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Ballots will be counted November 16

Each fall Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District holds an election for one three-year position on the five-member Board of Supervisors. This year’s candidate for the open position of…

THOMASTON — Jessica Gordon has joined Dream Local Digital, a Maine-based digital marketing agency that offers a variety of tools and services to small and medium-sized businesses. Its digital…

Transportation for Camden residents

CAMDEN – A new private car service has been established in Camden. Called Wollfie’s Wheels, it is a collaboration of Chris Wolf and Joe Harris. The Camden cab company offers private car service…

need for financial assistance and wellness services has increased dramatically

Each year the Knox County Homeless Coalition (KCHC) holds its Adopt-A-Family program, giving community members an opportunity to purchase holiday gifts for the families they serve in the Midcoast…

ROCKLAND — Pen Bay Medical Center welcomes Adam Messier, PA-C, to the team at Walk-in Care.

Messier received his bachelor’s degree in medical biology/pre-physician assistant studies and his…

look for remaining "Odd" or "Even" spaces

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department has issued a reminder to all Belfast residents that the Winter Parking Ban goes into effect on November 1 and will remain in effect until April 30, 2023.…

Educate a girl, change the world

CAMDEN HARBOR — The sailing vessel Maiden, first made famous in 1989 during the Whitbread Round the World race as her first all-…

Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi

Good heavens, another car with a clutch pedal—this is beginning to feel like physical therapy. That’s what M/T signifies: manual transmission. This one has six speeds,…

OUT Maine welcomes its new Finance Coordinator, Jamie Knowles.

Knowles has spent most of his life in the Midcoast Maine region, and after several moves and trips around North America, came…

CAMDEN — United Midcoast Charities (UMC) received recognition as a 2022 “Top Rated” Nonprofit by Great Nonprofits. UMC has been recognized as “Top-Rated” since 2017.

“We are extremely proud…

AUGUSTA — Home prices may be stabilizing, according to the Maine Association of Realtors. Sales remain strong; Maine Listings today reported a median sales price (MSP) of $330,000 for the 1,890…

Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) welcomes Alexander Abud, MD, to Pen Bay Neurology. As a specialist in multiple sclerosis, Dr. Abud will be able care for Knox and Waldo County patients close to home…

relief from the pain, symptoms, and stress of serious illness

Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) and Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH) welcome Marjorie Zyirek-Bacon, MD, to their palliative care teams.

Dr. Zyirek-Bacon received her doctor of medicine…

CAMDEN — Camden Hills State Park is adding yet another distinction to its growing list. It has already welcomed the highest number of visitors among Maine’s state parks for the last three years…

VINALHAVEN – Maine Game Warden Divers recovered the body of a missing Vinalhaven man earlier today, Oct. 18.

Owen Adair, age 31 of Vinalhaven, was last seen by his family on Thursday,…

inviting businesses and organizations of Camden, Rockport, and Lincolnville

CAMDEN —  According to a news release, a much loved holiday tradition is gearing up once again to bring good tidings to the Camden area during the first weekend in December, as the Camden Area…

Rockland’s Public Works explains reason for questions, lists problematic roads/sidewalks

Rockland Public Services has outlined three bond questions that will appear on the November 2022 City ballot. The three bond questions address issues with Storm Water Management, Landfill, and…

ROCKLAND — City of Rockland’s annual municipal paving will begin Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, according to the Department of Public Services, in a news release.

Hours of operation will be from 6…

Wildflower Seeds

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District announces a new fundraiser – native wildflower seeds.

“October is the perfect month to sow wildflower seeds for spring growth,” said the…

‘the Center represents permanence, safety, and inclusive acceptance for all’

PORTLAND — The Equality Community Center (ECC), located in downtown Portland will celebrate the grand opening of its new home at 15 Casco Street on Saturday, Oct. 16, at 11:30 a.m., with a ribbon…

300 additional residential and commercial customers in southern Maine

WEST ROCKPORT — Seacoast Security, Maine’s top voted residential and commercial security company across Maine, according to Seacoast, in a news release, has announced its purchase of Rennie…

Wiscasset selectmen

When Wiscasset Speedway needs someone taken to a hospital, that can tie up a Wiscasset ambulance about four hours and cost the town $800 for any mutual aid, Emergency Medical Services Director…

Launches Fall ‘Way 2 GO MAINE’ Challenge

GO MAINE, the statewide ride sharing and trip planning program, relaunched its Way 2 GO MAINE challenge on Saturday, October 1. The How Green Can You Go competition gives green commuters and…

investing in strategies to engage students through outdoor learning, alternative education, online learning pathways, and more

On October 6, 2022, The Maine Department of Education (DOE) awarded $1.6 million in Rethinking Responsive Education Ventures (RREV) funding to support education innovation in twelve school…

Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) welcomes Brenna Messier, PA-C, to the team at the Pen Bay Surgery.

Before joining PBMC, Messier worked as a primary care medicine physician assistant at Martin…

Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi

To help re-boot its sedan business, which industry-wide has been submerged by a tsunami of SUV sales, Acura reached into its archive for a storied badge: Integra, which in…

ST. GEORGE — Shoulder work will begin on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022 for Hart's Neck Road, Taylor Point Road and Harrington Cove Road.

Roads will be reduced to one lane in the work area,…

ROCKPORT — Hands Over Heart Reiki studio celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022.

According to owner Rachel Glaser, the Pen Bay Regional…

Department of Labor Veterans representatives from the six New England states, along with other One-Stop CareerCenter staff, are working together to present the first ever New England Regional…

serve on a steering team, facilitate or mentor, work on advocacy and policy projects

A new session of Foundations in Restorative Justice training is being starts in the middle of this month for local residents who want to become restorative justice volunteers in Midcoast Maine.…

SEARSMONT—Waldo County Woodshed, a volunteer-run nonprofit that works to provide free firewood for people in Waldo County, is about to trade wood splitters for aprons for one night.

On…

Southwest meets southeast, and it works

ROCKPORT – Street Food 330, where southwest meets southeast. But what does that mean?

This new small eatery, at 330 Commercial Street (Route 1) in Rockport, is a collaboration between two…

CAMDEN — The Boston Celtics and VistaPrint, in partnership with the NAACP, have awarded a $25,000 grant to LooHoo Wool Dryer Balls.

The Power Forward Small Business Grant aims to create a…

fall celebration October 15 at Erickson Fields Preserve

ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT), a statewide land conservation organization, has announced that it will celebrate two landmark Midcoast Maine preserves – Aldermere Farm and Erickson…

Belfast Area High School students and staff of the Belfast Marine Institute have been hard at work at the start of the school year. They have been preparing several seawater aquaria for a kelp…

‘Your voice needs to be heard, your ideas and personal impacts need to be shared’

Please see the notice below from NOAA regarding an in-person scoping session in Maine.  NOAA has scheduled this scoping session because Governor Mills worked with the Secretary of Commerce to…

Live Training for Businesses and Tax Professionals

Maine Revenue Services (MRS) has scheduled live online training for businesses and tax professionals on how to use the …

free conference for high school and college students and their teachers

AUGUSTA — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Campus Compact will hold the two-day 2022 Maine Hunger Dialogue and Climate Action Summit, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21 - 22, starting…

Board also welcomes Associate Supervisors, non-voting members

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District as one opening on its five-member Board of Supervisors. The volunteer board, which is responsible for guiding the District’s business affairs…

Beam signed by MMC Care Team members added to new Congress Street building

PORTLAND — Construction on Maine Medical Center’s new Malone Family Tower hit a milestone today as construction crews held the traditional “topping off” ceremony, a long-standing practice amongst…

the Dixon Challenge

ELLSWORTH — Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital has received a $25,000 gift to support the Building on a Promise campaign from Machias Savings Bank. This gift, combined with the support of the…

Thirty-nine agencies honored at September 14 breakfast reception

CAMDEN — United Midcoast Charities has awarded $500,000 to 39 nonprofits that address the most basic needs for food, housing, health and safety, and economic security in Knox and Waldo counties.…

recognize your favorite Waldo County businesses or Chamber members

The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce and Board of Directors announce the 2022 Annual Chamber Award Nominees. Some Chamber businesses, organizations, and individuals will be celebrated at this year…

AUGUSTA — Sales of single-family existing homes across Maine in August dipped 9.89 percent compared to August 2021, according to Maine Listings. Values remain high in August, as the median sales…

‘He’s going to make a major impact at the Maine Bureau of Emergency Communications’

The Maine Bureau of Emergency Communications has announced its newest member to the team. “Baxter” is a 5-month-old chocolate lab that will become the state’s first comfort dog for Maine’s three…

BELFAST — Registration is open for an in-person professional development program, Teaching From the Heart: Nonviolent Communication in the Classroom, through the University of Maine Hutchinson…

Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction, Seafood Watch Red Listing

Maine’s Department of Marine Resources Patrick Keliher issued the following summary of the state’s lobster industry, and the various factors bearing down on it this year.

Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi

This is Cadillac’s entry in the red-hot midsize, two-row luxury SUV category, which pits it against such stars as the BMW X3, Volvo XC60, Audi Q5, Lexus RS, Mercedes-Benz…

Finding Our Voices, survivors breaking the silence, stigma and cycle of domestic abuse, has been awarded $7,500 from United Midcoast Charities. 

“It is so validating to receive this…

The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce said Sept. 15 that it has hired Eric Belley to be the organization’s new President and CEO.

After Tom Peaco departed the position in June,…