ROCKLAND — Starting this spring, Trekkers will undergo a long-term Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) project with a mission to assure policies, procedures, and programs support best practices…
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creating environments where everyone feels safe, welcome, and included
CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club Foundation has extended the deadline for grant applications from February 28 to March 19.
Nonprofit…
the benefits of community land trusts
CAMDEN — Brenda Torpy, who led the Champlain Housing Trust in Vermont for nearly 30 years, recently spoke to Camden Rotary Club about how community land trusts (CLTs) provide permanently…
rebuilding the administrative staff from the effects of COVID-19 pandemic
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School (HIOBS), an organization that focuses on experiential learning through outdoor expeditions, has announced Andy Colby as the new Director of Admissions.
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ORONO — Undergraduate students from across the nation will learn about sustainable aquaculture in Maine through the lens of Indigenous science and traditional ecological knowledge in a…
SPRUCE HEAD — Winds gusting up to 40-60 mph overnight and into the early morning of Feb. 23 caused one working lobster boat to break from its mooring and wash up onto the rocks at Spruce Head,…
ranked 13th among survey group of 500 companies
Forbes has named MaineHealth one of America’s Best Large Employers in 2022.
Forbes partnered with independent research firm Statista to survey 60,000 people working for businesses…
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial backyard…
AUGUSTA — A bill from Senator Chip Curry, D-Belfast, to improve the effectiveness of the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program passed in the Legislature’s Taxation Committee last week.
An…
Maine REALTORS® experienced the second-best January sales month on record for single-family existing homes last month. According to Maine Listings, while…
WATERVILLE — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Dairy Industry Association (MDIA) will host an in-person conference from 9 a.m. to 3:15…
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a four-session online introductory accounting workshop for farms and agricultural businesses…
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host an eight-session series online for Maine farming, fishing or forestry producers ages 20–35 who…
BAR HARBOR – Bar Harbor Bank & Trust employees recently presented $12,000 in donations from the Bank’s employee-driven charitable giving program, Casual for A Cause, to six nonprofit…
Elizabeth Eaton is one of two Maine 4-H alumni selected to represent National 4-H during the 2022 National Agriculture Day Training, which is part of the National Agriculture Day Student…
University of Maine Rural Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care
The University of Maine Rural Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care (RIBHPC) Training Program will offer a free, live webinar about early detection of psychosis, Friday, April 1, from 10:30…
the Battle of Mogadishu and ‘Black Hawk Down’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills …
Reducing Sexism and Violence
ROCKLAND — On Monday and Tuesday, March 14 and 15, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Maine Boys to Men will teach attendees how to bring Boys to Men programming, for middle and high school boys, to the…
AUGUSTA – The Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee voted on Tuesday to advance a bill by Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, aimed at supporting Maine’s lobster fishing industry following recent…
aiming for successful interactions with persons with mental health conditions
KNOX COUNTY — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office has completed a pledge to improve its response to those with a mental health condition in Knox County. The pledge is part of an initiative called the…
CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club is providing …
Bringing 15 Years of NonProfit Experience to Organization
The Penobscot Bay YMCA has named Whitney Files as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective March 21, 2022. She was selected by the Y’s Board of Directors following a nationwide search. Files…
SEAL COVE — The Seal Cove Auto Museum Board of Directors welcomes Executive Director Ethan Yankura to the Seal Cove team.
A veteran nonprofit professional with an auto museum…
serving to replace and consolidate existing VA clinic leases at Saco and Portland locations
PORTLAND — The VA Maine Healthcare System’s new Portland Veterans Affairs Clinic was officially dedicated Feb. 11, 2022, in a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at its new location on West Commercial Street…
PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing I-295 over Veranda Street, in Portland, on the fourth weekend in April to accommodate the replacement of an aging interstate…
library is now the only institution anywhere with a complete run of the paper
BELFAST — The Belfast Free Library announces the digitization and microfilming of the complete run of The Waldo Independent newspaper. This digitized content is now freely available to the public…
The Universities of Maine and New Hampshire Cooperative Extension programs have joined forces to help produce farmers start or improve their Farm Food Safety Planning with Jumpstart to Farm Food…
‘pay-it-forward’ mission
CAMDEN — Heavenly Threads Thrift Shop, an outreach mission of the First Congregational Church U.C.C. of Camden, reports proceeds from sales at Heavenly Threads Thrift Shop have accounted for more…
BELFAST — This winter, the Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series co-sponsored by the All of Belfast Climate Dialogues, a project of the Belfast Free Library, will focus on the effects of the…
In true Trekkers form, the interview with Evelyn Isom began with a “Would You Rather” question. “Would you rather show up chronically underdressed or overdressed?” I asked, to which Isom replied “…
It’s going to be downright balmy at the start of the weekend so you know hard-core Mainers will be wearing T-shirts and waterproof boots on the ice at the U.S. National Toboggan Championships. It’…
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted unanimously this week to advance a bill sponsored by Rep. Stanley Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, that would address per-…
Midcoast Entrepreneurs
THOMASTON—One Midcoast man is on a mission to free up landfills from junked computers and to turn those parts into usable devices for people who can’t afford a new computer.
Gordon…
learning a great deal about environmental research and the natural world
The Stewardship Education Alliance announces the opening of its Winter Grant Cycle. Teachers working in any school in the towns of Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport are invited to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six organizations in the state have received a total of $1,089,479 to support rural microborrowers and potential microborrowers, according to a news release.
These…
The Maine Lobster Festival recently donated $2,750 to Knox County Homeless Coalition, Rockland District Nursing Association, and Trekkers at its recent Board of Directors meeting. …
federally funded Summer Food Service Program
AUGUSTA — With the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maine public schools have long offered a nutritious breakfast and lunch meal program to thousands of income eligible children…
identifying key gaps in services and resources
OUT Maine’s new project aims to improve Maine’s health, behavioral health care for transgender youth
The Maine Health Access Foundation has funded a two-year project to improve the health and behavioral care provided to Maine’s transgender youth. In partnership with the Maine chapter of the…
‘This if for our neighbors, our community members, our friends, and often our customers’
The Shepard family and the Shepard Auto Group have announced a $5,000 challenge to raise additional funds for the AIO Energy Program. The high cost of fuel, COVID-19 pandemic, and state and federal…
application deadline Monday, March 7
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 (164…
AUGUSTA — Members of the Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee voted Tuesday to advance a proposal by Rep. Genevieve McDonald, D-Stonington, that would extend legal fishing hours for Maine’s…
Graduating seniors from Maine high schools who are National FFA (Future Farmers of America) Organization members and interested in pursuing a career in farming, agriculture, or natural resources…
SEARSMONT — The Searsmont Town Library Board of Trustees announces this year’s availability of the H. Joyce Withee Scholarship, a $500 scholarship for college students from Searsmont who are…
Donut’s life was spared because of the Sherman Medical Fund
THOMASTON — A couple from Friendship have stepped forward to offer a matching gift to help animals at Pope Memorial Humane Society (PMHS). Martine Richard LaBrie and Dr. Henry LaBrie, of…
Veterans Affairs Maine has comprehensive care for its women veterans throughout the state. The VA will host a virtual town hall, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, from 6 – 7 p.m., to familiarize women…
Great Works Internet Partners (GWI), Arctaris Impact Investors, LLC, and the Finance Authority of Maine said Jan. 31 that they plan to build new fiber broadband networks for five communities in…
ISLESBORO — Is that island in Waldo County or Knox County? An alleged boundary line snafu by a cartographer in 1941 has led to a continuance of maps identifying the islands off of Islesboro as…
‘It’s pretty amazing to get to work with so many selfless, enthusiastic, kid-focused humans’
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine (BBBSMM) welcomes Haley Stearns as the agency’s new Midcoast program manager. In her new role, Stearns supports the community youth mentoring program, as well…
‘Hancock and Washington counties deserve access to excellent noninvasive cardiology services’
ELLSWORTH — Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital welcomes Zachary Trzaska, MD, to its cardiology practice in Ellsworth.
A graduate of the St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine, Dr.…
Follow the Four R’s to Knock Out Browntail Moth
AUGUSTA — February 2022 has been recognized as Browntail Moth Awareness Month in Maine to encourage people to take advantage of the dormant season of the insect and join together to reduce impacts…
