ROCKLAND — At the Oct. 11 annual meeting of Friends of Midcoast Maine, three Smart Growth awards will be given to Midcoast initiatives and businesses. The annual Smart Growth Awards will be given…
Commerce
AUGUSTA — Two new commissioners were sworn in recently as members of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission.
William K. Gilmore of Freeman Township and Michael Theriault of Greenville took…
River Ducks Ice Cream, in downtown Camden, is having a end of season sale with 50 percent off of everything in the freezers, today and tomorrow.
With the cold weather and rains being…
Player in summer vandalism spree apologizes to city
BELFAST - One of the three men involved in an alcohol-fueled vandalism spree here in August that closed the city pool and damaged several businesses apologized in a letter sent to the city last…
Old friend takes the helm
CAMDEN — A long time friend of Johanna Tutone will soon be assuming ownership of her downtown Camden restaurant, Cappy's Chowder House, but the heritage and ambience she created is sure to remain…
MUSSEL BIND
SEARSPORT – A satellite map of the Bagaduce River was on display last week at the announcement of a newly-formed organization of business and environmental concerns called Friends of Penobscot Bay…
'THEY FILLED IN THE BLANKS'
SEARSPORT – With 50 citizens and representatives of television and print media in attendance Monday night, the Searsport Planning Board deemed complete an application by Colorado-based DCP…
Not-so-good mattress, unsmelly couch, unproductive rooster, 1 large stone
More and more, people are turning to Craigslist to sell, buy, barter and give away myriad categories of goods and services. …
Camden man restores Freedom Mill
Old grist mills don't always get a second chance, never mind a third.
For much of 19th Century and half of the 20th, the one on Sandy Stream in Freedom, like mills in many New England towns…
ROCKLAND — The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce announced Oct. 1 that Staci Coomer has been named executive director effective Oct. 10.
Coomer is a graduate of Iowa State…
PROSPECT – Demolition of the old Waldo-Hancock Bridge is expected to begin on November 1, according to Doug Coombs project manager for Maine Department of Transportation, who said workers are…
Camden headquarters for statewide nonprofit
CAMDEN — Founded 23 years ago on the belief that Maine women and girls have the power to effect positive change in the state, …
A boat in bad shape, an ankle-biting rooster, a musty rug
More and more, people are turning to Craigslist to sell, buy, barter and give away myriad categories of goods and services. Craigslist is becoming a window into the culture, reflecting the humor…
Developing community 'heart and soul' for a highway strip
Rockland residents are encouraged to lend thoughts about what makes their city unique, and what they value about…
How did they do that?
CAMDEN – It is not too often you encounter a car in the lobby of Camden National Bank, in downtown Camden. You go in there to deposit a paycheck, and wham! You…
CONTACT SHEET
The eye is drawn to certain things, or at least it can seem that way in hindsight. Looking back over the week's photos there are school buses, tour buses and a half dozen Volkswagen buses. There…
STATE LEGISLATURE CANDIDATES, SIDE BY SIDE
BELFAST — Eleven of Waldo County's 12 candidates for state legislature were at a forum at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast, Friday morning to lay out their priorities, talk about education…
Camden International Film fest's 'click 'n choose' interactive schedule
CAMDEN – The Camden International Film Festival is about to hit the town in a little over a week and one of the coolest parts of its website is an interactive feature known as …
In business
ROCKLAND – It’s the Humvee of mountain bikes and it carries names like Pugsley, Neckromancer and Moonlander. The Surly Bike Company makes it. It’s a year-round bike, it climbs with ease, and is as…
Key is locally-sourced, good food
We've been itching all summer to write about the gourmet food trucks that have hit Midcoast Maine, but had to wait until the Penobscot Bay Pilot launched! Food trucks (and carts) may be all too…
SEARSPORT – GAC Chemical Corp. is seeking approval to construct two new buildings within its 153-acre Kidder Point complex. The first would allow the company to expand existing production of a…
CONTACT SHEET
The photos in the gallery below were taken during the past week with a pocket-sized 35mm, kept on hand for such occasions as you'll see. There is no overarching idea to the collection except that…
WORKING IN VACATIONLAND
BELMONT – “Did you see the Irish tub?”
Bill Coughlin, looking disheveled but momentarily energized by his own question, sat on the closed lid of a toilet in the bathroom of a home…
Hard hats at work
ROCKLAND – Contractors are well into in a six-month long Rockland renovation project to create new office space for Knox County employees, including those manning emergency communications,…
WORKING IN VACATIONLAND
“Many people think of bats as vicious animals that carry diseases and get tangled in hair. Others consider them to be friendly, cuddly animals that need only…
WORKING IN VACATIONLAND
It takes Jeff Hall approximately three hours to call everyone he’s sold a vacuum cleaner to since 2005, the year he opened his namesake business at the junction of routes 90 and 17 in West…
coffee shop at wayfarer open until season's end
A new coffee shop called Toast Gourmet Coffee and Provisions opened this summer and plans to…
