LIMESTONE — Youth from Appleton and Belfast were part of a Maine School of Science and Mathematics (MSSM) team that won the East Coast and Canadian Space Elements Design Competition. This was…
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scholarship opportunities
Registration for the Fall ‘24 semester at the UMA Rockland Center opened for degree-seeking students on April 1; and opens for all students on April 8. The fall semester will run from Tuesday,…
Sexual Assault Awareness Month with Pen Bay Medical Center, Waldo County General Hospital, and LincolnHealth
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — If you or someone you care about is sexually assaulted or is experiencing domestic violence, do you know what options are available? When the unthinkable happens, a special…
supporting the scallop farming and commercial fishing sectors in Maine
ORONO — A group of chefs, seafood professionals, writers, economic development specialists and educators will travel to France from April 14-22 to explore French techniques for handling and…
for Maine teens interested in agriculture and food systems
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering an agricultural symposium for Maine teens on April 18 and 19 at the UMaine campus in Orono. The 3rd annual event is an overnight…
ROCKPORT — In 2021, Seacoast Security, Inc. of Rockport, launched a scholarship program to help fund further education in the skilled trades. The program offers two, $1,000 scholarships to…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Local farmers and entrepreneurs are invited to showcase their products at spring farmers’ markets on the campuses of Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County…
The Camden Hills Regional High School Music Department traveled to New York City last weekend to attend the WorldStrides music festival, which is held at Riverside Church in the Upper West Side of…
One night only, April 10
ST. GEORGE — St. George School is presenting a one-night only show at the Odd Fellows Hall at 7 Elementary School Road, April 10, at 6 p.m.
The play, Choose Your Own Adventure,…
WARREN — Two local young men, both members of Warren Scout Troop 254, completed all requirements for the highest award in Scouting and on April 7 each received the Eagle Scout medal.
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Jaden Johnson, of Lincolnville, a senior at Camden Hills Regional High School, has been selected to receive the 2024 Maine Principal’s Award, representing CHRHS. This award,…
Students who are responsible take ownership of their actions
THOMASTON — Several students at Thomaston Grammar School were recognized for responsibly at a school-wide assembly on April 2.
Students receiving the Responsibility Award were:…
A chill crisped the air, a breeze sent evening briskness through the region despite 50+ degree afternoon temps, and people with special viewing glasses watched the moon travel in front of the sun…
Belfast Area High School students in Chip Lagerbom and Genna Black’s Marine Studies class recently visited a foreshore shipwreck here in Belfast as part of their unit on Maritime Archaeology.…
ROCKLAND — April's schedule boasts a lineup of offerings for Wellness Wednesdays, including complimentary acupuncture sessions by Abi of Red Bird Acupuncture, and free HIV/Hep C testing…
Regional School Unit 13’s board will be meeting online this evening, beginning with an executive session at 6 p.m. and followed by a full open meeting at 6:30 p.m.…
The Five Town CSD (Camden Hills Regional High School) board meeting tonight has been canceled.
The meeting will be rescheduled as soon as possible, according to the…
Mid-Coast Solid Waste will be closed all day Thursday, April 4, due to the forecasted snowstorm. The facility will open on Friday April 5, for regular business hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ROCKPORT — In order to complete some lighting upgrades, The Pharmacy at Pen Bay Medical Center will be open for abbreviated hours this Saturday, April 6. The Pharmacy will be open from noon…
UNION — The Union Fair / Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival is seeking young ladies to apply for the 2024 Maine Wild Blueberry Queen Competition. This years Coronation Ceremony will take place on…
Last Monday of the Month
WALDOBORO — On March 26, Teagan Aiken was named the first-place winner of the Last Monday of the Month Writing Challenge at Medomak Valley High School. The writing prompt was “Returning Light” and…
Students from Mid-Coast School of Technology had a successful showing at the 2024 SkillsUSA Maine State Conference. SkillsUSA is a career and technical student organization that empowers…
“As March goes out like a lion instead of a lamb and we welcome April, Native Plant Month, Camden Garden Club has been preparing for an exciting spring of civic projects,” said the Club, in a news…
Aging begins the day we are born and everyday thereafter. Yet social media is trying to sell us anti-aging commodities hoping that we believe they will help us look and act younger. It tries to…
BELFAST — In April, the Belfast Bay Watershed will host a week of Earth Day activities, including a trivia night at Marshall Wharf, “Planet vs. Plastics” presentations, a nature outing and…
ST GEORGE — At a groundbreaking ceremony in St. George, March 28, a local business CEO told a fourth grader, who would be visiting Steel-Pro later that day with his class, to pick up a job…
Pre-order deadline is May 14
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) is once again sponsoring an annual trout stocking sale for home or farm pond. Two sizes are being offered: 4-5” rainbow trout and 6-8”…
WALDOBORO — Medomak Valley High School held a science fair at the school in preparation to competing at the Maine State Science Fair, which was held Saturday, March 23, at The University of…
John Wood, Alan Duplessis, Sherwood Hilt, and Karla Talpey received the Ray "Papa Bear" Kimball Award of Service at the Kennebec Valley District Annual Scouting Recognition Dinner, held on Sunday…
New Hope Midcoast
New Hope Midcoast is excited to announce a matching challenge opportunity that doubles donor impact and provides a chance to recognize someone who has contributed to our community in meaningful…
BELFAST —The Penobscot Community Health Center is receiving $1,322,000 from the federal government to help construct a public health dental practice, co-…
adults also competed this year
Cub Scout Pack 200 held its Pinewood Derby on March 09, 2024, “a much anticipated part of the Scouting year,” said Jamie Winslow.
The Pinewood Derby tradition, dates back to 1953…
ORONO — When Noah Lambert, of Bar Harbor, enrolled at the University of Maine, launching a giant balloon 90,000 feet in the air to livestream a total solar eclipse wasn’t an activity he…
CAMDEN — During a recent worship service at the First Congregational Church of Camden, United Church of Christ, congregants learned more about Scouting and local Scouts learned more…
deadline May 1
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust is currently accepting applications for the Bank’s 2024 Career & Technical Education Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to income-eligible high school…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — “A routine screening for colorectal cancer may seem unnerving but is one of the most important preventative procedures a person can undergo,” said Pen Bay…
BELFAST —Starting March 20, the east end of the Belfast Armistice footbridge will not be accessible during shoreline rehabilitation, according to the City of Belfast, in a news release. This…
On Tuesday, March 26, Belfast Senior College classes begin. Classes still open include The World of Fine Wine, News Media and Politics, Love…
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival is seeking young people to apply for the Maine Lobster Festival Delegate competition, with winners to be announced at the coronation on Wednesday…
Belfast Area High School has selected Nevyn Harvey as this year’s DAR Good Citizen.
Nevyn is the daughter of Brian and…
CAMDEN – Peopleplace Cooperative Preschool Executive Director Sessa Salas has been recognized as one of 20 outstanding leaders in early childhood education by the Maine Association for the…
Keep an ear out for the peepers
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE — At 11:06 p.m., March 19, the March equinox — all things balancing nicely — will occur. This will mark the beginning of Spring 2024, which is to last for the next 92 days, 17…
Jessica Anderson of “Count ME In” will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual “S-T-R-E-T-C-H your Teaching” workshop to be held Saturday, April 6, at the United Technologies Center Maine…
helping doctors and nurses monitor patients’ heart rate and pulse; inform prosthetic and robotic devices
ORONO — Sensors that can be worn or attached to clothing play critical roles in health care, robotics and entertainment, among other fields. The sensors help doctors and nurses monitor patients’…
University of Maine researchers are encouraging folks to get outside and help document one of nature’s great migrations this spring.
This month, a student from the University of Michigan is launching a research project on the topic of seaweed and shellfish aquaculture in her home state of Maine…
including Easter Vigil service and celebration in Thomaston
BELFAST — St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, in Belfast, will hold several services to mark Holy Week from Palm Sunday, March 24, through Easter on March 31.
Worshippers are asked to gather…
WALDOBORO — Student Achievement Center instructor, Harolyn York, has been awarded the 2024 Horace Mann Crystal Apple Award for Distinguished Teaching at Medomak Valley High School.
Having…
deadline April 1
The Waldo County Extension Association, in cooperation with the Maine 4-H Foundation, announces the availability of a $1500 scholarship for a Waldo County resident entering their first or second…
Field trip to Portland
Sixth graders from Camden-Rockport Middle School visited LabVentures, the education center of the …
