On June 4, the Maine Women’s Fund announced emergency funding totaling over $53,000 raised through its rapid response Safety First for Women Fund. The Maine Women’s Fund rapidly created this…
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rapid-response emergency fund for statewide, Wabanaki domestic violence survivors
a new home that will serve ‘More Food, More Often’
ROCKLAND — AIO Food and Energy Assistance has announced the public phase of its capital campaign in support of their new building, located at 1A Gordon Drive in Rockland. The expanded and…
SHELBURNE, Vermont — On June 4, Orton Family Foundation Founder and Board chairman Lyman Orton announced the hiring of Jane Lafleur as senior director.
Lafleur has worked with Community…
request item(s) three ways
Mildred Stevens Williams Memorial Library-Appleton Library has submitted the following:
The Appleton Library is pleased to announce we will begin offering curbside pickup beginning…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor, as part of its continuing investigation into organized criminal unemployment imposter fraud, canceled over 12,000 initial claims and 16,800 weekly…
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration announced additional business reopenings Thursday under the Governor’s rural reopening plan.
Under the update, in 13 counties, tasting rooms and bars may…
patron limit, mask requirements, quarantine table for items
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providing support for critical nonprofits
West Bay Rotary teamed up with United Midcoast Charities to support local nonprofits that are meeting the immediate needs of individuals seeking help in Knox and Waldo counties. The United…
continuing to share Camden-Rockport’s history, virtually
Camden Rockport Historical Society has submitted the following statement:
Due to the uncertainties surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the board of directors of the Camden Rockport…
CAMDEN — “Good news!” said Charles Melino, general manager at the Camden Sea Dog Brewing, Co. “Tests came back negative.”
That means the restaurant will re-open Wednesday, June 3, and…
meeting the demand as Food insecurity rates in Maine rise
ROCKLAND — AIO Food and Energy Assistance announces receipt of a $5000 grant from United Midcoast Charities Rapid Response Fund in support of AIO’s new warehouse manager role, recently filled by…
ROCKLAND — Small businesses in Rockland are now able to apply for $5,000 loans funded by a Downtown reserve account and money from a City undesignated fund.
Council members approved the…
new rules and restrictions
The Rockport Public Library has submitted the following statement:
On Monday, June 1, the Rockport Public Library will be open to the public again! This is great news but please…
in effect from June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor announced Friday the maximum weekly benefit amount for the state unemployment program in effect from June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021 will rise from $445 to $…
“Standing Ovation” awards
CAMDEN — Quarry Hill celebrated nine of its care team members during an outdoor celebration held April 29 at the older-adult community’s Camden campus. The awards were given as part of the local…
When May 18 rolled around, restaurants in 12 Maine counties were allowed to open again after…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Maine Department of Labor has been awarded $1.5 million to help address the workforce-related impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor announced steps Tuesday it is taking to investigate, prevent, and stop fraud perpetrated by criminals, according to a news release.
“Maine, like…
focusing on pending procedures and office visits that were postponed in March
MaineHealth has announced enhanced safety measures and set criteria for which patients would be seen as it restores some services in accordance with state guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic…
ROCKLAND — Vera Roberts and Linda Mann have joined the Board of Directors of Area Interfaith Outreach Food and Energy Assistance. Both Roberts and Mann are active community members and bring a…
“Looking out into the harbor, normally you’d see at least 20 to 30 boats on moorings, and there’s really hardly any at all,” said Rockland Harbor Master Matt Ripley, during the May 18 continuation…
The Maine Community Foundation has awarded $219,800 in community-building grants to 24 nonprofits across Maine through its Statewide Fund.
2020 Statewide Community Building Grant…
BELFAST — The Belfast City Council unanimously approved a Temporary Use of City…
Sue Campbell, deputy director of the statewide LGBTQ+ youth organization OUT Maine, has been awarded the 2020 Human and Civil Rights Award by the Maine Education Association (MEA).
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FRIENDSHIP — The Maine Marine Patrol responded to a report of an overturned sailboat this morning and assisted the boat’s owner, who had been brought ashore by members of the Friendship Fire…
Watch via Zoom, May 20, 21
Board of Environmental Protection to begin deliberating over Nordic Aquafarm’s indoor salmon project
Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection begins its deliberations over the permit applications of Nordic Aquafarms, LLC. That company hopes to construct a large-scale indoor salmon breeding…
ROCKPORT — The talk of the waterfront in Rockport was the May 16 surprise arrival of the Bold, a 279-foot cruising vessel built just a little more than a year ago in western Australia.…
Passenger ferries to the islands, Belfast, possibly Castine
PENOBSCOT BAY — The idea remains conceptual, people behind it emphasize, but they are looking longterm, past a global pandemic, past budgetary constraints, past the current economic contraction.…
It is no secret small businesses across the United States are facing financial challenges spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a way to shine a spotlight on some of America’s small…
‘there has been a crush of demand for the farm products’
Meat shortages across the country caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have led more consumers buying locally raised beef, pork, and poultry, and that’s good news for Maine farms.
The shortage…
Friends and cyclists combine the bikes and coffee business model on Main Street
BELFAST—Opening a new business is stressful enough without it being smack in the middle of a pandemic.
But, CG Bikes owner Chris Gardner and business associate, Nathaniel Baer, are taking…
returned items will be quarantined for 72 hours; Wi-fi available in parking lot
Rockland Public Library has submitted the following statement:
As retail shops, restaurants, and services begin to open back up, we are being asked when the Library will do the…
‘MLA will correct errors in allegations that right whales are harmed by entanglement in U.S. gear’
Thousands of Maine’s family-owned lobstering businesses are at risk of extinction due to a recent federal court ruling citing a violation of the Endangered Species Act by the National Marine…
Waldo Theatre, Inc., in Waldoboro, is one of 16 Maine projects awarded a The 1772 Foundation historic preservation grant for 2020. The Waldo Theatre will receive $2,000 out of a total $100,000…
qualified to participate in the state contest
WALDO COUNTY — For many Maine 4-H members, the first months of each new year are dedicated to preparing their 4-H public speaking presentations. March and April will see them getting up and…
ROCKLAND — When, and even if, Rockland turns Downtown Main Street into a pedestrian mall during the month of June, Jersey barriers will be set up at Park Street and Glovers Passage (just south of…
The Belfast Co-op’s Board of Directors thanks Doug Johnson, its general manager, “for his extraordinary leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The board said that Johnson has responded…
Mid-Coast Optical, on the corner of Maverick Street and Route 17 in Rockland, has re-opened its storefront, following the pandemic closure.
Mid-Coast Optical is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,…
Retail shops in 12 of Maine’s 16 counties can reopen for business beginning Monday, May 11 so long as they follow a set of guidelines (appearing below).
Under the newly released plan by…
SOUTH THOMASTON—A new food truck opened May 8 to complement Waterman’s Beach Brewery, and fans of the old Waterman’s Beach Lobster, will be thrilled to know that the new venue has some unique…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced May 8 a rural reopening plan aimed at reopening certain additional businesses in rural Maine over the course of the next two weeks with added health and…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is now offering free online farm coaching, help with stress management and communication, and problem-solving on the farm and within families.
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U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced May 7 Maine lobstermen, fishermen, and other Mainers working in the seafood supply chain…
serving immediate needs while building resiliency, interconnectivity, and investment in the food system
Waldo County Bounty launches this week. WCB is a community fundraising and resource-sharing campaign designed to improve food security for all people in Waldo County during the COVID-19 crisis and…
Governor Janet Mills announced May 6 she is convening an Economic Recovery Committee charged with developing recommendations to mitigate the damage to Maine’s economy caused by the ongoing COVID-…
MDOL’s website overloaded over the weekend as filers attempt to open claims
In Maine, self-employed workers have been waiting nearly six weeks for financial help through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), and are the last group to receive any financial assistance…
Pandemic forces organizers to take a different route to celebrate rural life
UNITY — One of Maine’s favorite agricultural events, the Common Ground Fair, will be going virtual this September.
The…
‘Meet me on Main Street’
ROCKLAND – Outdoor seating flowing into the street, art displays along the center line, musicians, children’s activities, neighborly socialization at a distance, and for many, a creative lure…
One surveys members, another offers alternative plan
The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce is asking its business members to take a survey about Gov. Janet…
Since the emergence of COVID-19, most vacation travel has come to a halt, with countless cancellations of flights, cruises, lodging, and other…
