SEARSPORT — In an effort to reduce phone costs, RSU 20 has been upgrading its phone system over the past two years, according to a notice on the district website.
The district now has some…
Life
Boiling down the sap and learning how maple sugar is made
CAMDEN/ROCKPORT – It’s always a treat to watch the steam rise off the big boiling pot in the Sugar Shack at the…
ROCKLAND – Knox County Law Enforcement invites all interested community members to a free informational session Thursday, April 11, about the newly-formed Knox County Recovery Collaborative (KCRC…
Audubon Society, Sierra Club Maine, Midcoast Conservancy, and others
ROCKLAND — Local and national environmental and earth-centered organizations are invited to join Rockland Public Library, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, The Audubon Society, Friends of Maine…
ROCKLAND —In mid-March, after touring the University of Maine, in Orono, and Husson University, in Bangor, the 11th grade Team Denali students involved with the Trekkers’ program Launching…
ROCKPORT — The Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) of Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) and Waldo County General Hospital (…
NORTHPORT — Preparations for the 114th Camden High School Alumni Banquet began with a meeting of the CHS Alumni Association Board, March 14, under the new president, Roger Moody, class of 1961.…
BELFAST — A Grant Writing Certificate Program will be offered Monday through Friday, April 22–26 and again June 10 – 14, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., at the University of…
Samoset Resort Golf Club, Friday, May 24
ROCKPORT — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine (BBBSMM) invites local businesses, organizations and individuals to sign up to Golf Fore Kids’ Sake 2019 at the Samoset Resort Golf Club. The…
Union Historical Society hosts a Come Spring Tea
UNION – The Union Historical Society hosted its first Come Spring Tea, at the Robbins House, which serves as home to the historical society, at 343 Common Road, on the Union Common. Featured with…
Touring the world in one evening: Russia, austria, china, ireland, mexico, japan and finland
THOMASTON — On March 14, Thomaston Grammar School held its annual Family Fun Night. This year’s theme was Around the World with a focus on literacy.
Families traveled to Russia where they…
Elements of Leadership
The Penobscot Bay Pilot’s series, “Elements of Leadership,” features leaders in local communities who reflect on the motivations and challenges faced by those in leadership roles. For the…
CAMDEN – The Camden Rockport Middle School will present a dinner theater on Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30. The 6 p.m. dinner will take place in the school’s cafeteria on Knowlton Street,…
BAR HARBOR — With the Maine Seacoast Mission’s Sunbeam V coming out of the water for a major refit later this Spring, the Mission had to find a way for the Sunbeam crew to continue…
Applications due by May 1
WARREN — Horch Roofing has extended its trade scholarship to two $1,000 recipients in 2019.…
KITTERY — A peregrine falcon nesting platform will be removed and a new nesting box placed on the I-95 bridge connecting Kittery, with Portsmouth, Thursday, March 21. The relocation will…
ROCKLAND — Eight students enrolled at UMA Rockland are traveling to the Yucatan from March 14 to 23 as part of a university travel course for college credit.…
ROCKLAND — On Tuesday, March 26, New Ventures Maine, in partnership with UMA Rockland Center, will offer “Clean Up Your Credit,” a free workshop open to all.…
BELFAST — A two-day professional development program, “Past Trauma and Current Relationships: Integrating Nonviolent Communication and Interpersonal Neurobiology,” will be offered May 6 – 7 at the…
BELFAST and SWANVILLE — After less than one year, Elizabeth Drury has resigned from her post as principal of both East Belfast Elementary School and Kermit Nickerson Elementary School.
…
The interesting life of Vietnam Veteran Reginald Dean
CAMDEN — The Oak Hill Cemetery is one of two public cemeteries in Camden, Maine, a fact that unto itself is nothing unusual. However, to pass by the Oak Hill north side of the cemetery on Hosmer…
BELFAST — A professional development program, Public Speaking for Business and More, will be offered May 3, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the University of Maine…
designed for social workers, substance abuse counselors and other mental health professionals, as well as clergy, police officers and first responders
BELFAST — The University of Maine Hutchinson Center, in partnership with New Hope for Women of Rockland, will offer a professional development program, Intimate Partner Violence, May 9 and 10, at…
BELFAST – Registration is open for over 200 University of Maine undergraduate and graduate summer courses, both live and online, offered at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, May 13…
Several excellent candidates have emerged, school reports
ISLESBORO — Next year, there will be a new leadership position in place at Islesboro Central School.
As part of a leadership reconfiguration that began when Charles (Chuck) Hamm was hired…
Tuition-free course offered in July
BELFAST – An innovative three-week STEM research course for high school students will be offered by the University of Maine June 24 to July 12 at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
…
From Washington, D.C.
U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced the …
District includes 11 Waldo County communities
UNITY — Three months into the new calendar year and the RSU 3 school district has lost both its superintendent and assistant superintendent.
Both positions oversee operations at Monroe…
Six RSU 71 school buses were pulled from circulation after inspection sticker violations were found with each of them, according to a March 7 social media post from…
Dimming the lights and protecting local food producers
ROCKPORT — Members of the Rockport Select Board agreed March 11 to gather additional information regarding a plan to swap out the existing exterior lights throughout town for energy efficient, LED…
BELFAST — Money Matters, a free financial literacy course, is being offered again to help community members better understand how to successfully manage their daily finances. It will…
Celebrate the arrival of spring with Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education. The school program is offering gardening, crafts and more.
Classes starting soon include:
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Fuzzy Udder Creamery kicked off its first of three ‘Sunday Snuggles’ events
WHITEFIELD—Very few can resist the offer to pick up a recently born lamb or goat and cuddle it. Fuzzy Udder Creamery, a farm in Whitefield run by Jessie Dowling, gave families and individuals a…
Don’t give your power away
Many clients and friends have mentioned to me that they are more forgetful and easily distracted than they used to be. They wonder if they have the beginnings of Alzheimer’s Disease.
…
ROCKPORT — The annual Summer Activities Fair, sponsored by the Camden-Rockport PTA, will be Wednesday, April 3, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., in the Camden-Rockport Elementary School gymnasium.
Any…
Scholarship for students with some college, but no degree
ROCKLAND - Maine adults who “stopped out” of college but want to return may now qualify for as much as $4,000 per year in scholarships for up to four years. The University of Maine System Adult…
BELFAST– A three-day certificate program in Project Management will be offered March 22, March 29 and April 5 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center. Participants from a variety of…
Organization plans to begin diaper distribution March 11
ROCKLAND - The MidCoast Diaper Project plans to start dispensing diapers to local families March 11. Utilizing Area Interfaith Outreach Food Pantry (AIO), this group intends to provide diaper…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District commends all participants
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD)is pleased to announce – and congratulate – the winners of the annual conservation poster contest. This program is part of the National…
CAMDEN — P.A.W.S Animal Adoption Center in Camden has been awarded $1,000 from a Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant program.
Will Knight and Patricia Staab, employees of Harvard Pilgrim…
Camden-Rockport Middle School project update
CAMDEN — What began as a budgeted allowance of $60,000 to cover weather-related work on the new Camden-Rockport Middle School over the winter has increased to a figure which may be as high as $333…
ROCKPORT - Riley School will be continuing its monthly series of “Riley Nights: Community Talent Show and Fundraiser,” after a very successful start!
Riley is looking for kids to share…
BELFAST — Students in the Outdoor Leadership program at Waldo County Technical Center (WCTC) visited Belfast’s Transfer and Recycling Facility, February 27, as part of their ongoing recycling…
BELFAST — The days are getting a bit longer and while the white stuff is still covering the ground we sense it won’t be too long before spring makes her presence…
‘poor work/life balance, a risk of secondary trauma, concerns for workers safety in the field
AUGUSTA — The Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability has released its findings in the second part of an investigation into the deaths of 10-year-…
WALDO COUNTY — The Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition (BBWC) ran Winter Day Camp during school break for students of the Searsport, Belfast, and Northport districts, February 18-22,.
Jenni…
ST. GEORGE — The St. George Business Alliance (SGBA) plans to award one $1,000 scholarship to a deserving high school graduate from the Town of St. George in the…
HOPE — Hope Elementary School is now taking names for anyone interested in the fall 2019 Pre-K program and the fall 2019 kindergarten class.
Contact the school office at 785-4081 to add…
Each student is that player who pats others on the back.
THOMASTON — Several Thomaston Grammar students were recognized for the attribute of Teamwork at an assembly, Thursday, February 28…
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a state-wide land conservation organization, is offering teens ages 14-18 paid internships through the Teen Ag Crew program at Erickson Fields Preserve, in…
