CAMDEN — Merryspring Nature Center and Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District will provide free takeaway Explorer Kits for children and their families, available for pickup at…
Life
weekly take-home activities designed to inspire outdoor exploration and independent learning
Ryan Shields, of Rockport, graduated with the Class of 2022 from Ithaca College with a BFA in theatre production and design.
About Ithaca College
Founded in 1892,…
Home and Garden tour tickets still available. On Friday, July 15, join us for the ever popular Boothbay Region Garden Club Home and Garden tour.
Discover a charming 19th century home with…
Food for the Mind, Body, and Soul
For many in the education world, summer is a quiet time for planning and reflection. But for Literacy Volunteers of Waldo County (LVWC), this summer will be its busiest time. Recognizing that too…
ROCKLAND — Twenty four new veteran tiles were celebrated yesterday at the Midcoast Area Veterans Memorial’s wall of recognition, in Rockland.
Dave Sulin, of the American Legion, read each…
More than 120 Maine doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals entered a substance use and mental health monitoring program in 2021, part of a steady increase over the past three years,…
UNION — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Thursday, July 7 at 7 p.m. via livestream and in the district’s central…
Historical Association offers two ways to learn about Madam Sally Wood, Maine’s first woman novelist
Madam Sally Wood (1759-1855), considered Maine's first woman novelist, was actually writing novels even before Maine became a state.Wood published her first novel in 1800 under the pseudonym "A…
shortness of breath, coughing, throat irritation, and/or an uncomfortable sensation in the chest
Ground-level ozone concentrations will be climbing in Maine on Friday, July 1, 2022, and are expected to reach unhealthy levels, according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP…
Five young ladies have been selected as Sea Princesses to compete for the title of 2022 Maine Sea Goddess at the 75th Maine Lobster Festival.
The coronation will be held Wednesday, Aug…
BANGOR — The following students have been named to the Spring 2022 Dean's List at Husson University. Students who make the Dean's List must be enrolled as an undergraduate student, carry a full-…
ALLENTOWN, PA Congratulations to Elaine Landry, of Thomaston, for being named to the Muhlenberg College Dean's List for the Spring 2022 semester.
Muhlenberg College students and…
majority of scholarships funded through the annual Blueberry WingDing
Six members of the 2022 Camden Hills Regional High School senior class have been awarded scholarships by the Lincolnville Improvement Association (LIA). Recipients of the awards were selected on…
AG’s office says legislature likely needs to change laws governing private schools receiving public money
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that Maine cannot exclude religious schools from a public tuition reimbursement program is creating new uncertainty for the state’s already limited authority…
original stories, acting and performance created by area youth
WALDOBORO — The Waldo welcomed more than 60 local children in the RSU 40 district on Thursday, June 17 to perform their original creative pieces on stage. Titled “Festival of Original Plays” this…
SEARSPORT — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 20 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, June 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the SDMHS cafetorium.
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ORONO — The University of Maine System has announced its COVID-19 vaccine requirements for students for the fall 2022 semester.
To study or participate in any in-person activities at Maine…
The family of Graham Lacher, missing since June 6, when he bolted from the Dorothea Dix Treatment Center (DDPC) in Bangor, will hold a public awareness gathering from 3-4 p.m., Monday, June 27, at…
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There are few among us who have not been touched by addiction in some aspect of our lives. Whether the struggle is our own or that of family or friends, nearly everyone knows someone whose life has…
During the height of the pandemic touring musicians were forced into hibernation and live performances were few and far between. The summer of 2022 at Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House is now…
If an eagle is found, call Maine Police dispatch at 207-624-7076.
The Northeast is currently experiencing an outbreak of Highly Pathogen Avian Influenza, and the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is reminding the public not to pick up dead or sick…
WALDOBORO — Medomak Valley High School announces its Quarter 4 Honor Roll for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Grade 9
High Honors: Porter Gahagan, Christopher Harris…
state’s top public health official says virus could surge again
As COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine continue to decline, the state’s top public health official warned not to be “seduced” by the impression of smaller and smaller surges.
It seems like…
Effective Monday, June 27, 2022
ROCKPORT — In response to a decrease in overall volume, Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) will adjust the hours of its drive through COVID testing center. Effective Monday, June 27, the testing center…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H has two new STEM toolkits available for use by formal and informal educators in hands-on science-based activities with youth.
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SOUTH PORTLAND — Southern Maine Community College is proud to announce that more than 1,000 students have made the 2022 Spring Semester Dean’s List.
The students from Knox and…
compete for prize money
The Maine Lobster Festival is looking for amateur chefs to compete in its annual Seafood Cooking Contest, Friday, August 5, 2022.
Amateur chefs as young as 18 years old are invited to…
Deborah McDonald cherishes the memories.
There are nearly six decades of relationships with friends, coworkers, the two children she raised and her spouse, the woman she fell in love with…
Three years ago, S.E.A. Board member Elphie Owen, who teaches at Camden-Rockport Middle School (CRMS), suggested to start Poetry On Windows. Who could have predicted that Poetry on Windows would…
Winter cold may not be what’s keeping ticks from spreading north in Maine, a new University of Maine study finds. The research shows that blacklegged tick nymphs are able to survive inhospitably…
The Camden Garden Club (CGC) will hold its 74th Annual Garden and House Tour on Thursday, July 21, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Private homes on the tour include two interiors and four…
CAMDEN — At the recent Awards Night of Camden Hills Regional High School, West Bay Rotary awarded scholarships to graduates Matalin Luce and Rory Carlson. Luce will be attending Hawaii Pacific…
On Tuesday, June 14, the Washington Lakes Watershed Association held an Honorary Breakfast for Charlotte Henderson, former Board Member and President, at the Blueberry Fields B&B.
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Now living with friends in the Midcoast while hoping to reunite with her husband
MIDCOAST—In the month leading up to Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and unjust full-scale attack on Ukraine February 24, 2022,…
CAMDEN — The agenda has been set for the next SAD 28 school board meeting Wednesday, June 22.
The meeting will be held in the Rose Hall Board Room at 6:30 p.m.
AGENDA…
CAMDEN — The agenda for the next Five Town CSD school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Wednesday, June 22 at 7 p.m. in the Rose Hall board room.
Meeting…
HOPE — The school committee agenda for the next Hope Elementary School committee meeting is set.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, June 21 at 6 p.m.
Participants can attend in-…
contacting as many other stations as possible and learning to operate radio gear in abnormal situations
BELFAST — Amateur radio operators (also called hams) from the Waldo County Amateur Radio Association in Belfast will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise on Saturday and Sunday,…
NORTHPORT — On June 7, twenty 1 students from 7th and 8th grade at Drinkwater School in Northport took a 6.5 mile hike on the Hills to Sea Trail in Unity. They started at the NW end of the 47-mile…
Artists-in-Action Against Food Insecurity
ROCKLAND — AIO has a long tradition of harnessing the talents and innovative ideas of Midcoast Maine’s creative community to make the connection between food and art, according to AIO, in a news…
They face bullying and isolation, and health resources are hard to come by
Sometimes there are no words to take away her son’s pain.
So Marie wraps her arms around her child and cries with him.
A few times a week, the 11-year-old breaks down, overwhelmed…
14 Waldo County YMCA Little Learners and one retiring teacher celebrated a successful year of Preschool
BELFAST — Fourteen children, ages four and five, and one veteran teacher, completed the preschool year in style on Friday at the Waldo County YMCA (WCY). Ten of the children will start…
On Sunday, June 19 at 10 a.m., the Boothbay Railway Village Museum, Route 27, Boothbay will open for the season. It’s Father’s Day on Sunday and all Dads get to ride the train for free.
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begins on Monday, June 20
THOMASTON — “Thomaston Public Library is thrilled to be starting the ninth year of 40 Days of Summer this month, and beyond excited to be back to in-person activities after two years of mostly…
ROCKLAND — Rockland Public Library will begin serving free lunches to any child 18 and under on Monday, June 27. The program will run through August 26.
Due to changes in USDA (Federal)…
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Liana Gobin, of Belfast, has been named to the Plymouth State University President's List for the Spring 2022 semester.
To be named to the President's List, a student must…
‘I want people to know there is support out there for them’
There were so many questions.
Why don’t I feel comfortable in my body?
Why do I feel so alone?
And perhaps the most heartbreaking: Will I ever be loved?
As a child…
four-week Course for Nonprofits
Are you a member of a nonprofit which needs to write a grant or needs help with the process?
“Whether you don’t know where to start or have begun on a grant proposal this class is for you…
CAMDEN — The Camden High School Alumni Association presented three scholarships totaling $3000 to Camden Hills Regional High School graduates. The Association received many deserving applications…
MORRILL — A super majority of workers at Ironwood — a mental health treatment program and school for struggling teens in Morrill — have…
