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free community meal, block party, raffle, line dancing, open mic, concerts
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4th Annual Waldoboro Pride helps close out Pride Month with some allied festivities on June 28.

-Broad Bay Congregational…

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Chewonki visits the Belfast Free Library with an interactive traveling display of tide pools on Monday, June 29, from 11 a.m. - noon. …

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Registration for summer classes at Belfast Senior College begins on Tuesday, June 23, and the first classes begin on Tuesday, July 7.

Looking for summer fun life-long…

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Cassondra Heath, of Liberty, was named to the Commonwealth University-Mansfield Spring 2026 Dean's List.

The Dean's List, prepared at the end of each semester, recognizes those students who…

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Patrisha McLean will lead Rose Day at Merryspring Nature Center on Saturday, June 27, at 9 a.m. 

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Belfast Free Library begins its Summer Reading program by inviting families to visit on Friday, June 26, from 10 -11 a.m., and experience Mr. Drew’s…

'This study helps us learn the rules of how the muscle builds itself. Once you know those rules, it is far easier to develop drug treatments that could help people with muscle disorders'
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University of Maine researchers have published new findings about how muscles form, why certain muscle diseases develop and why symptoms may not appear until years…
'ALZ Fired Up!'
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Join Lincolnville Historical Society, Thursday, June 25, at 6:30 p.m., at 33 Beach Road, in Lincolnville, for "The impact of Alzeimer's and…

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The Friends of the Belfast Free Library is sponsoring a giant book sale and free informal appraisal clinic, Saturday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m…

silent auction for newly established Firefighter Foundation, special ceremony for responders to Searsmont fire
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The Owls Head Transportation Museum will host its inaugural First Responders Weekend on June 27-28, 2026, bringing together emergency service organizations, historic apparatus, modern response…

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THOMASTON — During the June 8, 2026, Thomaston Select Board meeting, members of the Thomaston Fire and EMS Department were recognized with the Phoenix Award for their role in the successful…

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The Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) today issued updated freshwater fish consumption advisories for

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Dick Vermeulen will lead a "Walk to the Beehives" on Tuesday, June 16, at 12 p.m., at Merryspring Nature Center.

looking for signs of summer and practicing mindfulness
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Join Georges River Land Trust and the Maine Forest Service for a woodland walk looking for signs of summer and practicing mindfulness on Monday, June 22, from 4:30 - 6 p.m., at the Langlais Art…

June 24 - 26
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School age kids are invited to a 3-day workshop with local artist Susan Beebe. Youth will be collecting supplies, designing, and building fairy houses.
Saturday, July 11, in Brooksville
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Finding Our Voices is providing the opportunity for women domestic abuse survivors to learn and hone skills with others who have been there and understand with an all…
vibrant and inclusive community celebration
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The Rockport Public Library and Ms. Katie’s ChangeMakers present the 2026 Youth Pride Parade, Saturday, June 27, at 10 a.m.
 
"This is a…
dental hygiene display

ROCKLAND — What began three years ago as an idea to help South School students explore future possibilities has grown into a district-wide event serving 475 students…
Freedom, Knox, Unity
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The Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) issued updated freshwater fish consumption advisories on June 9…

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A benefit dinner for Katherine Paige and Wayne Woodbury will be held June 28, from 2 - 6 p.m., at the Belmont Town Office.

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Medomak Valley High School announces its Class of 2026 Honor Grads. 

Earning Magna cum laude are:

David Creamer, Kaylee Collamore, Izabella Simmons, Luke Cheesman, Logan Vigue,…

open to everyone, regardless of whether they receive care at MaineHealth
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PORTLAND — MaineHealth Pharmacy is opening its first retail storefront location on Sunday, June 14, in Portland’s Pine Tree Shopping Center,…

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Lincolnville Center Indoor Flea Market will be held Saturday, June 20, from 8 a.m. to noon, in the Community Building, 18 Searsmont Road…

participants from Belfast, Appleton, Rockland, and more
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During the weekend of May 29 thru the 31st, sixty-three Maine Veterans visited Washington, D.C. on their Honor Flight. Most of the Veterans were also accompanied by their guardians, who are…

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The Friendship Garden Club Plant Sale will be held in conjunction with the annual opening of the Friendship Schoolhouse Museum, 1 Martin Point Road, Friendship, Maine,…

Alexander P. Cole

BELFAST and ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals welcome Alexander P. Cole, MD, to their Urology Belfast and Rockport practices. 

Dr. Cole comes to Pen Bay and Waldo…

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The St. George Historical Society presents Country Tea and Tours, Saturday, June 13, 2026, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., at the Andrew Robinson Homestead, 945 River Road, St. George.

Tea and…

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ORONO — Amid shortages of nurse educators and advanced practice nurses in Maine and nationwide that are limiting care access and quality, according to the…

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ORONO, Maine — U.S. consumers are willing to pay more for lobster harvested using ropeless fishing technology designed to reduce whale entanglement risks,…

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The streets of downtown are filled with a sea of pride flags as drum beats fill the air. (photo by Erica Thoms)

BELFAST — Gray skies were no match for the light brought by the Belfast Pride parade, as a sea of rainbow flags and smiling faces marched down Main Street. 

With a handful of drummers…

In business Essay
Martina Graffam

Every morning, when I welcome…

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The last program in the Rockport Public Library’s Spring Horticulture Series, in partnership with Merryspring Nature Center, will take place Wednesday, June 17, at 1…
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The first of nine 2026 Open Garden Days sponsored by the Belfast Garden Club will be held Saturday, June 27 at the garden of Suzanne Ramczyk, 17 Sunrise Ridge Road, in Belfast. The garden will be…

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Join Georges River Land Trust and biologist John Tipping for a hands-on exploration of what's living in the St. George River, Saturday, June 20, from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., at Appleton Preserve.…

extend the season
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John Fromer will lead an outdoor presentation on "Building a Mini Greenhouseon Tuesday, June 9, at 12 p.m., at Merryspring Nature…

able to see new and exciting ways of doing things
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Students at Thomaston Grammar School have been focusing on creativity during the month of May. Several students at TGS were recognized for being creative at a school-wide assembly on June 3.

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After a very brief annual meeting of the Thomaston Historical Society, attendees will celebrate the lives of John (1945 - 2026) and Lee-Ann Upham (1944 - 2025). Susan Devlin and Sandy Moore will…

Eureka Masonic Lodge, Tenants Harbor (as pictured on the lodge's Facebook page)
Eureka Masonic Lodge, 4 Watts Avenue, Tenants Harbor, will kick off its annual…
(CHRHS Boys Tennis Team (Photo courtesy Gary Spinney)

On June 2, at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport, the Windjammers’ Boys’ Tennis Team defeated Mt. Ararat Eagles to advance to the North Class A Tennis  finals on Monday, June…

June 7 in Albion
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ALBION — On Sunday, June 7, from 1 to 3 p.m., the public is invited to visit Northeast Equine Sanctuary, a program of Peace Ridge Sanctuary, for its first Open House of the 2026 season.…

Federally-funded programs helping to ensure eligible Maine children have access to nutritious food
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Children and calves

This summer, Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) invites youth ages 10 to 18 to get up close and personal with the Belted Galloway calves at Aldermere Farm, a historic…
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CAMDEN — Camden Rockport Middle School (CRMS) has installed new Wabanaki language and historical signage at the Camden Public Library and Camden Harbor. The public will be able to see the two…

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On Saturday, June 20, Freedom Riders, out of Oxford county, will participate in a benefit ride for the affected firefighters from the…
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Repair Cafe will be held Saturday, June 20, from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., at the Waldo County YMCA in Belfast. This is a free event.
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Hannah Blasius

ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital welcomes Hannah Blasius, AGAC-NP, to its Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Rockport practice.

Blasius moves to Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Rockport…

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ROCKLAND — Penobscot Bay Language School continues to offer free English classes and tutorials to all New Mainers. Students can learn in-person at PBLS' new location, 17 Walnut Street in Rockland…

Under bright sunshine and cool, crisp air
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CAMDEN — For each senior class of Camden Hills Regional High School, their graduation ceremony is the pinnacle of a weeklong June celebration; but for the community at large, the best part of…

St. George, Nobleboro, Brewer, Oceanside High
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ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Art Museum will celebrate the opening of the Arts@theIntersection Student Exhibition …