Swimmers will be out en mass early in the morning, Aug. 20, for the fourth annual Islesboro Crossing, a fundraiser for LifeFlight of Maine. The Crossing is a major fundraiser for the nonprofit,…
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LifeFlight’s fourth annual Islesboro Crossing fundraiser
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four fishermen Wednesday morning after the fishing vessel Lydia…
UNION — The Union Fair opens Saturday, August 20, and runs through Saturday, August 27, offering eight days of fun and entertainment of a Maine Agricultural Fair. Gates open at 8 a.m. daily…
T-shirt and new benefits for helping at the festival...
CAMDEN — Camden's newest downtown gathering spot, Sea Dog Brewing Company, is offering an added benefit to all Windjammer Festival volunteers this Labor Day weekend.
Sea Dog Brewing,…
Briar Lyons: ‘Every time it has taken more time, we have benefited and I think the project has benefited’
LINCOLNVILLE — When your heart lives in two places, and you're blessed to be able to physically live in either location as circumstances demand or desire calls, eventually the time comes when you…
LINCOLNVILLE — This week, all across Maine, wherever there are wild blueberry barrens you’ll find people of all ages in the fields picking the tiny, sweet blue jewels the state is known for - at…
ROCKLAND — The start of the 69th annual Maine Lobster Festival is less than 24 hours away now, and the U.S. Navy ship U.S.S. Oak Hill, (LSD 51), arrived in Rockland Harbor today, Aug. 2…
Aug. 3 Coronation
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival coronation committee has announced the names of the 13 young ladies who will vie for the title of Maine Sea Goddess at the 2016 Festival, Aug. 3-7.
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The federal government, through several different agencies, is sending money to Maine to work on manufacturing, and economic development initiatives across Maine.…
CAMDEN — North East Mobile Health Services, the local medical emergency and ambulance service, took time July 25 to help train members of this summer’s Camden Area Youth Sailing Program…
Oysters have become one of the most coveted of Maine seafoods.
A true connoisseur of oysters claims he or she can discern intimate…
2016 Maine Lobster Festival Aug. 3-7
ROCKLAND — The U.S.S. Oak Hill, LSD 51 (originally LSD 7), will anchor in Rockland Harbor for the Maine Lobster Festival this year.
The U.S.S. Oak Hill is the second ship…
A professional gardener’s perennial beds, vegetable gardens and a woodland walk are sixth in Belfast Garden Club’s Open Garden Days on Friday, July 29.…
ROCKLAND — The July 15 Coast Guard Change of Command held in Rockland at the Elks Club was both festive and ceremonial, with musical marches…
Maine Marine Patrol...
NORTH HAVEN — Maine Marine Patrol is calling Maddie “one lucky dog,” after she inexplicably went off her owner’s boat unnoticed and into the ocean, and was later rescued while swimming for her…
Bluesy Rock, ‘90s Alternative, Folk/Experimental, Maine Farm Day, Island Cleanup with Lobsters...
With three cranking bands on Saturday night and two outdoor events on Sunday, this weekend has all the bases covered as we round the corner to the highest point of summer. Live it up!
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Combined effort of Camden harbormaster, Coast Guard Auxiliary, CG Cutter Tackle...
CAMDEN — There is no greater time of need for a shining light marking an island in Penobscot Bay than on a foggy day, and July 17 was just such a day.
And on that Sunday, the light at Curtis…
ROCKLAND — Members of the Rockland Fire Department and city officials, including Mayor Louise MacLellan-Ruf, gathered on the apron of the firehouse on the morning of July 20 to welcome the newest…
Marine photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz, publisher of the Calendar of Wooden Boats, and marine historian Maynard Bray, who has provided the…
ROCKPORT - Former attorney Jason Throne of Rockport, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced July 13 to 71 months in prison to one count of mail fraud, filed Notice of Appeal of his conviction and…
Farmers' markets across the state are preparing to celebrate Maine Farmers' Market Snapshot Week, August 7-…
19th shack opens in the old Cod End space on Miller’s Wharf
TENANTS HARBOR — Normally the opening of a rustic lobster shack doesn't warrant the same kind of buzz as a shiny new Midcoast restaurant, but Luke's at Tenants Harbor, which opened for its first…
On Eating and Loving Food
Who doesn’t covet a raw oyster?
Me.
So far I’ve only written about foods I love, or at least like: good sandwiches, pizza, biscuits, chocolate cream pie, popovers, chocolate bread…
Challenger Learning Center...
BELFAST — The Challenger Learning Center brings the Astronaut Life program to the Belfast Free Library on Friday, July 15 at 3 p.m. Learn how astronauts wash their hair, brush their teeth and eat…
Keep an eye out on the bay for this vessel
MOUNT DESERT, ME—Traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe…
The lament of the wild horse belongs to the whole country
Sitting on the desert floor, it's hard to avoid cactus nettles, but I barely move. There's a wild stallion edging closer to my back, his neck stretched down toward me, ears forward. He's curious,…
Summer races on the water
Like to watch sailboat races? You are in luck. There are a bunch this summer on Penobscot Bay, with contestants ranging from elegant old wooden sloops to the newest, leanest and meanest machines.…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is partnering on a national restoration effort for the common loon designed to strengthen and restore loon populations within their…
Wiscasset Planning Board
It's blue skies ahead for Coastal Enterprises' (CEI) next move to tap the sun for energy at Deer Ridge Apartments. A project to add more solar trackers met with no resistance, passing unanimously…
CAPE COD BAY, Mass. — Studying whales and seals will not be the same for Northeast Fisheries Science Center marine mammal researchers Lisa Conger and Elizabeth Josephson, who have spent weeks…
Emergency responders rescued four people after a 23-foot Sea Ox skiff struck rocks nearshore at Spruce Point just after midnight on July 9.
Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch said police…
The public is invited to walk through a productive blueberry barren on top of Appleton Ridge to explore the link between pollinators and Maine blueberry production. Francis Drummond, professor of…
Curator is the newest hip spot on Main Street
ROCKLAND — It’s about time that Curator, the new men’s consignment shop in downtown Rockland, has opened on 383 Main St. Now, the ladies can sit, staring at their phones, bored out of their minds…
The crew at Coast Guard Station Rockland rescued two people from a sailboat taking on water Tuesday about six miles southeast of Owl’s Head Lighthouse.
A…
The Maine Department of Transportationwas notified that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $7,719,173 in grant funding to the Maine Intermodal Port Productivity Project for…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences opened its doors to the public on July 1 for a tour of several of its research facilities. About 100 individuals had indicated they would attend, according to…
Maine Harvest Bucks
Belfast Coop has launched an incentive program that will help low-income shoppers purchase more local food with federal food benefits. With…
Rockland Main Street, Inc.,has been designated as an accredited Main Street Americ program for meeting performance standards set…
The seafood and steak restaurant plans to open July 7
ROCKPORT — They say timing is everything. For Patrick Duffy, an executive chef and Jessica Duffy, a seasoned server and restaurant manager, the time seemed right to open their first restaurant…
This story first appeared in The Working Waterfront newspaper, published by the Island Institute and is…
CASTINE —The Hagerty Education Program at America’s Car Museum has awarded a second grant of $5,000 in funding to Maine Maritime Academy…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board announced Wednesday that the mission to recover the El Faro voyage data recorder will be launched from Little Creek, Va.,…
Winning recipe: Blackberry Tarragon Parfait
LINCOLNVILLE—Just because two of the chefs in the 2016 Cellardoor Smackdown culinary competition work together and are engaged didn’t mean they were going to make it easy for one another. It just…
Metal worker constructed his own homemade foundry out of a steel drum
ROCKLAND— On Chris Gamage’s work table sits a wooden box, centered by a miniaturized fire ring. Around the fire ring several aluminum figures are sitting or reclining. The piece represents Chris…
Which captain will get the people’s choice award?
CAMDEN — The public is invited to the Camden Yacht Clubt July 6, 7 to 8:30 p.m. for an evening of tales from the sea, with local captains Aaron Lincoln, Jack Moore, Jim Sharp, and Camden Harbor…
BELFAST — Before the Belfast Co-op made plans to celebrate its 40th anniversary this week, they turned to another Belfast business, Marshall Wharf Brewing Co., to collaborate on a commemorative…
ROCKPORT — Custom wooden boat builder and designer Rockport Marine of Rockport, has acquired David Jones Yacht Brokerage. This acquisition…
The Camden Classics Cup, scheduled for July 28-30, will open the classic yacht racing season in Maine and serve as the opening event for Camden Classics Week. The race weekend is positioned the…
Rosalie’s Joy open Saturdays only
CAMDEN — Sometimes you need to get away to reinvent your life. That’s what one woman did after moving from Islesboro to Camden last year. Megan Murphy, a baker, decided to turn her rickety 1940s…
