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…
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OAKLAND — The Camden-Rockport chess team enjoyed success over the weekend at the Maine Scholastic Individual Chess Championships at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland.
Fifth grade…
ORONO—The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” and the…
THOMASTON — Pope Memorial Humane Society’s newest exhibition of artwork is now being displayed on the Art Wall in the lobby of Pope Memorial Humane Society. The current show, featuring pieces by…
BELFAST— The Belfast Maskers will be hosting auditions for their upcoming production of Mamma Mia set to occur this summer on July 28, 29, 30, and 31 and on August 4, 5, 6, and 7.
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They think of the group rather than themselves
THOMASTON — Several students at Thomaston Grammar School were recognized for their teamwork at a school wide assembly on March 22. Students receiving the Teamwork Award were: Trenton Adams, Hadley…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Barry Lee Mohr, 76, passed away quickly, and unexpectedly, from natural causes at his home on Spruce Head Island on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
Born on July 2, 1945 in Vera…
many big changes to the pageant Program
UNION — The Union Fair - Maine Wild Blueberry Festival is bringing back the long tradition of the Maine Wild Blueberry Queen in 2022.
The Maine Wild Blueberry Queen Competition will be held…
ROCKLAND — Phyllis S. Adams passed away peacefully in her sleep Saturday, March 19, 2022.
Born in Belfast, March 16, 1945, she was the daughter of George and Lizzy Page Stairs. Attending…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from March 14-20 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
Camden
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Eighth graders Lysa Beckett, Jayden Hasenbank, Brady Peters and Emma Hurd from Waldo County Technical Center’s (WCTC) Employability Skills Program (ESP) competed in a statewide CO2 Dragster Race…
ROCKPORT — More than a decade ago, former Rockport Town Attorney Paul Gibbons had the foresight to craft a…
PALERMO — Pam Swift, MD, a Democrat from Palermo, has announced her candidacy for Maine’s House of Representatives in District 62, which includes the communities of Palermo, China, Somerville,…
90 days to produce a cessation plan from the Camden system, or flow pipe gets turned off
CAMDEN — Relations between Camden and Rockport took a dive Monday evening when the Camden Select Board voted unanimously to notify Rockport its back payments for assessed sewer bills are due, and…
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…
UPDATE (March 21) ROCKLAND: A 22-year-old North Haven man accused of aggravated assault and…
ROCKPORT — Stacey and Jonas Contakos, of Rockport, are hoping the town will approve their idea of building a new 120-foot by 140-foot…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from March 7-13 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
Appleton
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Letter to the editor
I am a Camden resident for the last 42 years, and I read your article about affordable housing with interest. I notice that you mentioned the rising cost of homes due to COVID and the economic…
small, personal, natural ... moose scat ....raising what’s handiest
It’s a phrase I first heard in a piece Lincolnville’s Christopher Beach wrote for the Historical Society’s Indigenous Peoples committee. (Yes, there is such a group, busily working to document our…
From the Maine Senate
If you’ve been keeping up with the news lately, you’ve likely heard a lot of talk about PFAS. PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of chemicals found in many products…
ROCKPORT — Registration is now open for the 120+ pickleball tournament to be held Sunday, April 17 at the Midcoast Recreation Center in Rockport.
Registrants must sign up with a partner…
ROCKLAND — April is National Poetry Month, and libraries, bookstores and other venues are offering special events to honor this. Rockland’s Good Tern Café and Hole In The Wall Bagel Shop Galleries…
The following report was submitted to the Rockport Select Board in advance of its March 21 regularly scheduled…
Calling for brave men, women and children…..Henry Knox wants you to join him onstage!
A brand new musical is finally coming to Midcoast Maine this summer. Watts Hall Community Players had…
ROCKLAND — Rockland Public Library announces a new item now available for circulation: Maine Audubon Nature Explorer Backpacks.
“Check out a backpack and a world of wildlife will open up…
former students stepping into the role as adult mentors
This week is “AmeriCorps Week” – a time we recognize the AmeriCorps Members who are here serving our community. Every year, it’s a privilege to bring new AmeriCorps Members into our work. They…
HOPE — The school committee agenda for a special Hope Elementary School committee meeting is set.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, March 22 at 6 p.m. at the school
Participants…
polishing their public speaking skills
The Belfast Lions Club held its annual Speak-Out Competition on Thursday, March 17, at the Waldo County Shrine Club. The program is designed to help high school students polish their public…
ROCKLAND — Visit the Rockland Public Library to pick up instructions and tools to make your own wooden pedal person.
“Whether your character is going to be a fairy or just a fabulous…
Registration is now open for a one-day professional development program, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Social and Human Services Training & Workshop, on May 20, from 9:30 a.m.–noon,…
SEARSMONT — Dennessa L. Benner-Hildings, 47, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, after suffering a medical event at her home the previous day.
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LINCOLNVILLE — The agenda has been set for a special Lincolnville Central School committee meeting Wednesday, March 23.
The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the school.
A…
APPLETON — The school committee for the Appleton Village School will hold its next committee meeting Monday, March 21 and the agenda for the meeting has been set.
The meeting will be at 5…
two candidates still seek the seat
WARREN — The number of candidates seeking to represent House District 44 during the upcoming elections has shrunk from three to two this week.
Wesley Richardson, a Republican from Warren…
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 – Knox County Commissioners met via Zoom March 8, beginning their meeting by honoring Knox County Dispatcher Tracie Webster for her handling of a 911 call January 16, that culminated with…
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library announces a new series of nature programs in partnership with the Maine-based nonprofit Center for Wildlife Studies.
The first program in the CWS “Wild…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills proposed Friday a change package to her supplemental budget that increases the amount of direct relief to Maine people in the face of inflation and, according to a…
Three ordinance amendments on June Town Meeting warrant concerning density
CAMDEN —The Camden Town Office and the Select Board have acknowledged for several years the deficit of workforce and affordable housing…
Bathroom/Break-Room campaign
Goodwill is breaking the silence of domestic abuse in a big way with Finding Our Voices Survivor-posters in the dressing rooms and employee break rooms of every one of its retail stores, offices,…
BELMONT — Glenda-Jo (Mammy) Bowden, 73, passed away March 13, 2022, at her home, a place she loved, with her daughter, son-in-law, and Holly’s best friend, Dawn Dinsmore, by her side.
She…
AUGUSTA — Buyer demand for Maine real estate continues to fuel a competitive market, and a lower-than-normal supply of single-family existing homes for sale…
Monday evening, March 21, the Camden Rockport Schools and Five Town CSD School Boards will hold Public Input Budget Meetings to present the 2022-2023 School Budgets to the community.…
KNOX — An advocate for small farms and local food, whose 30-year career as registered nurse and midwife took her from Searsport to halfway across the Pacific Ocean, is a candidate for Maine…
Since mid-February the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office, Belfast Police Department and the Maine State Police have taken 20 calls for service involving windows being damaged at area businesses,…
Over the last 15 years, residents here and in 11 other Maine towns have become accustomed to seeing lantern-carrying women in red cloaks leading walking tours – from downtown to the cemeteries.…
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…
ORONO —The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how forest management practices may affect ticks and tick-borne disease on…
WALDO COUNTY — In May 2001, the nation learned that 14 of a group of 26 Mexican men migrating to the U.S. for work had suffered hideous deaths in a part of the Arizona desert known as the Devil’s…
