On Tuesday, September 14, The Dancing Elephant will launch a 5-week meditation class via Zoom, co-facilitated by Rachel Nixon and Kelly Richards. The class is open to the…
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North Haven, Appleton, and Belfast schools awarded Teens to Trails seed money
With the 2021-22 academic year right around the corner, Maine school districts are searching for healthy ways for their students to return to school.
One opportunity schools have embraced…
BELFAST — Eva Tully-Giles came all the way from California to take the course. Sadie Woodruff organized her summer jobs around it. Albert Bai’s parents drove him to and from Bangor to Belfast…
Get With The Guidelines-Stroke GoldPlus award
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s GoldPlus Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality Achievement Award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) and Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH) have adjusted their lab services schedules, effective Wednesday, September 1.
The PBMC…
ROCKPORT — The agenda for the upcoming Five Town CSD board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. in the high school’s chorus 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, Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. in the district’s central office.
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Registration is open for an online professional development workshop, Engaging Your Critical Thinking Skills, offered Oct. 27 and Oct. 29, through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, in…
BLUE HILL — Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital in collaboration with Northern Light Home Care and Hospice will offer COVID-19 vaccines at this year’s Blue Hill Fair, September 2 - 6, 2021.
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In a leap toward a greener future, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is now powered by more than 90 percent renewable energy. The development…
in Response to COVID-19
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Effective Thursday, August 26, 2021. In response to the COVID-19 status in the community, Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) and Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH) are…
BELFAST — “Back to School season can be hard on the budget and Waldo Community Action Partners wants to make sure your child kicks off the year ready to learn!” said WCAP, in a news release.…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday that 80 percent of all eligible people in Maine have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, achieving another milestone for the state…
THE POWER OF LIVE PERFORMANCE TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC
ROCKLAND — Never Leaving This Boat—Fragments of a Blues Opera, a provocative and challenging new work by Maine-based playwright Michael Gorman will premiere during National Recovery Month…
September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library announces its participation in September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World, an educational exhibition that presents the history of 9/11, its origins, and…
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ROCKPORT — Wednesday afternoon/evening, Aug. 24, the two school boards overseeing Camden Hills Regional High School and…
AUGUSTA — Three Maine teachers have been announced as finalists for the 2022 Maine Teacher of the Year program. The finalists were chosen from the …
investing in the next generation
ROCKPORT — Seacoast Security, Inc., of West Rockport, presented two scholarships to deserving young students pursuing the trades in secondary education programs.
Jacob Lawrence, of…
Standing Up for LGBTQ+ Youth
On Friday, August 20, 2021, the Maine Department of Education launched a new website section devoted to improving school climate and support of LGBTQ+ students in Maine.
“Every student in…
helping prevent spread of the virus
Temporary modifications for Waldo County General Hospital have been added to the bottom of this article.
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — In response to the COVID-19 status in the…
SEARSPORT — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 20 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, Aug. 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the SDMHS cafetorium.
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The Maine Department of Education (DOE) has launched a new section of its website devoted to improving school climate and support of LGBTQ+ students in Maine.
“Every student in Maine…
ROCKLAND — The agenda for the next Midcoast School of Technology board meeting Wednesday, Aug. 25 has been set.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m., and is also the annual reorganizational…
BELFAST — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 71 school board meeting Monday, Aug. 23 has been set.
The meeting will be held virtually over Zoom at 5:30 p.m.
The public…
Coastal Senior College will offer fifteen courses beginning in September; three will meet in person and twelve will meet via Zoom. Registration opens August 30, at 8 a.m. To read complete course…
SEARS ISLAND — Friends of Sears Island is offering a self-guided nature bingo scavenger hunt for families, running now through the end of August. To participate, you can download a printable PDF…
studying the Penobscot River Estuary
SEARSPORT — Maine Ocean School has announced its involvement in a citizen scientist project beginning this academic year, which will explore the dynamics of the Penobscot River Estuary. Funded by…
UNION — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Thursday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. in the district’s central office.
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ROCKLAND — A special school board meeting will be held for Regional School Unit 13 this week.
The meeting will be held Thursday, Aug. 19 at 6 p.m.
Meetings can be viewed on …
Veterans from all eras are reacting to the events in Afghanistan, such as the U.S withdrawal and the takeover by the Taliban, said an Aug. 16 release from the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs.…
offering a second chance to animals like Wrigley
CAMDEN — PAWS Animal Adoption Center received a challenge from one of its donors this past week. The challenge came with one stipulation; that the donor will match up to $5,000 of what PAWS can…
New Hope for Women, Midcoast Maine’s only Domestic Violence Resource Center, will hold its annual Pop Up Shop August 19-21 at the Flanagan Community Center, 61 Limerock Street in Rockland.
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Down East Magazine
The results of the annual Down East Magazine poll, Best In Maine, are in! Here are the winners and finalists in the Boothbay Region, Wiscasset, Bath, Damariscotta, Waldoboro, Camden, Rockport,…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and Commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Jeanne Lambrew are urging Maine people to act now to take advantage of their options for…
sometimes volunteers are the only people the meal recipients see in a day
KNOX COUNTY — “As we strive to return to a pre-pandemic normal, MCH Meals on Wheels is working to bring its meal delivery schedule back up to its ideal five hot meals, five days a week schedule ……
interactive tours highlighting historic homes and places
Maine Preservation is excited to announce the launch of Drive ME Historic Tours in commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial.
Ranging from 30 minutes to 4 hours, the interactive tours…
SEARSPORT — The Town of Searsport is offering a cooling place at the Searsport Town Office/ Union Hall Thursday and Friday, Aug. 12 and 13, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The air conditioners are on…
serving uninsured veterans who cannot afford dental care
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) and eight participating clinics, including the …
BELFAST — Waldo County General Hospital believes the cases of COVID-19 at the medical facility share no links, and were acquired via the community. Furthermore, some of the staff who tested…
BELFAST — Five cases of COVID-19 at Waldo County General Hospital have resulted in an outbreak investigation by Maine Centers for Disease Control. It is the only current COVID-19 outbreak…
Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC), in Rockport, and Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH), in Belfast, have adjusted their lab services schedules to better meet the needs of patients during the late…
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration announced Monday it is awarding $25 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds to 14 hospitals and 96 long-term care facilities to help health care…
APPLETON — The school committee agenda has been set for the next Appleton Village School meeting to be held Tuesday, Aug. 17.
The meeting will be held at the school at 5 p.m.
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Maine Achieves Another Vaccination Milestone
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Monday that 80 percent of adults in Maine have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, achieving another milestone for the state as it continues…
Hallie Arno, a resident of Lincolnville and student at College of the Atlantic, is collecting community opinions around restoring the Megunticook River.
Arno has…
SEARSPORT — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 20 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the SDMHS cafetorium.
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ROCKLAND — Knox Clinic welcomes all walkers. If you want to connect with other people while getting some exercise, come join the fun, said Knox Clinic, in a news release.
The Women's…
THOMASTON — Thomaston Public Library is now participating in Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ new Library Pass Program. Library patrons can now reserve tickets to the Gardens for up to two adults…
HOPE — The school committee agenda for the next Hope Elementary School meeting Wednesday, Aug. 18 has been set.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the school campus.
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LINCOLNVILLE — The school committee agenda has been set for the next Lincolnville Central Schools meeting Monday, Aug. 16 has been set.
The meeting will be held in-person at the school at…
