Christmas by the Sea is a December tradition in the Midcoast, with a bevy of events and activities all weekend long in Camden, Lincolnville and Rockport. The kick-off Friday, Dec. 2, includes…
Commerce
The Legislature’s investigative arm Thursday released preliminary results of its review of the Maine State Lottery, saying that while academic research shows lottery sales increase as socio-…
With demolition work on the old Bath Viaduct about wrapped up, contractors are beginning to build the new Bath Viaduct. The Maine Department of Transportation wants drivers to know what…
Gala dinner and awards at Samoset Resort
The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce Year in Review Awards Gala and Annual Meeting took place at the Samoset Resort November 18. More than 350…
The Maine Department of Labor, in conjunction with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, released October workforce estimates for Maine. The preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 4…
Nov. 19 and 20
The sixth annual Maine Harvest Festival will be held November 19 and 20 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The event will be held Saturday (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m. to 4 p.m…
Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David B. Bernhardt has been chosen by the Board of Directors of the American Association of…
ROCKLAND - The weekend after Thanksgiving in Rockland is filled with a wide variety of holiday events, including the arrival of Santa Claus aboard a U.S. Coast Guard boat on Friday, Nov. 25, the…
Camden National Bank joined leaders and representatives from Maine's nonprofit community for the 2016 Leaders and Luminaries luncheon Nov. 10. Held during the Maine Association of Nonprofits…
Jack Hauprich and Chris Chacon mapped out their business plan in the gym at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. The two graduates of Camden Hills Regional High School, had never before…
Green with Envy Salon has purchased Making Waves Salon in Belfast. For 26 years, Cathy Hall has owned and operated Making Waves.
“I would like to thank all of my family,friends,guests and…
Tobey Williamson spent four years of study and apprenticeship on Hawaii’s Big Island, and has now opened up his own clinic, Good…
ROCKPORT — Work continues in earnest this week at the Mid-Coast Solid Waste Corporation transfer facility on Union Street in Rockport, work that involves installing a subsurface dam between the…
Halloween is all about kids and candy and well, adult kids, too. Give someone a reason to dress up and they tend to go a little crazy. Halloween in Camden and Rockport is no exception as…
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The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture has included nine Maine businesses, mostly in the Midcoast, in its latest grant distribution of $45 million to help farmers, ranchers, small businesses and…
ROCKLAND — Hoboken Gardens, which for many years occupied its corner at 310 Commercial Street in Rockport, officially cut the ribbon at a new location at 15 Tillson Ave, in Rockland Wednesday,…
CAMDEN — The Smokestack Grill is done. On a 70-degree afternoon, Oct. 17, staff and friends of the Smokestack Grill in Camden were clearing out the contents of the bar, carting equipment out of…
Twitter, Gmail among those still affected...
NEW YORK, N.Y. — If you’ve been having trouble sending and receiving email, listening to music on Spotify, securing a reservation on Airbnb or venting your frustration and searching for answers on…
At the end of 2012, with the retirement…
Camden National Bank celebrated and honored the extraordinary efforts of its employees and officers at the company’s…
Red Cloak Haunted History Tours celebrates 10 years
DAMARISCOTTA — If you happen to see a mysterious figure in a red cloak wandering through a cemetery in the weeks leading up to Halloween, do not be alarmed. Her name is Sally.
Ten years ago…
Sale heralds the end of the season
CAMDEN — For 76 years, the Smiling Cow in Camden has held a half-price sale as a way of saying thank you to the community. The Cow opened its doors at 6 a.m. on Saturday, October 15. By 5:30 a.m…
On November 1st and 3 the Sodexo, in partnership with the University of Maine System, will hold the inaugural Scaling Up Events as part of the Maine Course initiative. This one-day forum is a…
AUGUSTA - USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service has reported that Maine horticulture sales increased 43.6 percent from $49.1 million in 2009 to $70.5 million in 2014. The number of Maine…
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CenterPilates, owned by classically-trained Lorie Hoyt Nguyen, is a fully equipped Pilates studio now open at the…
unofficial grand opening
CAMDEN — SeaDog Brewing Co. in Camden celebrated their Grand Opening with a Community Bar-B-Q that included a buffet, live music, games and prizes. The buffet featured soup to dessert with…
Bangor Savings Bank is warning the public about a text-based phishing scam that has worked its way through Maine. The alert specifically asks the text recipient to contact Bangor…
The opening session of the Midcoast Leadership Academy’s seventh program year was held September 22 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Referred to as the program’s LEAP (Leadership…
Public invited to help pick grapes
UNION — Elmer and Holly Savage owners of Savage Oaks Winery, in Union, hosted their Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 1, to give the general public a chance to experience the harvesting of…
Ad Hoc Energy Committee holding Q&A open house Oct. 8
LINCOLNVILLE — Lincolnville voters on Oct. 11 will be asked to decide if they want the town to enter into an agreement with ReVision Energy to install a solar energy power facility, via a license…
The Ripple Initiative seeks quality donations to help those in need
ROCKLAND — Though there are wonderful qualities to Maine, it’s not always “vacationland” and for some, life can take an unexpected downturn. The breadwinner in the family loses a job, and stable…
Garlic should be one of the basic food groups
CAMDEN — Like anybody else I love garlic, but did you know there are as many as 50 varieties on the market, all with their own distinct flavor and use?
We get used to seeing one or two…
CAMDEN — After 26 years of owning and running an established hair salon in downtown Camden, Jeanne Butler is taking a break. That doesn’t mean she is hanging up her shears; but, she has eased up…
Lack of rain makes it a challenge to keep Megunticook River flowing...
CAMDEN — This week's rainy forecast is a welcome sight for everybody who has been watching water levels drop at area lakes and ponds. But it won't be anywhere near enough to bring the water levels…
What is it and why do vendors, visitors keep coming back?
UNITY — The Common Ground Fair is one of the largest attractions held in Maine, drawing in over 60,000 participants annually. It is an opportunity to see citizens from all across Maine join…
United Mid-Coast Charities (UMCC) awarded $547,000 to 58 nonprofit organizations in Knox and Waldo counties during a check presentation ceremony in…
BELFAST — Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County has hired Meg Klingelhofer as its new executive director. Klingelhofer has spent the past eight years as community education director with New Hope…
Think having breakfast in a Mexican restaurant is weird?
Think again.
A new little restaurant in…
TENANTS HARBOR - The Jackson Memorial Library invites full- and part-time residents of Maine who create fine art to apply for exhibition of their works in the library. Preference is given to two-…
ROCKLAND — Tony C. McKim, President and CEO of First National Bank and its parent company, the First Bancorp, recently cited several staff promotions.
"I am pleased to recognize the hard…
LINCOLNVILLE — When there is money to be saved on the cost of governance - in this case, the electricity required to heat buildings and run the machines needed to get the people's work done - and…
LINCOLNVILLE — By unanimous vote Monday night, the Lincolnville Board of Selectmen removed Cindy Gerry as the town's representative on the Mid-Coast Solid Waste Corp. Board of Directors, stating…
Maine’s Bureau of Financial Institutions at the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation warns of a scam involving…
Abstract art by Mac Economy will add vibrant color to the walls of Camden National Bank in the Camden Square branch in Camden. Paintings on display include many color…
AUGUSTA — Here’s what we already know (or sense): Maine’s population is getting even more gray, fewer babies have been born in the state, and the median age in the state is 44.5 — making it the…
Federal dollars are no longer in play for Maine Department of Transportation’s plans for Wiscasset’s downtown, according to an email a federal staff member has sent a member of the Wiscasset…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin released the…
ROCKPORT (UPDATE Sept. 2, 10:45 a.m.) — Police late Friday morning, Sept. 2, identified the worker killed in the Sept. 1 work accident on Mill Street in West Rockport as Franco Ferraiolo, 53, of…
Ocean Renewable Power Company, headquartered in Portland, is getting a $5.3 million Department of Energy grant to finish…
AUGUSTA—More than 100 companies from all over Maine are converging in Augusta, looking to employ veterans and non-veterans during a hiring fair as part of the the kick-off event for the 2016 Maine…
