NORTHEAST HARBOR — Maine Seacoast Mission and MCD Global Health (MCD) received a $90,000 grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to help create a healthcare bridge for island…
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month with Pen Bay Medical Center, Waldo County General Hospital, and LincolnHealth
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — If you or someone you care about is sexually assaulted or is experiencing domestic violence, do you know what options are available? When the unthinkable happens, a special…
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland, Maine is once again committing to No Mow May on its own properties, and encouraging community members to do the same. The goal is to allow grass to grow unmown…
for Maine teens interested in agriculture and food systems
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering an agricultural symposium for Maine teens on April 18 and 19 at the UMaine campus in Orono. The 3rd annual event is an overnight…
ROCKPORT — In 2021, Seacoast Security, Inc. of Rockport, launched a scholarship program to help fund further education in the skilled trades. The program offers two, $1,000 scholarships to…
ROCKPORT — Saturday, May 4, Aldermere Farm, at 20 Russell Ave, will open its doors and barnyard to the public during Calf Unveiling Day to introduce the newest members of Aldermere’s Belted…
Citing its comprehensive benefits package, continuing education and training opportunities as well as its investment in community well-being, Becker’s Healthcare, on Wednesday, April 9, 2024,…
Founded in 1999, Knox Clinic has been dedicated to providing quality healthcare services to the community for a quarter-century. As the organization reflects on the impact of its work over the…
Maine Department of Labor, SafetyWorks! Training Institute is offering a free Temperature Extremes Training with the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute.
This is a four-and-a-half…
THOMASTON — Thomaston Ambulance Department recently received a $37,988 grant from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation® that ensures that first responders have the necessary equipment to keep…
SPRUCE HEAD — After an extensive search and rigorous interview process, The Craignair Inn has hired St. George resident Jillian Bedell as their new Director of Marketing. Bedell is a writer and…
ROCKLAND — Rockland can choose to keep its housing ordinances unchanged. However, as City Planner Rhett Lamb told a brand new Planning Board, Feb. 6, 2024: “To some degree, the LD2003 requirements…
UNION — Midcoast Farmers Alliance (MFA) and Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) invite the public to an Open House at Midcoast Farmers Union Site, the future home of the New Union Farmers Market and…
BELFAST — Waldo County Dental Care (WCDC) has received a $19,685.12 grant from the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation. The Northeast Delta Dental Foundation provides funding to organizations whose…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Six care team members from Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital were recently honored with employee awards during ceremonies held on the hospital…
All skills are welcomed and wanted
CAMDEN — Coastal Mountains Land Trust is seeking new volunteers to help with a wide range of projects including maintaining trails and repairing bridges with its stewardship team, assisting…
ROCKLAND — Penobscot Bay Language School (PBLS), will host a Volunteer Open House on Saturday, April 20, from 3 to 5 p.m. The Open House will kick-off National Volunteer Week — a week recognizing…
MIDCOAST MAINE — Knox County Homeless Coalition (KCHC) has appointed Molly Feeney as Executive Director, effective immediately. Feeney, who has been serving as Interim Executive Director since…
Camden National Bank has appointed Andrew Forbes as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). In this role, Forbes will lead critical human resources functions, including enabling and cultivating a…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in partnership with Volunteer Maine, launched a new online training for individuals getting started in a volunteer management role. Three self-paced…
Brian Pierce, M.D., has announced that Adda Winkes, M.D., will be joining Megunticook Medicine, a direct primary care practice in Rockport.
Winkes graduated from the…
First National Bank has donated $5,000 to Finding Our Voices, helping the grassroots nonprofit move forward two events that focus on breaking the silence of domestic abuse across Maine.
…
CAMDEN — As a part of Camden Public Library’s Maritime Month series, writer Tom Verde will present his book, In a Class All Their Own: Unique and Historic Boats of New England, Thursday,…
ROCKLAND — The third of its kind in Maine, following first Stockholm, Maine, then Lewiston and Portland, and the first in the Midcoast, a proposed alternative playground for Rockland has been…
THOMASTON — Pope Memorial Humane Society (PMHS) has received a $75,000 matching gift from Martine Richard LaBrie and Dr. Henry LaBrie of Friendship. This opportunity allows community members to…
ROCKPORT — Several Knox and Waldo County small businesses are among 17 recipients of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development grants for Maine farmers and rural small businesses.…
ROCKLAND — Recently, Trekkers unveiled a public launch of a capital campaign, The Road Ahead Campaign for Trekkers’ Future. The campaign…
calls upon the community to unite, form teams, and conceive entrepreneurial strategies that elevate mental wellness in Knox County youth
ROCKPORT — In a collaboration, Pen Bay Medical Center joins forces with the Roux Institute at Northeastern University for the upcoming Start Summit: Teen Mental Wellness.
Scheduled for…
UNION — The Union Fair / Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival is seeking young ladies to apply for the 2024 Maine Wild Blueberry Queen Competition. This years Coronation Ceremony will take place on…
Opinionated at any Speed . . . Silvio Calabi
The Kona is Hyundai’s not-quite-entry-level SUV; with a listed starting price of $25,585 (including freight & handling), it edges out the little Venue by more than…
CAMDEN — The process to craft short-term rental regulations for Camden has been long, focused, and filled with debate; but now, the town…
recognize someone who has contributed to the community
New Hope Midcoast announces a matching challenge opportunity that doubles donor impact and provides a chance to recognize someone who has contributed to the community in meaningful and impactful…
BELFAST — The Solar Workshop Series co-hosted by the Belfast Free Library and ReVision Energy continues with two programs in April.
Thursday, April 11, the topic will be “Solar + Storage”…
BATH — “Less of a museum, and more of a living history and culture center,” is the way Matt Blazek, newly hired Educational Manager of Maine’s First Ship describes his new employer. Blazek was…
ROCKLAND — The AIO Food & Energy Assistance Board of Directors has named Alan Kearl as the new Executive Director of the nonprofit organization that provides food and heating assistance for…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer an online club for youth ages 9–18 about the basics of farm animal care on Wednesdays, April 24 - May 8, 2024, from 4 - 5 p.m.
The…
ST GEORGE — At a groundbreaking ceremony in St. George, March 28, a local business CEO told a fourth grader, who would be visiting Steel-Pro later that day with his class, to pick up a job…
CAMDEN — The Town of Camden welcomes the public to an open house at the Camden Snow Bowl Lodge on Thursday, April 25, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., to discuss an ongoing trails master planning effort for…
The Waldo County Extension Association (WCEA) has exceeded the $6,000 fundraising goal required to earn a $6,000 matching gift from the Maine 4-H Foundation. These funds are the beginning of a…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Palisade: a fence of wooden stakes or iron railings fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defense (Oxford Languages); alternatively, an upscale three-row “family-…
BELFAST —The Penobscot Community Health Center is receiving $1,322,000 from the federal government to help construct a public health dental practice, co-located with the…
CAMDEN — Becca Gildred has joined the United Midcoast Charities team as the new executive director, effective April 1.
According to UMC, in a news release, Gildred brings a wealth of…
Prospective Little River Community Land Trust
BELFAST — Land In Common, The Possibility Alliance, and the Little River Coalition are fundraising to purchase 66 acres and a house that will become a land trust and community educational center…
Maine Dept. of Labor announces its free SafetyWorks training sessions for April 2024.
Upcoming classes:
NFPA #1 Fire Code -
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host an online Cover Cropping for Nutrient Management webinar on Wednesday, March 27, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Participants will discuss how…
$250,000 to Jumpstart Rebuilding of Maine’s Working Waterfront
Island Institute, a community development nonprofit serving Maine’s island and coastal communities, announced today that it has completed Business Resilience Storm Response Grants, totaling $250,…
The United States Department of Agriculture recently released results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture, including state- and county-level statistics. The most recent data for Maine show that…
This January, Maine will join 44 other states in requiring some level of boater education for those operating a boat on Maine’s waters. The boater education law was recently passed by the…
ROCKLAND — A city-wide parking ban in Rockland, on Saturday, March 23, initially prescribed for hours between 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. has been extended until 11 p.m.
Rockland officials announced…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Corrections announced today that Long Creek Youth Development Center Superintendent Lynne Allen is stepping down today from her position at Long Creek for…
