CAMDEN — This week, Coastal Mountains Land Trust welcomed Tempe Landi, Development & Communications Coordinator, to their team. Landi comes to the Land Trust having worked in a variety of…
Work
‘work that I believe will have a truly meaningful and long-term impact’
ALNA — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is collaborating with Midcoast Conservancy to offer a program on pruning techniques needed to keep your apple trees productive, on…
passionate about supporting Maine’s rural communities
ROCKLAND — The Island Institute, a community development nonprofit serving Maine’s island and coastal communities, announced Jan. 28, 2022 that Nick Battista has been promoted to the role of Chief…
Sheila Lowe, of Union, has been elected as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce for 2022. Lowe replaces Jeff Hamilton of JA Hamilton Consulting, in…
CAMDEN — While the identity of Otto the Cat, (the anonymous benefactor who established a recent challenge to benefit the Camden Area Christian Food Pantry) remains a mystery, his generosity has…
using the latest science to set standards for return
MaineHealth said January 27, 2022, that it is altering slightly its policy with respect to how care team members return to work after a case of COVID-19, dropping a requirement for a negative…
$150,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts
CAMDEN — The Points North Institute has set their dates for the 18th edition of the Camden International Film Festival, which will run from September 15-18, 2022 in Camden, Rockport, and Rockland…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — In light of the winter storm that is forecast to arrive in the Midcoast this weekend, Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital have made the following…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer an online workshop for youth ages 12–18 years about marshlands and climate change, Wednesday, Feb. 23, from 1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
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funding trips and activities throughout the year
Trekkers’ annual catalog fundraiser, Local Treats, is on and students are taking orders. The catalog features treats from local Bixby Chocolate and Rock City Coffee.
Now through March 9,…
14 biweekly sessions
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a virtual wild blueberry conference with 14 biweekly sessions Feb. 1 – March 17, from 4 – 6 p.m.
Conference topics include weed, pest…
building the MaineHealth Cancer Care Network
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — “Cancer patients do best when they receive care close to home and without interruption,” said Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital, in a news release. “…
enhancing and expanding one-to-one youth mentoring services
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine received a generous $33,000 grant from the Unity Foundation that will enhance and expand its one-to-one youth mentoring services in Penobscot and Northern…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Tuesday the Maine Department of Labor is making available up to $12 million in grant funding for Maine businesses to significantly expand apprenticeships…
AUGUSTA — The Ending Hunger in Maine VISTA program, housed within the Commissioner's Office of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, seeks nonprofit organizations and…
Finding Our Voices, a grassroots survivor-powered nonprofit breaking the silence of domestic abuse, was awarded $4,150 from the International Women’s Club of New England at a luncheon January 21,…
AUGUSTA — Rep. Stanley Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, introduced a bill before the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee that would address per-and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS)…
On a bright and frigid Friday, with windchill making it feel like 1 degree Fahrenheit and sea smoke in the distance beyond the Rockland Breakwater, 10 staff and boatbuilding apprentices submerged…
KITTERY — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing travel lanes on the Piscataqua River (I-95) Bridge in Kittery next week to accommodate overhead sign work.
Between Monday,…
Press release
The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) recently polled its members about business over the holidays and what they are predicting for winter and spring business.
According to Tony Cameron,…
Specializing in books that explore, heal and edify
ROCKLAND—It’s never a bad thing to have another independent bookstore open in the Midcoast and Arctic Tern Books is the newest bookstore to cement Rockland’s reputation as a thriving cultural…
Single-family existing homes across Maine remained in very high demand during the full sales year of 2021. According to Maine Listings, the statewide median…
On an overcast afternoon in early July, Michael Dennett drove to a paddock near midcoast Maine to check on his sheep. They’d been there for a couple of days, and it was almost time to move them to…
lending a helping hand
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — More than two dozen National Guard troops arrived at Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, to lend a helping…
local governments, municipalities, educational institutions, and nonprofits
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Maine Forest Service (MFS) Project Canopy community forestry program will award up to $175,000 in grants to local…
OPINIONATED AT ANY SPEED
Hyundai has done something clever here, and it makes me wonder why these things are still so rare—namely, SUV-based pickups. This is a Tucson, a Hyundai two-row crossover sport-ute, with the rear…
‘get your hands sticky’
JACKSON — David Greeley, who has been tapping trees for more than 50 years, is offering a hands-on course in “Making Maple” at Belfast Senior College beginning Feb. 17. The four-week course on…
Midcoast Entrepreneurs
JACKSON—Last week, we did a story on the off-the-beaten-path Marsh River Cooperative…
CAMDEN — West Bay Rotary is once again accepting grant requests to support local causes, having suspended last year’s grants due to COVID. Twice a year, the Club, through its Charitable Foundation…
signals new phase for the nonprofit, investigative news organization
AUGUSTA — The Maine Monitor has hired Renée Johansson, a Bangor resident and well-known Maine non-profit leader and brand strategist, to fill a new position as development director for the non-…
‘all about maximizing corporate profit and is an assault on character and beauty of Rockland Harbor’
ROCKLAND — A group of 16 Midcoast citizens objecting to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’ approval of marina expansion…
The MCH Meals on Wheels program recently received a unique donation check for $121 with a small sticky note attached.
The note reads:
“During the summer my daughter and I potted…
Local Agricultural Production, Create Jobs, Support Local Food Production, Benefit Rural Maine Communities
During a virtual workshop held by the Maine Agricultural Trades Show, January 12, 2022, USDA Rural Development State Director Rhiannon C. Hampson announced that ten Maine agricultural producers…
ROCKLAND – Rockland Fire and EMS lost an employee last week to an aggressive recruitment campaign by another emergency service department. Another employee left due to burnout, and five of the…
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…
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration announced Thursday a workforce development pilot program to connect Maine people to good-paying jobs and meet the hiring needs of Maine employers.
The…
BROOKS—As Marsh River Cooperative’s manager Matthew McKillop will tell you, “You’d be surprised to know there’s a lot going on in Brooks.”
A tiny town in Waldo County with a population of…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay recently appointed four new members to its board of trustees. Each will support the laboratory’s mission to study the foundation of global…
ORONO — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about…
ORONO— The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online workshop about best practices for winter care of equines from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on…
ROCKLAND— The Rockland City Council will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, January 10 at 6 p.m. The agenda includes public hearings on ordinances…
Hedrich’s service and contributions span local, state, and national conservation
Mark Hedrich to be inducted into National Association of Conservation Districts’ Hall of Distinction
Both the Knox-Lincoln SWCD Board of Supervisors and staff, and the Maine Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) Executive Committee have announced that Mark Hedrich, of Agricola Farms, in…
KITTERY — Lane closures on the Piscataqua River (I-95) Bridge in Kittery are scheduled for January 12-14, 2022. The lane closures are necessary to facilitate the installation of overhead signage,…
Mid-Coast Solid Waste, Town offices, county courthouse, concerts...
With snow forecasts predicting 4 - 8 inches of snow in the Midcoast today, Jan. 7, 2022, many organizations are closing, cancelling and/or rescheduling their day’s events.
The Mid-Coast …
workshop with City council, Wednesday, Jan. 12, at 5:30 p.m.
ROCKLAND — Rockland’s Comprehensive Planning Commission has completed its work updating the 2012 Comprehensive Plan and the Mayor and City Council are inviting the public to attend a workshop via…
Finding Our Voices
CAMDEN — Each year, the Camden Rotary Club names one person from the community as a Paul Harris Fellow in recognition of outstanding contributions to the community. Finding Our Voices founder and…
Snapshot
ROCKPORT — A January 7 storm did little to halt progress on the rebuild of the Rockport municipal pier, as a Prock Marine crew replaced pilings and the deck through driving snow.
The 30-…
ROCKLAND — A city-wide parking ban is in effect starting Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, at 10 a.m., and continuing until Saturday, Jan. 8.
Parking will be available in the Winter Street parking…
The Knox County Administrative Offices, Knox County Superior Court, and Rockland District Court will all be closed, today Friday January 7, 2022 due to the weather. They will re-open on Monday…
Jamie Lucas of Jamie’s Miniatures organized the surprise miniature giveaway
BELFAST—Avonlea Lecher, 10, and her brother, Cole, 12 are big fans of the tiny world of miniatures. Together, they have made their own room boxes out of shoeboxes, filling them with handmade…
