United Midcoast Charities is convening the Local Board for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to distribute federal funding for emergency food and shelter in Knox County. These funds…
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distributing to providers of emergency food and shelter in Knox County
The Maine Marine Patrol is continuing to conduct targeted patrols in southern Maine after a…
‘LGBTQ use tobacco and vape at higher rates than other youth’
Grace Hansen has joined the OUT Maine team as a youth health educator. Hansen’s work will focus on reducing smoking and vaping among LGBTQ+ youth as part of a new partnership with the Center for…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $9,472,586 to date to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to COVID-19, according to a news release.
The…
supporting indigenous, ethnic, or rural arts programs or projects
The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Expansion Arts Fund is accepting applications from nonprofits for grants of up to $5,000 that support indigenous, ethnic, or rural arts programs or projects…
shark yet to be caught or seen again
7/28, 1:30 p.m. Update: Officials identified the shark as a great white shark during a noon press conference in Augusta.
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) confirmed…
a particular interest in improving access to healthcare in rural areas
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital (MCH) and Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital (BHH) have appointed Joseph Gaetano, MS, FACHE as the new Vice President of Operations.…
First National Bank and First National Wealth Management recently donated $3,000 to Trekkers in sponsorship of the Trekkers Art Auction 2020.
Join in on August 1 through August 8 to…
honoring a legacy as well as those who continue the mission today
ROCKLAND — On Saturday, July 25, the Rockland District Nursing Association (RDNA) Board, garden committee and friends planted the first 70 trees and bushes, the anchor, of the Eliza Steele…
opinion: expect to see swings between soil-damaging rain events and more regular drought conditions
The words of University of Maine soil scientist Ivan Fernandez reveal a troubling truth.
“Never again will we have the climate system of the 20th century,” wrote Fernandez, co-chair of the…
July 30 to September 25
KNOX COUNTY — The Maine Department of Transportation will be doing paving work along Routes 73 and 131 in Knox County. Work is scheduled to begin on July 30 and be finished by September 25.
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AUGUSTA — Maine's Drought Task Force convened Friday by virtual meeting to address continuing drought conditions across the state.
The state remains, per a news release, mostly in moderate…
ROCKLAND — AIO Food and Energy Assistance welcomes Ted Long to its Board of Directors.
Long is an active community member and brings a lot of experience to AIO’s Board, according to AIO,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $8,588,357, to date, to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to COVID-19, per a news release.
The funding…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending July 18, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,200 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,600 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor is ready to update the weekly benefit payments for Maine people currently enrolled in the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, according…
Silvio Calabi: Opinionated at Any Speed
To anyone who enjoys cars, the Si—the sporting Honda Civic—strikes the right balance between old-fashioned, involved, three-pedal driving and creeping digitalis, the blight of beeps, chimes, LEDs…
self-funded pools for municipal and quasi public entities
The Knox County Commissioners have received a $6,205 dividend check from the Maine Municipal Association as a result of its good loss experience and loss prevention programs, according to the…
Volunteers are needed across the state
Between July 20 and September 10, citizen volunteers across Maine are spotting deer and sending simple observations to Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The observations include the…
expanding services to Veterans in a 62,500 square foot, state-of-the-art, energy efficient facility
PORTLAND — Friday, July 17, marked the groundbreaking of what will be the new Portland Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), located at 141 West Commercial Street in Portland.
This…
Improve understanding of flood risk, evaluate sources of sedimentation and pollutants, identify fish passage barriers
Over the next several weeks, the Town of Camden will be conducting a survey of parts of the Megunticook River; surveyors will be in and around the river channel.
This work is part of the…
BELFAST — Amidst the changes and unknowns wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, Waterfall Arts has just received a vital grant through Jane’s Trust for $100,000 towards its upcoming facility…
property to be known as the Bert G. and Coral B. Clifford Campus of the Ecology Learning Center
UNITY — “The building is amazing! It's huge!” said high school student Azure Walauski at an open house for the Ecology Learning Center charter school at 230 Main Street in Unity.
Unity…
Knox County’s rate of childhood food insecurity is projected to increase by 52%
ROCKLAND — Molly O’Rourke has been hired as the new Weekend Meal Program Manager at AIO Food and Energy Assistance. The role is essential to ensuring that families with children have sufficient…
programmatic, capacity-building, operating and capital support
The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Theater Fund is accepting grant applications from local, regional, and statewide nonprofit theaters or theater groups in Maine.
Funds will be awarded…
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) announced July 14 that the Amtrak Downeaster will begin operating four round-trip trains between Brunswick and…
Silent auction
BELFAST — Local artists will be turning chairs into art for a silent auction to support the Belfast Public Health Nursing Association.
The Association provides health care and other …
youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility
Penobscot Bay YMCA has submitted the following statement:
The Penobscot Bay YMCA announces its Sustainability Campaign as the Y emerges from its three-month closure with Governor…
Nativity Lutheran Church, on Old County Road, in Rockport, has long been actively involved in supporting the mission of Area Interfaith Outreach (AIO) food pantry and emergency assistance,…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending July 11, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 4,600 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 3,400 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
Gordon and Lynne Kontrath always let Wiscasset Newspaper know when they…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor has extended the date when unemployed Mainers who are permanently separated from their employer must start searching for work to August 9.
Under…
OUT Maine welcomes Will Ames, Vanessa Shields-Haas, and Cynthia Turcotte to its Board. The new board members bring their diverse personal and professional experiences to OUT Maine’s leadership.…
up to $7,500 are available
The Maine Community Foundation’s Equity Fund is accepting applications from nonprofits for project and capacity-building grants that address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ)…
Funding for Summer Meals Programs
United Midcoast Charities (UMC) recently partnered with the statewide student hunger prevention organization, Full Plates Full Potential, to help provide grants to school districts in Knox and…
ROCKLAND — After a COVID spring of no programs at the Flanagan Center under the leadership of the Penobscot Bay YMCA, Rockland City Council extended the Y’s contract for use of the City-owned…
serving adults, pediatric patients who have MaineCare and live in Waldo and Knox counties
BELFAST — Waldo County Dental Care, which seeks to increase access to dental care for low-income residents of Knox and Waldo counties, has received a grant of $7,500 from Northeast Delta Dental…
‘she is a student who seeks to be shaped by her experiences’
ST. GEORGE — The St. George Business Alliance has selected Chloe Simmons of Port Clyde, a 2020 graduate of Camden Hills Regional High School, as its $1,000 scholarship award winner for 2020. Chloe…
BELFAST – Belfast Public Health Nursing Association (BPHNA), which has provided health care and other critical support to the most disadvantaged members of the community for more than 100 years,…
Plans to open at the end of July
Like most restaurateurs, Jordan Benissan expected he’d be running his popular restaurant Mé Lon Togo in Waterville this spring, but the pandemic had other plans for him. Not able to keep the…
Rounding up in July for Midcoast Music Academy and Cultivating Community
ROCKLAND — The customers of the Good Tern Co-op raised $891.23 during the month of June for OUT! Maine.
OUT Maine works toward a welcoming and affirming Maine for all rural young people…
AUGUSTA — In accordance with the recent extension through August 6 of the state’s Civil Emergency due to COVID-19, the Department of Labor is further waiving the work search requirement for Maine…
Many aspects of trauma surface during an end of life journey
The Maine Hospice Council and Center for End-of-Life Care (MHC) has received one of 13 grants to work in partnership with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s “We Honor Veterans…
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Drought Task Force convened Thursday by virtual meeting to take another look at drought conditions across the state, per a news release.
The Task Force met two weeks ago…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending July 4, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,800 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 2,300 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
AUGUSTA — During the week ending July 4, the Maine Department of Labor canceled about 400 initial claims and 2,400 weekly certifications that were determined to be fraudulent, per a news release…
$21.3 million in loans; more than 3,400 jobs retained
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, released detailed information about…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Treasury Department, has released detailed information about Paycheck Protection Loan (PPP) recipients.
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AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills issued Wednesday an Executive Order requiring large retail businesses, restaurants, outdoor bars, tasting rooms, and lodging establishments in Maine’s more populous…
meeting a dramatic increase in the demand for colonoscopies and the care of digestive system disorders and colorectal cancer
ROCKPORT — With the clip of an oversized pair of scissors, Pen Bay Medical Center opened a new Gastroenterology suite during a ribbon cutting ceremony earlier this week.
The suite, located…
