CAMDEN – Colder temperatures and a boost from the snow gods are inching the Camden Snow Bowl closer to opening for the season. Colder air pushing into Maine after the current storm will provide…
Outdoors
It's not like they're dancing to Pa's fiddle, but young beavers do play
Imagine this: A blizzard's raging outside, and snow lies several feet deep, blocking your windows and doors. But you're safe and dry inside your little, two-room house, just you, your parents, and…
A portion of the parcel will incorporated in Round the Mountain trail
CAMDEN — Coastal Mountains Land Trust, in Camden, has purchased an additional 37 acres on Ragged Mountain that will be added to the Ragged Mountain Preserve. This property is immediately adjacent…
Warden’s news
Well the numbers are out: this fall was warm. According to the Weather Channel it was the fifth warmest fall (Sept.-Nov.) in New England. The No. 1 hotspot was Burlington, Vermont,…
CAMDEN – The nonprofit One Community Many Voices (OCMV) and the organizers of the Ragged Mountain Scuttle donated $4,500 to the Camden Snow Bowl to support the fourth-grade learn to ski program…
‘to protect rich natural resources and recreational assets’
The state’s Land for Maine’s Future has pledged $500,000 to support the conservation of Ragged…
OWLS HEAD – Author Susan St. John has been an instructor for Outward Bound for 30 years. Afrter meeting and knowing so many people associated with Hurricane Island she decided nine years ago to…
Trekkers, a local outdoor-based youth mentoring organization, has hired Cathy Herr as Volunteer and Administrative Coordinator. She holds a B.S. in wildlife…
New Slab City culvert will last almost forever
An unassuming stretch of rural Slab City Road in Lincolnville has a new hot-top; otherwise, drivers might not think twice about its underpinning. But the fish sure will.
Just west of the…
Midcoast Athletics
BELFAST — The Camden Hills girls cross country team made the journey from Rockport to Belfast’s Troy Howard Middle School Saturday, Nov. 11 for the New England Cross Country Championships, a…
Midcoast Athletics
BELFAST — The New England Cross Country Championships are coming to Belfast’s Troy Howard Middle School Saturday, Nov. 11.
The event will see participants from Maine, Connecticut, Rhode…
LINCOLNVILLE — The Lincolnville Business Group hosted its annual scholarship fundraiser at MacLaughlin's Tent next to the ferry terminal at Lincolnville Beach in mid-October. Local cooks sold…
Why admire the obnoxious Blue Jay, who hogs the bird feeder and displays poor table manners? This sassy bird has more going for it than you might think, and deserves our interest and attention. So…
AUGUSTA – With the 2017 hunting season underway, Governor Paul R. LePage is again urging Maine hunters to consider supporting the Hunters for the Hungry Program by donating all or part of their…
#fitzysfight: ‘It’s been the most humbling experience of my life’
ROCKPORT – Brian Fitzpatrick is determined to return to coaching basketball, despite battling cancer. The past few months have been rough. Treatments are rigorous for the 35-year-old body already…
From kids to post-middle age to dogs, it was a good run
ROCKPORT — Moving at a good clip, approximately 40 runners and walkers took off from Rockport Harbor early Saturday morning, Oct. 14. Their destination was the Beech Nut atop Beech Hill…
keep eyes peeled for this old gent
All Union and Hope Residents: Volunteers with Maine Lost Dog Recovery need your help in finding this 14-year-senior dog who has seizures. He has been missing since Sept. 27.
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‘I very much oppose the administration’s plan to repeal the clean power act’
ROCKPORT — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, (R-Maine), greeted members of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce at a Friday morning business breakfast, Oct. 13, and before the…
CAMDEN — Voting 5 to 0, the Camden Select Board Tuesday evening decided that the Bagel Cafe, located downtown Camden, will be responsible for providing food this winter to hungry skiers and…
Game wardens responded to a hunting related shooting north of Rangeley Friday evening, October 6. The shooting occurred on Portage Brook Road in Upper Cupsuptic TWP north of Rangeley at…
Midcoast Athletics
ROCKPORT — On Saturday, Oct. 7 the Camden Hills Regional High School held its first race on the new trail at the high school, the Crockett Trail 5K, attracting a modest group of runners.
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ROCKLAND — On Oct. 3, Rockport Police Chief Bruce Boucher and Deputy Chief Chris Young sent a thank-you letter to …
Taking a Midcoast Hike
There are a number of high hills along Maine’s Midcoast referred to as mountains. They include Mount Hunger in Edgecomb, Morse Mountain in Phippsburg and Higgins Mountain in Georgetown — all of…
Snapshot
Jimmy from the Midcoast sent along these two photos recently, snapshots he got of one child making a go of it on the Rockland Breakwater. We admire the rider’s balance and tenacity as he assumes…
The Maine Warden Service hired a new pilot to complement its air wing division. Pilot Christopher Hilton, 32, from Brunswick was sworn in today in Augusta before Warden Service staff and family…
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will connect K–12 students in Maine and around the country to UMaine student researchers in the field as part of its Follow a Researcher®…
Sanctuary for wild beasts birds first, recreation second
CHIMNEY POND TRAIL — Emily Davis pulled out her portable scale and hung it from a tree branch. “Let’s weigh our packs,” she called cheerfully, across the parking lot to hikers who were hoisting…
Public encouraged to contribute
On September 22, at the "Our Mountain Voices" event at the Camden Opera House, Coastal Mountains Land Trust launched the public phase of the Round the Mountain Collaboration, a partnership between…
Register now for Oct. 7 race
ROCKPORT — On Saturday morning, Oct. 7, the inaugural Crockett Trail 5K will be held as the first public race on the recently constructed Camden Hills Regional High School trail.
Crockett…
Coastal Mountains Land Trust campaign raised $6,600 from auctioned art pieces
CAMDEN— This past June, when Coastal Mountains Land Trust Development Director Kathy Young put out a call to local artists to take a slab of a wood cut taken from a tree on Ragged Mountain and…
As has become a pleasurable and tasty habit, a Sunday afternoon jaunt to Beth's Farm Market in Warren was, again, perfection. After perusing the vast array of vegetables and selecting a perfect,…
September 29th and 30th
CAMDEN — The Camden Snow Bowl will host the second annual Camden Snow Bowl Trail Fest on Friday and Saturday, September 29th & 30th. This event is presented by Baxter Outdoors, Trail Runners…
From Augusta
PORTLAND — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) released the following statement on a leaked report from the Department of Interior concerning the future of recently designated National Monuments…
Maine Outdoor Film Festival
Portland, ME – The Maine Outdoor Film Festival (MOFF) has announced the ten finalists of the Summer Broke and Stoked Video Contest, which premiered recently…
The Maine Warden Service is seeking volunteer searchers. Maine game wardens are planning a search for missing person Diana Esteys, from the town of Medford, Sunday, September 17. Esteys went…
Maine Wienerfest is a celebration of dachshunds and the people who love them! Now in its 14th year, the event will be held on Sunday, September 10, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
CAMDEN – As P.A.W.S workers “passed the hat” for funds to care for the animals of Houston, locals showed off the Lucy, Kari, Kito, Bailey, Eleanor, Ricky, and Brewster here at home.
Tall,…
CAMDEN – “The ooeyer and gooeyer the better,” Fish Relay Race coordinator Michelle Curtis said.
New to this year’s annual children’s event sponsored by The First and held during Camden’s…
Organizers are looking for a few good teams to have a great time building a wonderful, safe, durable sailing / rowing dinghy this weekend at the Camden Windjammer Festival.
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Meditations
CAMDEN — August 18th, 2017: Sundog Outdoor Expeditions is delighted to open a final application window for after-school canoeing and rock climbing programs during Fall 2017. This final application…
ROCKLAND— It’s not readily known, but in the south end of Rockland on 9 Water Street opposite from the former Sweets & Meats shop, there is a gallery for wildlife lovers.
Throughout…
Coastal Mountains Land Trust
CAMDEN/ PROSPECT— Join Coastal Mountains Land Trust on Saturday, August 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for a paddle along the Penobscot River in Prospect. Land Trust staffer Hale Morell will lead…
first annual Rockland People’s Sculpture Race
ROCKLAND – Jeff Oehlert had a wheelchair, a round cage-like orb, a sheet, and the concept of a ‘third eye’ on his mind as he created his moveable art for Saturday’s Rockland People’s Sculpture…
CAMDEN — A Rockport teen working toward his Eagle Scout badge decided to put community first when choosing the requisite project to obtain the highest rank issued by the Boy Scouts. Inspired by a…
Camden Snow Bowl
CAMDEN — "I am so excited that I'll be able to kayak again," said a woman at the new boat launch at Hosmer Pond at the beginning of August. Seated in a wheelchair due to neuropathy of her legs…
You never know what you are going to encounter
ROCKLAND – Members of the Waldo County Search and Rescue unit practiced their training in the Camden Hills Saturday, August 5. In real life, Camden firefighters are called there frequently,…
ROCKLAND – “We thought we’d get three or four teams,” organizer Cynthia Powell said. “Instead we got 10 teams” for the First Responder Crate Race Throwdown during the Rockland Lobster Festival.…
Faces in the crowd, hot air balloon, 5k, 10k, fun run
ROCKLAND – Hot air balloon lift-offs, fun runs, pageants, educational moments, and of course food. Rockland’s 70th year wrapped up Sunday afternoon, August 6 with a docket of hot suns, cool rains…
Here's the cast of characters: The Betrothed, The German Cousin, The Neighbor, The Confederate, The Slowpoke, The Old Maid, The Sweetheart, The Penitent, the Infant, The Herald. What's the drama…
