The details of Maine Department of Transportation three-year infrastructure work plan have been announced for Waldo County. …
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In a collaborative effort with the Maine Association of REALTORS (MAR) Foundation Matching Grant Program, the Pen Bay Council of the Mid-Coast Board of REALTORS has made a generous donation to…
BELFAST — Local participatory arts nonprofit Belfast Flying Shoes (BFS) was recently awarded a $7,500 competitive grant from the Maine Arts Commision (MAC) to support organization operations in…
maintaining several downtown parks, hoping to beautify more
CAMDEN — Camden Garden Club invites the community to sponsor a downtown lamppost for the 2024 season. During the 2023 first-ever Lamppost Sponsorship, 38 businesses and 9 individuals supported…
BELFAST — Annabelle Walke, toddler teacher at Cornerspring Montessori School in Belfast, is named one of 20 Young Teachers to Watch by the Maine Association for the Education of Young Children. In…
CAMDEN — Starting March 1, UMC’s annual grants application process begins. Nonprofit organizations providing services to Knox and Waldo County residents in UMC’s four focus areas of food, housing…
AUGUSTA — Maine Association of Nonprofits (MANP) will hold its 20th annual Nonprofit Day at the State House on Thursday, February 15. More than 120 nonprofit staff and volunteers representing…
In a significant step towards becoming a Community Health Center, the Knox Clinic has engaged Page Architects to move forward in planning a new space in Thomaston.
Page creates spaces that…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital announces the release of their 2023 annual report.
The online-only annual report features a video…
ST. GEORGE — Steve Cartwright wants to start a campaign. Distribute information, design a logo, create clever sayings that will get into peoples heads, create some enthusiasm.
“I’m very…
BELFAST — Waldo County General Hospital is a winner in the Clinical Training category of the Center to Advance Palliative Care’s (CAPC) third The John A. Hartford Foundation Tipping Point…
Details of Maine’s three-year transportation infrastructure work plan has been announced for Senate District 12. The plan is released annually with an outline of the Maine Department of…
Public and nonprofit programs across the state rely on local citizens to volunteer and help meet critical needs in their communities. Every helping hand is valued and the Governor’s Awards for…
THOMASTON — Watts Hall Community Arts announces a significant boost to its capital campaign with a $25,000 contribution from First National Bank. The capital campaign's focus is to provide for the…
CAMDEN — Nonprofit organizations in Knox County and Lincolnville may now submit grant applications to the Camden Rotary Club by February 15 instead of the original deadline of January 31.
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ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center welcomes Alicia Mancuso, DO, to its Family Medicine team.
Dr. Mancuso received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the University of New England…
CAMDEN — Camden Opera House has a new Technical Director. Karl Krahn brings 15-plus years of experience to the multi-faceted job, which he began mid-January.
“We feel incredibly lucky to…
BELFAST — Waldo County General Hospital is pleased to welcome Jennifer Paul, MD, to its Pediatrics team.
Dr. Paul comes to Waldo from Maine Medical Center, where she completed her pediatric…
changes to education accessibility results in sharp drop in usage of 15,662-square-foot building
The University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees unanimously approved the sale of three properties in Aroostook and Penobscot counties on Jan. 29, 2024, so they can be repurposed to better…
Workplace safety and labor law requirements can seem complex, according to the Maine Department of Labor, in a news release. Join them for no-cost upcoming trainings in February 2024.
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THOMASTON — Watts Hall Community Players, a community theater group whose mission is to bring folks of all ages and abilities to the stage, has received a $300,000 grant to support the renovation…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library will be closed for staff development on Monday, January 29. They will reopen on Tuesday at 10 a.m.
visit the WCY Bus February 16 at the Belfast Hannaford
BELFAST — The Waldo County YMCA (WCY) is collecting donations of canned goods, grains and pasta, and personal hygiene supplies for RSU 71, RSU 20, and RSU 3 schools. Drop off your donation at the…
Points North Institute has been awarded a $45,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The Rockport institute is among eight organizations in Maine’s First District to receive a…
KNOX COUNTY — Nonprofit organizations in Knox County may be eligible for grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Community Building Grant Program.
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WALDO COUNTY — Nonprofit organizations in Waldo County may be eligible for grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Community Building Grant Program.
…An evening snowstorm mixed with freezing rain, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, caused several minor motor vehicle accidents in the region, including three crashes along Old County Road. Other drivers,…
MIDCOAST — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, visited several coastal First District communities, Jan. 23, 2024, hit hard by the barrage of damaging December and January storms.
During…
WALDOBORO — The Waldo Theatre in Waldoboro has announced the expansion of their Board of Directors to include two more seats, which have been filled by two community members.
“Maya Crosby…
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program
Appointments are now available for free tax-return preparation. Volunteers from the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program will prepare your taxes for free at the Thomaston Public Library, Rockland…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — The Community Health team at Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital announce the addition of Community Health Worker (CHW) Adi Govinda Dasa.
Dasa…
Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition recently elected new officers for the Board of Directors at their annual meeting on January 8, 2024.
Elected to serve were Lura Robinson, President; Kim…
ROCKLAND — Ryan Jackson has been hired by The Strand Theatre as Program Coordinator, a newly created position. Operating as a nonprofit for a decade, the Strand has become a fully-fledged arts…
“I will forever be committed to the Strand”
ROCKLAND — “The Friends of the Strand Theatre (FOST) announce with regret that Jesse Davis, executive director of the Strand, is leaving her position,” said FOST, in a news release. …
open to taxpayers of all ages
LINCOLNVILLE — Free tax preparation is available at Lincolnville Community Library on February 24, March 2 and 16, and April 6, 2024.
Volunteers from the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program…
BELFAST — The Annual Belfast Ice Festival returns February 23, 24, and 25, 2024, and will welcome nearly 2,000 visitors, according to the Festival, in a news release.
The streets will be…
plans for an expansion of the mammography department
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center has received a generous gift of $150,000 from a patient following a recent visit to the hospital’s Emergency Department.
“The donor, who wishes to remain…
ROCKLAND — With snow totals predicted to accumulate to 3 - 6 inches in Knox and Waldo counties, afternoon travel has turned messy.
The following organizations have reported changes in…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
If you think the Ford Motor Company’s only sports car is the Mustang, think again—and meet the Raptor R. Yes, it’s a sports truck, a full-size-and-then-some F-150…
Vinalhaven and North Haven schools are among recipients of grant funding from the Maine Department of Education. In total, $1.8 million in Climate Education Professional Development Grants were…
ROCKPORT — The Knox County Homeless Coalition (KCHC), an organization committed to combating homelessness, announces the appointment of Molly Feeney as Interim CEO, effective January 13, 2024.…
ROCKPORT — PenBay Veterinary Associates welcomed Dr. Jessica Bouchard to its team in mid-January.
Originally from rural New Hampshire, Dr. Bouchard traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland to…
Maine State Credit Union announces changes to its retail team, which will allow it to continue to provide members with the highest level of support across the state of Maine as it continues to…
“Midcoast Maine has a long history of volunteerism that strengthens our communities and empowers individuals,” said New Hope Midcoast, in a news release.
The Regional Domestic Violence…
caring for community members in a new way
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — The Community Health team at Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital introduce Community Health Worker (CHW) Richard Morin.
Morin is the first to…
Knox County schools among this year’s recipients
“Maine Water and its employees are pleased to again provide for the hungry and children in need in the communities the company serves across the state of Maine,” said Maine Water, in a news…
ROCKLAND — Hazel Young has joined Bar Harbor Bank & Trust as Assistant Vice President, Branch Relationship Manager for the Bank’s location in Rockland. In this role, she leads a team of…
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland is conducting a Rockland Community Bike Survey to gather information from people who live, work, or spend time in Rockland. People do not need to be bike riders to…
OUT Maine Scholarship Fund returns for a second year
Thanks to an anonymous donor, the OUT Maine Scholarship Fund returns for a second year.
The OUT Maine Scholarship Fund provides renewable support for Maine LGBTQ+ youth pursuing post-…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
The second-most expensive car I was handed the keys to last year was, no big surprise, a Mercedes-Benz—specifically a battery-electric SUV, specifically the…
