Trekkers’ eighth grade team k2 completed a three day “it’s fall y’all!” expedition in mid-Oct. to…
Outdoors
Moosehead Lake Region, Greenville
GREENVILLE — This fall, after you've had your fill of schooner sails and lobster feasts around the Midcoast, take a day trip north by heading out early and driving to Greenville and the Moosehead…
Children and adults mob the street
CAMDEN - A tradition that began years ago continued Saturday night, Oct. 31, as young and old descended on Pearl Street in Camden for the annual right of fright. One of the streets residents…
Imagine having a job in Maine, where your office is a boat and you are your own boss. And you don’t have to haul lobsters. …
CAMDEN — The Camden Snow Bowl's Program Information Night will be held at the lodge on Friday, Oct. 30, at 5:30 p.m.. New programs will be featured, as well as instructional programs for skiers…
Time to run!
THOMASTON — Dogs scrambled through the double entrance to Thomaston’s new dog park, Saturday, Oct. 24 at noon, following the official ribbon-cutting ceremony. The play of those dogs within the …
International Bat week
As Halloween approaches, the night sky becomes a little darker. The air creeps with those dreaded spirits, dead and alive. The cold rush of air suddenly chills one side of the body. …
Bat Week: talks by Annie Kassler, readings by Children’s author Brian Lies, bat box building in Rockland
WALDOBORO — The students of Medomak Middle School science teacher Madelon Kelly spent time last Monday making bat masks. Many of those students will then wear the…
Camden-Rockport Pathways Committee Chairman Geoff Scott said construction of the next section of the Riverwalk will be started in the next…
You may have a favorite National Park, but which is your favorite National Wildlife Refuge? This year, take virtual tours of National…
TWENTY ACRE FARM COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY
WALDOBORO — The Maine Warden Service, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife awarded Landowner of the Year to the owners of Cider Hill Farm, a 20-acre farm nestled in Waldoboro Village. This…
MAINE FAMILIES OF KNOX, LINCOLN AND SAGADAHOC COUNTIES VISIT FARM
ROCKPORT — Maine Families of Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties met at Aldermere Farm in August, which is owned and managed by Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Aldermere Farm has 136-acres and was…
Maine Warden Service...
BLANCHARD TOWNSHIP — Several Maine game wardens, two Mount Desert Island search and rescuers and a Maine Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter crew worked Thursday morning to rescue three out-…
CALL FOR VENDORS, SPONSORS, AND NONPROFITS FOR FAIR
THOMASTON —The Thomaston Public Library is proud to announce that the Fletcher’s Scouting Company, a French and Indian Wars reenactment group will be visiting the library’s…
This weekend marks the 8th annual The Great Maine Outdoor Weekend Sept 25-27 celebrating fall activities with more than 120 free or low cost events all over the state. With the stunning late…
First day of fall: Sept. 23
Well it's here, Midcoasters. The first day of fall... the autumnal equinox... autumn... harvest-time. According to the weather heads, unless there is a major, wayward tropical depression that…
SEE FOLIAGE FROM NEW TRIPLE CHAIR LIFT ON SUNDAYS IN OCTOBER
CAMDEN — The Town of Camden’s community ski area, the Snow Bowl, is offering season passes at discounts through the month of October. Early-bird pricing is a savings of roughly 20% off the regular…
ROCKLAND — “I’ve been agitating for seven years for this to happen,” Capt. Jim Sharp said during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Mechanic Street’s leg of the Harbor Trail.
The ceremony took…
REGISTER NOW FOR WOMENS OUTDOOR SKILLS
Becoming an Outdoors Woman Intro Skills Weekend workshop is scheduled for October 9 to 11 at the UMaine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond. Registration for the 2015 Introductory Skills…
OUTDOOR BASED YOUTH MENTORING ORGANIZATION
THOMASTON — Trekkers, a non-profit outdoor-based youth mentoring organization, continues its six year expansion with the announcement that Brandon Caron has joined the Trekkers team as the newest…
BELFAST — Belfast’s annual Wienerfest marked its 12th year Sunday, bringing hoards of dachshunds to the waterfront, along with eager owners. …
CONSERVE LAND AND WATERS OF DAMARISCOTTA RIVER REGION.
DAMARISCOTTA — At its recent annual meeting, the Damariscotta River Association (DRA) elected six new members to its Board of Trustees. The newly elected DRA trustees include Tom Field, David…
Raise awareness of cycling as alternative transportation, economic tool
Maine Women's Fund CEO Sarah Ruef-Lindquist, of Camden, will join more than 300 cyclists as they tour the state by bicycle Sept. 12-19. The 2015 ride is the third annual organized by the Bicycle…
MEGUNTICOOK ROWING
CAMDEN – The Megunticook Rowing organization will be holding their regatta Sunday, Sept. 13 on Megunticook Lake starting and ending a…
Labor Day on the water
CAMDEN– The Labor Day was picture perfect in every sense of the word. What better way to spend part of the day then on one of the many windjammers out of Camden Harbor. Despite the heat of the day…
Need a hiking buddy on vacation in the Midcoast? Check out the dogs at P.A.W.S.
Adopting a dog or cat is a serious commitment, and while new owners obviously hope it works out, nobody wants a perfect match more than the people who take in and care for stray and surrendered…
Running, skipping, slipping, splashing
CAMDEN — They gave it all they had, the 30 competitors who lined up on the Camden docks to take turns ripping across the water over slippery wooden lobster crates. Their goal: To see whose feet…
MAKE YOUR GIFT BY OCT. 31 FOR MATCHING FUNDS
BELFAST — In July, Belfast Passy Rail Trail project received an exciting challenge gift of $10,000 from an anonymous Belfast-area donor. This challenge states that the anonymous donor will match…
No Jerry Seinfeld syndrome for them
ROCKPORT — Free enterprise was alive and well on Rockville Street in Rockport Saturday afternoon, Aug. 29. A group of enterprising young business owners decided to sell bracelets and lemonade at a…
YOUTH MENTORING THROUGH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING
THOMASTON — Fifteen local 10th graders and four adult leaders completed a 12 day Cross-America Trekkers expedition on Aug. 8. As part of Team Puma with Trekkers, a youth-mentoring organization…
TURN CARS, BOATS, AND TRUCKS INTO PRESERVES AND TRAILS
ROCKLAND — Georges River Land Trust (GRLT) announced the launching of a vehicle donation program in partnership with Eastern Tire and Auto Service in Rockland. All proceeds from the sale of…
CAMDEN — How many people have passed the Joshua Chamberlain statue near Camden Public Library without noticing the crack on his leg? …
BOATBUILDING AND REGATTA
BELFAST — The Belfast Rotary Club invites you to celebrate the boating traditions of Belfast, Maine with an array of events including bands, boat building, and barbeque.
Below is a schedule…
They came from Europe, Asia, Knox County...
ROCKLAND — Preliminary statistics following the 68th annual Lobster Festival point to an overall one percent increase in revenue for the event. One particular driver was the sale of souvenirs,…
BELFAST — The streets of Belfast were flooded with music and revelers Monday night, as the seventh annual Belfast Street Party celebrated another successful event.
The event, which is…
U.S. Navy, Clydesdales, lobster, music, and high steppers
ROCKLAND — A solid round of applause welcomed the group of naval crewmen of the USS Tortuga as they marched a crisp, dedicated line down Rockland’s Main Street, Saturday, Aug. 1. But it…
Freedom under saddle becomes one smooth-gaited mare
Three months ago, a skinny, wild roan arrived in at Equine Connections,…
FIORE PAINTING ‘HANDEL’ IN ROCKPORT
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is proud to announce that it is the recipient of a gift of artwork by Maine Farmland Trust (MFT). The work, entitled Handel, is part of…
Rockville Community Chapel...
ROCKPORT — Rockville Community Chapel will host a blueberry social on Saturday, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Enter your favorite blueberry pie in the best blueberry pie contest (must have…
PUBLIC INPUT wanted
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, in conjunction with partner organizations, has created a draft state wildlife action plan that is now posted on the department’s…
FROM WOOD DUCK BOXES TO TRACTOR MOWING
BUCKSPORT — Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust (GPMCT) honored Bob Gomes of Bucksport as 2014/15 Volunteer of the Year at the land trust’s annual meeting in July.
In his two years of…
‘We are going to gamble together’
CAMDEN — The Camden Snow Bowl will begin the season $81,000 in the red, but the town hopes that a strong start over the Christmas-New Year’s week will bode well financially for the rest of the…
Who you gonna call? Whatcha gonna do?
WALDOBORO — This spring, one-half of the Edwards Apiary team in Camden has "caught" nine honeybee swarms. Six were in trees near blueberry barrens, two were in trees at private residences that…
New World Cheese Roll Championship
BELFAST — Who chases wheels of cheese down a hill of green grass, forcing competitors aside to grab the rolling slabs of yellow, and then victoriously holding them up before the cheering crowds?…
Maine Celtic Celebration July 17-19 on the Belfast waterfront
BELFAST — Crowds gathered Saturday, July 18, on Belfast’s waterfront for the ninth annual Maine Celtic Celebration.
The second of the three-day festival was spent under cloudy skies, with…
Pilot Distractions
ROCKLAND — According to news station WSCH6, Rockland resident Ty Pendleton took a video of three horizontally-moving lights outside his home on July 14 at 9 p.m.
He can be heard saying “…
CAMDEN — This spring and early summer, a mother fox and her three kits have kept the residents of Chestnut, Cedar and Limerock streets entertained, as they have been spotted numerous times here…
Camden Public Library...
CAMDEN — The Midcoast Brass Quintet will return to Camden for a concert of classical, jazz and popular music on Thursday, July 9 at the Amphitheater next to the Camden Library.
The Midcoast…
LAPTOP RAFFLE
WALDOBORO —The Knox-Lincoln 4-H Leaders’ Association, an affiliate of University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H, is raffling an ASUS X551M laptop to benefit youth camp and…
2015 Independence Day Schedule of Events
THOMASTON — During Independence Day weekend, Thomaston has grown over the years to be the Midcoast town with the most activities for kids, the 5k runners sporting the brightest patriotic attire,…
