CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club congratulates the winners of their 2016 charitable grant awards. Forty-two deserving nonprofit…
Life
Good luck to the Boston Marathon 2016 runners!
My conscience nagged me for the fact that I was driving to the next town over in order to take a morning jog that I could have just as easily accomplished in my own neighborhood. For some reason,…
Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education
BELFAST — Alison Jewett, Sr. Customer Service Specialist, at Bangor Savings Bank in Belfast, donated peanut butter and jelly during their…
Boarded the bus at 6 a.m.
The two earthquakes that hit Japan’s southern most island of Kyushu have not endangered the Camden-Rockport Middle School eighth graders,…
Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education
ROCKPORT — Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education has several classes beginning in the next few weeks.
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UNION — The "big" Exhibition Hall at Union Fair is promoting a queen-sized quilt themed around "Down on the Farm." This Exhibition Hall is…
BELFAST — The RSU 71 school board will hold its next meeting Monday, April 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the East Belfast School.
Here…
THOMASTON — Trekkers' 10th-grade students recently completed a 4-week Life Skills course designed to help them gain professional skills and…
MVHS Heirloom Seed Project fundraiser
WALDOBORO — The Teen Agriculture Crew at Medomak Valley High School's Heirloom Seed Project is the small group of students — usually eight…
Do you or your business enjoy volunteering for local causes
UNION — Do you or your business enjoy volunteering for local causes? Would you be interested in learning more about farming or teaching…
Closest guess by 21 beans...
CAMDEN — Visitors to the PenBayPilot.com booth at the April 13 PenBay Chamber Business and Community Expo not only had the opportunity to meet the directors of the company and learn more about…
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
AUGUSTA — As of March 30, 2016, 312 cases of travel-associated Zika have been identified in the U.S. There have been no locally acquired…
News from Augusta
AUGUSTA — Students from the Thomaston Grammar School recently served as Honorary Pages in the Maine Senate for the day as the guests of Sen…
Knox Rocks team ready for competition
ROCKPORT — The Maine Department of Education is promoting locally grown products in school meals by holding the first annual 2016 Maine Farm to School Cookoff. Susan Bovine, food service director…
On Eating and Loving Food
I'm a salt freak. I salt practically everything I eat. And pink is my favorite color. My salt of choice is, of course, pink Himalayan.
…ROCKPORT — Tennis is a wonderful game to play with friends and can be enjoyed at any level. Adult Ed tennis classes held at Midcoast…
Need continues, as over 300 families a week visit the food pantry in Camden
CAMDEN — In an effort to help fight the issue of food insecurity that so many local residents face, the Camden and Rockport select boards joined forces and launched “Neighbor Helping Neighbor…
It's been a good year for Tony Bickford. His restaurant, Little Village Bistro, in Wiscasset, opened on…
News from Augusta
AUGUSTA — Rep. Pinny Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, welcomed the Rev. Joan Smith from the Untied Congregational Church in Rockland to the State…
WALDOBORO — As spring hopefully nears, the Waldoboro Conservation Commission is seeking applicants for new members. One position is…
Achorn would love to hear your ideas on how the Chamber can serve you better
BELFAST — The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors, is pleased to announce the new executive director, Michaelene Achorn.…
BELFAST — Sharon Goguen, Med, Chair of the Broadreach Family & Community Services board of directors, has announced two new community…
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA 19th Annual Ned Kyle Boat Auction is scheduled for Saturday, June 11th. Since the first auction in 1998,…
WALDOBORO — Thanks to the effort of the Firefighters of the Waldoboro Fire Department the Carnival will come to town for Waldoboro Days. It…
100 Volunteers are needed
THOMASTON — The Knox Museum seeks volunteers to help host the Vietnam Combat Veterans' The Moving Wall over Memorial Day weekend next month…
ROCKLAND — New Hope for Women this week announced the addition of Nan Simpson to its staff as deputy director.
Simpson is…
Hail To The Rad Kids
BELFAST — Like most teenagers, Alyson Peabody asked her parents if she could have the choice in painting her bedroom walls. Sure, they said. But, when they walked in later that night, they were…
Stanley S. Pliskoff Theater Internship
BELFAST — Each year the Belfast Maskers offer a summer youth internship program for high school and college students. Interns gain hands-on…
$2. from each bag purchased goes to Camden Public Library
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library has been chosen by Hannaford's as the next beneficiary of the "Hannaford Helps" Reusable Bag program.…
The Rockport Opera House
ROCKPORT — Ashwood Waldorf School is hosting a new documentary film at the Rockport Opera House Thursday, April 14, at 5 p.m. The film…
APPLETON — The Maine Department of Transportation has closed Route 105 in Appleton because of fallen trees. …
Missy Philbrook, of Waldoboro, and who is a dental hygiene student at the University of New England, has been appointed a student delegate to the American Dental Hygiene…
MEDOMAK VALLEY GRADUATE TO REPRESENT OTHER DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTS
A Medomak Valley graduate, Missy Philbrook, (DH 2017), a Westbrook College of Health Professions, Dental Hygiene student, at the University…
GORHAM — On Saturday, March 26, the Belfast Area High School Science Olympiad Team traveled to the University of Southern Maine in Gorham…
Wastewater treatment director
ROCKLAND — Terry Pinto protects the environment from people. This is how he describes the purpose of the wastewater treatment facility, hidden in plain sight behind Rockland's historic Main Street…
On Eating and Loving Food
Can anyone resist whipped cream? I can’t. I once asked my mother for a whipped cream pie instead of a birthday cake. A pie shell filled with whipped cream.
I grew up during a time before…
The Apprenticeshop
ROCKLAND — Spring high school sailing at The Apprenticeshop is off to a great start. Three teams are sailing with the high school sailing…
Kids of all ages found something cool
OWLS HEAD — Things were bright and lively April 1 and 2 at Owls Head Transportation Museum with the Midcoast Model Festival. The festival attracted area model builders of all ages and numerous…
April Vacation Week is Kite Week at the Museum
OWLS HEAD — Beginning Monday, April 18, students will have multiple opportunities to enjoy kite building workshops at the museum during…
32 CRMS fifth graders read a total of three-hundred-forty-one books
CAMDEN — At 10 a.m. Friday, April 8 in the Camden-Rockport Middle School cafeteria, Masons from the Rockport Masonic Center will pull the…
Pen Bay Medical Center April events: Healthy cooking with olive oil, deep brain stimulation, foxtrot
CAMDEN — Here are some of the events planned by the Pen Bay Medical center at Quarry Hill and at the Midcoast Recreation Center.…
Two Opportunities to help support your furever friends
CAMDEN — Get outdoors, have fun and do good. Join the pack. P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center is planning its annual P.A.W.S. on Parade Walk-…
News from Augusta
AUGUSTA — Aaron Nolan, of Camden, was recently awarded a Legislative Memorial Scholarship for Knox County by the entire Maine Legislature…
A generous woman with a prolific career
For almost half a century, octogenarian Lois Stackpole-Alley has prepared more than 838,216 meals and she is still cooking up a storm.…
ROCKLAND — Alexander Shaw of Renew Rockland will be on WRFR and at an Old School dinner symposium this Friday, April 8. The live broadcast…
Do you care about the natural places within our community? Do you enjoy meeting new people? Want to learn more about the ecology of this…
Find out why on The Chris Wolf Show
For the last 11 years, Dr. Nick Ithomitis has had the pleasure of being principal at Camden Hills Regional High School, in Rockport. Although he loves CHRHS and the Midcoast, this June he and his…
High School club just one part of it all
ROCKPORT — A group of students from Camden Hills Regional High School have established a Camden Hills Habitat for Humanity Club, working in conjunction with the nonprofit Midcoast Habitat for…
Prom Dresses for Maine high school students
BELFAST — The Cinderella Project of Maine is proud to announce that it will be holding prom dress giveaways in both Belfast and Gardiner…
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival Corporation was honored to support Oceanside High School's Travel Club with a $350 donation in March…
