The Maine Community Foundation offers more than 650 scholarships that support students pursuing studies in music, journalism, teaching, horticulture, technology, the arts, and many other fields.…
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upcoming: underwater exploration of Camden Harbor, S.E.A. Fair and Poetry, new mobile marine tank
CAMDEN — Students thrive on discovery. And it’s through some of those discoveries that local elementary, middle and high school students are today preparing for a future filled with possibilities…
building a safety net of informed providers
Thanks to Jane’s Trust and You Have Our Trust Fund, OUT Maine is converting its in-person professional development curriculum and expanding the content to reach even more teachers and service…
Should high school students aim for four years of college or take vocational training? It depends. But Mid-Coast School of Technology (MCST) Director Bobby Deetjen recently made the case to Camden…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending January 30, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,700 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 500 initial claims filed for federal…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
A nearly $900,000 grant awarded to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay will be used to explore how kelp…
working to promote wellness and community health
Community Health Options (Health Options) is making grant funds available to Maine-based nonprofits now through March 8, 2021.
Health Options awards grants through its Community Benefits…
SEARSPORT – In a violation notice, Sprague Operating Resources LLC, with headquarters in Portsmouth, N.H., has been asked by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to produce a plan by…
participate in projects, learn what 4-H has to offer
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a second session of the 4-H for All club for youth ages 5–13 who are new,…
ROCKPORT — Knox County Homeless Coalition was recently presented with a $1000 corporate giving check to support the organizations continued efforts around addressing homelessness and housing…
‘We didn’t want them to look like the mussels that everyone else was producing’
BEALS — The Downeast Institute, in partnership with Blue Hill Bay Mussels, has found a solution, the Beals-based organization says, to weaning the state’s Maine mussel farmers from being fully…
BELFAST — Tyler Hadyniak, of Freedom, a 2011 honors graduate of Mt. View High School, has joined the law firm of Mailloux and Marden, in Belfast.
Hadyniak, who is also a 2015 graduate of…
needy residents who do not qualify for assistance from other agencies
On Saturday, January 30, 2021, Lucky the Duck and West Bay Rotarian Leamon Scott presented an $840.06 check to Shields Mission Project Administrator Jeanne Denny.
It is a West Bay Rotary…
ROCKPORT – This March, Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) invites youth ages 10 to 18 to work hands-on with Belted Galloway calves at Aldermere Farm, a historic saltwater farm preserve located at…
A short film highlighting Port Clyde’s John Cotton and Toni Small has been released along with two other films in a new series of short documentary films featuring some of Maine’s sea farmers. The…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Between Jan. 11 and Jan. 24, 2,433 Maine small employers were approved for a total of $221,560,725 in forgivable PPP loans between, according to the latest data from the U.S.…
using 3D printing to fabricate large, segmented wind blade molds
The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been awarded $2.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to develop a…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday she will end the 9 p.m. early closing time for businesses, effective Monday, February 1.
The decision is the result of Maine’s improving…
‘an affordable way to bring in fresh perspectives and complete projects’
The University of Maine’s Foster Center for Innovation is seeking Maine students and Maine companies to participate in the 2021 Innovate for Maine Fellows internship program. Applications are now…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending January 23, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,800 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 400 initial claims filed for federal…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday she has asked her departments to explore whether federal funding may exist to help Maine provide the same beneficial tax treatment to PPP funds…
Opinionated at any speed
Thumbs up to Lincoln for offering us a gas-electric hybrid Aviator able to cover about 15 miles on electrons when conditions are just so. But here’s the rest of the story: second-tier hybrid…
ROCKLAND – A defense attorney specializing in cell tower litigation has been put on retainer for three members of the Rockland Planning Board caught up in a legal battle with Bay Communications,…
WARREN – Maine Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau appointed State Representative Bill Pluecker, I-Warren, Tuesday to the Maine Board of Agriculture.
…
‘maintaining essential service and providing for solid capital programs’
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Transportation released the 2021 Edition of its three-year Work Plan on January 25, 2021. This Work Plan includes all capital projects and programs, maintenance…
Governor Janet Mills today proposed a series of actions to advance the nation’s first floating offshore wind research array in federal waters and to protect Maine’s more heavily fished state…
Maine Farmland Trust, in Belfast, is one of eight nonprofit organizations across the state to share a $250,000 grant from Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Land Protection grant program.
…
in business
ROCKLAND — Affinity Nutrition, a new nutritional business, opened Friday, Jan. 22 in the…
check out books from other libraries courtesy statewide library van delivery system
SEARSPORT — Carver Memorial Library, in Searsport, is one of five libraries throughout Maine, as of January 19, 2021, to enter into a new partnership, the Consortium of Apollo Maine Libraries (…
Jeffrey Hamilton, of Rockport, was elected as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce at the board’s annual business meeting Jan. 21.…
The Kennebec Valley Council of Governments (KVCOG) board of directors has selected Ole Amundsen III as Executive Director. Amundsen assumed this new role on January 4, 2021.
KVCOG is a…
Round Up For Change turns coins into big donations
ROCKLAND—Hundreds of customers of Rockland’s Good Tern Co-op going about their daily shopping in 2020 managed to pull off a hefty contribution to Maine’s nonprofits and organizations, simply by…
Planning and Education; Tree Planting and Maintenance
Up to $100,000 is available to Maine's local governments, municipalities, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations through Project Canopy's community assistance grant program. Project…
ROCKPORT —The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation recently awarded a $15,000 grant to the Rockport Library Foundation (RLF) in support of the construction of Rockport’s new library.
In…
ROCKLAND — Rockport resident Lochlin Recht has started Easy Errands Delivery, a service to assist people during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Recht wants to provide a service in light of the…
Unemployment insurance payments are taxable
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor is assuring unemployment claimants will receive their Form 1099-G by the end of the month.
Unemployment insurance payments are taxable, the…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending January 16, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 3,300 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,000 initial claims filed for federal…
CAMDEN—A new beer made by Blaze Brewing Co. has an interesting backstory on its autumnal, artistic label.
Massachusetts artist Andrew Houle did the artwork behind the new label. He happened…
Existing shop still open; new shop to re-open next to French and Brawn in May
CAMDEN—Fifteen years ago, Sondra and Jim Hamilton launched a little coffee shop in the heart of downtown Camden on a shoestring budget with fun, eclectic decor.
Today, with more than a…
Two alumni have returned to Trekkers, joining the team as leaders who will facilitate or support in team meetings and mentor students.
In October, Trekkers said goodbye to Principle Program…
ROCKLAND — Rockland Rotary recently offered to cover the cost of a new refrigerator in order for the Rockland Fire Department to store and administer the COVID-19 vaccine to first responders in…
Hills to Sea Trail Coalition, of Unity, is one of 18 Maine nonprofit organizations sharing in $206,000 worth of grants through the Conservation for All program within Maine Community Foundation.…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will fully reopen Tuesday, January 19 with qualifying hard-hit small businesses eligible to receive a…
new unit to serve older patients with severe and persistent mental illness
BANGOR — The Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center (DDPC) has opened a new unit on its Bangor campus to serve older patients, expanding inpatient-level care as part of the Maine Department of Health and…
West Bay Rotary is raising money for New Hope for Women and you can help.
It is a West Bay Rotary meeting tradition that members donate money to local charities and nonprofit organizations…
achieving goal of having a permanent fund in every county to support local grantmaking
ELLSWORTH and PORTLAND — Steve Rowe, president and CEO of the Maine Community Foundation, will retire this summer. Rowe has led the statewide foundation since 2015.
“Steve Rowe arrived with…
scenic and recreational opportunities
LIBERTY — The northern two thirds of Quigg Island in Stevens Pond, the Quigg Island Community Forest, is now permanently protected and is the Georges River Land Trust’s first preserve in the…
“Start Your New Year off with a boost in your confidence!” said New Ventures Maine, in a news release.
Building Confidence is a free class offered by New Ventures Maine.
This class…
Permanent lowering of excise tax and collaborative beer are shot in the arm
Ten months ago, Maine’s brewing industry came to a screeching halt the day after one of the biggest beer-drinking days of the year, St. Patrick’s Day, when the novel coronavirus pandemic prompted…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending January 9, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 3,700 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 700 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
