What should we call food truck connoisseurs—truckies? Well, truckies will be interested to know one Belfast food truck is pulling up their wheels and handing them over to someone else, while…
Commerce
Food Shack is on the Rockland/Thomaston Town Line
ROCKLAND/THOMASTON — The blue shack on the side of the road catches your attention as you head up Route 1 towards Thomaston, just before you get to Walmart. It’s The Zack Shack. Fast food is an…
WALDOBORO — Shelley's Flowers has recently received Wedding Wire's Couples' Choice Award. Wedding Wire is the leading online marketplace…
Town’s portion of FY17 budget is 8.85 percent increase over FY16
HOPE — The Hope Board of Selectmen voted April 12 to approve the Fiscal Year 2017 budget, which represents a 4 percent increase in expenditures over the FY16 budget. The town’s portion of the…
AUGUSTA — Green with Envy Salon + Spa has opened a new salon location at 312 Water street in Augusta. The location was previously called…
WALDOBORO — The bucket trucks in Waldoboro Village are installing high speed fiber optic cable. …
130 exhibitors at Samoset Resort
ROCKPORT - The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce held its annual Business Expo at the Samoset Resort on Wednesday, April 14. One hundred thirty exhibitors, who included businesses and…
ROCKPORT — When driving by Adventure Advertising in Rockport you often see one of its seasonal lighthearted displays, whether it is Charlie Brown and the peanuts gallery guarding the great pumpkin…
ROCKPORT – The event is held each year to showcase area businesses and non-profits, offering attendees the opportunity to see some of the…
It's been a good year for Tony Bickford. His restaurant, Little Village Bistro, in Wiscasset, opened on…
Ruse went back to 1988, but statute of limitation capped criminal charges at six years
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…
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,” a…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
ROCKLAND – Kate McAleer, the owner and founder of Bixby & Co., is a finalist in the Tory Burch Foundation Fellows Competition for women…
NEWS FROM AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA — State Labor Commissioner Jeanne Paquette released January workforce estimates for Maine.
Seasonally Adjusted…
Joe Norton has been building walls for around 12 years. They're not the kind of walls that keep people out. In fact they do just the opposite. Their artful beauty draws people in.
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Lobster responsible for 81 percent, then clams
AUGUSTA – Maine's commercially harvested marine resources topped $600 million in overall value in 2015, according to preliminary data from…
2016 marks c41st year
ROCKPORT — With the 41st Fisherman's Forum well underway at the Samoset Resort; the parking lot filled with cars and trucks with license plates from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Delaware and…
Utility systematically replacing aging water infrastructure
SACO – Maine Water has completed its 2015 capital spending, and has announced its capital plan for 2016. In 2015, the company…
A Camden fixture for 37 years, Cappy’s Chowder House to convert into Sea Dog brewery by June 15
CAMDEN — It was one of Maine’s original brew pubs in the 1990s, and now it’s come full circle. Sea Dog Brewing Company is coming back to Camden.
Matt Orne, the owner of Cappy’s Chowder House…
SEARSPORT — Midcoast Economic Development District has selected Sundog Solar LLC to implement a regional solar bulk-purchasing program,…
Although at first glance it’s hard to imagine, a Maine lobster is a vulnerable thing. …
A winter storm warning is in effect through midnight Saturday, Feb. 13, and the National Weather Service has forecast as much as 10 inches of snow for the Midcoast. The snow has been falling since…
422 to 408 Main Street
ROCKLAND — Loyal Biscuit Company, which has stores in Camden, Rockland, Belfast and Waterville, announced it had acquired the building at 408 Main Street in Rockland and intends to move its store…
In Business
CAMDEN — The benefits of hydro therapy have been known for a long time. Kate Griffin, of Hope, decided that dogs could benefit from the same therapy and opened Water Bark Wellness at 59 Union…
Maine shrimp lovers are hoping for the best this winter. With the shrimp population in decline over the past few years, and the Gulf of Maine shrimp fishery being closed…
Tim Simmons of Boothbay just returned from a week in Sweden. As interesting and exciting as he said it was, it wasn't a vacation. He was invited to go by his friend, crustacean scientist Matz…
Knox County Emergency Management Agency...
ROCKLAND — According to Knox County Emergency Management Director Ray Sisk, today’s weather, which includes a winter weather advisory and gale warning for Penobscot Bay, earlier in the day forced…
Project “Unlocking the Potential” to revamp the highway
ROCKLAND — Work began in 2011 to envision what Camden Street (Route 1) from Rockland to Glen Cove in Rockport might look like with…
Camden Rotary Club offers supportive grants for 501c3 …
Business news
Small Wonder Gallery and Frameshop on the Public Landing in Camden has officially been handed over to the second generation. The gallery was established in 1984 by Kathy and Michael…
The members of the Camden Downtown Business Group (CDBG) have voted to change the organization’s name to the Camden Area…
Training Offers the Competitive Edge in the Maine Job Market
BELFAST — …
ROCKPORT — Nancy Leonard intends to unveil the spring and summer clothing lines she recently acquired from a New York trade show around Valentine’s Day. In doing so, she’ll also be showcasing her…
An alloy of flavors wheels into town
THOMASTON — Steve Steeves, owner of Camden’s Fresh, along with his brother Jaimie, owner of J and J Lobsters in Rockland, are completely revamping the former Irving gas station at 118 Main Street…
As soon as some customers restored, others knocked offline
MIDCOAST — As of 8 p.m., just over 4,300 Central Maine Power residents in Knox and Waldo counties were without power Sunday night, Jan. 10, as the day’s building storm finally unleashed the high…
Jan. 9 is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day...
ROCKLAND — National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day is Saturday, Jan. 9, and the three properties of The Historic Inns of Rockland are jumping on the…
