BELFAST — Despite another round of discussion at the Belfast Zoning Board of Appeals March 12 meeting as to whether the nonprofit Upstream Watch attained standing to contest the city’s permitting…
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‘Final timetable will be set once we have these issues resolved, but we plan to start later this year’
Rockland’s Good Tern Co-op pairs up with Maine Needs to comfort Maine citizens
ROCKLAND—Good Tern, the co-op that rounds up change for worthy causes each month as covered in a…
Town Manager: ‘has the potential to be a really great partnership’
CAMDEN — Informal conversations over the past few years periodically referenced a new marina visualized for Steamboat Landing, in Camden Harbor. On March 9, the idea took public form when Lyman-…
ROCKPORT — After months of closed door meetings, consultations with attorneys and finally, mediation with Duward Parkinson, the towns of…
To open for take-out this spring
CAMDEN—Restaurants operating in a pandemic have had to make enormous changes in order to stay afloat. Gabriela Acero and Derek Richard, a couple featured in our recent story “…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills unveiled Friday a plan to protect public health and support Maine’s economy as the state approaches its busy spring and summer tourism season.
The Moving…
ROCKPORT — Keeping mum, but confirming that they did meet March 1 as scheduled, the municipal and school attorneys, as well as school superintendent and town managers, convened with a mediator to…
March 1-12 offering indoor, curbside, and outdoor options
Last year at this time, Maine Restaurant Week had just squeaked by before an emerging pandemic forced Governor Janet Mills to issue an…
CAMDEN — The Midcoast is stepping forward to…
new vaccine plan outlines when you are eligible for a vaccine
AUGUSTA — In an effort to save lives and ensure that health care providers can efficiently and quickly vaccinate as many people as possible, Governor Janet Mills announced Friday afternoon Maine…
Investigation focuses on installation of new dryer, recent electrical panel work
UPDATE, FEB. 26 — Lt. Troy Gardiner, with the Office of the Maine State Fire Marshal, said Feb. 26 that the person who died Feb. 25 in the Mount Battie home fire was Theodore Hedstrom, age 14.…
An apple salsa, squash mac and cheese and cheesy crackers came out of this project
FAIRFIELD—The amount of food that is grown every year only to be thrown into a landfill is staggering.
The Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) Culinary Arts program tackled this…
AUGUSTA — In her State of the Budget Address, Governor Janet Mills declared Tuesday her Administration is focused on health care, education, and the Maine economy, saying her budget proposals…
FREEDOM – On one side of a window, an elderly person with dentures looks out at the same time as a mini horse with no top teeth peers in.
Belfast nursing home residents will soon have a day…
NORTHPORT — While talk of increasing broadband internet capacity to homes and businesses in Midcoast Maine is a high 2021 priority in many towns, a Northport resident decided not to wait, and has…
‘Music has always been a tool for me to express and work through the difficult emotions’
ROCKPORT — Following mental health battles and after a move back to the Midcoast from fast-paced New York City, singer-songwriter Alice Limoges has transitioned into the next chapter of her life,…
Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, Rockport mull over their emergency medical response future
Two years ago, area fire chiefs broached the idea of establishing a regional, and municipally-run, ambulance service. Concerns over efficiencies with the existing privately-owned service had…
Winona Elmore just opened her dream shop in Rockport, a farmhouse decor boutique called Gathering Thyme, opposite of Midcoast Recreation Center on Route 90. Her grand opening was Saturday,…
Former school site would show films throughout summer
ROCKPORT — Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) founder Ben Fowlie and Development Director Emily Peckham have proposed to operate a drive-in move theater on the former Rockport Elementary…
Hope to discuss at Selectmen’s Feb. 9 meeting
MIDCOAST —The proposal of piping natural gas to the west side of Penobscot Bay is again surfacing, seven years after the last…
COVID-19 now has something in common with scams offering extended car warranties and free vacations: LincolnHealth’s John Martins said there have been reports of people receiving calls asking for…
In Your Own Words LLC sells vintage photograph stationery to empower HIV+ Mainers
The typical mainstream Valentine’s Day cards you find in supermarkets and stores and on TV commercials generally present a heterosexual angle to the holiday, which doesn’t represent other…
ROCKPORT—Midcoast Recreation Center was doing well with its indoor ice skating rink until the COVID-19 virus and its protocols changed their capacity limits. What that meant for the nonprofit…
Owners Gabriela Acero and Derek Richard turn the Drouthy Bear into new restaurant
CAMDEN—Many wondered what would become of the classic Scottish pub Drouthy Bear after owners Andrew and Shannon Stewart announced last May that the COVID-19 virus restrictions on their beloved pub…
WASHINGTON — Following an unpredictable year with many changes and challenges, the Internal Revenue Service has issued taxpayers pointers before filing 2020 federal tax returns.
Choose…
MaineHealth, which includes Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital, will open the area’s first COVID-19 vaccination clinics for the general public on January 27.
The Waldo…
Unanimous vote in favor of Planning Board’s findings
In a unanimous vote, on Jan. 21 Rockport’s Zoning Board of Appeals rejected an appeal brought against the town’s Planning Board in their decision to grant site plan approval for a proposed four-…
Round Up For Change turns coins into big donations
ROCKLAND—Hundreds of customers of Rockland’s Good Tern Co-op going about their daily shopping in 2020 managed to pull off a hefty contribution to Maine’s nonprofits and organizations, simply by…
Existing shop still open; new shop to re-open next to French and Brawn in May
CAMDEN—Fifteen years ago, Sondra and Jim Hamilton launched a little coffee shop in the heart of downtown Camden on a shoestring budget with fun, eclectic decor.
Today, with more than a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The Internal Revenue Service has announced the nation's tax season will start Friday, Feb. 12 when the tax agency will begin accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns.…
Permanent lowering of excise tax and collaborative beer are shot in the arm
Ten months ago, Maine’s brewing industry came to a screeching halt the day after one of the biggest beer-drinking days of the year, St. Patrick’s Day, when the novel coronavirus pandemic prompted…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday updates to Maine’s strategy for distributing its limited allocation of COVID-19 vaccines targeted toward preventing serious illness and saving…
Corinna Whitehill started the service while working for Mid-Coast Connector
WARREN—It’s been just over a year that Corinna Whitehill started her personal cab company called Corie’s Rides. It’s a service that has been fundamental to the Midcoast community in the midst of…
OVER 10,000 SUPPORTERS SIGN ORGANIZATION’S ALERT
ROCKLAND/SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — The case of the two former Rockland police officers who were charged with allegedly beating to death several porcupines with a baton while on duty in September,…
Rockport group cites citizen petitions, voter approval at 2020 town meeting
ROCKLAND – On Jan. 7, the nonprofit Friends of Rockport filed a court complaint requesting an injunction of, and a temporary restraining order against, any building permits issued by the town’s…
ISLESBORO — In a Jan. 8 joint announcement, the chair of the Islesboro Select Board, Gabe Pendleton, and the executive…
Projected opening date: Jan. 16
DAMARISCOTTA—Faced with the food limitations necessary for their own family, a baker and her husband have decided to open a completely gluten-free bakery and cafe at 77 Main Street in downtown in…
To see ‘what’s going on’
LINCOLNVILLE — The effort to expand broadband capabilities across Lincolnville is gaining traction, and in the words of Select Board member Mike Ray, that technological landscape is “changing fast…
Markham Starr is a photographer/author and Suzanne Starr is a portrait artist
COREA—Markham and Suzanne Starr are two different artists inspired by the same source material—the Maine lobstering way of life. In 2011, Markham published a photography book titled Finest…
AUGUSTA — Amid an increase in Maine’s COVID-19 positivity rate and a continued high rate of hospitalizations, Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday she will extend the requirement for certain…
Opponents plan to appeal Belfast Planning Board approvals, as well
BELFAST — While Belfast City Hall and the privately-held Nordic Aquafarms, Inc., announce the Dec. 22 Belfast Planning Board approval of Nordic’s indoor salmon raising venture, opponents have…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital, the two MaineHealth hospitals serving communities in Knox and Waldo counties, administered the first vaccinations…
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NORTHPORT—Back in April, The Atlantic magazine…
CAMDEN — On Dec. 21, the Camden Snow Bowl warned the public to stay off Ragged Mountain in the ski area while snowmaking and grooming operations are in progress.
“The mountain is closed…
Formerly the Rotary Pizza restaurant, 10 Leland Street, Rockland
ROCKLAND—A fast-casual lunch and dinner spot opened this week called Maine Kebab, and owner Shane McGarvey and his executive chef, Ken Hynes, are already ahead of the curve in terms of issues that…
Blueberry Moose a small retail shop at Watts Building, Thomaston
THOMASTON—Like so many enterprising crafter/artists before her, Jo Ann Hoppe, an artist and entrepreneur from South Thomaston, has made a career from her hobbies. Refusing to let a pandemic…
AUGUSTA — With widespread community transmission and increased COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Maine, Governor Janet Mills signed Friday an Executive Order that simplifies and strengthens…
Compacted waste was part of load shipped from Ireland bound for Orrington incinerator
SEARSPORT — The Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection is investigating the discharge of two bales of compacted trash from Ireland into Penobscot Bay waters while being unloaded from a ocean…
embracing a newer model of conservation that involves people, rather than just, ‘let’s protect land’
RAGGED MOUNTAIN — Public access to the extensive Round the Mountain Trail took a giant step forward this week with the opening of the Thorndike Brook Trailhead, at 223 Hope Street, in Hope, just…
Offering light breakfast, local lunch favorites and fresh lobster rolls
OWLS HEAD—Bill Clifford, a chef who once ran Bill’s Original Kitchen in Kittery, has revived his one-man operation and recently opened his new kitchen at Knox County Regional Airport.
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