AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and MaineHousing announced Thursday an extension of the COVID-19 Rent Relief Program.
The rental assistance program, established in April, allows households…
Home and Garden
a round of applause to outgoing board members
Due to prevailing restrictions, Camden Garden Club’s May 28 meeting was held via Zoom. Top of the agenda was the presentation of a new slate of officers who will serve from June 1, 2020 until May…
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Garden Club has cancelled its 2020 spring plant sale due to COVID-19. The sale was originally scheduled for June 6 at Aldermere Farm.
The plant sale serves as a…
‘Secret Gardens in the Watershed’
Georges River Land Trust has submitted the following statement:
In an effort to keep everyone safe and healthy, Georges River Land Trust will be postponing our 29th Annual Gardens…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce that it will open to the public Monday, June 1. Gardens have long been places of healing, tranquility, and beauty — especially during times…
As Knox County begins to reopen, Merryspring Nature Center will resume its nature education programs outdoors starting in June.
“Merryspring recognizes the seriousness of the pandemic…
largest annual fundraiser for Merryspring
Merryspring Nature Center is canceling this year's Kitchen Tour, slated for August 7, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We cannot…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Maine $3 million through the CARES Act for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (…
Plants can be picked up May 23 - 29
Camden Hills Regional High School Gardening and Horticulture class has submitted the following information:
Camden Hills Regional HS Gardening and Horticulture…
The Camden Garden Club has submitted the following statement:
Facing historic challenges with the current health emergency and unknown future impact, the Camden Garden Club was…
Songbirds and squirrels outside their windows always brings joy
BELFAST — A post on the Tall Pines facebook page…
Rockland Public Library Hosts Online Presentation
ROCKLAND — Rockland Public Library will host an online presentation, Wild Mushrooming in Maine: The Season Ahead, Thursday, April 30, from 6:30 - 8 p.m.
This is the…
Springtime in Rockland took a weather break April 9 and 10 in order to edge in one last snowstorm (hopefully) of the 2019-2020 season. The storm lasted less than 24 hours, yet left its mark on the…
On April 3, Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District decided to cancel the 2020 Spring Plant Sale in its entirety.
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation…
Other programs, grounds still open
CAMDEN — Due to cautionary measures recommended by the State of Maine in regards to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, Merryspring Nature Center will be postponing the Tuesday Talk lecture series for…
CAMDEN and ROCKPORT — Warming soil is beckoning. Carrots, squash, lettuce, what’s your wish? According to a news release, Penobscot Bay Community Gardens offers eager gardeners plots at two sites…
2 Anonymous Donors to match March donations
ROCKPORT — Thanks to two anonymous donors, all donations to the Knox County Homeless Coalition will be matched dollar for dollar up to $25,000 through the end of March. These matching donations…
Iva Ware worked many years as a nurse alongside Eliza Steele, RN
ROCKLAND — “Maritime Energy is proud to be an inaugural supporter of the Eliza Steele Memorial Garden in honor and memory of our family, Roland and Iva Ware, and the generations who built and…
Combination of near zero temperatures and gusty winds could freeze pipes
Near zero temperatures are in the forecast for Tuesday, Jan 21. Homeowners are encouraged to take a few simple steps to prevent damage caused by freezing of water pipes inside and outside the…
Is beekeeping right for you?
WALDOBORO — If one has a taste for honey or an adventurous side, maybe they have thought of becoming a beekeeper, according to beekeeper Jean Vose, in a news release.
“What would one really…
Homeowners in the 52- unit Mountainside Park, an age 55 and over manufactured housing community on Route 52 in Camden, took a big step toward securing their financial futures when they…
You may have seen a recent report that bird populations have declined by over 3 billion birds, or by almost 30%, in the past fifty years. It’s not surprising: Birds run a daily gauntlet that…
a legacy maple in memory of Eliza Steele, RN
ROCKLAND — On the heels of last week’s snowstorm, the Eliza Steele Memorial Garden materialized as JBI Construction completed the initial site work at MacDougal Park. This garden honors Rockland’s…
ROCKLAND — Owls Head Garden Club members recently gathered at the Limerock Inn, in Rockland, for their annual Holiday tea lunch and gift auction.
The club was founded in 1972 by a group of…
the latest research-based information on vegetable and fruit production
AUGUSTA — University of Maine Cooperative Extension's Master Gardener Volunteers Program is taking applications in Kennebec, Franklin, and Waldo counties. Training begins Jan. 27, from…
69 years of decorating
CAMDEN — Thanks to a team of Camden Garden Club members, husbands and friends, the town lamp posts are bedecked in holiday greenery again this year, according to the Garden Club, in a news release…
Snapshot
Thanks to a group of volunteers who showed up Nov. 4 to apply stain to the fence along the upper border of Mary Lea Park, the park is getting spruced up.
“Although it is not the most…
‘We feel Belfast has a need for this type of housing’
BELFAST — A housing proposal brought before the City of Belfast is finally coming to life thanks to the efforts of a new developer.
The Belfast Planning Board approved the original project…
Preparing camden for the holidays
CAMDEN — In 1950, members of the Camden Garden Club took it upon themselves to bring the joy of the holiday season to downtown Camden by filling each lamp post basket with seasonal evergreens. …
Dick Cadwgan, of Rockport, recently announced his retirement from the Board of Directors of WindowDressers, Inc., a nonprofit corporation that he co-founded in 2010.…
Trying to find the owners
THOMASTON — Maine Historic Preservation has stepped in as a resource and an advocate for a historic house in Thomaston left vacant and deteriorating for the past 12 years.
The Fales…
SEARSPORT — Crafts, socializing, tech time, and a garden party allow for September involvement at Carver Memorial Library, in Searsport.
Crafternoon – Thursday, Sept 19, 3:30 p.m. Join the…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is getting an autumnal makeover. As the weather cools, CMBG staff, local artists, businesses, students, organizations and individuals will grace our gardens with…
UNITY— Walking through meadows of apple trees, and by clusters of wildflowers and sculptures, I entered the grounds of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association in Unity on Saturday,…
ROCKPORT — A tiny park in Rockport Village is getting a facelift this week, with old juniper bushes pulled and plans for new shrubs getting underway.
The Goodridge Park project originated…
Meeting the Maine elements with the right systems and materials
CAMDEN — David Kibbe decided last year to move to Maine from North Carolina, where he had been happily immersed in a medical and IT career, and raising a family for 30 years. But the prospect of…
CAMDEN — The title has changed slightly but the excitement is building exactly as it has for the past 72 years, according to Camden Garden Club, in a news release.
Once again Camden Garden…
CAMDEN — On June 19 Camden Garden Club’s Tree Committee Chair Priscilla Granston met with club co-Presidents Karen Cease and Ceil King; Rick Siebel, Camden’s director of…
Possible municipal committee dissolution?
ROCKPORT — Membership on the Rockport Parks Committee has dwindled dramatically, with one citizen left to carry the committee into the new fiscal year. Three members whose terms were up in June…
Market and cafe to offer fresh local provisions and more
LIBERTY — When Alexandra and Francis Stewart first spied a sign advertising land for sale along Route 3 in Liberty while camping in 2017 they couldn’t help but take a look. The couple, both 27,…
Kids Can Grow at Erickson Fields
ROCKPORT— It’s June and it’s “Grow Time.” Heidi Baker and her two young daughters, Isabelle, 9 and Zoe, 7, have a 3’ x 5’ raised bed at Erickson Fields on Route 90 for 12 weeks they get to call…
As part of their natural reproductive cycle, honeybees will swarm. A swarm is when a queen and a good portion of the worker population of bees leave the hive to find a new home. While a honeybee…
Historic church strengthens its foundation, congregation
SOUTH THOMASTON — A prominent South Thomaston landmark is without its center piece following the removal of a cupola and bell from atop a high platform.
Tuesday morning, June 11, as driving…
ROCKLAND — Rockland City Council members received an earful of emotional, hour-long testimony and demands by neighbors for moratoriums and code changes to prevent a prisoner re-entry house from…
CAMDEN — The May 23 meeting of the Camden Garden Club was a busy one, according to the Club, in a news release.
Many snowbird members were welcomed back, the in-house Plants for Scholars…
UNION — The Annual Vose Library Plant Sale will be held at the Union Common (located in the center of the main village) in Union, Saturday, June 1, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This rain-or-shine…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (Commission) announced that it has approved $158.2 miillion in funding for energy efficiency for Maine residents and businesses. This funding, which will be…
ROCKLAND — Friends of Rockland Public Library will be holding their annual Book, Plant, and Bake Sale on Saturday, June 8 on the grounds of the library. They are requesting plant donations for the…
In 2018, emerald ash borer, a tiny wood-boring beetle from Asia, was found in northern Aroostook and York counties in Maine. Emerald ash borer (EAB) is a threat to all ash trees in North America…
We know that the number and diversity of insects is decreasing. And we know we’re to blame – at least in part. …
