DAMARISCOTTA — The Peace Gallery, a veteran-focused arts collaborative, will open its inaugural Veterans’ Art Show on Friday, May 27, 2022.
The gallery will feature Retrospectives of two…
Standard Post
BELFAST — The Belfast Area Friends Meeting (BAFM), a Quaker congregation, is now gathering in person, as well as online, on Sunday mornings at 11 a.m., at a new location – Social Capital, at 28…
A graveside service for Marlene Mae “Bunnie” Tolman, 84, who died February 14, 2022, will be held Monday, May 23, 2022, at 2 p.m, at West Rockport Cemetery, Park Street, in Rockport.…
Margaretta and Merlin .... silly, daring 18-year-olds .... covid again
Dawn is an hour away, but the birds have already started up their morning chorus. I only recognize a handful by their song and have wished, in that futile way we wish we…
A graveside service for Dagmar Ingeborg Robbins, who passed away, December 19, 2021, will be held Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 10 a.m., at the Village Cemetery, Avenue 3, Erin Street, Thomaston…
A memorial services for Albert Bradley Bennett Jr, 89, who passed away February 19, 2022, will be held Thursday, May 26, 2022, at 11 a.m., at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110…
Both budgets increase
On Tuesday, May 17 the Camden Rockport Schools and Five Town CSD School Boards will hold School Budget Meetings to present the 2022-23 school budget and vote on the separate warrant articles.…
ROCKLAND — A graveside service for Gloria Keizer Hannan, who passed away, Jan. 20, 2022, will be held Friday, May 27, 2022, at 2 p.m., at The Village Cemetery, Erin Street, Thomaston.
Hall…
bird walks May 16 - 21
BELFAST — Join the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition for Bird Week: a week long series of bird walks to various wild places in the watershed.
All bird trips begin at 7 a.m., canceled if…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Golf Club men’s league gathered Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15 for a series of golf outings.
Below are the results from the gatherings as submitted to our…
WALDOBORO — The Lincoln County Fish and Game Association will be hosting its annual Youth Fishing Day this month.
The action will begin at 7 a.m. on Saturday, May 21 at the Waldoboro…
ROCKPORT — With ongoing development pressures in Rockport Village, the Rockport Town Manager is recommending the Select Board create a…
At 1 p.m., May 16, Camden will hold its 26th Arbor Day observance, resuming an annual celebration after a two-year COVID pause.
The public is encouraged to attend the event at the corner…
Town Clerk
Elections: Absentee ballots are now available for the June 14th election, so reach…
CAMDEN — The agenda has been set for the next SAD 28 school board meeting Wednesday, May 18.
The meeting will be held in the Rose Hall Board Room at Camden-Rockport Middle School at 7 p.m…
NEWPORT — The Oceanside varsity baseball team hit the road Saturday, May 14 to challenge Nokomis in Newport.
In a battle of a contest, the visiting Mariners ultimately were edged by the…
BRISTOL and THOMASTON — The seventh grade baseball team at Medomak Middle School hit the road for two contests last week, falling in both contests.
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ROCKPORT — Four teams from the Midcoast competed Thursday, May 12 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference outdoor track and field meet hosted by Camden Hills.
Athletes from Lincoln…
THORNDIKE — Three area teams competed in a high school outdoor track and field meet Wednesday, May 11 at Mount View High School in Thorndike.
Competing in the meet were athletes from…
BAR HARBOR — The Searsport outdoor track and field team traveled Friday, May 13 to compete in Bar Harbor.
Competitors in the meet represented Searsport, Mount Desert Island, Old Town,…
There were two middle school track and field meets held in the Midcoast over the last week with one meet each hosted by Troy Howard and Mount View.
Below are the full results from each of…
Wiscasset school committee
Veteran school administrator Robert England Jr. figures challenges such as those the pandemic gave education can be viewed in one of two ways: “You can look at things as either depressing, or you…
UNION — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m. via livestream and in the district’s central…
HOPE — The school committee agenda for the next Hope Elementary School committee meeting is set.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, May 17 at 6 p.m.
Participants can attend in-…
APPLETON — The school committee for the Appleton Village School will hold its next committee meeting Monday, May 16 and the agenda for the meeting has been set.
The meeting will be at 4:30…
May 25 - 27; daily readings, crafts
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library has partnered with the Rockport Harbor and Marine Park to offer a Storywalk® this May. A Storywalk® is an outdoor movement and reading experience that places…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
‘these supply chain issues may cause delays’
MaineHealth and Northern Light Health are closely monitoring the global shortage of IV contrast media used in CT and other diagnostic procedures that is being caused by disruptions at production…
read and write together reflecting on justice, safety, re-entry into society, recovery
ROCKLAND — Join a new 5-part Maine Humanities Council Discussion series starting in May, titled "Restorative Works." The group is being co-hosted by Restorative Justice Project Maine, and will be…
CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club has announced $27,000 in grants to five organizations this spring.
Camden Rotary Club distributes grants every year and, during the past decade, has…
CAMDEN — David Louis Akers, 78, died peacefully in Portland April 24, 2022, with loving family by his side.
After graduating from the University of Illinois in the mid-60s and starting a…
HOULTON formerly of ROCKLAND — Peter Durost Hart, 78, died Monday, May 2, 2022 at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after several months of health complications.
Born February 21, 1944…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
ROCKLAND — The varsity baseball teams for Mount View and Oceanside met Thursday, May 12 on the diamond in Rockland with the visiting Mustangs grabbing a dominating 10-0 victory over the host…
WALDOBORO — The eighth grade middle school baseball and softball squads from Medomak and Oceanside squared off Thursday, May 12 in Waldoboro for Busline League contests.
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ROCKLAND — The Rockland Golf Club hosted a Ladies Association golf outing Thursday, May 12.
Below are the net point results from the outing as submitted to the sports department.
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AUGUSTA — Sixteen Maine teachers were announced as 2022 County Teachers of the Year at a ceremony Thursday, May 12 in the Hall of Flags at the Maine State Capitol Building.
Governor Janet…
celebrating women writers of Lincoln County
“Maine has produced some terrific female mystery writers,” said Lincoln County Historical Association, in a news release. LCHA celebrates them with a talk by Kate Flora. A Maine native and…
FAIRFIELD — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the Exit 133 on- and off-ramps on the northbound side of I-95 in Fairfield Sunday night into Monday morning to accommodate…
BELFAST — Betty Irene (Gray) Littlefield, 68, of Belfast, passed away on May 7, 2022, at Waldo County General Hospital. She was born on September 15, 1953, in Castine, the daughter of Roland…
ROCKLAND — On the night of Wednesday, May 11, 2022, Rockland Police and Rockland Maine Fire & EMS Department responded to an unintentional overdose involving someone smoking what they believed…
DENVER, Colorado — Noah Kelly Pfister, 32, passed away unexpectedly on May 4, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. There is nothing that mattered more to Noah than family. In his final days, he reunited his…
BELFAST — Sandra Ann (Beach) Deschenes, 69, of Belfast, passed away on May 11, 2022, at Harbor Hill.
She was born on June 28, 1952, in Camden, Maine the daughter of Robert and Leiella (…
And other fun stuff to do this weekend in Union and Belfast
Folks, we’re officially cracking the 70-degree mark this weekend. Break out the mint juleps, the Carharrt shorts, the lawn darts, the corn hole boards, and the grill. Combined with what we’ve got…
ROCKLAND—People craving an affordable breakfast and lunch option while walking around Rockland’s harbor this summer have a new place to go. A third food truck in Rockland’s Buoy Park is set to…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Linda L. Strout, 75, of South Thomaston, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Maine Medical Center after suffering a stroke a few weeks prior.
Born in Rockland, July 11,…
Renovation work is expected to begin on the building next month
PORTLAND — MaineHealth announced today it is opening a food pantry, in partnership with Good Shepherd Food Bank, in the former Greyhound bus station at 950 Congress Street, in Portland.
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Deputy Luke Gross and 87 other Mainers; nationally, names of 619 fallen officers added this year to National Memorial to be read May 13
Today marks the start of National Police Week, a time to recognize the service and sacrifice of federal, state and local law enforcement. This year, the week will be observed Wednesday, May 11…
