BELFAST — The Arts in the Park Planning Committee is happy to announce that they have selected Dot Hutchins as the 2022 Artist of the Year.
Dot hails from Vassalboro and has been…
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Beginning Thursday, Feb. 10, most pediatric and obstetrics patients will be allowed two visitors
PORTLAND — Maine Medical Center announced the following changes to its visitor policy, …
In true Trekkers form, the interview with Evelyn Isom began with a “Would You Rather” question. “Would you rather show up chronically underdressed or overdressed?” I asked, to which Isom replied “…
A Celebration of Life for Alicia Del Santo Brann will be held on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at noon, at 192 Hinks Road in Jefferson, Maine.
Hall Funeral Home of Waldoboro has…
It’s going to be downright balmy at the start of the weekend so you know hard-core Mainers will be wearing T-shirts and waterproof boots on the ice at the U.S. National Toboggan Championships. It’…
Take the shuttle from downtown Camden to the Snow Bowl
CAMDEN – This coming weekend, February 11-13, the 31st U.S. National Toboggan Championships will take place at the…
Belmont Hill, Mass. students do practice runs ahead of U.S. National Toboggan Championships
CAMDEN—Last Sunday, 12 teenage boys from Belmont, Mass., hopped off the bus with Athletic Director George Tahan and arrived at the Camden Snow Bowl with six toboggans, rarin’ to go.
But…
WALDOBORO — The Medomak and Troy Howard seventh grade boys basketball teams met Wednesday, Feb. 9 in Waldoboro for a Busline League semifinal contest.
Medomak held quarterly advantages of 6…
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…
AUGUSTA — To help Maine people with electricity bills, the Governor’s Energy Office and the Office of the Public Advocate submitted Wednesday a proposal to the Maine Public Utilities Commission to…
Letter to the editor
I worked at Wayfarer for 15 years, most of that time directly with Barbara Dyer. Everything you said about her was true, and I'm happy you gave those who might not have known her a chance to read…
CAMDEN — The 12 drivers who climb aboard their Camden and Rockport school buses early every morning to ferry students to and from school, as well as to games and extra curricular events ( evenas…
Dramatic Comedy runs indoors March 10-20 at Basil Burwell Community Theater
BELFAST — The Belfast Maskers next production, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Dale Wasserman, will be directed by Artistic Director Meg Nickerson.
Based on the 1962 novel by…
ROCKLAND — William John McWilliams, 75, of Rockland, died unexpectedly at his home Thursday, February 3, 2022.
He was born January 7, 1947 in Newburgh, New York. Predeceased by his parents…
inventive artist and creative thinker
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School announces that pianist Michelle Cann is the recipient of the 2022 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award. The $25,000 award recognizes a pianist under the age of…
thanks Chris Rector for over nine years of dedication, outlines plans to maintain high standard of constituent service
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Angus King, I-Maine, today expressed heartfelt gratitude towards his longtime state staffer Chris Rector upon his retirement. Rector, a former state legislator, worked…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Dec. 13-24.
Belfast
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ANGOLA, IN — Isabelle Wiley of Warren, a Trine University student, was named to the President's List for the Fall 2021 term. Wiley is majoring in Accounting.
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WASHINGTON — Mark E. Blauvelt, 61, died peacefully, yet unexpectedly, at home, Saturday, February 5, 2022.
Born in Plainville, Ohio, he was the son of Richard and Patricia Haffer Blauvelt…
BURLINGTON, VT — Colt Magri of Lincolnville has been named to the Champlain College Dean's List for the Fall 2021 semester.
Students on the Dean's List have…
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted unanimously this week to advance a bill sponsored by Rep. Stanley Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, that would address per-…
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…
Midcoast Entrepreneurs
THOMASTON—One Midcoast man is on a mission to free up landfills from junked computers and to turn those parts into usable devices for people who can’t afford a new computer.
Gordon Knowlton…
PRESQUE ISLE — The Maine Coast Storm 10U ice hockey team finished as runner-ups in the 2022 Maine Amateur Hockey Association Tier IV North Division tournament over the weekend. Feb. 4-6, in…
Committee votes to strengthen protections for election workers, ballots, and election infrastructure
AUGUSTA — The Legislature's Veterans and Legal Affairs committee has voted to support bills to strengthen protections for election workers, ballots, and election infrastructure.
Committee…
The team at Lincoln Medical Partners stands ready to deliver COVID-19 vaccine and booster shots to those who need them. The vaccines are being delivered, by appointment or walk-in, from 8 a.m. to…
Letter to the editor
Gosh, so many of us could write about Barbie D. and our many memories and stories! Your lovely piece made me cry. I did not know she was that close to the end so I missed saying goodbye, but I…
My name is Cathy Cooper and I first contacted Barbara Dyer after seeing her articles on Camden Maine in the Courier Gazette around 1998.
My interest was not only because…
Art and our Natural Environment
LIBERTY — Liberty Graphics, environmentally conscious T-shirt printers, is currently accepting art submissions to it's 25th annual $1,000 art scholarship contest.
All high school seniors…
$12 million in requests for $7.7 million available funds
ROCKLAND – Again, the Knox County Budget Committee met in joint session with Knox County Commissioners Thursday, February 3, via Zoom, to figure out how to spend the $7.7 million in American…
Anyone with information regarding this incident asked to contact RPD
ROCKLAND — On the evening of February 6, 2022, Rockland Police were called to a suspected burglary on Brewster Street in Rockland. According to the Rockland Police Facebook page, police collected…
offenses that someone could face
“Please do not be like our friend here and forget to clear off your vehicle; clear the ice and snow before you go,” said Knox County Sheriff’s Office, on its Facebook page.
Deputies have…
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…
JEFFERSON — Midcoast Conservancy will host its 10th annual biathlon at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson on Sunday, February 20.
All ages and skill levels are encouraged to…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills unveiled bipartisan legislation Monday to strengthen the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman and announced forthcoming key budget initiatives to bridge gaps in the…
HERMON — William Brian Makinen, age 60, passed away from natural causes at home in Hermon, Maine, Oct 14, 2021. Born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, February 8, 1961 to Gladys G. and Leslie A.…
MMC will allow visitors in adult inpatient units, effective Feb. 7
PORTLAND — Maine Medical Center announced today it would ease some of the visitor restrictions put into place in December in response to the Omicron variant surge. This…
Registration is now open for students entering RSU 71’s Kindergarten and Pre-K programs.
Kindergarten:
RSU 71 Elementary Schools are preparing for kindergarten…
15 paid internships are available for high school grads, college students
WALPOLE — University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center is recruiting student researchers to contribute to a diversity of marine and environmental research projects this summer.
The DMC hosts…
learning a great deal about environmental research and the natural world
The Stewardship Education Alliance announces the opening of its Winter Grant Cycle. Teachers working in any school in the towns of Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport are invited to…
Aprille A. Greeley passed away on February 1, 2022, with her family by her side.
Aprille was born December 11, 1956, in Belfast, the daughter of James and Virginia Finley.
Aprille, a…
CUSHING — Claudette Jean Jones, 83, passed peacefully in the comfort of her home on Sunday, February 6, 2022. Claudette was born in Belfast, Maine on July 21, 1938 to parents Cecil Tower and Elsie…
Letter to the editor
I am disgusted by the recurring homophobic nastiness in the words of "Philadelphia Lawyer,” (PL) who shares his/her comments…
the price of eggs or pumpkins .... juniper vs. cedar ... skinny as a telephone pole
I posted this story several years ago. It’s from Staying Put in Lincolnville: 1900-1950, but as we increasingly rely on our…
WARREN — State Representative Bill Pluecker of House District 95 (Appleton, Hope, Warren, part of Union) plans to hold his February office hours to meet with constituents Saturday, February 12 at…
‘Live while you are living. (But save for the future)’
CAMDEN — Few have loved and honored one’s hometown more steadfastly than Barbara F. Dyer, who died Feb. 2, 2022, peacefully at the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six organizations in the state have received a total of $1,089,479 to support rural microborrowers and potential microborrowers, according to a news release.
These grants…
Twenty-four U.S. counties are named Lincoln, according to e-Reference Desk; 16 are named after the 16th President Abraham Lincoln. Maine is one of seven not named after the “Great Emancipator.”…
Opinion
The film “Rock Around the Clock” debuted 67 years ago, which means that more than three generations since have thrown a hero up the pop charts, to steal a line from Paul Simon. In those early…
The Maine Press Association is delighted to announce the recipients of two journalism scholarships totaling $2,500. The recipients of the 2022 scholarships are Emma H. Smith and Meaghan Bellavance…
