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Wiscasset planning board
Town sign. File photo

Hopefully mid to late January, Maine Department of Environmental Protection will approve Tucker Chevrolet’s proposed dealership and service center on Bath Road, a project representative told…

the first farmer to lead MFT
Stacy Brenner. (Photo courtesy Maine Farmland Trust)

On Jan. 2, 2025, Maine Farmland Trust announced that Stacy Brenner is the organization’s new President and CEO. Brenner has been involved with Maine Farmland…

(Photo courtesy University of Maine Cooperative Extension)

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is collaborating with several local organizations in York and Androscoggin counties to present a series of maple…

Building a replica with little more information than a thumbnail sketch and mention of the ship's tonnage
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The Sail, Power, and Steam Museum will resume its online “Captains’ Quarters” winter series, Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.

Building a replica of the first ship built in Bath was no…

IF&W rabbit

Mainers, if you see a rabbit that might be a New England cottontail or an Eastern cottontail (a non-native species that resembles NEC),

Payroll, HR solutions, Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program
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CAMDEN — United Midcoast Charities (UMC) announces its next LEARN@UMC workshop, “HR for Nonprofits”, which will be held on Wednesday, January 8, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., at the UMC office in Camden…

Elizabeth Thompson. (Photo courtesy MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital)

ROCKPORT— MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital welcomes Elizabeth Thompson, MPAS, PA-C, to its Urology department.

Thompson comes to MHPBH from PPH Urology/Northeast Indiana Urology, where she…

Magan Hoffman. (Photo courtesy MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital)

ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital welcomes Magan Hoffman, FNP, to its Rheumatology department.

Hoffman comes to MHPBH from Rheumatology Associates in Portland, where she…

Flags to remain lowered until January 28, 2025
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In accordance with a directive of President Biden, Governor Janet Mills has ordered that the United States and State of Maine flags be lowered to half-staff statewide…

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Maine Department of Labor announces its no-cost upcoming trainings for January 2025.

Upcoming classes:

Bloodborne Pathogens Train…

CG fact sheet

The U.S. Coast Guard/U.S. Navy Integrated Program Office received approval Dec. 19 to begin to build the first polar security cutter, according to a news release from the Coast Guard.

The…

Saco Meal Program. (L to R, Back Row): Suzanne Nason, Carmen Gawronski, Christine Perrault, Dorothy Schlueb, Melanie Lee. (L to R, Front Row): Ginger Grantham, Meg Palmer, Dawn Drown, Denise McIntyre, Judy Hurrell. (Photo courtesy Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution)

Saco & Biddeford Savings (SBSI) employees are celebrating their strongest year ever of recorded service hours in the community, totaling more than 2,000 hours among…

Real estate November trends

The Maine real estate market…

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PORTLAND — MaineHealth has chosen a practicing primary care physician with a history of leadership in quality and safety as its next Chief Medical…

KJ Grow. (Photo courtesy Islandport Press)

Islandport Press announces a leadership transition with the hiring of KJ Grow as publisher.

(Image courtesy University of Maine Cooperative Extension)

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Virtual Learning is kicking off 2025 with two opportunities in January, a series on climate civic action and a…

MaineHealth Maine Medical Center named a Top Teaching Hospital
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ROCKPORT — MaineHealth…

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This Saturday, December 21, United Midcoast Charities (UMC) is hosting its 8th annual Day of Giving event.

Stores and restaurants from Thomaston to Belfast have teamed up with UMC to make a…

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Midcoast Habitat for Humanity has announced a 1-to-1 matching donation campaign for the holiday season, offering donors the opportunity to double their contributions.
 
An anonymous…

Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Hyundai Sonata

The Sonata Hybrid, which has been available here since 2011, is reportedly the second-best-selling gas-electric vehicle in the US, after the Toyota Prius. For 2024 the car was restyled into…

garden

A Waldoboro farm is one of five Maine agricultural ventures in line for federal funding to expand operations. The $1 million is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Resilient Food…

L to R: Spencer E. Gray, Jr, Elizabeth Gray, and Robert Wheeler. (Photo courtesy J. Edward Knight)

BATH — J. Edward Knight Insurance, a leading provider of insurance solutions in Maine, according to a news release, is mergering with Spencer E. Gray, Jr. LLC, a local…

Maine shrimp, 2016

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section is maintaining the current moratorium on northern shrimp fishing through the 2025 fishing year. That makes 11 years of no…

a necessary course for this practice
Silt fence. (Photo courtesy Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District )

WASHINGTON — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District and Maine DEP are co-sponsoring an in-person, day-long training in Basic Sediment and Erosion Control Practices Certification for…

telling a unique story of agricultural throughout the seasons
 MAMP 2025 calendar, front. (Photo courtesy University of Maine Cooperative Extension)

The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP) has released its 2025 wall calendar. The calendar, which showcases original artwork by Maine-based artists,…

Al Swallow retires after 30 years with MaineHealth
Richard Bayman. (Photo courtesy MaineHealth)

MaineHealth announced Dec. 12, 2024, that it has selected an executive with extensive experience as a financial advisor to not-for-profit health systems as its next…

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Michele Christle of Frankfort, Ruta Kadonoff of Belfast, and Andrea Stark of Monroe have joined the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Waldo County Committee…

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The Camden Rotary Club’s 2025 grant applications for Knox County and Lincolnville nonprofits are now available at

Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Genesis GV80 Coup

Love at first sight is always suspect. Heated glances across a crowded cocktail party, or parking lot, raise the pulse, but best to date for a while—you know, run up and down the rev range…

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PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the Casco Bay Bridge to southbound (Portland to South Portland) traffic on Tuesday, December 10, 2024…

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CAMDEN — Camden Hyperbaric, a new provider of mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy (mHBOT), is now open for business inside Camden Whole Health.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been shown to…

(Photo courtesy AIO Food & Energy Assistance)

ROCKLAND — AIO Food & Energy Assistance, Knox County’s largest food and energy assistance organization, will “christen” its new food delivery…

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ROCKLAND — On Wednesday, Dec. 11, the Rockland City Council will host a special meeting that will include an update on the Samoset Road Geological Study through a presentation…

L - R: Denise Needham, PharmD, president of MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals; Sunshine Award winner Harleigh Brewer; and Kristin Cyr, RN, MSN, chief nursing officer for MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals, during a recent award ceremony at MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital. (Photo courtesy MaineHealth)

ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Four care team members from MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals were recently honored with employee awards during ceremonies held on the hospital campuses. Each quarter…

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MaineHealth has announced the appointment of its first permanent vice president of advancement and chief development officer.

Erin Brown, who previously was…

All caregivers of eligible infants and children are encouraged to enroll, including non-birthing parents, grandparents, foster parents, and more
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BELFAST — MaineHealth Waldo Hospital and Midcoast Maine Community Action (MMCA) have announced a new partnership that will bring a Women, Infants, and…

Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Kia Carnival

Car and Driver Magazine once reported that, depending on their size, flexibility and “general survivability,” between 14 and 21 circus clowns could fit…

Foundation and underground infrastructure are growing at 198 Old County Road, in Thomaston. The proposal, now two years old, states that Starbucks wishes to fill one of the suites. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)

THOMASTON — The underground work preceding construction at 198 New County Road, in Thomaston, has begun, more than two years after contractors initially proposed their project to the Town.

tugboat on the water

Russell Marinari, 23, graduated from the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine in May and is now working as third mate on Deepwater Titan, an…

part of larger North American expansion
Dragon Cement

Heidelberg Materials North America, a division of the German company Heidelberg Materials, has entered a purchase agreement to acquire Giant Cement Holding, Inc., and its subsidiaries, Giant…

Wreaths Across America travels through Camden on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)

Wreaths Across America convoy will not be coming through the Midcoast this year, but residents who are willing to hop into their cars can…

All in a day's work on Penobscot Bay
Hauling a fiberglass swimming pool across Penobscot Bay Nov. 25 (Photo courtesy Premier Pools and Spas)

Despite strong winds and waves Nov. 25, a crew of Midcoast mariners and Lewiston business owners calculated the odds, and struck out from Rockland with a fiberglass swimming pool in tow. Their…

one of the few remaining town-owned ski areas in the state
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CAMDEN — The Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum will honor the Camden community for its contributions to the sports of skiing and snowboarding in Maine on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m., at Camden Snow…

Laura and Vanessa Shields-Haas of Damariscotta have amended an existing conservation easement on their land to allow for permanent trail access, clearing the way for the construction of a mile-long accessible trail along the river connecting Coastal Rivers’ Round Top Farm to the organization’s Salt Bay Farm property in Damariscotta. (Photo courtesy Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust)

DAMARISCOTTA — Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is a significant step closer to bringing the community’s vision of a fully accessible, mile-long trail connecting…

GO Logic CEO Alan Gibson describes window construction to tour participants. (Photo courtesy Martha Laitin)

BELFAST — Due to high demand, Belfast Senior College is hosting its third tour of the new GO Logic carpentry shop in Belfast.

Join the tour on Tuesday, Dec. 17, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., at 52…

Maine Governor Janet Mills joins MCC President Christine Murphy (left) and Vice President Karen O’Maxfield at the Halle Cairde induction. (Photo courtesy Karen O'Maxfield)

PORTLAND — The Maine Celtic Celebration was inducted into the Halla Cairde (Hall of Friends) on November 21, 2024, at the…

62.0 percent of residents informally helped others by exchanging favors with their neighbors
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