Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District and Maine DEP are co-sponsoring an in-person day-long training in Basic Sediment and Erosion Control Practices Certification for Contractors on…
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BELFAST — Repair Café is holding another session Saturday, January 20, 2024, from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., at the Waldo Y, in Belfast.
“If you have holes in your favorite sweater or you need a…
Celebrate New Year's Eve with friends and family at MRC and enjoy a public skate, tennis, pickleball open play, golf, ping pong, board games and more, in Rockport.
Throughout the evening,…
DAMARISCOTTA — Watch Korinn Mowrey take the stage by using motivational speech, dance, and humor as she tackles the tough subject of addiction. She shares her own story of addiction with Anorexia…
wellness coach presents Simple Ways to Calm Your Nervous System
ROCKPORT — The holidays can make anyone feel stressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted — and some people feel that intensity regularly. On Wednesday, Jan. 10, at 2 p.m., the Rockport Public Library…
NASHVILLE — Makayla Roberto, of Prospect, qualified for Belmont University's Fall 2023 Dean's List. Approximately 52 percent of Belmont's 7,338 undergraduate students qualified.
"The Dean'…
Recipients now have until January 18 to apply for benefits to replace food lost as a result of Monday’s storm
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 that Maine people who lost food purchased through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (…
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) invites outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers to kick off the New Year with fresh air and scenic walks during Maine State Park…
“We will listen and learn as we come together to beat the winter doldrums.”
CAMDEN — With the new year on the horizon, members, friends, and staff of the First Congregational Church of Camden are unveiling a new series of weekly lunchtime gatherings called Cake and…
Waldo County Technical Center’s (WCTC) culinary arts program welcomed students from Belfast’s Troy Howard Middle School for a gingerbread house making party last week. WCTC’s student center was…
“speaking, listening, and maybe games, too”
ROCKLAND — The French Circle (Le Cercle Français) will take place on Thursdays, at 2 p.m., starting January 4, 2024, at the Rockland Public Library.
Meeting weekly in the newly refurbished…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — In observance of Christmas and New Year’s, Pen Bay and Waldo have announced the following adjusted holiday hours:
Christmas
Pen Bay Walk-…
There will be Christmas Eve caroling at the gazebo at Thomaston Green Park at 4 p.m. All are invited to sing.
ROCKPORT — On December 31, Midcoast Recreation Center (MRC) will host a New Year’s Eve Party for the community from 7 p.m. - midnight. Kids, families and adults are invited to spend a fun and…
BELFAST — Waldo County EMA with the YMCA, the Belfast Soup Kitchen and local Public Health has activated an Overnight Emergency Shelter at the YMCA, at 157 Lincolnville Avenue, in Belfast. The…
CAMDEN – Albatross is a new restaurant opening at 115 Elm Street in Camden, on the same property as the Cedar Crest Inn. Owners Maggie and Jeffrey Harris have a rich history in the food service…
The Boothbay Harbor Opera House has been celebrating its 20th season with a full schedule of concerts featuring acclaimed artists and community events this year. The final performance of the…
ROCKPORT — Saturday, January 20, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to noon, Maine Coast Heritage Trust invites all ages to join steward and naturalist Kirk Gentalen for a lively morning outdoors and discover…
Several Belfast Area High School and BCOPE students recently took part in this semester's Scuba Discovery Day, hosted by the Belfast Marine Institute (BMI). Students were provided with scuba gear…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention released its 2023 Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey data, with some encouraging trends.
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Fourteen years ago, he was a homeless 21-year-old living on a park bench in Bar Harbor, addicted to drugs and estranged from his infant daughter. The picture Brian Frutchey paints of himself,…
Announcing the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor’s 2023 Gingerbread Spectacular award winners, drum roll, please ...
Most Spectacular - Christmas Train Station, Carla…
“Deep in the heart of South East Asia, rumors swirl about a hidden bunker...”
Waldo County Technical Center’s (WCTC) Explore CTE (Career and Technical Education) program is building an escape room. This project embodies the four CTE trades upon which the program’s…
The Maine Recovery Council on Thursday took the first steps toward distributing more than $9 million in opioid settlement funds in an initial round of funding to organizations around the state.…
The Wharf at Lyman-Morse in Camden is hosting an upcoming holiday event – the first annual ‘Cookie Walk and Carriage Rides at the Wharf’, scheduled for December 16 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. This…
WALDOBORO — On December 1, the postponed “Last Monday of the Month Writing Challenge” took place at Medomak Valley High School, in Waldoboro.
The Writing Club’s second foray into the…
handling archaeological artifacts from a Revolutionary War trading post
Belfast Area High School students in Chip Lagerbom's Archaeology class recently traveled to the University of Maine to visit the Hudson Museum and the archaeology laboratory in South Stevens Hall…
sensitive to the feelings of others
Students at Thomaston Grammar School have been focusing on empathy during the month of November. Several students at TGS were recognized for being empathetic at a school-wide assembly on December…
LINCOLNVILLE CENTER — The community is invited to a Christmas Eve Service, Sunday, December 24, at 4 p.m., to be held at the historic Meeting House, home of the United Christian Church (UCC), in…
A state regulatory board voted Tuesday to extend the suspension of a medical license held by an outspoken doctor who has become a cause célèbre for vaccine skeptics, saying she violated multiple…
BELFAST — The Belfast Maskers, the Belfast Free Library, the First Church and the Unitarian Universalist Church, the Colonial Theater, Ananada Yoga, and the American Legion are joining to offer a…
ROCKPORT — Ring in the New Year with an invigorating hike at Beech Hill Preserve. Land Trust staff will open Beech Nut, the historic sod-roofed stone hut on top of Beech Hill, for this special…
ROCKPORT — Nativity Lutheran Church, in Rockport, will hold its Christmas Eve worship service Sunday, Dec. 24, at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome. The family-friendly worship, led by Pastor Wendy…
UNION — The People's United Methodist Church of Union will hold two services officiated by Pastor Hyunmyung Aiden Seo on December 24, Christmas Eve.
The first service will be at the church…
OWLS HEAD — A fundraiser sale for the Rotary Club of Rockland’s Inclusive Playground project will be held Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 16 and 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Ash Point School in…
Maine nursing homes are closer to meeting the Biden administration’s proposed minimum staffing standards than…
THOMASTON – Watts Hall Community Arts, 174 Main Street, announces its lineup of New Year's Eve celebrations, offering something for everyone in the Midcoast, according to Watts, in a news release…
SEARSMONT — On Saturday morning, December 9, a group of about 18 Waldo County Democrats gathered at the Waldo County Woodshed processing site in Searsmont to help turn logs into stove-ready…
THOMASTON — The Episcopal Church of St. John Baptist in Thomaston announces its 2023 schedule of Christmas Services.
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24: Lessons and…
ROCKPORT — “Rockport, Maine is the place to be for New Years,” said the Town of Rockport, in a news release. “There is no setting quite as spectacular as the harbor for a winter night gathering…
ROCKLAND — The Apprenticeshop will open its doors to the public on Thursday, Dec. 14, from 5:30 - 7 p.m., for an up close look at the exciting work that’s been underway this past year. One project…
WALDOBORO — Santa will come to Waldoboro this Sunday evening, December 17, at 6 p.m. He will be escorted by a parade of fire trucks from the North Pole to downtown Waldoboro at the intersection of…
BELFAST — Waldo Community Action Partners announces its participation in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals are available at no separate charge to all children.
In…
WASHINGTON, DC – Having completed a four-week Accelerator that culminated in their final pitch, the 33 semifinalists, including…
frozen hypotheses
Belfast Area High School students in the Belfast Marine Institute class marine studies recently visited the foreshore shipwreck on the Passagassawakeag River in Belfast as part of their Maritime…
Food in every seat. Help for every family.
ROCKLAND — On Monday, January 15, 2024, AIO Food and Energy Assistance will host its fourth Fill The Strand food and funds drive to benefit AIO’s Food Assistance, Energy Assistance, Weekend Meal,…
Holiday Giving Tree
ROCKPORT — Through December 31, 2023, Barnswallow Books will be collecting donations for Darrowby Farm Sanctuary under this season’s giving tree, “another stunning 20’ fir tree alight in our barn…
Iraqi domestic violence activists traveled to Camden on December 1 to meet with Finding Our Voices and discuss ideas on bringing safety and freedom to women in their home country. Finding Our…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library is closed as of Friday, December 8, 2023 due to a broken sewer line. An excavator will be onsite Tuesday, Dec. 12 to fix it.
“It should be a two-day…
BELFAST — Winter is here and with it, Belfast Senior College has planned its Winterim semester. It begins in mid-January with registration available on December 15.
A total of twelve…
