ROCKPORT — On November 5, the Blue Star Memorial on Route 1, in Rockport, was the focus of Camden Garden Club members Karen Cease, Jennifer Gromada, Cindy Grondahl and Vicki Mast. The group weeded…
Life
SEARSPORT — With no confirmed cases of COVID-19 with the towns making up RSU 20 (Searsport and Stockton Springs), the district has opted to enter its in-person continued learning plan starting…
VINALHAVEN — The Vinalhaven School has amended its educational plans for the upcoming week amid the county’s yellow designation under the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory…
ST. GEORGE — With Knox County moving to a yellow designation in the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory system, St. George School officials released a letter to families Nov.…
ROCKLAND — With Knox County now being designated as a yellow county under the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory system, Regional Unit 13 is shifting to a hybrid learning…
knowing and understanding the right thing to do
On Wednesday, November 3, several students at Thomaston Grammar School were recognized for the attribute of gratitude. Students were presented with a certificate at a school-wide Zoom assembly.…
ROCKPORT — With Knox County shifting to a Yellow designation under the the pandemic public health classification system, the Camden Hills Regional High School is going remote Nov. 9 and 10. Nov.…
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color and is provided to…
SEARSPORT — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 20 school board meeting has been established.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the SDMHS cafetorium,…
SEARSPORT — Friends of Sears Island will be offering another free grab-and-go activity kit for children this month. November is a time of shortening days, taking stock, preparing for winter, and…
BELFAST — The Regional School Unit 71 board of directors will be holding its next meeting Monday, Nov. 9 and has set the agenda for the meeting.
The meeting will be held virtually at 5:30…
ROCKLAND — The agenda has been set for the upcoming Regional School Unit 13 virtual school board meeting Thursday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m.
Livestreams of the meeting will be carried on…
UNITY — The school board meeting agenda for Regional School Unit 3 has been established.
The next meeting will be held Monday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. in a virtual setting.
This meeting…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A total of 82 Maine nursing homes and nursing facilities have been awarded an additional $247,577 to support increased testing, staffing, and personal protective equipment (PPE…
HOPE — The agenda has been set for the next school committee meeting for Hope Elementary School to be held Monday, Nov. 9.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. via Zoom.
For the…
Despite the pandemic, the 3rd Annual Dinner Anywhere in the World Raffle is back, sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast.
Last year’s winner will be going to San…
Everyone who pitches in learns valuable vocational skills
Volunteers from Coastal Opportunities have been busy making pins and putting together mailings for OUT Maine as part of the Coastal Opportunities Community Support Services program.…
The University of Maine will recognize veterans with a week of in-person and virtual events to coincide with Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The activities are coordinated by the UMaine Office of Veterans…
Proud parents Nichole and Cody Lorentzen of Union, have announced the birth of their son, a handsome baby boy, Isaac Thomas, to their family.
With the help of Certified Nurse Midwife…
Watershed Coalition gives readers a description of the Belfast trail
A five-mile loop through Belfast offers several enjoyable ways to experience nature. The trail is marked with chickadee signs on posts
The In-Town Nature Trail can be walked slowly in…
CAMDEN — Tumbling pumpkins, grass-covered men, Merlin the Magician, witches, the brain dead and more thronged to the Camden Snow Bowl for a Halloween celebration, Oct. 31. The weather was perfect…
UNION — The agenda has been set for the next Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.
The meeting will be conducted at the Central Office or Google Meet. …
Mainers Feeding Mainers
On October 19, Knox County Gleaners, Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) staff and volunteers loaded over 1,000 lbs. of winter squash into AIO Food and Energy Assistance’s new root cellar in…
nov. 4 school board meeting
ROCKPORT — The agenda has been set for the Wednesday, Nov. 4 school board meeting for Five Town CSD, which serves Camden Hills Regional High School.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m.…
Somerset, washington counties flip to yellow
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color and is provided to…
AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced today its strategy to distribute an allocation of rapid COVID-19 antigen tests to ensure access for all Maine…
Experts from the University of Maine, Harvard and Long Island universities, and the University of Maine School of Law have created a website with 10 talking points titled: “…
Maine Coast Heritage Trust has submitted the following:
Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT), a statewide land conservation organization, is seeing an increase in…
Learning new skills, bringing ideas to life
SEARSPORT — The Searsport District Middle and High School makerspace, the STEAM Lab, has been awarded a $20,000 Innovation Grant from technology and energy infrastructure company Siemens.
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CAMDEN — On October 15, Camden Garden Club President Debra Stokes, Tree Program Chair Ruth Ellison, and club members Karen Cease and Priscilla Granston met with Camden’s Assistant Town Manager…
WALDOBORO, UNION — Two confirmed COVID-19 cases associated with Medomak Valley High School and Union Elementary School have caused RSU 40 to send…
ROCKPORT — An individual associated with Camden Hills Regional High School recently tested positive for COVID-19.. The school is simultaneously emailing families of students who are close contacts…
cases at rockland’s woodland memory care increase to 12
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills, Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah and Dept. of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew convened a special briefing Wednesday afternoon in Augusta, by…
ROCKPORT — An intervention from the town of Rockport’s legal counsel, Monday night, Oct. 26, put an abrupt end to an impromptu workshop between members of the Rockport Select Board and…
12 have tested positive
ROCKLAND – Following an announcement Tuesday afternoon from the …
AUGUSTA — Most Mainers shopping through the Health Insurance Marketplace can pay less than $75 per month for health…
The ‘uninvited guest’ of COVID-19 increases presence in state
AUGUSTA — Ten cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at the Woodlands Memory Care facility on Camden…
The drive-thru flu clinics offered by Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) and Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH) have contributed to a more than 30% increase in flu vaccinations given by the hospitals…
LINCOLNVILLE — The agenda for the next Lincolnville Central School school committee meeting has been established.
The meeting will be held Monday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. at the school’s library…
The Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) seeks applications to its Adult Learner Scholarship Fund, which supports non-traditional students who want to change their lives for the better through…
an openness and generosity of spirit
Students of a local Interact Club, a facet of Rotary focused on emerging young leaders, recently participated in the packaging of menstrual pads and tampons for One Less Worry, as well as a…
BELFAST — Free bagged-lunches are available 7 days a week at the Game Loft, in Belfast.
New Hours! Lunch can now be picked up every day, from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., at the Game Loft located at…
Meeting this evening: Bonuses, setting goals, Next year’s budget
ROCKPORT — The Select Board in Rockport has a fairly short agenda this evening, Oct. 26, but a long list of targeted questions for the Rockport representatives to the three School Administrative…
The following message was distributed by RSU 20 Superintendent Chris Downing
Re: State Designation of Waldo County, “Yellow Status”
On…
reaping what they sow
Students in the Employability Skills Program (ESP) at Waldo County Technical Center (WCTC) have gotten a taste for fresh produce and the opportunity to grow it themselves, under the guidance of…
‘I’ve been exposed to different approaches to thinking and experiencing wine’
SYDNEY, Australia — A few months shy of her 21st birthday, Belfast native Callie Cook is not legally old enough to consume wine in the United States, though that detail has not halted her progress…
volunteer trail work days, volunteer sponsorship
Every year, Coastal Mountains Land Trust recognizes volunteers, community groups, and land donors for their commitment and involvement. This year the Land Trust selects the Trail Runners of…
A much loved holiday tradition is forging ahead to bring good tidings to the Camden area during the first weekend in December, as the Camden Area Business Group presents Christmas By the…
Christmas and the holidays are coming and pandemic or not, there will be a big beautiful decorated tree in Belfast’s Post Office Square.
The community is searching for the perfect tree.…
“yellow” suggests county has elevated risk of COVID-19 spread; schools may consider additional precautions and/or hybrid instructional models to reduce number of people in schools
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color and that is…
