AUGUSTA — For the week ending July 24, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 900 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 100 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
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For the 2022 model year, the Outlander completes a remarkable, three-year ugly-duckling-to-swan transformation. No more does my heart sink when I see an Outlander arrive—in fact, with its squared-…
HAMPDEN — As part of the ongoing work on the Hampden Bridge Bundle Project, the Maine Department of Transportation will be shifting southbound I-95 traffic to the third of four temporary diversion…
meeting urgent needs in 2020
CAMDEN — United Midcoast Charities has awarded $464,750 to 34 nonprofits that address the most basic needs for food, housing, health and safety, and economic security in Knox and Waldo counties.…
Effective July 30, Respiratory Health Center becomes part of WCGH Walk-In Care
BELFAST — COVID-19 drive-thru testing at Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH) will be largely unaffected when the hospital folds the department that has performed the tests since the beginning of…
This year, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will present its eleventh annual Heafitz lecture, “Planting Your Path,” with Abra Lee, online and in-person at the Gardens, Aug. 12, 2-3:30 p.m.
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Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
A new $5 million grant will support the efforts of Bigelow Laboratory scientists to reduce methane emission by cattle — one of the largest human-caused sources of the greenhouse gas. The…
KNOX COUNTY — The Knox County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded $43,284 in grants to eight nonprofits through the Community Building Grant Program.
MaineCF donors…
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A citizens’ group of Camden residents held its first meeting July 21 to gather information on how best to preserve Montgomery Dam and the waterfall at the head of Camden Harbor.
The…
With Maine’s blueberry season just around the corner, Governor Janet Mills declared August 7-8, 2021 as Maine’s first annual Wild Blueberry Weekend.
The Governor made the announcement…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending July 17, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,200 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 100 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
meeting this evening
ROCKPORT — The Planning Board in Rockport will hear plans from KJK Wireless for Maine to erect a 150-foot cell tower on a portion of a 25-acre lot on Vinal Street when it meets this evening. The…
Take your small business back to school. Starting September 14, New Ventures Maine will offer a free 12-week course in business planning.
If you are a new entrepreneur or existing business…
building a high-quality hiking trail, rebuilding a bridge, and adding signage
SEARSPORT — Coastal Mountains Land Trust has acquired a 25-acre property along Mill Brook, just minutes away from town off the Mount Ephraim Road, thanks to a generous…
Town of Lincolnville now owns a 4.34-acre park, Land Trust now owns a 68.8-acre property
LINCOLNVILLE — Coastal Mountains Land Trust and the Town of Lincolnville have finalized an exchange of two properties, creating a new Town Park and conserving wildlife habitat along the Ducktrap…
on Mount Desert Island, from 2000 to 2016, home values went up 120%, while median income increased by 44%
CAMDEN — Marla O’Byrne, executive director of the Island Housing Trust on Mount Desert Island (MDI), spoke recently to the Camden Rotary Club about the Trust’s promotion of viable, year-round…
‘LGBTQ+ youth are twice as likely to feel unsafe at school’
OUT Maine is a proud recipient of a generous grant from The Florence V. Burden Foundation to make Maine rural schools more welcoming and affirming for LGBTQ+ youth, according to OUT, in a news…
By law, all sunken gear must be returned to its owner, and Emmott is happy to oblige
ROCKLAND — Beginning Monday, July 18, Sub Sea Rockland will be retrieving sunken, derelict fishing gear from the depths of Rockland…
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ROCKLAND – “I would really like to have diverse voices,” said Council member Sarah Austin, during the July 12 Rockland City Council meeting. “I want people who can represent more of our community…
‘We have to do prep work now so that it’s not such an extreme transition’
As Mainers continue to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and life nears a return to pre-pandemic normalcy, pet owners around the state will be tasked with returning to work and will, once again, be…
Rabbi Lily Solochek (they/them pronouns), of Rockland’s Adas Yoshuron Synagogue, has joined the Board of Directors of OUT Maine. As a Jewish educator for over a decade, Rabbi Lily brings…
ROCKPORT— Pen Bay Birth Center has been recognized with an international award for excellence in lactation care.
The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) and the…
first of four temporary diversion roads
HAMPDEN — As part of the ongoing work on the Hampden Bridge Bundle Project, the Maine Department of Transportation will be shifting southbound I-95 traffic to the first of four temporary diversion…
Maine’s Public Utilities Commission said July 15 that five storms in 2020, plus rising transmission rates approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, has resulted in an approved Central…
UNION — The new facility owned by Come Spring Food Pantry, located at 27 Common Road in Union, is now serving Midcoast residents in need after many decades operating out of the Thompson Community…
UPDATE: The start date for this project has been pushed to Sunday, July 18, according to The Maine Department of Transportation, in a news release.
Initial press release:
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PORT CLYDE — Herring Gut Learning Center announces Tom Mullin as their new executive director.
Mullin’s career has been working in the environmental education/natural…
Growing concern that municipal funding will get stricken from federal infrastructure bill
The flow of federal money to the states for broadband…
ROCKLAND – A 2017 idea to create a trail connecting Rockland’s harbor to a parcel of land known as the Bog may soon see its first completed trail segment, the Bog Overlook Trail.
Rockland’s…
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This Performance Red Metallic clear-coat paint helps our 2022 MDX make a brilliant first impression. Even the crew at the boatyard zeroed in on it—three of them were admiring the vehicle when we…
AUGUSTA — After a long period of closure do to the COVID-19 pandemic and a significant facility relocation, the Maine State Library reopened its doors to the public on July 12 at 242 State Street…
Members of the Knox County Art Society “KCAS” have elected Officers and Board of Directors for the 2021-22 year.
The new president is Ann O’Hara, vice-president is Wendy Jablow, and Kris…
BUCKSPORT — A group of approximately 40 people assembled in Bucksport July 10 to stand with members of the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe at the docking of the vessel Nao …
WHITEFIELD — The Maine Department of Transportation will be installing a large culvert on Route 194 in Whitefield. The project area is approximately three quarters of a mile south of Jewett Lane.…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending July 3, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,200 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 100 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
Organizers of the Tall Ships 4-Port Loop series confirmed, Sunday, July 11, that events scheduled for Bangor have been cancelled. Events in other towns that include…
ROCKPORT — The “Blues” will be ready early this year. Coastal Mountains Land Trust invites the public to participate in the 19th annual free blueberry pick.
“As we did last year, instead of…
Making public ways to the ocean more obvious and accessible
CAMDEN — While Camden occupies a lengthy portion of Penobscot Bay’s western shoreline, most of the land is privately owned, and the public has but a limited number of access spots to the ocean.…
AUGUSTA — The Senate has voted to enact and fund a bill from Senator Chip Curry, D-Belfast, and have sent the bill to Governor Janet Mills.
LD 1517, “An Act To Establish the Maine…
‘the largest investment in clean drinking water in American history’
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced July 7, 2021, that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $307 million to modernize rural drinking water and wastewater…
ROCKLAND—A wild idea turned out to be the smartest thing that Richard Curtis, a lobsterman out of Friendship, ever had.
He’d never run a food truck before. “One day, I found a truck for…
now open every day at 9 a.m.
ROCKLAND — To celebrate what is a major expansion of health care in Knox County, Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning for its new Walk-In Care facility in…
white shark or something else? helping people confirm what they see in the water
The Maine Department of Marine Resources has unveiled a new online tool to help people confirm if what they see in the water is a white shark, or something else.
A form is now available on…
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Flanagan Community Center opens July 12
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland has hired Donald Prescott as their new Parks and Recreation Supervisor.
“Prescott brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the position,” said the City, in a…
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Having earned my license 55 years ago, I can say that I’ve driven probably every generation of Mustang beginning with Lee Iaccoca’s mid-‘60s original. But in college, I discovered cars from…
non-life threatening injuries and illnesses that do not require an emergency department visit
ROCKLAND — In what is a major expansion of health care in Knox County, Pen Bay Medical Center will open its new Walk-In Care practice in Rockland next week.
PBMC Walk-In Care will be…
joyful in-person musical experiences for older adults in assisted living
BELFAST — Belfast Flying Shoes (BFS), a local nonprofit focused on participatory music and dance, was awarded a $5000 Community Building Grant from the Waldo County Fund of the Maine Community…
Wine slushies are the rage on a hot summer day
UNITY—The rolling vineyards and farmhouse that once was the site of Clem and Jeri Blakney’s Younity Winery have gotten new owners and a new business. Now called Stone Tree Farm & Cidery, the…
