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…
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ST GEORGE — At a groundbreaking ceremony in St. George, March 28, a local business CEO told a fourth grader, who would be visiting Steel-Pro later that day with his class, to pick up a job…
The Waldo County Extension Association (WCEA) has exceeded the $6,000 fundraising goal required to earn a $6,000 matching gift from the Maine 4-H Foundation. These funds are the beginning of a…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Palisade: a fence of wooden stakes or iron railings fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defense (Oxford Languages); alternatively, an upscale three-row “family-…
BELFAST —The Penobscot Community Health Center is receiving $1,322,000 from the federal government to help construct a public health dental practice, co-located with the…
CAMDEN — Becca Gildred has joined the United Midcoast Charities team as the new executive director, effective April 1.
According to UMC, in a news release, Gildred brings a wealth of…
Maine Dept. of Labor announces its free SafetyWorks training sessions for April 2024.
Upcoming classes:
NFPA #1 Fire Code -
April 2…
This January, Maine will join 44 other states in requiring some level of boater education for those operating a boat on Maine’s waters. The boater education law was recently passed by the…
$250,000 to Jumpstart Rebuilding of Maine’s Working Waterfront
Island Institute, a community development nonprofit serving Maine’s island and coastal communities, announced today that it has completed Business Resilience Storm Response Grants, totaling $250,…
The United States Department of Agriculture recently released results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture, including state- and county-level statistics. The most recent data for Maine show that…
ROCKLAND — A city-wide parking ban in Rockland, on Saturday, March 23, initially prescribed for hours between 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. has been extended until 11 p.m.
Rockland officials announced…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Corrections announced today that Long Creek Youth Development Center Superintendent Lynne Allen is stepping down today from her position at Long Creek for…
Mary Lou Smith, 84-year-old survivor of domestic abuse, has been named a Top Business Leader of the Year by MaineBiz for her volunteer work with Finding Our Voices.
Smith, a retired…
rerouting ambulances, relocating entrances during construction
ROCKPORT — Construction work that will nearly double the size of the Emergency Department (ED) at Pen Bay Medical Center will enter its final phase on Monday, March 25. The project, which will add…
BELFAST — Susan Therio has completed her Adolescent Montessori Teacher Preparation and received her Montessori Secondary I-II Credential from the Cincinnati Montessori Secondary Teacher Education…
ROCKLAND — A proposed ice cream snack shack in Rockland aims to trial a new way of doing business – drawing a crowd where vehicles can’t go.
From an old garden shed situated next to a…
CAMDEN – Peopleplace Cooperative Preschool Executive Director Sessa Salas has been recognized as one of 20 outstanding leaders in early childhood education by the Maine Association for the…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
There’s a little mind game we play when a new vehicle arrives: Without looking at the sticker, what does it cost? Ninety percent of the time, we get within 90% of the MSRP…
helping producers, loan holders, and members of the ag community
The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP) will offer a 16-hour training program on Wednesdays in April for individuals interested in learning more about conflict resolution or becoming a…
WinterKids is announcing the resignation of its Executive Director, Julie Mulkern. Since 2011, Mulkern has been at the helm of WinterKids, leading the organization’s growth financially,…
ROCKPORT — “The Riley School, an independent, progressive institution dedicated to serving the children of Midcoast Maine for more than 50 years, proudly announces the selection of Annie…
ROCKLAND — Thanks to a very generous contribution by the Rockland Public Library Endowment Association R-PLEA)*, coupled with the use of Library Reserve funds,** the glass section, which connects…
At the beginning of March, Kerri Therriault, who has held various leadership roles at Central Maine Power, most recently as Senior Director of Electric Operations, retired from her position after…
“Coastal Mountains Land Trust acquired a very special property in the month of December as part of the Waldo County Conservation Initiative – an effort that launched in November 2022 with the goal…
Jessica Anderson of “Count ME In” will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual “S-T-R-E-T-C-H your Teaching” workshop to be held Saturday, April 6, at the United Technologies Center Maine…
The Maine Water Utilities Association has elected Mike Commons, of Saco, as its new president
MWUA is a nonprofit membership organization…
This month, a student from the University of Michigan is launching a research project on the topic of seaweed and shellfish aquaculture in her home state of Maine…
ROCKLAND — The newly formed Midcoast Community Collaborative (MCC) has launched a new website, which includes a tool for those who work with youth in Knox and Lincoln counties to request resources…
ISLESBORO — William Geary, director of the Maine State Ferry Service, has provided an update to the Islesboro Town Office regarding the sinkhole at the ferry entrance where, by the afternoon of…
The Children’s House Montessori School announced today, March 14, that it is under contract to purchase 330 Commercial Street in Rockport, to become the future location of the school.
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CAMDEN — Camden National Bank announces the promotion of Barbara Raths, who formerly served as director of treasury management and government banking, to executive vice president of commercial…
The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce announces the appointment of Shannon Landwehr as its new President and CEO.
“Following an extensive search and rigorous application process,…
To assist in disaster recovery following January and March storms, Maine Seacoast Mission will hold two, multi-day volunteer service trips to unbridged, outer islands in March and April. The…
ROCKLAND — The Good Tern Co-op, a fixture in the natural foods scene of Midcoast Maine for over 40 years, has launched a campaign to finance a new, soon-to-be-completed walk-in refrigeration…
UPDATE: The Rockport Select Board moved its discussion to its April meeting concerning the matter of winter boat storage, citing the March 10 storm, and need to assess damage at the harbor.
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ROCKLAND — AIO Food & Energy Assistance is one of approximately twenty organizations in the five New England states selected as a recipient of the funds raised through the Hannaford Helps…
UNION — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is offering a hands-on workshop to teach pruning apple trees on Saturday, March 30, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., at Vose Library in Union.…
During a special presentation at the 2024 Maine Fishermen’s Forum, the Cape Elizabeth Fire Department’s Water Extrication Team (WET) was recognized for its dramatic rescue of the crew from the…
THOMASTON — Nomination papers are available for the elected Thomaston municipal officer’s seats are coming up in June:
One 3-year Select Board Member (Incumbent Patricia Hubbard)
One…
“The new approach, which includes renaming local hospitals and medical practices, will make it easier for patients to navigate their care.”
PORTLAND — MaineHealth announced March 7, that during 2024 it will roll out a unified identity for its hospitals and other entities across its system, making it easier for patients to understand,…
ROCKPORT — To help meet a growing demand for colonoscopies and other gastrointestinal services, Pen Bay Medical Center has added two new providers to its Gastroenterology department.
The…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital are pleased to announce Matt Hill has been named the regional practice manager of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine…
Thanks to generous funding from the Maine Cancer Foundation and Maine Health Access Foundation, OUT Maine is developing online training modules to make Maine health care services accessible,…
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland has been selected to receive a $125,000 Maine Infrastructure Adaptation Fund (MIAF) grant from the Maine Department of Transportation. The MIAF grant is for…
BELFAST — Waldo County General Hospital welcomes Ashleigh Knoeferl, PA-C, to its Orthopedics and Sports Medicine team.
Knoeferl attended the University of New England in Portland where…
ELLSWORTH — Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital has received a $1.4 million gift from the estate of John M. Norris and Bertha O. Norris.
Upon making estate plans in the 1950s, John M. and…
Press release
2023 was another strong year for Maine commercial fishermen who earned $611,277,692 at the dock, which was an increase of more than $25 million over 2022, according to preliminary data released by…
Deadline March 10, 2024
Maine youth are passionate about climate action and want to make a difference in their local communities, according to Volunteer Maine, in a news release. To create more opportunities for youth to…
