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LINCOLNVILLE — When Lincolnville’s iconic beach restaurant, the Lobster Pound, announced it was going to close after 80 years, along with the small town’s only brewpub Andrew’s Brewing Co., locals…
Maine’s Treasury has returned more than $18.1 million in unclaimed property to Mainers in FY 2017. This is a new record…
The state gave a Wiscasset panel an on-site look Friday, June 23, at plans for the downtown. The morning walk was a departure from the Public Advisory Committee’s usual setting for talks with the…
One of Maine’s busiest harbors gets ready for summer
CAMDEN — Steve Pixley, Camden’s harbor master, is anticipating a busy summer on the waterfront, and one aspect of that working harbor got well organized more than a month ago: The Camden Day…
SEARSPORT — Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County (HHWC) marked the official groundbreaking of its fourth build June 23.
With a group of more than 200 volunteers making the…
The preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.2 percent for May was up slightly from 3.0 percent in March and April and down from 3.9 percent one year ago. The number of unemployed…
NORTHPORT — Anyone wondering why they no longer see those garish lime green and yellow colors of the old Dos Amigos Mexican Restaurant as they pass Route 1 will be happy to know that the…
‘It’s been a long five winters building it’
The Cummins inboard engine rumbled to life like a charm Saturday afternoon, June 10, and Rockport fisherman Kenny Dodge gave a slight smile and nod. Inside, though, you knew he was grinning big.…
The Waldoboro Business Association will be sponsoring the music for Waldoboro Day, including the DJ music for the Friday, June 16, dance at the VFW Hall, and all the music performed at the former…
Louisa Crane, of Camden, and Alexis Racioppi, of Belfast, are interning this summer in Camden, helping the town's Conservation Commission work toward the goal of improving water quality…
From Washington, D.C.
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) welcomed a $600,000 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Grant to the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) and the Maine…
Maine with JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley
State Treasurer Terry Hayes announced that the state completed its general obligation bond pricing that will fund $114,675,000 of projects previously approved by Maine voters. The projects include…
Nominate a nonprofit board member for outstanding leadership through September 2017
Camden National Bank announced this week they will award a total of $20,000 to five Maine-based nonprofits through their annual Leaders & Luminaries Awards. As part of this…
In business
Yarmouth Boat Yard said June 7 that is has forged a new sales partnership with Yachting Solutions, a yacht services provider based in Rockport. Through the agreement, Yachting…
Despite an abundance of egg-bearing adult lobsters and record-breaking harvests, the number of young lobsters continues to fall in the Gulf of Maine.
That’s the 2016…
The Medomak Valley Land Trust has recently acquired a new 6-acre parcel of land in Friendship on Martin Point, thanks to the generosity of the former landowners, Penny Axelrod and Jerry…
Camden National Bank welcomed Nicole Gogan as Assistant Vice President, Treasury Management Sales Advisor and Government Banking to its growing treasury management team. Gogan will work…
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lighthouse Museum is holding a benefit raffle, and the prize is a 3-foot by 4-foot photo on canvas of the rare first order Fresnel lens at the Umpqua River Lighthouse in…
Cakes, sweet and savory items, stews, subs and sandwiches, and coffee
LINCOLNVILLE — Residents and visitors now have more to-go or eat-in food options along Route 1, at Lincolnville Beach, with Nanette Gionfriddo's beachfront bookshop and gift store, Beyond The Sea…
Sen. President Thibodeau sends Legislative Sentiment to Kinneys...
LINCOLNVILLE — Isabella and Maren, the young daughters of Lincolnville Town Administrator David Kinney, were lauded at the Board of Selectmen's meeting Monday night for their vital roles in saving…
By far, Rockland had the most changes over the winter as we watch this once rough and tumble town continue to evolve into a hot spot. Here's what happened over the fall and winter— what's open,…
Kathi Langelier, owner of Herbal Revolutions, will find out June 6 whether or not she’s won $100,000
UNION — Kathi Langelier, founder and formulator Herbal Revolution, has a shot at winning two competitions this coming week. In November 2016, she had just advanced as one of 13 semi-finalists in…
For those returning to Maine for the summer, here's what's new
If you're wondering why Camden and Rockland get the Snow Birds moniker and Belfast gets the Snow Bats, it's because years ago, Belfast's champion, Mike Hurley, made up a bunch of bumper stickers…
For those returning to Maine for the spring, here's what's new
Every year Penobscot Bay Pilot does a TV version of a “clip show,” which is an episode of that consists of excerpts from previous episodes. Here's our annual listing of the new businesses and…
CAMDEN — Camden Select Board Chairman John French Thursday confirmed that the town’s finance director, Virginia Lindsay, is no longer employed with the town. French also said that the search for a…
Work is part of church’s $538,000 steeple restoration project with financial support from town of Camden
CAMDEN — Just as the early morning risers were making their way downtown to French and Brawn for their 6 a.m. coffee and a stroll, the crew working on the Chestnut Street Baptist Church steeple…
Two crias have already been born in the past eight days...
UNITY — For two months, give or take a day, more than 2 million people at a time were tuned in to YouTube, watching a giraffe named April and waiting for her to give birth to a calf. In the rural…
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library announced Thursday the addition of Jody Landrith and Barbara Q. Davidson to the Library Board of Trustees. "Both Barbara and Jody bring a wealth of experience…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — Representatives Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin have reintroduced their bill to make it easier for seafood dealers to export sea urchins and sea cucumbers outside of the…
Going clamming with a camera
Bridie McGreavy grew up in Brownfield, but until arriving at the University of Maine in 2010, she hadn't been on a clam flat. Walking on exposed intertidal mud for the first time, she…
Islesboro sailors ‘outstanding team race maneuver’ award
ROCKLAND — On Saturday, May 20, teams from Southern Maine, Camden Hills Regional High School, Boothbay Harbor, Islesboro Central School and Rockland Community Sailing sailed a series of 20…
Expect plenty of competition for the best pitch at the Top Gun Entrepreneurship Acceleration Pitch-Off at The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland May 24. This is the third…
Workforce conditions remained tight throughout much of Maine in April with very low unemployment, particularly in the southwest portion of the state.
The preliminary seasonally adjusted…
May 20, 21, in the greenhouse
The Horticulture and Gardening classes at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport are holding their annual plant sale Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21, at the greenhouse on…
From Washington, D.C.
U.S. Senators Angus King, I-Maine, and James Lankford, R-Okla., sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee urging them to…
The New England Fishery Management Council will be conducting…
The Rockland-based nonprofit Island Institute received a $240,000 grant through the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to fund a collaborative…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King, I-Maine, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Congressmen Andy Harris, R-Md.-01, and Bill Keating, D-Mass.-09, have led a bipartisan, bicameral group of 87…
Just before an all-day retreat for the Board of the Camden Conference on Saturday, a friend approached me asking about my view of the market. What narrative could support valuations of 17.4 times…
Hospitality House and Habitat for Humanity team up to give homeless clients a prototype for a temporary accessible shelter
ROCKPORT—On Tuesday, May 9, a little over a half dozen volunteers worked to push the framing of a 192-square-foot structure in place on the front strip of lawn next to Hospitality House in…
Watching Our Waste
The past weeks have seen a number of environmental anniversaries and traditions; Earth Day, Town Roadside Cleanup Days, discussions on how to maintain a pesticide free lawn, and as always, how to…
ROCKPORT — It could have rained buckets more and still no one would have cared Saturday, May 6, at Aldermere Farm. The mud was thick, but the mostly everyone put their boots on and traipsed…
French and Heard: eliminate comunity development position; White and Ratner: keep position for next town manager to decide
CAMDEN — The Camden Select Board Tuesday night finally agreed to an FY18 budget to send to the voters at town meeting on Wednesday, June 14, but it was not a unanimous vote. "In the interest of…
We will miss him
The Midcoast lost a good friend May 4 when Tom Ford, of Hope, passed away. Tom’s smile, his gentle quips, and belly laugh when truly amused were present wherever you bumped…
Opening after Mother’s Day
ROCKPORT — For months, we've driven by the plastic-cocooned building that formerly housed Denny's Restaurant, and wondering what its next evolution was to be. Now we know. The restaurant will be…
Alder & Vine: new store dedicated to artisan goods, oddities and the occult
BELFAST — The tiny, triangular shaped shop at 9 Beaver St., in Belfast, is atypical of the type of retail space in the Midcoast, but it’s a tribute to Maine’s dark side.
Alder & Vine,…
Rockland-based Island Institute kicked off its seventh annual Island Energy Conference in South Portland on April 28 by recognizing two groups for their work as energy leaders and champions for…
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA's annual Ned Kyle Boat Auction is scheduled for Saturday, June 10. The YMCA is looking for new or old boats (sail, power, dinghy, kayak, canoe, skiffs, rowing…
Today, she is as beautiful as ever, sailing the Mediterranean
Photograher Joe McGurn has gone through more photos from the mystery boxes that he purchased last year in an estate sale, and this time, he has collated almost 150 that chronicled the…
