PENOBSCOT BAY — A stretch of hot, humid weather has driven locals and tourists alike to hit the water, and if one has the chance to glide out a few miles across Penobscot Bay, set a course for…
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CARE FOR YOUR HOME AND VACTION PROPERTY
ROCKLAND — Local women Sue Lindley-Howard and Valerie Allis are co-owners of Shelter Cove Property Management, a new property management business located here in Midcoast Maine. What makes this…
HIGH WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION LEVELS
AUGUSTA — The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) conducted its weekly heating fuel price survey on Monday, August 10, 2015, and found the current statewide average cash price for No. 2 heating oil was…
ROCKLAND — Environmental assessments of Rockland’s waterfront properties in the South End, as well as properties on Camden and Park streets, will continue thanks to a new $400,000 Brownfields…
City of Rockland joins the nation in celebrating 80 years
ROCKLAND — On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law an insurance measure that relieved the suffering and starvation of retirees as a result of the Great Depression.…
Abraham Dugal has joined Allen Insurance and Financial as a financial advisor. …
BELFAST — Camden National Bank is proud to support Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County as a sponsor of its annual…
Camden National Bank recently celebrated and honored the extraordinary efforts of its employees at the company’s…
Hope@Home program provides vital financial support to more than 30 homeless shelters across the state
Within the first six months of the company’s Hope@Home initiative,…
RECOGNITION OFCOMMITMENT AND SUPPORT OF CHAMBER
UNION — The Union Area Chamber of Commerce honored Brae Maple Farm and Union Farm Equipment in recognition of their commitment and support of the chamber and its activities. They were inducted in…
Sheltered overnight on an island
Jackson Day, the missing kayaker that prompted a Coast Guard search, has been located, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
He was paddling back to Swans Island this morning from a night on a…
Financially speaking
The Internal Revenue Service is mighty pleased about its foreign-account amnesty program, in which it promised not to penalize holders of foreign bank accounts and the like as long as they 'fessed…
The Maine Boats, Homes and Harbors Show has assembled a varied flotilla of events and displays for the 13th annual…
ROCKLAND — Most municipal departments were able to temporarily return to normal operations after the 2015 Lobster Festival closed on Sunday, Aug. 2. However, a few departments continue to deal…
One in seven rocklanders already YMCA members
ROCKLAND — Members of Rockland City Council approved a draft lease of the Recreation Center to Pen Bay YMCA in first reading during the Monday, Aug. 10, city council meeting. Councilors will vote…
Showing the world that Maine knows how to make cheese
Maine cheese makers, including Appleton Creamery, in Appleton, and Barred Owl Creamery in Whitefield, won 10 awards at the …
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has released a preliminary assessment of the U.S.…
Financially speaking
Late last year, Congress authorized states to set up ABLE programs, offering tax-advantaged savings accounts for people with…
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland was designated by …
July 21 was a day that started off like any other for lobsterman captain Jonathan Achorn and sternman Brandon McClure, both of Friendship.
There was thick fog all around while they were…
Meeting this evening
ROCKLAND — Rockland city council members held a special public forum Monday, Aug. 3, in order to hear residents’ opinions on short-term housing rentals. The 5:30 p.m. forum — and subsequent…
ROCKLAND — Last week, the Rockland Fire Department responded to a report of fire at the Breakwater Lighthouse. No fire was found. That department has also received new thermal imaging cameras. The…
Snapshots of Appleton’s Ridgeberry Farm at harvest time...
HOPE and APPLETON — If you've ever wondered how Maine wild blueberries get from the barrens to the farm stand, we visited two locations where members and friends of the Boyington family of…
Motto: Tough, Tall, Tenacious!
ROCKLAND — The naval ship USS Tortuga anchored in Rockland Harbor during this week’s 68th annual Lobster Festival. On Thursday, Festival attendees interested in touring the vessel…
The City spent time last week preparing for the 68th annual Maine Lobster Festival, which runs from Wednesday to Sunday this week. The Fire/EMS department has acquired a loaner ambulance to…
Wiscasset’s new town clerk, Linda Perry of Waldoboro, started work on Monday, Aug. 3.
“I’m excited. So far I’m loving it,” Perry said at the counter at the municipal building Monday morning…
July 29-Aug. 2: Parade, volunteers and the statistics that leave an impression
ROCKLAND — Every year since 1948, dignitaries, Shriners, fire trucks and floats have made their way down Main Street in Rockland to entertain the public during and between Maine Lobster Festival-…
Financially speaking
Newlyweds are merging their lives; they may also have to merge some of their finances.
Whether or not a prenuptial agreement is called for, the merging takes some thought. The easy part:…
A labor of love, Former Nathaniel Bowditch relaunched under original name
THOMASTON — With a tumultuous thunderstorm looming down from the northeast, it was quick, yet celebratory, business easing Ladona into the …
CAMDEN — Each year, when it offers insurance exams to those seeking licensure in Maine, the State Bureau of Insurance calls upon experienced insurance executives from around the state to review…
Helping to fund Cornerspring Montessori School’s building campaign
BELFAST — The essays have been rolling in, report homeowners Julie and Jason Romano, who have put their intown Belfast home on the market — that “market” being the best 200 (or fewer)-word essay…
Mid-Coast Solid Waste Corporation
ROCKPORT — Mid-Coast Solid Waste, which operates the transfer station on Union Street in Rockport and serves the communities of Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport, will be working on the…
PUBLIC INPUT wanted
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, in conjunction with partner organizations, has created a draft state wildlife action plan that is now posted on the department’s…
Midcoast HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
ROCKLAND — Some lucky family is going to have a nice house on Brewster Street in Rockland in the near future. Today was the first…
Financially speaking
Rather than set up a health insurance plan of their own, some small companies reimburse their workers for the premiums they pay for individual policies or Medicare. Under the health care law,…
PROTECT AND SELL PROGRAM PRESERVES PROPERTY
SOUTH THOMASTON — Maine Preservation announced today that it has sold the first historic property from its Protect and Sell Program. The iconic Robbins-Anderson Farm, a late 18th-Century property…
Right place at the Right Time...
YORK — Maine Marine Patrol Officer Benjamin Burnes, who graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in May, has already put his training to good use, saving the life of a man whose canoe…
ROCKLAND — According to the Rockland City Manager’s Report for last week, library staff have requested that RSU 13 cover the cost of non-resident teacher library cards. The request will be…
‘We are going to gamble together’
CAMDEN — The Camden Snow Bowl will begin the season $81,000 in the red, but the town hopes that a strong start over the Christmas-New Year’s week will bode well financially for the rest of the…
ROCKLAND — Scott Fernald, commercial banking officer based in the Camden, was recently recognized with two awards from the Rockland Rotary Club at their annual dinner earlier this month.
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Starfire arts management gallery
ROCKLAND — In August, the Rockland Planning Board will consider plans submitted by the Dowling-Walsh Gallery to construct a 40,000 square foot, five-story art management gallery at 12 Winter…
SUMMER PLANTINGS DOWNTOWN ROCKLAND
ROCKLAND — Two businesses were the recipients of prizes in the first annual Downtown Window Box and Sidewalk Garden contest, sponsored by the Design Committee of Rockland Main Street, Inc. The…
A fishing heritage unique to Maine
ROCKLAND — U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, House Chair Chuck Kruger, D-Thomaston, Dave Miramant, D-Camden, and Thomaston’s Chris Rector, regional representative for U.S.…
Herring — the lobster bait of choice
ROCKLAND — Random firecracker-like sounds whipped the air around the Rockland Municipal Fish Pier on a July midmorning. The source of those cracks came from Neil Harrick, sitting on the back rim…
Financially speaking
A friend got a phone call the other day from someone claiming to represent the Internal Revenue Service.
"There seems to be a serious irregularity in your tax records. It is…
Viva la France!
PENOBSCOT BAY — She loomed up from the pea-soup fog, first her bright golden forepeak and royal blue trim slipping into view, then her gunports. Towering above her decks, still partially ghosted…
Mike and Frank are on the hunt for ‘rusty gold’ and they want to hear from you...
If you are a fan of antiques, collectibles, memorabilia and the kind of old junk that makes your heart beat in fine fettle, news that Mike and Frank and the producers of American Pickers…
July 15
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland and the Penobscot Bay YMCA have been discussing recreational programming arrangements generated…
Music, dancing, cultural events July 14-15, public tours July 15
CASTINE — In April, the 18th century replica French frigate Hermione set sail from the River Charente in France for the United States. The transatlantic crossing, following the same…
