NEWCASTLE— If you’ve ever sampled raw oysters at Ondine in Belfast, Hoxbill in Camden, and Suzuki Sushi, North Beacon Oysters and Café Miranda in Rockland, chances are they came from eight oysters…
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Shuck Station is a converted gas station, now oyster paradise
CAMDEN — In the early hours just after dawn, a man in his 70s parks by Megunticook Lake off of Route 105 and takes a look at the still water as the sun creeps up past the trees. It’s the perfect…
Camden Yacht Club Sunset Seminar Series
The Camden Yacht Club will host two world-class artists, both with local connections, for an evening of music and poetry.
Bennett Konesni, who grew up on Islesboro and currently lives in…
Edible Main Street
THOMASTON – The concept is simple: Anyone interested in taking fresh vegetables from raised beds outside the Maine State Prison Showroom need only wait for the Popsicle-stick signs to say ‘Ready…
Making Waves
Penobscot Bay is among the best cruising grounds in the world, sailors agree. The prevailing summer breezes out of the southwest, along with cozy harbors and beautiful water make it all so. Then…
ROCKLAND – “Our industry as a business needs to be environmentally compliant,” a spokesperson for Cruise Line Industry Association told Rockland residents. “It’s bad for business, quite honestly,…
Mishi Mikinaak means ‘Big Turtle’ in Ojibwe
ROCKLAND – Dozens of spectators arrived July 20 in Rockland to cheer the Mishi Mikinaak, as she was launched from the Apprenticeshop and into the summer-blue Atlantic.
The 26-foot…
ROCKLAND – Sunday evening, July 22, hundreds of people waited in a gray drizzle at the Rockland Public Landing to glimpse the carved dragon head, tail, and everything Viking-like about a 115 foot…
Mariners reminded to use local pump-out services
ROCKPORT — Goodie’s Beach at Rockport Harbor was closed for several days last weekend, following a reported spill of raw sewage from a schooner departing the town dock Friday, July 13. The U.S.…
BELFAST — The United States Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration has awarded a $667,028 grant to Front Street Shipyard of Belfast, as part of the 2018 (MARAD) Small Shipyard…
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is asking the public to label their kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddleboards with their name and phone number after an influx of cases this summer involving…
Annual award recognizes for-profit companies demonstrating high levels of attentiveness and dedication to service
AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Governor's Award for Business Excellence.
The award is presented…
Renovation of old Camden farmhouse
CAMDEN — The New England Real Estate Company held a ribbon-cutting July 13 to celebrate the opening of its new driveway and new office addition at 98 Elm Street in Camden.…
CAMDEN – For a little over 20 years, as close as we can figure, Rankin's Hardware at 30 Union Street in Camden has been holding its customer appreciation day with free hot dogs, popcorn and sodas…
Greg Perry steps down after 27 years
ROCKPORT — Maine Sport Outfitters owners Marianne and Stuart Smith, who started their business in 1976, recently met with their management staff to announce that store manager Gregg Perry will be…
All of the animals are on the mend...but still need donations for their care
BROOKS— Peace Ridge Animal Sanctuary is the superhero of farm animal rescue in the Midcoast, rescuing more than 1,110 abused, exploited and severely neglected farm animals with the only purpose to…
From design and building to crop selection and maintenance
WINDSOR — As gardening in small spaces grows increasingly popular — and options increasingly diverse — Steve Rodrigue of Maine Raised Gardens…
In business (post retirement....)
BELFAST — A Pennsylvania couple made their debut at the 23rd annual…
42nd Annual Great Schooner Race
ROCKLAND – The first wave of schooners heaved into the wind at 1:15 p.m., Friday, July 6, having sat idle for three extra hours. The forecast for the Great Schooner Race looked ominous. Gray skies…
What is it like to study the ocean at a world-class research institute? Find out on Friday, July 20, when Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences hosts its annual open house from 10 a.m. to…
Friendship sloops were Maine's first lobster boats
ROCKLAND – Throughout the journey from boat storage to public landing, many hands held the support line of the newly restored friendship sloop Blackjack. Four oxen pulled the vessel just…
BELFAST — Broadreach Family & Community Services Board Chair Sharon Goguen said in a news release that she is pleased to announce that Todd Goodwin has been named as the new Executive Director…
CAMDEN — Karen Reed, a member of the business insurance team in the Camden office of Allen Insurance and Financial, recently earned the designation of Certified Professional Insurance Agent…
ROCKLAND – The owner of the first medical marijuana production facility to request licensing in Rockland continues to encounter roadblocks.
As of July 2, Nicholas Westervelt’s attempts to…
epic oceangoing explorations come to life in the Midcoast
The Norwegian Viking ship, Draken Harald Hårfagre (Draken) will make Rockland its official Maine stop on its Expedition America: East Coast Tour 2018, presented by Highland Park…
Northport resident has worked with conference since 2008
CAMDEN — Kimberly A. Scott of Northport has been named executive director of the Camden Conference, Bruce J. Cole, president of the Camden Conference announced Thursday, June 28.
The Camden…
Tenants Harbor resident will be digital production manager
ROCKLAND — Amber Anderson, an experienced leader and design and technical solutions expert, has been hired as digital production manager for Dream Local Digital, a national digital marketing…
Company will build Maine workforce as project moves forward
BELFAST — Nordic Aquafarms CEO Erik Heim said June 25 that the company hired its first two employees in Maine as it prepares to submit permitting applications to local and state authorities later…
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Sundog Solar recently completed the installation of a 32-kilowatt solar system for the Town of Stockton Springs. This project is projected to save the town more than $106,000…
In a new space in Belfast with doubled square footage
BELFAST— Two years ago, Lee Parent had just opened her first brick and mortar business, Kids Unplugged, in the Reny’s Plaza with the aim of unplugging kids from screen time and actively engaging…
ROCKLAND – Waste water and solid waste dumping fees will soon rise as Rockland settles in to a new $23,878,477 FY 2019 budget.
On Monday, June 25, Rockland’s City Council approved a 3.77…
PORTLAND — Sea Bags, designers and manufacturers of handmade items from recycled sails, will be hosting a ribbon cutting event on Friday, June 29, 2018, at 3 p.m. at its first store in Rockland.…
ST. GEORGE — More than 50 members of the St. George Business Alliance (SGBA) gathered at Luke's at Tenants Harbor on Tuesday evening, June 19, to network and meet members of the Tenants Harbor…
Artwork by Union resident Gail Hawes
UNION — The 2018 Union Fair, Maine Wild Blueberry Festival poster has been unveiled. The desire of the poster committee was to have the poster reflect that the Union Fair is a true agricultural…
Terry Boivin video
ROCKLAND — Watch for wakes in Rockland Harbor in mid-June, when Journey’s End Marina, in Rockland, holds the annual Rockland Lobster Boat races. This year, the diesels and gas-powered engines…
Second grade teacher Alison Babb debuts wearable canvas on last day of school
With all of the heartbreaking stories in the national news recently, it’s refreshing to hear of a local story in which children were honored and celebrated. St. George second grade teacher Alison…
AUGUSTA (June 20, 2018)—Sales of Maine’s single-family existing homes decreased 1.38 percent last month, due to limited market inventory. Prices, however, continued to rise;…
CAMDEN – Long Grain restaurant, formally of 31 Elm Street, has moved around the corner to its new home at 20 Washington Street in Camden. The move was made by staff and friends on on Sunday and…
CAMDEN – Happy Birthday, French & Brawn. The market place celebrated 150 years in the same location on Saturday, June 16. Occupying the same corner at Elm and Mechanic streets in downtown…
In the past few weeks, Rockland officials continued negotiating the annual budget, to be presented June 25. The Breakwater public restroom proposal is still being ironed out. The Historical…
MAINE—On June 15, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin released the following joint…
CAMDEN – Aaron Lincoln owns and operates the Olad and Owl off of Camden's public Landing. The Owl can take six passengers and is a cutter — an old-timey rig, in a way,…
‘When I’d asked to see the security cameras of those occurrences, the cameras for those days would be mysteriously out of order.’
ROCKLAND – Well into June, a frozen mound of dirt remains, long after the last of an estimated 20-foot-tall mountain of city-plowed snow began to melt. In its wake, the designated snow-dumping…
100-plus volunteers clean up Criehaven and Ellwell islands followed by a lobster bake!
TENANTS HARBOR— Sundays are the only days off for Maine’s lobstermen, but on Sunday, June 10, a number of them in the Tenants Harbor Fishermans Co-op got right back on their boats to take more…
Athena has large presence in Belfast
WATERTOWN, Mass. — Effective immediately, Jonathan Bush stepped down as president, CEO and director of athenahealth, the company announced June 6. The Watertown, Mass.–based company, which has…
Muscongus Bay
On Thursday, May 31, Maine Sport Outfitters partnered with Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) for a day of service on Black Island in Muscongus Bay.
The volunteers devoted their time to…
BELFAST — Recently, a dozen area students bid goodbye to their salmon fry after caring for them since they were delivered as eggs earlier this spring.
The 12 schools involved include…
BELFAST — Bell The Cat, a popular breakfast and lunch spot that used to be located at the plaza on Starrett Drive in Belfast has moved to the building on Belmont Avenue that once housed Pizza Hut…
THOMASTON — Thomaston Place Auction Galleries announced the appointment of Paula Houst as its new chief financial officer and David Robichaud as its new chief operations officer.…
