BELFAST — The agenda for the upcoming Regional School Unit 71 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Monday, June 13 at 5:30 p.m. in the high school’s band room.…
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UNION — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Thursday, June 16 at 7 p.m. via livestream and in the district’s…
The Belfast Lions Club recently served breakfast for the Belfast Area High School Class of 2022 seniors returning from their Project Graduation.
Every year, Belfast Lions rise early and prepare…
SEARSPORT — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 20 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Wednesday, June 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the SDMHS cafetorium.
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ROCKLAND — The agenda for a special Regional School Unit 13 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Thursday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the South School.
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Over April vacation, April 15-21, Camden Hills Regional High School was able to reboot the traditional trip to Washington, D.C. The Bisbee Foundation, a longtime fund, has generously supported…
EDGECOMB — While performing routine water quality monitoring on June 2, 2022 Midcoast Conservancy’s Damariscotta Lake Watershed Manager Patricia Nease observed what appeared to be cyanobacteria…
‘everybody knows in this room that 30 days is not enough time to work with an individual on changing their life’
“We know this, and we want to know how we can overcome those numbers,” said Governor Janet Mills, during a stop at a recovery center in Rockland, June 8, 2022. “We hear a lot about the overdose…
A pilot study led by researchers at the University of Maine could lead to improved services for college students with autism, according to the University of Maine.
The study investigated…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center’s Walk-in Care practice will adjust its hours for Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11. The practice will close at noon on June 10, and will remain closed all…
Cathy Morgan Bird Week is celebrated each May in honor of one of its fondest bird watchers and former board member of Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, the late Cathy Morgan. For several…
BELFAST — On Arbor Day, May 25, Marianne McKinney and Tom King, of the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, visited four local schools and distributed tree seedlings to all the students in…
‘We are now the freshman of the adult world’
ROCKLAND — “It feels like we walked into the halls of that school just last week,” said Valedictorian Jacob Carroll, in his Oceanside High School Class of 2022 graduation speech, “I remember…
The possible new tradition of holding the Oceanside High School graduation ceremony outside, on the football field, next to South School, in Rockland, instead of in the auditorium on the opposite…
June 6 marks the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane Season that extends through November 30. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center, a…
CAMDEN — A most favorite part of the week-long Camden Hills Regional High School graduation week is the annual march through downtown Camden, as seniors, in their caps and gowns, make their way…
THOMASTON — After a two-year hiatus, the Williams-Brazier Post 37 will be joining the Town of Thomaston as it renews the annual 4th of July Celebration. Once again, the Post 37 hot dog stand of…
June 15 - July 15
SEARS ISLAND — To celebrate the summer solstice, Carver Memorial Library and Friends of Sears Island are collaborating on a sun-themed StoryWalk® for families to enjoy along the Homestead Trail on…
MaineHealth Innovation Celebrates 2nd Anniversary
MaineHealth Innovation is celebrating two years of supporting care team members throughout the health system who have developed novel solutions to unmet care needs in their communities. “…
Educators are anxiously awaiting a major decision in a Maine-centered U.S. Supreme Court case, due out this month, that could roll back restrictions on the use of public funding for religious and…
CAMDEN — The agenda has been set for the next SAD 28 school board meeting Wednesday, June 8.
The meeting will be held in the Bisbee Theater at Camden-Rockport Middle School at 7 p.m.…
LIBERTY — Following a two-year hiatus due to Covid, the Citizens’ Association of Liberty Lakes (CALL) once again is offering a one-week camp introducing students who have completed 3rd, 4th, or…
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Waldo Community Action Partners announces a new initiative that is building off of last year’s Summer Food Service Program for Children – Community Cafés.
Meals are an Extension of the…
APPLETON — The school committee for the Appleton Village School will hold its next committee meeting Thursday, June 9 and the agenda for the meeting has been set.
The meeting will be at 5…
HOPE — The three school committees for School Union 69, including Appleton Village School, Hope Elementary School and Lincolnville Central School, will be jointly meeting Tuesday, June 7.
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LINCOLNVILLE — The agenda has been set for the next Lincolnville Central School committee meeting Monday, June 6.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the school.
A livestream…
The Maine Lobster Festival has extended the deadline for applications for the Maine Sea Goddess Ambassador to June 11, 2022. The Festival is looking for 20 young women to serve as Sea Princesses…
Former Mary E. Taylor building
CAMDEN — With the completion of Rose Hall (formerly known as the Mary E. Taylor building) next to the new Camden/Rockport Middle School at 34 Knowlton Street, in Camden, its occupancy has begun…
Scouting BSA Pack 200’s most recent monthly camping trip brought them to Mount Desert Island for an idyllic weekend of camping and hiking in Acadia National Park. During the weekend,…
Recharging the fire
“We kind of resurrected the ceremony,” said David Sulin, Second Vice Commandant of Winslow-Holbrook-Merritt Post 1 of the American Legion. “Past years, Rockland has had parades, but there were no…
‘There’s a lot of people who really want treatment who can’t get into it’
Courtney Allen was on her way from Augusta to Bangor one day in January, driving a man to a substance use treatment center that accepts MaineCare, when she learned the facility couldn’t take him…
ROCKPORT — The agenda for the next Five Town CSD school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Wednesday, June 1 at 7 p.m. in the Strom Auditorium at the high school.
…UNION — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Thursday, June 2 at 7 p.m. via livestream and in the district’s central…
The First Congregational Church of Camden recently welcomed Reverend Patty Fox to serve as Associate Minister. Reverend Fox joins Senior Minister, Reverend Doctor Ute Molitor in serving the…
ROCKLAND — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 13 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Thursday, June 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the South School. A reception for…
Having found ways to stay in Maine after graduation
WALPOLE — When he arrived at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in the summer of 2018, Struan Coleman did not expect to spend several years living in rural Maine.…
breaking barriers as a woman in the Navy, cybersecurity efforts in the Cold War, supporting Maine veterans
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) released, May 27, the May edition of Answering the Call: Maine’s Veteran Voices, the monthly series in which he shares the stories of the lives, service…
ST. GEORGE — The Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum has announced the 2022 scholarship winners.
The following St George students were notified that they were recipients of a $1000…
follow Art Trail Maine through three new one-day trips
Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education continues in the summer.
This year the department is offering three new one-day trips in a series called Art Trail Maine. Each Thursday trip…
At United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s annual meeting, Board members who were elected or re-elected included Marcia Benner of Waldoboro, vice president for Human Resources at First National Bank of…
BELFAST – Spectrum Generations received a $70,000 bequest May 20, from the Poor Family Estate to honor the memory of Frederic Jordan Poor, a distinguished Vietnam veteran and former Belfast…
The Lincoln County Youth Behavioral Health Alliance teamed up with the Lincoln Theater and three area high schools to bring a special free film showing of “Dear Evan Hansen” to Damariscotta on…
The Town of Camden has a limited number of shade trees available for planting on the street if one lives in Camden.
The Camden Street Shade Tree Volunteers are working with the Town to…
SEARSPORT — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 20 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the SDMHS cafetorium.
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BELFAST — The agenda for the upcoming Regional School Unit 71 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Monday, May 23 at 6 p.m. in the high school’s band room.
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one of many steps needed to make cultivated landscapes more ecological
Spreading like dandelion fluff, a “No Mow May” initiative to support bees and other pollinators is taking seed in Maine.
It began when two Rockland residents sent City Councilor Nathan…
The Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro, is offering a two-week theatre camp for rising 4th - 8th grade students July 11 - July 22 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Campers will…
Maine Water has partnered with Upcycle Products to provide customers the opportunity to purchase rain barrels at a discount and have them shipped directly to their homes.
Rain barrels can…
Those Who Complete high school equivelency test Are Eligible for Two Years of Free Community College in Maine
The Maine Department of Education’s Office of Adult Education launched a campaign on May 19, 2022 to encourage adult learners to complete the HiSET, Maine’s high school equivalency test. Those who…
Waldo County Technical Center (WCTC) inducted its newest members into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at The Hutchinson Center in Belfast. …
