BANGOR — Acadia Hospital celebrated Hospital Week with an employee recognition celebration on May 11.

The theme of the event…

CAMDEN — Thanks to The Camden Hills Regional High School, Camden For Community Team, for their hard work during this year's Postal Food…

WALDOBORO — At a lively meeting on May 16, the Waldoboro Comprehensive Plan Committee moved forward in its agenda to consider the results…

As the first woman district attorney in New England, and Maine’s first female attorney general, Janet Mills is the ideal guest of honor and speaker for the upcoming benefit for New Hope for Women…

AUGUSTA — Jim Christie, of Rockport, likes a challenge. He has accomplished a lot in his half-century or so of life, lived in many places and aboard Navy ships, and pursued many interests. But on…

CAMDEN — Three at Allen Insurance and Financial receive State insurance license.

Allen Insurance and Financial is pleased to…

ROCKPORT — There were no couch cushions left unturned during the Spirit Week "Pennies for PAWS" campaign, organized by the CHRHS Student…

THOMASTON — Knox Museum in Thomaston will host the Vietnam Combat Veterans' The Moving Wall for five days over Memorial Day weekend. The…

PORTLAND — This year we received approximately 300 nominations from across the state. Thank you to all who nominated a teacher and to all the…

LINCOLNVILLE — The next session will be 10 a.m.-12 noon Friday, May 20, featuring Dr. Deborah Peabody, family physician in Lincolnville,…

ROCKLAND — With a generous challenge grant from the Roxanne Quimby Foundation and another from the Davis Family Foundation, the Millay…

LINCOLNVILLE — This photo of Mercury transiting the sun on May 9 was taken by photographer Jacob Gerritsen. Mercury is the intense dot located in the lower right; the spots upper left are the…

THOMASTON — Lynn Snow teaches science to Thomaston Grammar School’s fifth grade, which includes 55 students, and treats them to a hands-on experience in the garden. They get to spend time…

ROCKLAND — Friends of the Strand Theatre Inc. is honored to announce they have been awarded grant funding from the Quimby Family Foundation…

CAMDEN — Over the last few months, a space on the working waterfront side of Camden’s harbor, at Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer Marine, has been quietly undergoing major renovations for Chef Scott…

CAMDEN — Georges River Land Trust is in the second year of a vehicle donation program, Cars for Conservation, in partnership with Eastern…

ROCKLAND — Readers of all ages will explore ways to stay healthy as Rockland Public Library presents "On your Mark, Get Set, Read" as the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins met with Thor Gabrielsen and his mother, Michelle, of Rockport in her Washington, D.C.,…

ROCKLAND - The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce held this month’s Business After Hours at Bar Harbor Bank and Trust on Camden Street in Rockland on May 11. Business After Hours happens…

If there's one thing they impressed upon us at the National Hurricane Center, it was to pay attention to the water. When there is a hurricane coming, everybody worries about the wind. Worry about…

OAKLAND — The Rockland District Middle School Lego Robotics Team, the Rockland RoboGeeks, earned gold standard ribbons in each event it entered during the Lego Robotics track meet,…

CAMDEN — The first Camden Farmer’s Market kicked off the year in the Knox Mill parking area on Saturday, May 6. Some clouds greeted those browsing the booths as the fog began to roll in, but it…

SEARSPORT — Penobscot Marine Museum opens for the season Saturday, May 28, and is inaugurating a new program to offer residents of each…

DAMARISCOTTA — First National Bank is proud to announce that the bank's ninth annual Customer Photography Contest is now underway for the…

Tuesday, May 10, is National Shrimp Day, though the origins of this particular designation remain a mystery.

Regarding seafood in general, U.S. citizens are big fans. We consumed enough from…

CAMDEN — Going on 31 years, Susan Shaw of Camden has welcomed neighbors and friends to her Mill Street yard for her annual spring perennial exchange. It's an opportunity to learn about plants you…

ROCKLAND — Rockland Savings Bank teams up with Little Learner's Keely Baum to raise money for the March of Dimes.

RSB employees donated money to wear jeans at work to help raise money for a…

NORTHPORT/ISLESBORO — In only its fourth year, the Islesboro Crossing for LifeFlight filled to capacity just a few short days after…

ROCKPORT — Camden Hills Regional High School senior Elizabeth Cummons has been recognized by the school’s…

ROCKPORT — The heavy clouds failed to dampen the spirits of nine intrepid women who worked at the Hospitality House, 169 Old County Road in Rockport, as part of Habitat for Humanity’s National…

ROCKLAND — What if a new mattress were all that was needed for an individual to move forward in life? How about an outfit for a job interview or the money to pay the auto repair bill?

A…

ELLSWORTH — The sixth Maine student acting competition was held Saturday, May 7 at Ellsworth Middle School. This is a one-day acting,…

ROCKPORT — The competition is sure to be intense as Midcoast entrepreneurs prepare their best "pitch" for the Top Gun Entrepreneurship…

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library has partnered with Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for the Tick-Free ME Challenge. In…

ROCKPORT — It’s that time of year again, baby cows have been born, they’ve been growing by leaps and bounds and they are just cute as can be...if you like cows.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on…

ROCKLAND — The Midcoast School of Technology is supplying the dessert for the sixth annual Coast Guard Appreciation dinner this evening, May 6, and the culinary baking program at the school made a…

ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA 19th Annual Ned Kyle Boat Auction is scheduled for Saturday, June 11. The event is the brainchild of Ned…

It’s a highbrow art, film and literature kind of weekend punctuated by big hats and mint juleps as well as wine and chocolates for moms. Don’t forget Mother’s Day!

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ROCKPORT — Have you ever dreamed of securing funding for a project you have in mind or being awarded an artist-in-residency for your own…

ROCKLAND — Oral health has a significant impact on a person's overall health, self-confidence, and employability, and yet many people in…

The Lady Knox Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently honored DAR Good Citizens of the year from area high schools. Each high school is invited to choose a Good Citizen…

ROCKLAND — The Pearl Restaurant is as infamous as famous and has occupied the space that’s just a short walk on a long pier off the Rockland Harbor front at 275 Main Street for many years. Larry…

ROCKLAND — The new kid on the block in Rockland is 250 Main Hotel.  After a lengthy construction period, the boutique hotel, built by Lyman Morse, has opened with five floors of guest rooms,…

Steak au poivre was a common and popular menu item back in the ’70s and ’80s. For some reason it has lost its popularity, and I’m here to say BRING. IT. BACK.

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ROCKPORT — The Five Town CSD Board of Directors unanimously agreed to hire a new principal at their regularly scheduled May 4 meeting.

Upon the recommendation of Superintendent Maria Libby,…

ROCKLAND — National Life Group this week announced that Rockland will represent the state of Maine in its 2016 Main Streets Across America…

ROCKLAND — There is an ever-growing need for over 400,000 CDL drivers nationwide and we know Maine depends on truck and tractor-trailer…

WALDOBORO — The Board of Medomak Valley Land Trust is pleased to announce a change in officers. These changes were originally scheduled for…

"In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous." – Aristotle

BELFAST — Aristotle spoke these words over 2300…

CAMDEN/ROCKLAND — In preparation for a busy summer season, the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce is seeking to fill a limited…