ROCKLAND — The U.S. Border Patrol, which Mainers usually consider an agency encountered when crossing the Calais or Houlton border to Canada, is making periodic visits to the state’s coastal…
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One university, nonprofit, business not recommended by BEP staff
AUGUSTA — On Aug. 15, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection will decide whether to agree with environmental agency staff on recommendations of who should be granted intervenor status in the…
Memo to select boards outlines contractual issues
CAMDEN — Informally and without any official votes, the Camden Select Board, its town manager and fire chief nonetheless agreed July 30 that the town is worried about the capacity of current…
1,300 help make it all work
ROCKLAND – It’s that time of year as the 72nd Maine Lobster Festival opened its gates to the general public at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 31. It is pageantry, entertainment, food, and fun for the…
Meeting the Maine elements with the right systems and materials
CAMDEN — David Kibbe decided last year to move to Maine from North Carolina, where he had been happily immersed in a medical and IT career, and raising a family for 30 years. But the prospect of…
three opportunities to support the family
SOUTH THOMASTON — Only days after teenager Emily Miller was injured during a hit-and-run incident, the Midcoast community is rallying together to provide financial assistance to the family.
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‘we were very proud of winning a title for Rockland’
ROCKLAND — Thirty years ago this summer, the Rockland District High School baseball team won the 1989 Class B state championship for the program’s only state championship in the sport.
The…
board member Pete Orne raises questions
CAMDEN — The Five Town CSD School Board, which governs Camden Hills Regional High School, voted 7 to 1 at a special meeting July 29 to pursue a contract with ReVision Energy, of Liberty, to…
State and federal environmental officials have proposed to use an $800,000 natural resource damage settlement to fund four restoration projects benefiting fish, wildlife and…
‘I have been honored by the trust you all have given me to be part of your musical journey’
CAMDEN — Harvey Curtis has bittersweet feelings about the closing of his longtime business, K2 Music, the popular Camden store at Reny’s Plaza that he owns with his wife, Jody. Harvey wants to…
Special meeting, July 29, with Revision Energy
Private entities pitch building 2,000,000 kWh solar farm on Camden Hills Regional High School campus
ROCKPORT — The Five Town CSD Board of Directors will convene July 29 to consider a proposal initiated by the private company…
Ownership of intertidal zone, industrial pipes at issue
BELFAST — The Norwegian company working to build a large-scale land-based salmon farm in Belfast is facing a second lawsuit filed in Waldo County Unified Court. …
Down East, periwinkles, called ‘wrinkles,’ are harvested for food
Who here on the coast of Maine doesn't have their handful of shells, mussel shells on a windowsill, or little jar of periwinkles? Who doesn't pick up one or two from the beach each summer, to be…
Lawyer for child’s mother, also charged with murder, to seek dismissal from prosecution
BELFAST — The stepfather of a 10-year-old girl killed in her Stockton Springs home in February 2018 is expected to plead guilty to depraved indifference murder in…
‘Nothing should stand in the way of a student being provided a nutritious meal’
MIDCOAST — An issue that continuously sparks debate, outrage over children allegedly being shamed for carrying negative school meal balances, and comparisons to how…
One firefighter treated and released from hospital
CAMDEN — A fire that significantly damaged a waterfront home in Camden, and sent one Rockport firefighter to the hospital to be evaluated, has been attributed to a lightning strike.
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How to protect your health from moth-related pathogens
UPDATE: The brown tail moths are in caterpillar stage now, and plenty of sightings have been taking place this spring. If there is any encouraging news about these caterpillars and moths…
