BELFAST — The agenda has been set for the next Regional School Unit 71 school board meeting Monday, Aug. 9 has been set.
The meeting will be held virtually over Zoom at 5:30 p.m.
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Life
Christine and John Burstein are miserably sick this week, each with separate symptoms. Christine started with a massive head cold, and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Maine Comprehensive Suicide Project has received a total of $849,000 to support youth suicide prevention programs…
BELFAST― Paula Smith of 54 Salmond Street, Belfast, will open her bee, butterfly and hummingbird garden to the public Friday, Aug. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. The event is sponsored…
use of contract nurses and assistants in Maine has soared since 2017
In the years before the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the nation’s long-term care facilities and overwhelmed healthcare workers, Maine nursing homes increasingly hired nurses and nursing…
UNION — The agenda has been set for the next Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting Thursday, Aug. 5.
The meeting will be held at the district’s central office at 7 p.m.
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ROCKLAND — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 13 school board meeting Thursday, Aug. 5.
The meeting will be held in-person at the South School at 6:30 p.m.
Meetings can…
Waldo County Technical Center (WCTC) has just completed its pilot session of Career & Technical Education (CTE) Summer Camp. The camp was held on the WCTC campus the last two weeks…
Are you interested in volunteering?
The Restorative Justice Project Maine is looking for motivated and committed individuals interested in holding community building and justice processes within Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Knox, Waldo, and…
Effective July 30, Respiratory Health Center becomes part of WCGH Walk-In Care
BELFAST — COVID-19 drive-thru testing at Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH) will be largely unaffected when the hospital folds the department that has performed the tests since the beginning of…
Aug. 13-15
BELFAST — Harbor Fest, Belfast Rotary Club’s free three-day celebration of the city’s maritime history and traditions on Friday, Aug. 13 through Sunday, Aug. 15, will present a boatbuilding…
BELFAST – Two Court Street gardens are on display Aug. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., as part of Belfast Garden Club’s Open Garden Day. The gardens are within a 5-minute walk of each other, at 35…
Camden-based nonprofit Finding Our Voices (FOV) has received national recognition for its “Outstanding Awareness Campaign,” the Let’s Talk About It/Women in Windows posters and “Best Awareness…
rising through the day from Northwest to Southeast
AUGUSTA — Particle pollution concentrations have begun to rise in the Western Mountains region several hours earlier than expected on Monday, July 26, according to the Maine Department of…
BELFAST — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 71 school board meeting Monday, July 26 is set.
The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. virtually over…
photo gallery
PENOBSCOT BAY – The course set from Camden, Rockland and Rockport harbors to Vinalhaven is probably the most well-trod marine path on Penobscot Bay, aside from Lincolnville to Islesboro. On a…
WALDOBORO — Waldoboro Public Library will be holding a juried online auction and is seeking submissions now.
Great Art for Great Reads auction will accept up to two original works by…
ROCKLAND — Eleni Margaronis will join the UMA Rockland Center as Center Director beginning July 28 bringing with her a wealth of knowledge in higher education and distance learning, according to a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Education and the Maine State Board of Education announced Friday the newest members of the Board, their committee assignments, and newly elected officers.
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On the dock
ROCKLAND — Photographer David Life (instagram @journalimages) was visiting Rockland Harbor July 18 and captured images of the Silver Shalis, an 846-ton yacht that was tied up at the dock…
In the spring of 1971, a group of local campers had an idea, a camping club. Meetings were organized and the first official group outing was held at Yogi Bear Campground on Memorial Day weekend of…
‘We have to do prep work now so that it’s not such an extreme transition’
As Mainers continue to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and life nears a return to pre-pandemic normalcy, pet owners around the state will be tasked with returning to work and will, once again, be…
AUGUSTA – A bill by Representative Genevieve McDonald, D-Stonington, decriminalizing the possession of hypodermic syringes was signed into law.
The measure, which received unanimous…
ROCKPORT— Pen Bay Birth Center has been recognized with an international award for excellence in lactation care.
The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) and the…
‘I just enjoy the relentless drive to be better and to beat the market or to beat competitors’
SEARSPORT — Max Provencher, a rising senior at Searsport District High School, has had a passion for investing for several years, and has used it to gain election to a handful of positions that…
UNION — The new facility owned by Come Spring Food Pantry, located at 27 Common Road in Union, is now serving Midcoast residents in need after many decades operating out of the Thompson Community…
“The Camden Conference congratulates winner of the university level Bill Taylor Award,” said the Conference, in a news release.
The Camden Conference has chosen the winner of the annual…
“The Camden Conference congratulates winners of the high school level Bill Taylor Award,” said the Conference, in a news release.
The Camden Conference has chosen the winners of the annual…
Thousands of interested spectators visited the town of Bucksport on Saturday, July 10 to view the Tall Ship Nao Santa Maria. The maritime attraction drew guests from around the state who…
peer-to-peer fundraiser
This week, Knox County Homeless Coalition announced the return of their annual One Night Without A Home awareness building and fundraising event.
“COVID brought on so many added…
mental and physical skills to be strong and wise
ROCKLAND — The Midcoast Strong Gym, on Maverick Street in Rockland, is home to a personal safety program for teens and young adults.
The course is taught by psychotherapist Amy Carpenter…
UNION — The agenda for the upcoming Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting Thursday, July 15 has been set.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the district’s central office. …
SEARSPORT — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 20 school board meeting Tuesday, July 13 has been set.
The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the SDMHS cafetorium with…
Heath and Well-being
When we feel secure in our environment, we have a sense of steadiness and security. But when surrounded with misinformation, fear and anxiety, we can feel the earth trembling under our feet. …
Three years in to its 6-year pilot program, the Aspirations Incubator has just released its…
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July 20 and 22
ROCKPORT — After several years’ absence, Maine Driving Dynamics sessions have returned to Camden Hills Regional High School. This course is a 5 1/2 hour defensive driving and driver improvement…
the Treblemakers
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Stockton Harbor Days is taking place Friday and Saturday, July 23 and 24.
Sponsored by the Stockton Springs Community Builders, Friday the 23rd there’ll be a free street…
APPLETON — The school committee agenda for the Appleton Village School’s next meeting Monday, July 12 has been set.
The meeting will be held virtually over Zoom at 5 p.m. with…
BELFAST — Fall registration is open through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center for both undergraduate and graduate level courses, certificates and degree programs. Limited need-…
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Garden Club has awarded its 2021 scholarships to two local graduating seniors who are pursuing horticultural or environmental related degrees.
Alexia Cazemajou, of…
In honor of his childhood friend, Dr. Jeffrey Scott Caron, and to raise money for…
Misfits Rehab on the proper care of rescued animals
AUBURN—Summers are an exhausting time for licensed wildlife rehabilitators such as Jennifer Marchigiani, who has run Misfits Rehab since 2002. With so many babies born in the spring and summer…
now open every day at 9 a.m.
ROCKLAND — To celebrate what is a major expansion of health care in Knox County, Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning for its new Walk-In Care facility in…
BELFAST — A Repair Cafe will take place Saturday, July 17, from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., next to Belfast Fiber Arts, 171 High Street, in Belfast.
This is a free event.
“Bring your clothes…
Saturday activities for children ages 9-12
LIBERTY — The Citizens’ Association of Liberty Lakes (CALL) is offering a free Lake Keeper’s Camp in Liberty this summer.
CALL has offered a week-long summer camp for children since 2006…
LINCOLNVILLE — The school committee agenda for the next Lincolnville Central School meeting Monday, July 5 has been set. UPDATE: The meeting has been postponed to July 14.
The meeting…
Rescue dog adoptions surge in the Midcoast
Numerous new canines have taken up residence in the Midcoast, stepping out smartly on walks around town, visiting local dog parks and…
WORCESTER, Mass. — A vaccine with the potential to prevent Lyme disease has entered the clinical trial stage, and could be available to the public in the the spring of 2023, according to an…
“It reminds me to celebrate the people who fight for this country, and to respect them.”
That is what incoming Wiscasset Middle High School ninth grader Laila Dicus, 13, thought of the…
