The Maine Senior FarmShare Program will provide 16,000 senior citizens with free fresh produce this year. Eligible Maine seniors can sign up through farmers in their area, starting immediately.…
Work
The citizen’s group Save Maquoit Bay and lobstermen from around the state joined forces at the statehouse today in Augusta. The coalition turned in 189 signatures, 39 more than required, to open…
Offically opens on Saturday, March 30, 2019
CAMDEN—A casual and comfortable clothing retailer with a fun name marks the second clothing shop opening on Bayview Street in Camden this spring. FatFace, a U.K. company, is set to open their…
AUGUSTA — Lieutenant Jay Carroll, a 23-year veteran of the Maine Marine Patrol, has recently been promoted to colonel, replacing Jon Cornish who officially retires April 5 after 34 years of…
Ownership changes after more than three decades
ROCKPORT — A restaurant that has operated in much the same manner since the 1960s, the Helm, on Route 1 in Rockport, recently changed ownership and is headed in a new direction. Later this year,…
From Augusta: ‘The budget is about Health. It is about Opportunity. It is about Prosperity. It is about Education’
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills signed emergency legislation March 27 to allow the production and sale of food additives and food products that contain hemp or hemp products in Maine. The…
MAR 27 ROCKPORT PLANNING BOARD MEETING
The Rockport Planning Board will convene March 27 to consider applications for new businesses, including a beauty shop and a facility offering aquatic fitness for dogs. The board will also review…
Where to find the ‘Booch’ on tap in the Midcoast
Once known as “the tea of immortality,” Kombucha, a fermented brew thought to be invented by the Chinese more than 2,000 years ago, is experiencing a revival in Maine, and not just for the…
Master’s student Gabrielle “Gabby” Hillyer, a dual-degree oceanography and marine policy major, has spent the last three years conducting research on the Medomak River in Waldoboro, …
writer for magazine, creator of project videos, builder of furniture
ROCKPORT — Woodworker Tim Rousseau has been appointed lead instructor for the nine-month Comprehensive course at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, in Rockport. At the start of the next…
ROCKLAND — Five Midcoast nonprofits are among grant recipients of the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation’s 2019 Community Matters More program.
The 12th annual grant program awarded…
CAMDEN—On a dreary, Friday afternoon where a nor’easter was spending the last of its energy across the Midcoast, the interior of the new Blue Barren Distillery, adjacent to the Lyman-Morse marina…
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…
ROCKPORT — The Mid Coast Farmers Alliance with the support of Maine Farmland Trust invites regional food buyers to complete a survey assessing their needs for local produce. This survey will help…
Aldermere Farm
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT), a state-wide land conservation organization, invites area farmers to participate in Calf Unveiling Day on Saturday, May 4, to promote local…
anticipated upgrades to begin in late spring
CAMDEN — Executives from Camden National Bank have presented the Camden Public Library with a check to support a room refresh and technology upgrades in the Jean Picker Room of the library.
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online service for the renewal of motor vehicle registrations
THOMASTON — Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap will visit the Town of Thomaston, Friday, March 22, to acknowledge the milestone of the 250th town to launch Rapid Renewal, the Department of the…
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…
A tradition from the start
AUGUSTA — Sen. Erin Herbig, D-Belfast, welcomed Pastor Peter Sheff of Abundant Grace Ministries in Searsmont to the State House on Tuesday, March 19.
Pastor Sheff gave the opening prayer…
Barefoot In Denim ‘offers affordable curated clothing and accessories’
CAMDEN — Even Camden girls get the blues... denim blues that is. Barefoot in Denim, a new clothing and accessories boutique for women opened at 24 Bay View Street, in the former Theo B. Camisole…
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…
incentive added for those who complete Public Opinion Survey
BELFAST — The Belfast Area…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) will be joining representatives of more than 25 nonprofit organizations, industry associations, societies, and…
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.…
ROCKLAND — Sherry Cobb, who headed Area Interfaith Outreach (AIO) from 2014 to 2017, was…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland CareerCenter, part of the Maine Department of Labor, and in conjunction with its partners, offers a variety of services to help people find employment or upgrade skills,…
CAMDEN — Starting Tuesday, March 19, New Ventures Maine, in partnership with the Camden Public Library, will offer My Next Career Move, a free four-week class designed to enable you to take charge…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) reintroduced H.R. 1716 the Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act, which would require federal officials to work with coastal…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Scientists have revealed that the partnership between an alga and bacteria is making the essential element nitrogen newly available in the Arctic Ocean. The microbial process of “nitrogen fixation…
BELFAST — Our Town Belfast (OTB) announced the hire of Sasha Breus as its marketing and events coordinator, effective March 6, 2019.
This new position will support ongoing efforts to…
economic growth envisioned
ROCKLAND — Renovations to four classroom-size units within the Lincoln Street Center may begin as early as April 10, now that the Rockland City Council has approved an ordinance change for the…
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…
CAMDEN — Jim Hengerer, of Rockland, and Steve Kemple, of Lincolnville, have joined the board of directors of United Midcoast Charities. Both have recently relocated to become permanent residents…
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…
ROCKLAND - The Maine Lighthouse Museum (MLM) will re-open on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 10 a.m.
Located at 1 Park Drive in Rockland with free parking in the designated area at the Trade…
DAMARISCOTTA — Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is sponsoring a Maine DEP certification course in Beginning and Advanced Erosion and Sediment Control Practices.
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Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
The health of coral reefs can be impacted as much by the diversity of fish that graze on them as by the amount of fish that do so, according to a new study by scientists at…
Chamber of Commerce event to take place at Samoset
ROCKPORT - Trekkers will be exhibiting at the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce Business & Community Expo at the Samoset Resort on Wednesday, April 10 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The…
AUGUSTA — A bill by Sen. Dave Miramant, D-Camden, would eliminate the cap on the number of utility customers who can benefit from a single solar energy generation farm. On Tuesday,…
THOMASTON — Susan Grover, of Thomaston, has joined the Trekkers Board of Directors.
Grover was born and raised in Litchfield, and graduated from the University of Maine. While raising her…
ROCKPORT — U.S. Senator Susan Collins attended the Maine Fishermen’s Forum Reception and Dinner at the Samoset Resort in Rockport, March 1, and spoke with fishermen, leadership from the Maine…
Meeting Midcoast housing challenges
ROCKLAND — A proposed affordable housing development in Rockland may one day come to fruition, but only after City Council permits reduction of minimum lot size and setbacks within that…
Make your own bottle of syrup from start to finish
ROCKPORT — Cabin fever setting in? Looking for a sweet pick-me-up? During the month of March, Maine Coast Heritage Trust invites all ages to try making…
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…
ROCKPORT — During the months of September through December 2018, the congregation at the Nativity Lutheran Church participated in the Shaw’s Supermarket promotion to earn free food-storage…
Book: One Second Ahead; Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness
BELFAST — A two-day workshop focused on mindful leadership will be offered this spring at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center at 80 Belmont Ave., Belfast.…
BELFAST — Nancy Bergerson has been appointed coordinator for student services and community education at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center.
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Not just any old pair of glasses
ROCKLAND — Lobstermen and offshore fishermen go see him when they need a new pair of prescription, or even nonprescription, sunglasses. So do mountain climbers, skiers, middle-age bus drivers,…
More than 10 years experience in Knox, Waldo counties
CAMDEN — Heidi Steele has joined the Camden real estate office of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty. In doing so, Steele takes the position of senior vice president of the luxury…
Free for job seekers
ROCKLAND — While an improving economy and low unemployment figures dominate the news, all types of companies and organizations in the Midcoast region and around the state face a growing demand for…
