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travels to Vermont for New England competition
Windjammers mountain bikers win regional series.

Camden Hills Regional High School Mountain bike team has won the Eastern Division of the Northern New England Mountain Bike Series. And last weekend, they traveled to Woodstock…

Don Palmer Field, CHRHS

Under the lights at Don Palmer Field Friday, Nov. 8, the Camden Hills Windjammers faced the Mt. Ararat Eagles in one of two eight-man football semifinal games.

Camden had beaten Ararat…

Game preview
Camden Hills Regional High School football bleachers

On Friday, Nov. 8, the Camden Hills Regional High School Football Team with square off with Mt. Ararat, the team from Topsham.

Camden Hill's eight-man football team will be a rematch of…

Rockland Golf Club

Thursday October 24, 2024

1st Sue Wooton

 Kathy Sprowl

Martha Bouchard          -61              

Event poster

ROCKPORT — Have your kids outgrown their winter gear? Do you have gear that is no longer working for you or your family?

The annual Camden Hills Regional High School Ski Team Ski Sale will…

CHILLS on their way to the semifinals
Camden Hills Girls Varsity Soccer Team taking a rest. (Photo by Eric Lear)

ROCKPORT - At a home Class A semifinal game Oct. 31, Camden Hills Regional High School Girls Varsity Soccer Team faced a familiar foe(and not just because it's another mountain team!)…

Owls Head Light in October. Photo by Kay Stephens

Lighthouses may be beacons of light and hope for some; for others, they are haunted places. With their rugged seaside locations, connection to shipwrecks, and other maritime accidents during…

Camden Hills Regional High School Varsity Soccer Team

ROCKPORT — At a home game Oct. 29, the Camden Hills varsity girls soccer team took a post-season playoff win against Mt. Blue High School, with a final score of 8-0 (mercy rule).

Second year in a row
MPA Good Sportsmanship Awards

The Medomak Valley Golf team and Coach Kevin Richardson received high honors from their…

Medomak Valley High School varsity and junior teams both scored wins over Erskine Academy.  The following synopsis is courtesy of Coach Andrea Williamson.

Varsity Game

Rockland Gold Club

Sunday October 6, 2024

1st Place Tyler Metcalf        +7    

2nd Place Mer Doucette       +4                                 

Pin

  #18   No One…

“Dip Down to Rise Up”
(Photo courtesy Camden Public Library)

Amy Hopkins, of Saltwater Mountain Company, will give "an invigorating and inspiring presentation" about the cold dipping experience and its incredible benefits, on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 p.m…

(Photo courtesy Heidi O'Donnell)

Imagine swapping the familiar hum of the classroom for the rustle of leaves and the salty sea breeze. I spent my summer hiking through spruce-fir forests, exploring active tide pools,…

'I want this to be the hub for all outdoor activities in the Midcoast'
Camden Snow Bowl General Manager Jeff Nathan and Communications Coordinator Holly Anderson, at the Snow Bowl, Sept. 25 (Photo by Lynda Clancy)

UPDATE: This story has been updated to include comments from Town Manager Audra Caler.

CAMDEN — In the upstairs office at the Camden…

Goose River Golf Club Ladies League (Photo courtesy Diane Norton)

Ladies League, Sept. 25 | Season End Scramble

1st Place (36): Chris Stone, Danielle Maguire, Bobbie Wentworth, Mary Buck

2nd Place (37): Susan Ellis, Lauria O'…

Major milestone reached
The Rockport Community Park site plan

ROCKPORT — With a turning of the page, conceptualizing a park at the former elementary school site on West Street in Rockport has moved from conversation to design and engineering.

On Sept.…

Won Girls Skiing Class C State Championship two years in a row
Kneeling, first row : Edna Annis, Polly Bell, Kim McKay, Lee Montgomery, Maureen Flanagan, Holly Montgomery, Coach Penny Crockett; standing back row : Erin Flanagan, Meikle Syma, Freika Kaiser, Donna O’Hara, Kim Strom, Sarah Bixler, Dody Laite, Tina Wolter, Lisa Richard

The Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame announced that the Camden-Rockport High School  Girls Ski Teams of 1975 and 1976  are being recognized as outstanding teams for winning the Girls Skiing Class C…

Coach Townsend is presented with a 300-career win plaque and given a game ball from Thursday's night win against Belfast.

It was a nice fall day for homecoming 2024 at Medomak Valley vs. Lincoln Academy.

The JV girls game started out with a bang, they quickly took the lead about halfway through the first half…

Rockland Golf Club

  1st     Jordan Carter            +6              

 2nd    Scott Hibl                    -1               

3rd     Mike Bonzagni           -2…

Medomak Valley High School

Medomak Valley hosted Erskine Academy at the Rockland Golf Club Sept. 20. Medomak won 7-2. Medomak shot 200 and Erskine shot 211. Joseph Wilcox was the medalist, shooting a 45. 

Joseph…

University of Maine Men’s Hockey team

ROCKPORT — The University of Maine Men’s Hockey team will hold an open practice and Skate with the Bears, Friday, Sept. 27, at 5 p.m., at Midcoast Recreation Center.

“We…

Individual Points

Sunday September 15, 2024

                   1st Scott Hibl

Ladies League, Sept. 11 | Cha, Cha, Cha Tournament

1st Place (+18): Susan Ellis, Suzanne Wright, Shelly Butler, Wendy Anderson…

1 Best Ball of 3/Net

  1st Wendy Pires

Joyce Cooley

Martha…

ROCKLAND — The Oceanside High School Golf Team hosted Lincoln Academy at the Rockland Golf Club Wednesday, Sept. 10.…

physical and mental preparation for hiking Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness

LINCOLNVILLE — Interested adventurers are encouraged to attend a free presentation, aided by audio visual material, Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m., at the Lincolnville Town Library.

Tom…

Constructed by Artisan Boatworks in Rockport

BELFAST — Stephens Waring…

Megunticook Rowing Allum has been making moves in their collegiate rowing programs. 

Maggie Gill graduated in 2023 and moved on to row for Bates…

The Pitch’s Youth Fall Outdoor Soccer Program is open for registration.

Participation is open to boys and girls in Pre-K…

On Aug. 30, Medomak Valley High School hosted Cony High School at the Rockland Golf Club.

Cony won 7.5-1.5.

Medomak shot 218 and Cony shot 196. Joseph Wilcox, of Medomak, was the…

Twilight (Men's) League, Aug. 27

Net Skins

Flight 1: Paul Schelbe (1),…

1st Jason Willis

               Jeremy Young

               Aaron Sevigny

Points

1st     James Anderson                  +6    

TIE  Jordan Carter…

1st Place - Sean Fogarty               -11

                             Andy Arey

CAMDEN — The Camden Public Landing was a hub of activity Friday and Saturday with the 29th annual Windjammer Festival, and if they were…

practical tips and tales of encounters with fellow sailors

CAMDEN — Freeport-based author Nat Warren-White will recount highlights of a five-year trans-global sailing adventure during a free Sunset Seminar presentation, Wednesday, Aug. 28., at 7 p.m., at…

Each year on August 16 general law fishing regulations change for river, stream and brook fishing. Under general law, from August 16 to September 30, rivers, streams, and brooks remain open to…

Gross/Net/Points for Putts

Thursday August 15, 2024

 

A Flight

Megunticook Golf Club, 1899-2024
In 1898,  a six-hole golf course was laid out on borrowed land on Beauchamp Point in Rockport. It quickly became a permanent golf course when Philadelphian Charles Henry donated nearby woodland…
support Maine people with disabilities

BELGRADE LAKES — On Saturday, October 5, people of all abilities can come run, walk or wheel at the Flutie 5K at Pine Tree Camp in the heart of Belgrade Lakes. Pine Tree Camp’s entire 285-acre…

Get ready for a day of fun, friendly competition, and community spirit at the 4th annual Boothbay Cornhole Classic, a fundraiser to benefit Special Olympics Maine and the Bath Area Family YMCA…

Rockland Golf Club Mens & Women’s Club Champ Results  

Sat. + Sun. August 10 and 11,  2024

Woman’s Division

1st Gross Nancy Carlson       177…

Because Not all Medals are Being Awarded in Paris

Training has paid off for 12 Midcoast athletes who competed in the Cromwell Cup Sunday, July 21. Megunticook Rowing had the opportunity to compete in the Cromwell Cup, which is hosted annually by…

The Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame announces their Induction Class for 2024. Seven individuals from the midcoast area will be honored at the 17th annual Induction Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the…

It was a humid, yet dry, start for the athletes who took to the streets of Rockland, Sunday morning, Aug. 4, 2024, for the Maine Lobster Festival’s annual 5K and 10K running races. 

Both…