were gathering in downtown Camden, all sporting special…

ROCKPORT — At its June 8 meeting, the School Administrative District 28 (Camden-Rockport K-8) Board of Directors unanimously approved hiring Chris Walker-Spencer to be the next principal for…

Given the disgusting news from Turner about the cruel and inhumane treatment of egg-laying hens at New England’s largest egg producer, we want to know: Where do you get your eggs?

Do you…

The Watershed School in Camden announces a new summer series of workshops in creative writing, robotics, and the intersection of art and math for 12- to 17-year-olds.  Workshops…

There's a red barn just off Route 1 in Newcastle that will soon be welcoming visitors to come in and see how liquor is made. On July 1…

When grocery shopping or eating out, we don’t often give much thought to buying an item encased in a plastic clamshell and doubly wrapped in cellophane, then loaded into plastic bags. It’s the…

CAMDEN — The clouds cleared, the sun sparkled on the rain-wet Route 1, and the air washed fresh and sweet over the Camden Hills Regional High School Class of 2016 as the graduating seniors marched…

ROCKPORT — Solar energy system installer ReVision Energy announced it has chosen Rockport-based Midcoast Habitat for Humanity as the recipient of the company’s innaugural Maine Donation solar…