ROCKLAND – For the third consecutive year, the Design Committee of Rockland Main Street, Inc., conducted a Downtown Window Box and Sidewalk Garden contest. The contest is open to any business in…
Outdoors
ROCKLAND — The Island Institute's Island Fellows Program was recently recognized as the 2017 Outstanding Program by the Community Development Society, a national professional society for…
climate in Maine and across the Northern Hemisphere affected by declining extent, thickness of Arctic sea ice
Maine's wet 2017 winter and spring eased the 2016 drought conditions, according to Sean Birkel, University of Maine research assistant professor and Maine State…
BELFAST — With a salty breeze coming steadily from the bay, and amidst the sound of traditional Irish music, the 11th annual Celtic Celebration marked its final day July 16 in Belfast.
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Initial reports: increased attendance over last year, despite a government shutdown
AUGUSTA - Maine State Parks are reporting that there was strong attendance during the first four days of July 2017 at Reid, Range Pond and Crescent Beach State Parks. When the figures for…
Winning a tough climb
MT WASHINGTON – The weather was suspect. Warnings of possible thunder and lightning cancelled the swim leg of the Sea to Summit 2.0 Triathlon. Sixty to 70 mph winds altered the push to the summit…
a pet-riotic 4th
THOMASTON – For the folks of Thomaston, Independence Day expands far beyond parades and fireworks. Before the parade, celebrating a “Pet-riotic 4th,” dog owners strutted their canine companions…
Snapshot
Waldoboro Town Forest Trail was officially opened by Jann Minzy and Edward Fisher July. There are future plans for a kiosk and trail maps. The trail, passing through an ancient hemlock forest, is…
Midcoast Athletics
BELFAST — The Waldo County Riding and Driving Club held its traditional first show of the season on Father’s Day, June 18.
Fifty-one classes were offered to riders of all ages with the…
Fleeing to Canada, only to zip right back
LUBEC – Several Midcoast athletes joined hundreds of others running to Canada during the Great Bay of Fundy International Marathon, Sunday, June 25. One morning each year, for the past five years…
Botanist Wanda Garland on what to look for...even in your own back yard
There’s an incredible world at our feet that most of us pass by daily without any awareness. Wanda Garland, a botanist, retired biology teacher and wildflower photographer from Waldoboro,…
Midcoast Athletics
ROCKPORT — Camden Hills Regional High School announced in a press release that the cross-country trail being built on school property will be named Crockett Trail in honor of Charlie and Penny…
Town signs $8,436 consent decree with state environmental agency
CAMDEN — Given factors that resulted in the ongoing Hosmer Pond algae bloom, town leaders agreed June 20 to assist in its mitigation. How that happens and how much it might cost remains on the…
BELFAST — Nearly 2,000 participants in this year’s Trek Across Maine made their way through the streets of Belfast June 18, as their three-day, 180-mile journey came to a waterfront conclusion.…
Louisa Crane, of Camden, and Alexis Racioppi, of Belfast, are interning this summer in Camden, helping the town's Conservation Commission work toward the goal of improving water quality…
AUGUSTA - Maine State Parks and Historic Sites will treat Maine residents to a free day-use admission on Father's Day, Sunday, June 18. The annual event is to encourage Maine residents to…
CAMDEN — Being new to owning chickens that I’m raising for eggs, owning a 12-pound dog and surrounded by about 5 acres of woods at our new home in Lincolnville, I have learned to heed the chirps…
CUMBERLAND – The Midcoast branch of Girls on the Run finished its second season, Sunday, June 4, with a state-wide 5K run in Cumberland. The run, held every season, proclaims the end of a 10-week…
Rockland Main Street hosts two events on June 17
ROCKLAND — Rockland Main Street previewed a double event for June 17 at its volunteer appreciation get together at Eclipse Restaurant in May, when Executive Director Gordon Page recognized the…
The Medomak Valley Land Trust has recently acquired a new 6-acre parcel of land in Friendship on Martin Point, thanks to the generosity of the former landowners, Penny Axelrod and Jerry…
Thanks to the generosity of 51 winter sports areas statewide, 1,832 kids and their families got outside and active this winter with the WinterKids Passport. Mt. Abram, Black Mountain…
Game wardens continue to investigate a fatal commercial rafting incident in West Forks Plantation, according to a news release from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Richard…
Learn to ski mountains vital to getting kids outside, having fun, being active
PORTLAND — Thanks to the generosity of 51 winter sports areas statewide, 1,832 kids and their families got outside and active this winter with the WinterKids Passport. Mt. Abram, Black Mountain,…
Marathon runner Rob Pope from Liverpool U.K. runs for two charities
PORT CLYDE—For no particular reason, he decided to go for a little run. No, not just Tom Hanks as the lead character in the movie Forrest Gump, but a U.K. marathon runner named Rob Pope,…
Eastern Tire & Auto Service recently presented a check to Georges River Land Trust as sponsors of its 30th Anniversary. Since 1987,…
May 20, 21, in the greenhouse
The Horticulture and Gardening classes at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport are holding their annual plant sale Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21, at the greenhouse on…
When running around the block doesn’t cut it
MT WASHINGTON – More than three hours into the grueling pentathlon on Mount Washington, Jayme Okma Lee’s mental fortitude hit its greatest challenge. The final downhill stretch of the hike/ski leg…
Reduces monetary payout to the state, keeps investment in town
CAMDEN — A new ADA-compliant dock and the rebuilding of a boat launch on Hosmer Pond will resolve up to 80 percent of a state penalty being imposed on Camden for environmental violations. On May…
A new rollerskating ‘club’ has started at MRC for the summer
ROCKPORT — Remember the days of disco balls, roller rinks and pom-poms as you showed everyone how to “shoot the duck” during Ladies’ Skate?
Rock Coast Roller Derby member Hedda Barton has…
Learn about Labyrinths through time and design your own labyrinth, than head outdoors to Belfast Common to visit the labyrinth constructed last year by Friends of Belfast Parks. Guide…
Not chupacabra, chukar...
CAMDEN — Chukar here, chukar there, it seems that Camden has a very busy chukar making its presence known all over town. And since the first sighting was made known on Facebook April 25, it seems…
Elle Appleton Foster, of Rockport, is the winner of Camden Conservation Commission's logo contest. Elle, who grew up in Camden, bested a field of artists both local and from as far…
‘One consideration ought to be that none of you run again for this office’
CAMDEN — The Camden Budget Committee April 20 voted to recommend approving the Camden Snow Bowl's FY18 budget of $874,000, as submitted by Acting Town Manager Roberta Smith and Acting Snow Bowl…
The Medomak Valley Land Trust has completed its campaign to purchase and conserve Bens Island, a small island in the Eastern Branch of the Medomak River.
“Bens Island…
Voting for ‘Frozen Finish’ and the other Broke and Stoked films runs thru April 14
PORTLAND — A few years back, Todd Burgess of Saco was skiing at the Camden Snow Bowl on the same weekend as that year’s U.S. National Toboggan Championships. After checking it out and being “blown…
For the first time this year, in partnership with Damariscotta River Association, the Medomak Valley Land Trust is offering a limited number of half scholarships to DRA’s summer day…
Do you care about the natural places within our community? Do you enjoy meeting new people? Want to learn more about the ecology of this area? Coastal Mountains Land Trust is seeking…
Camden Hills Regional H.S. Band Director Nancy Rowe and Chorus Director Kim Murphy will be competing against each other in a “Bowl-Off” at 3:30 p.m. today, March 24, at All-Play in…
Midcoast Athletics
ROCKPORT — Camden Hills Regional High School announced that First National Bank has provided a grant of $1,000 to support the new running, skiing and nature trail to be built this spring on school…
Capt. Dave Gelinas, of Camden, groomed a skate-skiing looop in an Aldemere Farm field directly across from the farm, on Lily Pond. With a utility snowmobile and drag, he created a…
Opinion
A hearing on seven metal mining bills is scheduled for Monday, March 20 at 9 a.m. at the legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee (Room 216, Cross Office building…
A 57-year-old male from Mount Vernon was found deceased along a hiking trail in Rome late last evening, March 16. The male was last seen yesterday at about 1 p.m. when he left a parking area to…
As a self-identified "bird nerd," this is how I enjoy spending my spring vacation: On a picturesque island, after a lovely seafood dinner with friends, I don my down parka, hat, and gloves and…
CAMDEN — During the 16th meeting of the Snow Bowl Four Season Committee, on March 13, the two most-talked about topics were a presentation made a week earlier by Mark Hayes of Highland Park LLC,…
One fishing boat reported on the rocks in Owls Head Tuesday night...
GRAY — The National Weather Service is now warning Mainers that Tuesday night’s blizzard is poised to bring bands of heavy snow over the next few hours at the rate of 2 to 4 inches per hour.…
Knox County EMA director urges drivers off the roads...
GRAY (March 14, 3:30 p.m.) — Now that Stella has arrived and is bearing down in earnest, the National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for the entire coast of Maine, to include some…
CAMDEN — A frigid 11-degree Fahrenheit day on Sunday might have brought out fewer spectators for the 5th annual Cardboard Box Derby than last year, held at the Camden Snow Bowl, but it made for a…
CAMDEN—Camden native Kerry Gross now lives and works in South Lake Tahoe, but her Maine roots will be taking her back home this summer for a cross-country interview project she created called…
In recognition of Jack Williams...
CAMDEN — Jack Williams was around in 1936 when the Camden Snow Bowl went from an idea to reality, including construction of original lodge and the 400-foot-long wood toboggan chute that has been a…
