AUGUSTA — Attorney General Janet Mills announced Tuesday evening in a news release that Tracy Burke, 51, a Merchant Marine now living in Virginia, was sentenced to serve jail time on multiple…
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Ruse went back to 1988, but statute of limitation capped criminal charges at six years
Need continues, as over 300 families a week visit the food pantry in Camden
CAMDEN — In an effort to help fight the issue of food insecurity that so many local residents face, the Camden and Rockport select boards joined forces and launched “Neighbor Helping Neighbor…
It's been a good year for Tony Bickford. His restaurant, Little Village Bistro, in Wiscasset, opened on…
Clears the way for Airbnb-type rentals in city
ROCKLAND — For over a year, the Rockland City Council and members of its community have jousted about short-term rentals and effects on the business community. At their April 11 regular meeting,…
Achorn would love to hear your ideas on how the Chamber can serve you better
BELFAST — The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors, is pleased to announce the new executive director, Michaelene Achorn.…
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA 19th Annual Ned Kyle Boat Auction is scheduled for Saturday, June 11th. Since the first auction in 1998,…
ROCKLAND — New Hope for Women this week announced the addition of Nan Simpson to its staff as deputy director.
Simpson is…
The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for this evening and tonight, as an approaching gale from the southeast arrives along the coast of Maine. Residents are also cautioned…
Missy Philbrook, of Waldoboro, and who is a dental hygiene student at the University of New England, has been appointed a student delegate to the American Dental Hygiene…
GARDINER — The Maine Marine Patrol arrested Dana Wayne-Holmes, 61, of Gardiner, Saturday, April 2, for illegal possession of elvers.…
Many locals know the business as Harbor Audio Video...
CAMDEN — Caroline Morong announced Thursday that HAV2, the business many local people know as Harbor Audio Video, will be closing June 1 after 33 years in business.
"Times have changed so…
Town manager gets job done, delivers cuts to cap increase at 3 percent
CAMDEN — In just under an hour Wednesday night, and by a vote of 13 to 3, the Camden Budget Committee approved the town's FY17 budget of $7,364,591. That figure represents a 2.99 percent increase…
New CamdenNational.com features responsive design, enhanced content and clean look
CAMDEN — Camden National Bank announced the launch of a new, redesigned version of its website, CamdenNational.com, today. Key features of…
number is an all-time high for the online labor exchange service
AUGUSTA — Maine's Job Bank, available at mainecareercenter.com, had 10,195 total open positions available for job seekers as of April 1.…
Hold the budget at 3 percent increase
CAMDEN — The Camden Budget Committee met March 31, on what was supposed to be its final session in the Washington Street conference room, but instead of approving a final budget, the group voted…
Camden National Bank subsidiary Acadia Trust names new executive
PORTLAND — Gregory A. Dufour, president and chief executive officer of Camden National Corporation, named Mary Beth (Boland) Haut, CFP,…
Keeping the catch healthy, with MAINE LOBSTERMEN’s Association
In mid-April, the Maine Lobstermen's Association, in coordination with the Maine Lobstermen's Community Alliance, will hold a series of…
Do you care about the natural places within our community? Do you enjoy meeting new people? Want to learn more about the ecology of this…
Wardens Jeremy Judd, Kris MacCabe among others also recognized
WINSLOW — The work of Maine's game wardens is diverse and challenging and takes place during the best and worst of weather conditions. Some of those achievements were recognized March 31 during…
Maine imports hundreds of millions of metric tons of petroleum a year, and that’s a problem, a speaker at Saturday’s “Solar Celebration” at Morris Farm in Wiscasset said.
It’s a problem…
The fine details of military ship modelmaking
OWLS HEAD — Sometimes Eliot Scott turns up the Grateful Dead as he patiently glues barely-visible fibers and microscopic parts to models of military vessels. Other times, he listens to the…
Shotened schedule through Memorial day
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lighthouse Museum reopened Thursday, March 23. The soft opening saw a few people attending, but one staff member said there was still a lot of boxes to empty and things to be…
Build it and sail it at the Apprenticeshop:
ROCKLAND — The Apprenticeshop will offer a Youth Boatbuilding Workshop this spring over April vacation (M-F, April 18 — 22) from 9 a.m. — 3…
A preserve of Maine Coast Heritage Trust
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust invites students in grades third-twelfth to submit an original poster design for Aldermere Farm's…
Waldo Community Action Partners
BELFAST – Waldo Community Action Partners has agreed to assume Public Transportation Services in the areas of MDOT Region 5 currently being…
ROCKLAND — When The Blackboard Deli closed last year, many wondered what would take its place. Hops and Chops, at 77 Park Street in Rockland, is the full-service butcher shop and beer/wine shop…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland CareerCenter, part of the Maine Department of Labor, and its partners offer a variety of services to help people…
Average wind speeds picked up, water temperatures increased in 2015
Warmer surface temperatures, increased wind speeds, and larger temperature differences among water masses are affecting the base of the food chain in ocean waters off the Northeastern U.S.,…
Georges River Land Trust
ROCKLAND — Georges River Land Trust is offering a single raffle to honor this year's 25th-anniversary Gardens in the Watershed tour.…
ROCKLAND — Rockland harbor sloop captain Daniel Bennett will be on WRFR and at an Old School dinner symposium Friday, April 1. The live…
News from Augusta
AUGUSTA — The Department of Administrative and Financial Services is reminding members of the public that the new property tax year begins…
April 1 at U-Maine Hutchinson Center
BELFAST — In recent years, the Midcoast has seen a number of events and conferences dedicated to uplifting those in the arts and creative economy and on April 1, Archipelago, retail side of the…
ROCKLAND — Camden Financial Consultants has added Brooks Stevens, assistant vice president, LPL financial consultant, to its Midcoast team…
First scoop Feb. 19, 2007, last slice Dec. 20, 2015.
ROCKLAND — For eight years, Thorndike Creamery at 385 Main St. in downtown Rockland grew a loyal following. Pizza aficionados generally agreed it was some of the best pizza around. The…
Maine Lobstermen Association
KENNEBUNK — On March 7, Maine Lobstermen Association members and staff boarded a bus to make the two-hour trip south to Seafood Expo…
The number of licensed beekeepers has almost tripled in the last decade and registered hive counts have jumped from 5,000 to nearly 10,000
AUGUSTA — USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today reported that Maine honey production increased 25 percent in…
Second time receiving this award
CAMDEN — Jim Bowditch of The Camden Rotary Club awards Troy Curtis, the Chief Executive of the Penobscot Bay YMCA, his second Paul Harris…
On March 7, Maine Lobstermen Association members and staff boarded a bus to make the two-hour trip south to Seafood Expo Northeast taking…
BELFAST – At an informal reception community leaders, volunteers, STRIVE trainers…
UNION — The name started as a joke, something Gary Harriman’s friend and business partner, Kevin Davis, came up with. “As we assembled different pieces of wood together to make something new…
In honor of Earth Month
ROCKLAND — In honor of Earth Month, Green with Envy Salon + Spa of Rockland and Camden is once again partnering with Aveda to collect…
ROCKLAND — This Friday, March 25, Taylor Allen, President of Rockport Marine, will participate in a broadcast interview from 4 to 5 p.m. on…
ROCKLAND — Knox and Waldo County homeowners, landlords and renters can now sign up for low-cost, energy-saving window inserts from the…
NEWS FROM AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA — Governor Paul R. LePage has issued an Executive Order and has submitted a Governor's bill to the legislature, both designed to…
Filming in the Midcoast and Islesboro the month of March
Josh Gerritsen, a professional photographer and director of a new Midcoast-based movie, Island Zero, is excited to be working in Maine on his first movie. That his mother, best-selling…
Contractor hired and funds deposited with the state
CAMDEN — The Friends of Mt. Battie Tower reached a milestone in their campaign to fix the ailing tower atop the mountain that overlooks the town of Camden. …
Gifted Rockport land sold to Stuart Smith for close to tax-assessed value
CAMDEN — When visitors and summer residents arrive back in Camden this spring, as long as they don't arrive until near the end of May, their first visit inside the Penobscot Bay Area Chamber of…
NEWS FROM AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul R. LePage and the Maine Spruce Budworm Task Force today released recommendations about how to respond to the upcoming…
THOMASTON — Trekkers' LEAP program (Launching Empowered and Aspiring Professionals) has now entered the internship phase. Six high school…
