ROCKLAND — Jan. 23 marks National Pie Day and each year just around that time the town of Rockland takes out the rolling pins and starts…
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Still the same delicious day of pie tasting in Rockland to raise money for AIO Food Pantry & Fuel Assistance Fund
Birth announcement
WALDOBORO — Angelia May Anderson was born Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, at 4:48 am, at Augusta Maine General to Doug and Jessica Anderson of Waldoboro.
Angelia weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces, and was…
Camden Police Department
CAMDEN — Police officers are notorious for razzing each other about anything and everything. Whether it's one officer's favorite food or another officer's mannerism, within the ranks, each…
Parker Laite of the Camden Rotary Club awarded the prestigious Paul Harris Award to a surprised George McKiernan, of Camden, at the club's…
An alloy of flavors wheels into town
THOMASTON — Steve Steeves, owner of Camden’s Fresh, along with his brother Jaimie, owner of J and J Lobsters in Rockland, are completely revamping the former Irving gas station at 118 Main Street…
Rockland, Thomaston libraries host free sessions in new form of stress relief
Who’d have thought that coloring books geared toward adults would be the hottest thing this winter? The New York Post recently ran a piece on the trend, reporting that more than 2,000…
The 5th annual Chili & Chowder Cookoff takes place Jan. 17 at Trackside
ROCKLAND — More than five years ago, firefighter Carl Anderson thought there might be a more inspiring way for Rockland Professional Firefighters Local 1584 to do their annual fundraiser for the…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
ORONO — For 15 years, University of Maine Cooperative Extension's statewide Maine Harvest for Hunger (MHH) program has organized gardeners…
The deadline for submitting an original musical composition to the Bagaduce Music Lending Library’s 20th annual Young Composers’…
‘I want to instill in them a sense of worth and empowerment’
They come from Himalayan mountains and the floodplains of Bangladesh, or from the India countryside. Many are teens or children, some as young as 10, and they speak different languages, which…
Old Fashion Worship Service Jan. 17
THOMASTON — The Thomaston Baptist Church will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2016 with an old-fashioned-style Sunday morning worship service on Sunday, Jan. 17 at 11 a.m. featuring period…
Students spend a week with host families, doing typical American things
CAMDEN — In a tradition going back almost 20 years, the Camden-Rockport Middle School has participated in a cultural exchange program with sister schools in Aomori Prefecture in Hirakawa, Japan.…
STUDENTS SEE THE MAINE LEGISLATURE IN ACTION
AUGUSTA — With the Legislature set to reconvene in January, Sen. Dave Miramant, D-Camden, would like to remind local schools and students…
ROCKLAND — We all see cops in action on television and in the movies, but…
Hunters, fishermen: Get the lead out of your bullets and sinkers
Knox County Sheriff's deputy, Avian Haven volunteers rescue bald eagle suffering from lead poisoning
FREEDOM — Avian Haven, a hospital for birds and turtles in Freedom, admitted its first creature of 2016, a distressed bald eagle that had been rescued in Union on New Year’s Eve. The eagle suffers…
In business
Christine Annis has worked professionally with animals for more than 35 years, including at animal hospitals, where she did everything from setting appointments to assisting with…
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The old year wasn't so bad. I like snowshoeing.
As I write, we are experiencing our first winter weather, and here on this island the sleety sound of not-quite-snow rattles on the skylights…
If you’re one of those people who checks the same five websites every morning with your cup of coffee, it might be time to get your brain in gear for whatever you plan to accomplish in 2016. The…
Preparing for a stay at the hospital
I thought I was doing pretty well, at age 59, to have never spent the night in a hospital. That changed in a hurry for me this past summer when a CAT scan showed that I didn't have kidney stones;…
CAMDEN — If…
AUGUSTA — Three students from the Electrical Trades class at Waldo County Technical Center (WCTC) recently competed against 20 students…
It was still all about the spirit of Christmas
ROCKPORT - It’s the nostalgia of a bygone era. Over 100 years ago Christmas was about the spirit of giving, peace on earth and goodwill towards men, just as it is today. What was different was how…
Free lobsters to anyone in need
THOMASTON - Noah Ames lobsters out of Matinicus. Last year on this date, Noah parked his truck, filled with Maine lobsters, at Midcoast Marine Supply at 153 New County Road in Thomaston and handed…
Children who don’t normally feel included had a great time, playing with and high fiving Santa
WARREN—On December 22, Santa Claus made a special stop to visit some children in the Tree of Life Learning Center on Route 90 in Warren. Heather L. Nelson, who works with the Children's…
Following is a compiled list of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services around the Midcoast. If yours is not included, send the details to news@penbaypilot.com.
BELFAST…
Two-town Blood drive to help commemorate Rockport’s 125th Birthday
According to Reuel Robinson’s History of Camden and Rockport, the year 1890 was “the last in the history of the good old town…
Door will be open Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to parents looking for toys
The week before Christmas can be terribly stressful for families living paycheck to paycheck. Shel McAfee knows this all too well, which is why her spare bedroom is overflowing with donated toys…
Hope Elementary School fundraises for Toys for Tots
HOPE — In a…
A rundown of where to go if you don’t feel like staying home
The uptick of Christmas music, movies and holiday stories this week would have you believe everyone in the world will be home on Dec. 24-25 celebrating with family. But what if you don’t celebrate…
David and Beverly Worthington have announced that 2016 graduates of Camden Hills Regional High School will be eligible to apply for the…
Donations of bleach, dish detergent, hand sanitizer needed
CAMDEN — This holiday will be a lot happier for the dogs that have most recently been calling P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center in Camden home, as the organization this week announced that all of…
WALDOBORO – Hundreds of people showed up to welcome Santa to the village. This annual event has been a Waldoboro Fire Department tradition…
Trusty sidekick ‘Duck of Justice’ rides shotgun in the cruiser
Many who follow Bangor Police Department’s Facebook page known how funny it is, but recently, the rest of the nation has started to catch on. The page, started in 2010, only had about 10,000 likes…
ORONO — In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., members of the University of Maine community will pack between 20,000 and 30,000 meals for…
In the window this holiday season
ROCKLAND — Store windows are sparkling this month, with the holidays in full swing, and in Rockland, judges for the annual Main Street Window Decoration Contests decided that one of this year’s…
Camden Rotary Club
CAMDEN — Members of the Camden Rotary Club and the Midcoast Interact Club prepare holiday food baskets for local families, one of the many projects both clubs pursue to help those in need year…
In Maine, we have the luxury — on par with New Hampshire and Vermont — of having the greatest variety of Christmas trees from which to choose. We can cut our own in the back field or that of a…
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