ROCKLAND —As Sally Levi continues her plans to site an ice cream stand at Sandy Beach in the South end of Rockland, neighbors opposed to the proposed business have focused on parking regulations…
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The Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) announces the hiring of three community partners to its community impact team. Community partners support nonprofit organizations…
MIDCOAST MAINE — Multiple Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo County businesses are among 20 Maine businesses to share in $2.1 million in grants to Maine farms and rural small businesses in ten counties. The…
Join the Maine Department of Labor in May for no-cost trainings to fulfill workplace safety and labor law requirements.
Upcoming classes:
Lifting &…
ROCKPORT — VIP Tires and Service, represented by Maine Central Properties, LLC, of Auburn, is asking the Rockport Planning Board…
In response to the growing trend of teaching financial literacy to youth, Maine State Credit Union has launched a new product, Marty the Mountain. This product is designed…
The Maine Farmer Resource Network, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) will offer a spring webinar series for commercial…
WALDOBORO — Students at the Medomak Valley Middle and High schools were presented with a special interactive industry experience when Bath Iron Works visited Waldoboro April 8 and 9, bringing the …
The Maine Dept. of Labor is offering Temperature Extremes Training with the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute.
This is a four-and-a-half-hour class designed to educate…
Saturday, May 4, Aldermere Farm’s Calf Unveiling Day
Maine Coast Heritage Trust has completed its campaign for Aldermere Farm and Erickson Fields preserves, two landmark preserves that have had a profound multi-generational…
The Maine Department of Labor issued its March 2024 report, noting little change in labor market conditions in March. Nonfarm jobs were…
FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance Team will be at Knox County EMA, April 19- 20, and 22-23
Mainers who live in Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, Washington or York…
ROCKLAND — One of the first supporters of Trekkers’ recently announced Capital Campaign, “The Road Ahead: Campaign for Trekkers Future”, was First National Bank. First National Bank will sponsor…
THOMASTON — Thomaston's annual Spring Block Party is back for a second year, and vendor applications are now open for the Maker's Market and the Young Entrepreneurs Alley.
The Maker's…
ROCKPORT — Maine has a new law that requires anyone born on or after January 1, 1999 to have completed a recognized boater safety and education course in order to operate a motorboat greater than…
For the past eight years, Amie Hutchison has served as the executive director of Trekkers. Since her arrival in 2016, Hutchison has overseen the program through fundraising and programmatic…
first woman to lead the U.S. military’s global medical examiner service
Governor Janet Mills has appointed retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Alice Briones, DO, to serve as Maine’s Chief Medical Examiner.
A native of Hampden, Dr. Briones returns to Maine after a…
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland and the Rockland Police Department have received an award from the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the “…
NORTHEAST HARBOR — Maine Seacoast Mission and MCD Global Health (MCD) received a $90,000 grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to help create a healthcare bridge for island…
two new Lake Patrols also appointed
The Megunticook Watershed Association has appointed Abby Kidder as their new Executive Director. The local nonprofit has been working to protect, preserve, and promote the resiliency of the…
for Maine teens interested in agriculture and food systems
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering an agricultural symposium for Maine teens on April 18 and 19 at the UMaine campus in Orono. The 3rd annual event is an overnight…
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland, Maine is once again committing to No Mow May on its own properties, and encouraging community members to do the same. The goal is to allow grass to grow unmown…
Sexual Assault Awareness Month with Pen Bay Medical Center, Waldo County General Hospital, and LincolnHealth
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — If you or someone you care about is sexually assaulted or is experiencing domestic violence, do you know what options are available? When the unthinkable happens, a special…
Citing its comprehensive benefits package, continuing education and training opportunities as well as its investment in community well-being, Becker’s Healthcare, on Wednesday, April 9, 2024,…
Founded in 1999, Knox Clinic has been dedicated to providing quality healthcare services to the community for a quarter-century. As the organization reflects on the impact of its work over the…
ROCKPORT — In 2021, Seacoast Security, Inc. of Rockport, launched a scholarship program to help fund further education in the skilled trades. The program offers two, $1,000 scholarships to…
SPRUCE HEAD — After an extensive search and rigorous interview process, The Craignair Inn has hired St. George resident Jillian Bedell as their new Director of Marketing. Bedell is a writer and…
THOMASTON — Thomaston Ambulance Department recently received a $37,988 grant from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation® that ensures that first responders have the necessary equipment to keep…
Maine Department of Labor, SafetyWorks! Training Institute is offering a free Temperature Extremes Training with the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute.
This is a four-and-a-half-…
ROCKLAND — Rockland can choose to keep its housing ordinances unchanged. However, as City Planner Rhett Lamb told a brand new Planning Board, Feb. 6, 2024: “To some degree, the LD2003 requirements…
BELFAST — Waldo County Dental Care (WCDC) has received a $19,685.12 grant from the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation. The Northeast Delta Dental Foundation provides funding to organizations whose…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Six care team members from Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital were recently honored with employee awards during ceremonies held on the hospital…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in partnership with Volunteer Maine, launched a new online training for individuals getting started in a volunteer management role. Three self-paced…
Camden National Bank has appointed Andrew Forbes as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). In this role, Forbes will lead critical human resources functions, including enabling and cultivating a…
MIDCOAST MAINE — Knox County Homeless Coalition (KCHC) has appointed Molly Feeney as Executive Director, effective immediately. Feeney, who has been serving as Interim Executive Director since…
Brian Pierce, M.D., has announced that Adda Winkes, M.D., will be joining Megunticook Medicine, a direct primary care practice in Rockport.
Winkes graduated from the…
ROCKLAND — The third of its kind in Maine, following first Stockholm, Maine, then Lewiston and Portland, and the first in the Midcoast, a proposed alternative playground for Rockland has been…
First National Bank has donated $5,000 to Finding Our Voices, helping the grassroots nonprofit move forward two events that focus on breaking the silence of domestic abuse across Maine.
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THOMASTON — Pope Memorial Humane Society (PMHS) has received a $75,000 matching gift from Martine Richard LaBrie and Dr. Henry LaBrie of Friendship. This opportunity allows community members to…
calls upon the community to unite, form teams, and conceive entrepreneurial strategies that elevate mental wellness in Knox County youth
ROCKPORT — In a collaboration, Pen Bay Medical Center joins forces with the Roux Institute at Northeastern University for the upcoming Start Summit: Teen Mental Wellness.
Scheduled for…
ROCKLAND — Recently, Trekkers unveiled a public launch of a capital campaign, The Road Ahead Campaign for Trekkers’ Future. The campaign…
ROCKPORT — Several Knox and Waldo County small businesses are among 17 recipients of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development grants for Maine farmers and rural small businesses.…
UNION — The Union Fair / Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival is seeking young ladies to apply for the 2024 Maine Wild Blueberry Queen Competition. This years Coronation Ceremony will take place on…
Opinionated at any Speed . . . Silvio Calabi
The Kona is Hyundai’s not-quite-entry-level SUV; with a listed starting price of $25,585 (including freight & handling), it edges out the little Venue by more than…
CAMDEN — The process to craft short-term rental regulations for Camden has been long, focused, and filled with debate; but now, the town…
recognize someone who has contributed to the community
New Hope Midcoast announces a matching challenge opportunity that doubles donor impact and provides a chance to recognize someone who has contributed to the community in meaningful and impactful…
BATH — “Less of a museum, and more of a living history and culture center,” is the way Matt Blazek, newly hired Educational Manager of Maine’s First Ship describes his new employer. Blazek was…
ROCKLAND — The AIO Food & Energy Assistance Board of Directors has named Alan Kearl as the new Executive Director of the nonprofit organization that provides food and heating assistance for…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer an online club for youth ages 9–18 about the basics of farm animal care on Wednesdays, April 24 - May 8, 2024, from 4 - 5 p.m.
The…
