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Stone structure on site once used as an animal pound to temporarily secure wandering livestock
Waldoborough Historical Society to host Waldoboro Business Association
Mon, 08/19/2019 - 9:45am

WALDOBORO — On Wednesday, August 28, at 6 p.m., the Waldoborough Historical Society will host the Waldoboro Business Association for the general monthly meeting. The Waldoborough Historical Society Museum, consists of three buildings and a Town Pound, located on RT. 220 South, just off Route One, and a two-minute drive from Moody’s Diner. For those who have never toured the museum, this will offer an opportunity to see the buildings and exhibits first hand. The Museum is open to the public free...
NNEPRA ‘hoping for’ 2020 Midcoast passenger rail service
Fri, 08/16/2019 - 7:15am

If you thought you saw Amtrak coming down the rails Wednesday morning, Aug. 14, you weren’t seeing things, except maybe the future. And the views from aboard were great, according to a Rockland official who took the trip from Brunswick to Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Knox counties and back. The trip gathered information on travel times and track conditions on the seasonal, weekend passenger service route Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority has been considering , NNEPRA’s executive director...
a long-time volunteer for Bowl for Kids’ Sake
Former ‘Beauty, Brains and Heart’ winner joins Big Brothers Big Sisters board
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 3:30pm

MID-MAINE — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine (BBBSMM) welcomes Sarah Peabody as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Peabody is a vice president at Bank of America, where she has worked for more than 24 years, currently serving as a strategies analyst. She has been an active volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine for more than a decade, serving as a school-based program coordinator as well as a Big Sister. She serves on the Board’s Governance Committee and is a long-...
Maine Boat and Home Show at a glance
Wed, 08/14/2019 - 11:45am

ROCKLAND — For some, the world of boating extends far beyond the hull and oars, as seen during 2019 The Maine Boat and Home Show, Aug. 9 - 11. The Show, hosted by Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors magazine, provided an all-inclusive setting for everything marine-relatable, as well as some items that had nothing to do with the water. Through the three-day event, the sun and rain played tag while visitors and vendors kept pace with the marine industry.
Rockland announces Fiscal Year 2020 mil rate
Tue, 08/13/2019 - 2:30pm
ROCKLAND — Tuesday, Aug. 13 is Tax Day. During the Monday, Aug. 12, Rockland City Council meeting, City Manager Tom Luttrell announced the expected mil rate for the 2020 Fiscal Year. Previously, after months of springtime deliberation, the City acknowledged that the new rate would be in the $25 range, according to Luttrell. As of Monday night, the new rate is expected at $24.76 per mil. However, Luttrell reasoned that the rate could change again by Tuesday morning. Breaking down that numbers,...
Thrift shop purchases accumulate into large donation to Homeless Coalition
Tue, 08/13/2019 - 2:15pm

CAMDEN — Heavenly Threads, a thrift shop and outreach program of the First Congregational Church of Camden, recently presented the Knox County Homeless Coalition with a donation of $3000. Since 1995, Heavenly Threads has supported many local organizations by donating proceeds from the sale of gently-used treasures received from the community. “The First Congregational Church and its outreach program do so much for our community,” said Elinor Weissman, case manager at KCHC. “We greatly...
Maine Community Foundation
Maine Expansion Arts Fund seeks grant applicants
Tue, 08/13/2019 - 1:15pm
ELLSWORTH and PORTLAND — The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Expansion Arts Fund is accepting applications from nonprofits for grants of up to $5,000 that support indigenous, ethnic, or rural arts programs or projects, particularly those that serve areas with limited access to arts events. The deadline for grant applications is September 15, 2019. An online application, guidelines and a list of recent grants are available at www.mainecf.org . The Maine Expansion Arts Fund is a collaborative...
NOAA schedules Right Whale scoping meetings in Maine; Wednesday in Waldoboro
Tue, 08/13/2019 - 11:45am
NOAA will be conducting eight scoping meetings this month , four of which will be in Maine, (Aug. 14 in Waldoboro; see below for details) in anticipation of preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan . The schedule of Maine meetings is below. NOAA is requesting comments on management options particularly including information about operational challenges, time, and costs required to modify gear by changing configurations...
Maine transportation agency to distribute $3 million in VW settlement funds
Tue, 08/13/2019 - 11:30am
The Maine Department of Transportation will distribute approximately $3 million in Volkswagen environmental mitigation settlement funds. This money is what's remaining in the Appendix D-2 Eligible Mitigation Action category. An eligible party still operating a vehicle with a diesel engine from 2009 or earlier may receive between 25 and 80 percent of the base price of a new vehicle through this settlement fund. This is the second round of competitive funding. The first round, announced last year...
Rockland police officer recognized for 20 years’ service
Tue, 08/13/2019 - 8:45am

ROCKLAND — What’s the easiest way for a police officer to divert attention away from himself during a commendation ceremony in his honor? Announce his son’s current accomplishment. Sgt. Kenneth Smith and his family received an additional thundering round of applause during the Monday, Aug. 12, Rockland City Council meeting, where Smith was recognized for 20 years of service as a Rockland police officer. As Council members, Police Chief Chris Young, and Smith’s family gathered around Smith for a...
Coast Guard rescues two boaters off of Cashes Ledge
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 9:30pm

BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued two boaters Sunday approximately 30 miles off the coast of Maine after they were reported overdue, according to a news release from the Coast Guard. At approximately 10:30 p.m., Saturday, a boater's wife reported to Coast Guard Sector Northern New England watchstanders that her husband and his friend had not returned home from their trip to Cashes Ledge aboard a 22-foot recreation boat. An Air Station Cape Cod aircrew located the missing boat and passengers at...
nominate an Unsung Hero community volunteer
United Midcoast Charities to hold Community Celebration in September
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 2:00pm

ROCKPORT — The 2019 United Midcoast Charities annual Community Celebration will take place Thursday, Sept. 19, from 5 - 7:30 p.m., at the Samoset, in Rockport. UMC will recognize its 2019 grant recipients and supporters with an evening of fun, dancing, food and drink, including music by The Right Track. The Unsung Hero community volunteer of the year, a joint project of Courier Publications and UMC, will also be awarded at the Community Celebration. Nominations are being accepted now...
The Waldo Theater appoints new executive director
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 1:45pm

WALDOBORO — After a four month search that attracted more than 50 applicants from throughout the U.S., The Waldo’s board of directors has appointed Kate Fletcher as the organization’s new executive director. Fletcher brings an impressive breadth of experience to The Waldo, according to the Board, in a news release. She has worked in arts administration, programming, and development with theater, visual arts, and educational organizations for over 25 years, including the Long Wharf Theatre (New...
‘Must be Nice’ owner hauls, cooks, shucks lobster, and runs her own business
Sadie Samuels’ new lobster shack opens in Belfast
Mon, 08/12/2019 - 9:30am

BELFAST— She works hard for the money, that’s for sure. Captain Sadie Samuels catches lobster all week on her own boat, FV Must Be Nice . The afternoon I’d stopped by her new lobster shack, located right on the Harbor Walk in Belfast, she’d already been up at 4 a.m. to go haul. “The bait guys were late this morning, like 5 a.m., so I got a late start,” she admitted. Yet, by 10 a.m., when most of America is only an hour into their work day, Sadie got off the boat, and headed for her...
Out of friendship comes ‘America’
Friendship boat builder envisions a future by salvaging the past
Sat, 08/10/2019 - 12:00pm

ROCKLAND — A 60-foot labor of love is a collage of modern technology and the nuts and bolts of a recycled history. Looking toward the future, the owners of the E/V America hope to again piece together fore and yore through educational youth programs and benefit charters for veterans. A year after America first sliced the tides of Friendship Harbor, it slipped into a coveted berth in Rockland as the opening-day feature of the Maine Boat and Home Show, Aug. 9 - 11. Her owner and...
‘Sometimes the best way to find what you're looking for is to make it yourself’
Nomad Pasta introduces fresh, local organic pasta to Maine
Thu, 08/08/2019 - 9:00pm

BELFAST — Every entrepreneur sources passion for their business in a completely unique method. For Nick Grim and Noelle Wingate, they sourced the passion behind their business, Nomad Pasta, during a recent three week trip to Europe. After starting in Zurich, Switzerland, the pair took a train down through Italy, stopping in Venice, Florence, Riomaggiore (Cinque Terre), Rome and Sicily. (The trip’s final stop was to Malta.) “We were so inspired by the hand-made, high quality...
U.S. Border Patrol heightens coastal waters presence on Penobscot Bay
Thu, 08/08/2019 - 2:30pm

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 waters, including Penobscot Bay. The work of the armed crew aboard the 27-foot vessel is to conduct patrols and address “illicit or illegal trade,” according to Border Patrol spokesman,Michael S. McCarthy, who is stationed at the agency’s Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in...
Herring Gut to bring touch tank to Camden Harbor
Thu, 08/08/2019 - 11:00am

CAMDEN — The Touch Tank is Coming! on August 7 and 14 at the Camden Harbor Dock. The Stewardship Education Alliance (S.E.A.), the education outreach of the Camden Conservation Commission will host a touch tank of sea critters at the Camden Harbor dock, Wednesdays, August 7 and August 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Herring Gut Learning Center will have staff and interns to answer your questions and let you handle the sea animals safely.
It’s about good food and people who care
Community gets to the heart of the Saint George River Cafe
Wed, 08/07/2019 - 5:00pm

WARREN – I didn’t really know what to expect when I walked into the Saint George Café at 310 Main Street, but what I found was a true gastronomical delight in a warm environment built and supported by the love of a community. It’s a story worth telling and exemplifies small-town America. We start in Seattle, Washington, where current owner Ann Gonzales was living with her partner, Fanny Faye Davis. Gonzales worked as a psychotherapist and Davis worked for the school district...
Islesboro Central School hires new counselor
Wed, 08/07/2019 - 1:00pm

ISLESBORO — Islesboro Central School recently hired Lindsay Dakers as their Middle School and High School counselor. Dakers is joining Islesboro Central School with a background in career and technical education, alternative education, and the coordination of middle and high school career and college readiness programs for rural Maine schools. Most recently she served as the multiple pathways coordinator for Mount Abram Regional High School, located in Franklin County. Dakers is from the...
Another round of ticket price negotiations with island residents
Maine to hold public hearing in Belfast on proposed ferry ticket rates
Wed, 08/07/2019 - 8:30am

BELFAST — The Maine Department of Transportation will convene a public hearing on the latest proposed ferry ticket tolls Aug. 19 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. This will be a formal rule-making hearing for the Maine State Ferry Service, and will begin at 10 a.m. Ticket prices for the ferries that run to islands have been a contentious topic for two years, and this is the latest discussion about them following leadership changes in Augusta with the DOT and in the Blaine House. Proposed...
Not until December, PUC says
Maine PUC to decide CMP metering, billing case prior to action on company’s rate hike request
Tue, 08/06/2019 - 1:15pm
The Maine Public Utilities Commission said Aug. 6 that it expects to rule on the controversial metering and billing case in December 2019, and shortly thereafter take action on CMP’s proposed rate request. “In the interest of transparency and making the best decision possible for Maine ratepayers, the Commissioners agreed that the results of the metering and billing case must be thoroughly understood before proceeding to the rate case,” stated Philip Bartlett, Chairman of the Commission, in a...
‘disappointed that we haven’t been talking all along’
RSU 13 request for McLain School status raises ire of Rockland Council
Tue, 08/06/2019 - 12:15pm

ROCKLAND — A request made by RSU 13 for a status update of McLain School RFQs has led to an angry backlash by some members of Rockland City Council. Two years ago, the Rockland City Council agreed to take back the unwanted school building from the school district. For more than a year, a task force made of Rockland residents has met bi-monthly at the school, on Lincoln Street, in an attempt to determine the best use of the property. During those two years, RSU 13 has continued to use the school...
Community Foundation seeks grant applications from LGBTQ-related nonprofits
Tue, 08/06/2019 - 12:00pm
ELLSWORTH and PORTLAND — The Maine Community Foundation’s Equity Fund is accepting applications from nonprofits for project and capacity-building grants that address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) issues and needs. The Equity Fund helps strengthen LGBTQ organizations in Maine and supports initiatives that work toward inclusive, diverse, prejudice-free communities for the LGBTQ population and all people in Maine. Grant awards of up to $7,500 are available, with priority...
Learn about aquaculture challenges, opportunities at Darling Center
Tue, 08/06/2019 - 12:00pm

WALPOLE — Damian Brady and Chris Davis will present “Aquaculture in Maine: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Seafood Production” Friday, Aug. 9, at 10:30 a.m., in Brooke Hall at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center. The two will discuss using buoys that monitor water quality to find prospective sustainable aquaculture sites in Maine. Brady is an associate professor in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences. His research focuses on the connection between water quality, living...
Maine Water appoints Mike Ames as Camden-Rockport division superintendent
Mon, 08/05/2019 - 10:00am

Maine Water Company said Aug. 5 that Mike Ames has been appointed the new Superintendent of the Camden Rockland Division. Ames was formerly at Farley, Inc. where he gained more than 20 years of experience as a team leader and project manager, according to a news release. “We are pleased to have Mike on board and contributing to Maine Water,” said Rick Knowlton, President of Maine Water. “Mike has track record of service to his community and to the environment that aligns perfectly with our...
In business
‘The Only Doughnut’ you’ll ever need now exists in Belfast
Mon, 08/05/2019 - 8:30am

BELFAST—Was it a coincidence that the day I decided to check out The Only Doughnut, a new shop in Belfast, there was only one doughnut left? Well, to be accurate, one kind of doughnut—a coconut glazed—was left. The entire racks of doughnuts had been sold, cleared out by 11 a.m. on Sunday. Owner Sally Jaskold was kind of surprised herself. Jaskold, who co-runs the business with Matt Wheeler, began making doughnuts from a commercial kitchen in Belfast and sold them at the United Belfast Farmer’s...
Whales and Warming: Bigelow Laboratory Café Sci Aug. 13
Fri, 08/02/2019 - 4:45pm

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most endangered animals on the planet, with only around 400 individuals remaining. In the Gulf of Maine, climate change is rapidly reorganizing the ecosystem, upending the regular patterns of the whales’ food supply and putting their future at risk. On Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 5 p.m., Nick Record will present “Whales and Warming: How Climate Change is Shaping the Future of Right Whales” as part of the free Café Sci series at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean...
in business
In demand and expanding: Craft Delivery Service delivers the goods, on time and with a smile
Fri, 08/02/2019 - 3:00pm

CAMDEN- When Sue Craft started her Camden-based delivery service it was on a vision, she said. “It was interesting how I got started,” she said. “I get these ideas that sometimes run away with me.” She explained that about two years ago she approached John McCluskey, co-owner of Camden House of Pizza, about offering pizza delivery for his customers. “He turned me down,” she said. That is, until about two weeks later when she ran into him on the street and he asked if they could have a further...
Applications accepted through August 15
Camden Rotary seeks emerging young leaders for development opportunity
Fri, 08/02/2019 - 2:15pm
CAMDEN — Are you an emerging leader between the ages of 18-35? Are you entering the workforce or currently in an entry-level job, but want to learn the skills to grow professionally? Rotary Youth Leadership Awards participants are exposed to values that Rotarians deem essential for those who hold leadership roles: ethical behavior, integrity of character, and a commitment to community service. The program gives awardees an opportunity to: Develop leadership skills Increase self-confidence and...
collaborating of phase two in progress; fall/winter use anticipated
Sidecountry Sports pledges $10,000 to Georges River Land Trust trails program
Fri, 08/02/2019 - 1:45pm

ROCKLAND — Sidecountry Sports owners Andrew Dailey and Brian Kelley have pledged of $10,000 to the Georges River Land Trust trails program. Georges River Land Trust manages more than 60 miles of trails. Recently, the land trust started building multi-use trails in the Thomaston Town forest. This summer, Georges River Land Trust is completing a second phase. These trails are aimed at entry into outdoor sports, and allow youth to ride their bikes on trails that have been optimized through removal...
Camden Yacht Club Sunset Seminar Series
Follow the Water
Fri, 08/02/2019 - 10:15am

To date, Earth is the only known planet with intelligent life, occasioned by a remarkable coincidence: we have a planet at just the right distance from its parent star, provided with abundant water that remains the backbone of life as we know it. Aside from these cosmic benefits, water also floats our boats, rains on our crops (and sometimes our picnics), creates some of the most beautiful images in nature, and provides countless other blessings that we tend to take for granted. Water in the...
eight scoping meetings this month, including Waldoboro
NOAA seeks fishing industry comments on reducing risk of whale entanglement
Fri, 08/02/2019 - 10:15am

WALDOBORO — The Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office is holding meetings to solicit public comments on ways to reduce the risk of entanglement in trap and pot fisheries for right, humpback, and finback whales. NOAA will be conducting eight scoping meetings this month , four of which will be in Maine. This is being done in anticipation of preparing a draft Environmental Impact Statement for modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan . One of those meetings will take...
spreading the word about the challenges of youth
Chorus grant confirms community support of beneficiary
Fri, 08/02/2019 - 9:45am

ROCKLAND — Thanks to Midcoast Community Chorus’ (MCC) June beneficiary concert, Spheres, OUT Maine’s statewide work supporting and empowering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) youth has stronger local community support, according to OUT. Each year, the MCC donates a portion of its concert proceeds to an area nonprofit. This year, OUT Maine was chosen from more than a dozen organizations applying for support. From the ticket sales, OUT received a $5,000 MCC grant...
Meeting the Maine elements with the right systems and materials
Building an energy efficient, Yankee-sensible house in Camden
Fri, 08/02/2019 - 5:00am

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 living on the Maine coast, combined with the ability to work from home courtesy of steady internet, compelled him to scout for land in Camden, where he decided to build a sensible, energy efficient, and green-as-possible new home. Being a sailor, Penobscot Bay called to him. But he was not inclined to...
Rockland Library announces new children’s librarian
Thu, 08/01/2019 - 10:30am

ROCKLAND — Rockland Public Library has announced their new full-time children's librarian. Katie Drago has worked at Rockland Library as a reference library tech since April 2017. She previously worked at Camden Public Library as a children's library assistant and at Victorian Public Library (Texas) as head children’s librarian. “If you’ve been to the Library recently, you know that Katie provides exceptional customer service to both children and adults,” said Rockland Library, in a news...
board member Pete Orne raises questions
Five Town School Board votes 7 to 1 to shape a solar farm contract agreement
Wed, 07/31/2019 - 9:30am

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 construct a 1.5 to 1.8 megawatt solar farm on a portion of land owned by the CSD on Route 90 in Rockport. The Five Town CSD comprises Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport, whose taxpayers fund the public high school. ReVision Energy and investment group Aligned Climate Capital LLC would be the...
building a network of informed, committed, and engaged community leaders
Midcoast Leadership Academy accepting applications
Tue, 07/30/2019 - 4:45pm

CAMDEN — Midcoast Leadership Academy (MLA) is accepting applications for its tenth program year. Applications are due by August 14. The program begins September 19 and meets monthly until June 7, 2020. Designed to strengthen our community leadership network in the Midcoast, MLA is an adult, experiential, 9-month program. Existing and emerging community leaders from Knox and Waldo counties meet on a monthly basis to challenge and expand their knowledge of issues affecting daily lives in the...
Rockland Main Street announces planned departure of executive director
Tue, 07/30/2019 - 4:15pm

ROCKLAND — One of Rockland’s organizations for the revitalization and economic development in the downtown district has announced that its long time executive director is planning to step down in early 2020. Gordon Page, Sr. joined the organization in 2014 and notified the group’s board of directors last December of his intention to retire. The president of Rockland Main Street, Inc., Jake Miller, said in a news release, that while the board is sorry to see Page leave, they are very happy that...
State plans fish restoration projects in four Penobscot River watershed areas
Tue, 07/30/2019 - 9:15am

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 communities in Hampden, Charleston, Sedgwick and Brooksville. The projects are outlined in a draft restoration plan for the Chevron Oil Terminal Facility in Hampden that is available for public comment through Friday, August 30, 2019. Click here to read the entire plan. The settlement was secured by the...
Meteorologist Keith Carson and Stormy to visit show
Annual Boat and Home Show goes green
Mon, 07/29/2019 - 9:00am

ROCKLAND — The Maine Boat & Home Show, August 9-11, in Rockland, has implemented a fleet of new initiatives this year as part of an ongoing effort to become a Zero Waste event. “We’ve been moving for a long time toward a goal of being a low-impact event,” said show organizer John K. Hanson, Jr., in a news release. “Most recently, we’ve cut back on paper mailings, gone to digital ticketing, gotten rid of the plastic wristbands at the entry gates, and we’ve even asked our exhibitors to bring...
a commitment to weekly readings
Water quality monitoring of Belfast Bay has begun
Mon, 07/29/2019 - 8:45am

BELFAST — Several Penobscot Bay stewards from the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition (BBWC), trained by John Tipping, a BBWC board member, have begun monitoring various points in Belfast Bay. Tipping has trained stewards to sample the bay at a high and a low tide, 6 hours apart, of the same day. This is done weekly at the town dock, the mouth of the Little River, and other planned places to be added. Tipping is director of Lotic, Inc., in Belfast, a professional lab that tests effluent from sewage...
Painter Susan Tobey White captures a ‘day in the life’ of female lobstermen
Sun, 07/28/2019 - 9:45pm

First, it’s important to get it straight. She’s not called a ‘lobsterwoman’ if the person lobster fishing is female; the correct term, no matter what the gender is lobsterman. Susan Tobey White’s latest series, “Lobstering Women of Maine” is all about the women who haul traps, bait bags, stern and lobster fish off their own boats. The exhibit is currently hanging at Penobscot Marine Museum until October 2019. At least 300 people showed for her artist’s reception on July 14 and among those in...
Photo Look: U.S. Sailing Regional Junior Olympics in Camden
Sat, 07/27/2019 - 5:00pm

CAMDEN — One hundred eighty three sailors ranging from 10 to 18 years old from the New England region set sail in Camden as part of the U.S. Sailing Regional Junior Olympics on July 17-18. The regatta was sailed in one-design boats including Optimists, 420s, and Lasers. “It was an incredible event that brought 183 young sailors together to sail the waters of West Penobscot Bay,” said Sue Conover, Director of Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program. “The success of this regatta was possible due to...
Funds raised will support agricultural programs and operations
Aldermere art show honors preservation of Maine’s coast
Sat, 07/27/2019 - 4:30pm

ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) will host the annual Aldermere Farm Art Show and Sale, Saturday, August 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, August 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the historic Aldermere farmhouse at 20 Russell Ave in Rockport. The show is a tribute to the coastal lands and islands that MCHT has worked to preserve since 1970. It highlights local artists who capture the beauty of Maine’s coast and Aldermere’s saltwater farm with its Belted Galloway cattle through...
Eighteen Community Leaders
New grads of Midcoast Leaders Academy hail from diverse career fields
Sat, 07/27/2019 - 3:30pm

BELFAST — Midcoast Leadership Academy (MLA) has announced the completion of the Academy’s 9th program year. A graduation ceremony was held on June 7 in Belfast. The organization’s mission is to build a network of informed, committed, and engaged community leaders throughout Knox and Waldo Counties, positively impacting the economic and cultural quality of life in the area by enhancing the professional and personal development of program participants. Guest faculty are drawn from academia,...
Photo gallery
On the water with the Camden Classics Cup
Sat, 07/27/2019 - 9:00am

Camden Photographer John Steele captured the beauty of the sailing season on Penobscot Bay with the full Camden Classics Cup regatta and race, Friday, July 26.
‘I have been honored by the trust you all have given me to be part of your musical journey’
Friends fill K2 Music as Harvey approaches business closing
Fri, 07/26/2019 - 4:00pm

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 exit the retail business, but music is his soul, and over the last seven years, K2 Music has been far more to the Midcoast than just a shop to purchase instruments and equipment. In the summer, Harvey’s partner in crime, Mac Economy, will sit in a lawn chair on the front sidewalk by the laundromat and...
Camden Classics sets sail on Penobscot Bay under warm summer breeze
Fri, 07/26/2019 - 3:45pm

PENOBSCOT BAY — A more beautiful summer afternoon on Penobscot Bay could not be had July 26 as the fourth annual Camden Classics regatta set sail off of Camden Harbor. More than 75 boats registered for the Camden Classics Cup, which is hosted by Lyman-Morse, the organizing force behind the regatta. Yachts arrived from the Caribbean, Long Island Sound and New England. The 400-plus guests in Camden are experiencing the town at its peak with a schedule of events on land and sea. This year the...
17th Annual Maine Boats and Home Show seeks volunteers
Fri, 07/26/2019 - 3:00pm

ROCKLAND — The 17th Annual Maine Boats & Home Show is seeking volunteers to assist with show production (before, during, and after the event): August 8-12. In return for a 4-hour shift, volunteers receive a Show Crew T-shirt, 2 passes to the see the show at leisure, and a one-year subscription (or gift) to Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine. If interested in helping out at this event, visit maineboats.com/boatshow and scroll down to “we love our volunteers” to sign up...

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Tour Merryspring’s herb gardens with Denise DeSpirito

Event: Tue, Aug 27 - 12:00 pm
Outdoor worship service to celebrate wonder and amazement

Event: Sun, Aug 25 - 9:30 am
Owl Pellet Investigation Workshop at Merryspring

Event: Fri, Aug 23 - 10:00 am
Treasure Hunt during Windjammer Festival to send teams through Camden

Event: Fri, Aug 30 - 9:00 am
CIFF Selects to screen Nat Geo’s Sea of Shadows

Event: Wed, Aug 28 - 7:00 pm
Harvest Celebration, Gleaning Party at Erickson Fields

Event: Thu, Aug 29 - 2:00 pm
Red Baraat brings joyful, hard-driving world music to Strand stage

Event: Sat, Aug 24 - 7:30 pm
Spruce Head Community Hall to hold Multifamily Flea Market

Event: Sat, Aug 24 - 8:00 am
4th annual Camden Snow Bowl Trail Fest to be held Oct. 5

Event: Sat, Oct 5 - 8:30 am
Hope Elementary Class of 2020 fundraising for class trip

Event: Sat, Sep 28 - 8:00 am
Oceanside Class of 2021 to hold 5K, 10K fundraiser

Event: Sat, Sep 14 - 7:00 am

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