Between July 20 and September 10, citizen volunteers across Maine are spotting deer and sending simple observations to Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The observations include the…
Work
expanding services to Veterans in a 62,500 square foot, state-of-the-art, energy efficient facility
PORTLAND — Friday, July 17, marked the groundbreaking of what will be the new Portland Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), located at 141 West Commercial Street in Portland.
This…
BELFAST — Amidst the changes and unknowns wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, Waterfall Arts has just received a vital grant through Jane’s Trust for $100,000 towards its upcoming facility…
Improve understanding of flood risk, evaluate sources of sedimentation and pollutants, identify fish passage barriers
Over the next several weeks, the Town of Camden will be conducting a survey of parts of the Megunticook River; surveyors will be in and around the river channel.
This work is part of the…
property to be known as the Bert G. and Coral B. Clifford Campus of the Ecology Learning Center
UNITY — “The building is amazing! It's huge!” said high school student Azure Walauski at an open house for the Ecology Learning Center charter school at 230 Main Street in Unity.
Unity…
Knox County’s rate of childhood food insecurity is projected to increase by 52%
ROCKLAND — Molly O’Rourke has been hired as the new Weekend Meal Program Manager at AIO Food and Energy Assistance. The role is essential to ensuring that families with children have sufficient…
programmatic, capacity-building, operating and capital support
The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Theater Fund is accepting grant applications from local, regional, and statewide nonprofit theaters or theater groups in Maine.
Funds will be awarded…
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) announced July 14 that the Amtrak Downeaster will begin operating four round-trip trains between Brunswick and…
Silent auction
BELFAST — Local artists will be turning chairs into art for a silent auction to support the Belfast Public Health Nursing Association.
The Association provides health care and other …
youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility
Penobscot Bay YMCA has submitted the following statement:
The Penobscot Bay YMCA announces its Sustainability Campaign as the Y emerges from its three-month closure with Governor…
Nativity Lutheran Church, on Old County Road, in Rockport, has long been actively involved in supporting the mission of Area Interfaith Outreach (AIO) food pantry and emergency assistance,…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending July 11, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 4,600 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 3,400 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor has extended the date when unemployed Mainers who are permanently separated from their employer must start searching for work to August 9.
Under…
Gordon and Lynne Kontrath always let Wiscasset Newspaper know when they…
OUT Maine welcomes Will Ames, Vanessa Shields-Haas, and Cynthia Turcotte to its Board. The new board members bring their diverse personal and professional experiences to OUT Maine’s leadership.…
Funding for Summer Meals Programs
United Midcoast Charities (UMC) recently partnered with the statewide student hunger prevention organization, Full Plates Full Potential, to help provide grants to school districts in Knox and…
up to $7,500 are available
The Maine Community Foundation’s Equity Fund is accepting applications from nonprofits for project and capacity-building grants that address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ)…
ROCKLAND — After a COVID spring of no programs at the Flanagan Center under the leadership of the Penobscot Bay YMCA, Rockland City Council extended the Y’s contract for use of the City-owned…
serving adults, pediatric patients who have MaineCare and live in Waldo and Knox counties
BELFAST — Waldo County Dental Care, which seeks to increase access to dental care for low-income residents of Knox and Waldo counties, has received a grant of $7,500 from Northeast Delta Dental…
‘she is a student who seeks to be shaped by her experiences’
ST. GEORGE — The St. George Business Alliance has selected Chloe Simmons of Port Clyde, a 2020 graduate of Camden Hills Regional High School, as its $1,000 scholarship award winner for 2020. Chloe…
BELFAST – Belfast Public Health Nursing Association (BPHNA), which has provided health care and other critical support to the most disadvantaged members of the community for more than 100 years,…
Plans to open at the end of July
Like most restaurateurs, Jordan Benissan expected he’d be running his popular restaurant Mé Lon Togo in Waterville this spring, but the pandemic had other plans for him. Not able to keep the…
Rounding up in July for Midcoast Music Academy and Cultivating Community
ROCKLAND — The customers of the Good Tern Co-op raised $891.23 during the month of June for OUT! Maine.
OUT Maine works toward a welcoming and affirming Maine for all rural young people of…
AUGUSTA — In accordance with the recent extension through August 6 of the state’s Civil Emergency due to COVID-19, the Department of Labor is further waiving the work search requirement for Maine…
Many aspects of trauma surface during an end of life journey
The Maine Hospice Council and Center for End-of-Life Care (MHC) has received one of 13 grants to work in partnership with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s “We Honor Veterans…
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Drought Task Force convened Thursday by virtual meeting to take another look at drought conditions across the state, per a news release.
The Task Force met two weeks ago,…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending July 4, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,800 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 2,300 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
AUGUSTA — During the week ending July 4, the Maine Department of Labor canceled about 400 initial claims and 2,400 weekly certifications that were determined to be fraudulent, per a news release…
$21.3 million in loans; more than 3,400 jobs retained
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, released detailed information about…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Treasury Department, has released detailed information about Paycheck Protection Loan (PPP) recipients.
…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills issued Wednesday an Executive Order requiring large retail businesses, restaurants, outdoor bars, tasting rooms, and lodging establishments in Maine’s more populous…
meeting a dramatic increase in the demand for colonoscopies and the care of digestive system disorders and colorectal cancer
ROCKPORT — With the clip of an oversized pair of scissors, Pen Bay Medical Center opened a new Gastroenterology suite during a ribbon cutting ceremony earlier this week.
The suite, located…
nearly $55 million in loans combined; nearly 10,000 jobs retained
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, released detailed information about…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Treasury Department, has released detailed information about Paycheck Protection Loan (PPP) recipients.
…
Federal government sends $1.6 million to support Maine small businesses, communities during pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. — $1.6 million has been awarded to support the redevelopment and revitalization of small businesses in Maine that have suffered financial harm as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Meeting tuesday night
CAMDEN — This evening, July 7, at a regularly scheduled Camden Select Board meeting, a request from a business owner…
(July 14, 2020) Following the Rockland City Council meeting, July 13, Winter and Myrtle streets are now approved for partial street closures through October 31.
Winter Street’s…
Microplastic fiber pollution in the ocean impacts larval lobsters at each stage of their development, according to new research.…
‘what we are talking about right now is the health of our citizens’
ROCKLAND – Following two amendments to a proposed ordinance requiring face coverings in public places, Rockland City Council voted unanimously, July 6, to require all pedestrians, visitors, guests…
supporting nonprofit leaders of color and their organizations
The Maine Community Foundation’s Investing in Leaders of Color Program (ILOC) seeks applications. The program is part of MaineCF’s racial equity strategic work, which is building the field of…
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Library Foundation (RLF) has officially launched its new fundraising campaign to raise $225,000 to cover the cost of furniture and fixtures for the new library. With…
holding office during the 2020-2021 year
CAMDEN — Camden Rotary Club has welcomed Chris Richmond as its new president.
Once a schooner captain, Richmond is now a commercial marine insurance agent at Allen Insurance and Financial.…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Legislation to extend the deadline for businesses to apply for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans was signed into law Saturday by President Donald Trump, according to a…
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced Thursday Maine Farmers Exchange, a Presque Isle distribution company,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor is continuing to work with its state and federal law enforcement partners to investigate criminal unemployment imposter fraud, according to a news release…
ROCKLAND — The Knox Center, in Rockland, may shut its doors and transfer its residents and staff to a new facility, provided that a construction proposal in Rockland meets Planning Board approval…
providing support services to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable members of the community
BELFAST – Belfast Public Health Nursing Association, which has provided health care and other critical support services to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable members of the community for more…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday intentions to sign an Executive Order requiring Maine’s large retail stores, lodging establishments, restaurants, and outdoor bars and tasting…
AUGUSTA — Mainers receiving unemployment benefits are now eligible to receive 13 additional weeks of payments, if they exhaust their initial 26-week benefit period, per a news release.
This…
THOMASTON — Thomaston Town Office will be closed Wednesday, July 1, after being closed to the public June 30 for the computer update.
“The update has taken longer than anticipated,” said…
