Starting this holiday season, the Lincoln County Sherriff’s Office along with the Waldoboro, Damariscotta, and Wiscasset Police Departments will be taking part in a Designated Driver Initiative in…
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ROCKPORT — The Midcoast Recreation Center will host the MRC New Year’s Open tennis tournament to kick off the new year.
The UTR tournament will be held Saturday, Jan. 1 and Sunday, Jan. 2…
WARREN — Warren Fire Department and its mutual aid extinguished a fire inside a building on the…
BELFAST — Belfast Senior College kicks off its winter semester of eleven courses with “Winterim Wonderland,” a free one-hour Zoom presentation on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, at 10 a.m., hosted by…
BELFAST—An old 1980s Toyota Huntsman camper van that had been sitting in Larraine Brown’s backyard for about a month has come back to life as a traveling art van. Rechristened “Betty The Brilliant…
BELFAST — The following deeds were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Oct. 18-29.
Belfast
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Lincolnville Select Board to discuss Dec. 27 the 300-foot pier
LINCOLNVILLE — Residents concerned about a proposed 300-foot private pier appealed to the Lincolnville Select Board Dec. 13, asking the town to not approve the plans when they come before the…
Find out where the women-owned businesses are in The Midcoast
PORTLAND—Sometimes a brilliant idea for a new business is just a phone call away.
For Sarah Guerette, Director of the CEI Women’s Business Center, that idea sprung from multiple phone calls…
‘a testament to our commitment to provide excellent library service’
CAMDEN — For the 14th consecutive year, the Camden Public Library (CPL) has earned the distinction of being a “Star Library” as determined by the …
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 — A third-party report of an odor of burning plastic outside the Breakwater Building, 91 Camden Street, subsequently prompted a head to toe search of the building’s interior, Monday…
Days will start to get longer
Under relatively calm skies, the winter solstice will pause over the Midcoast at approximately 10:59 a.m., Dec. 21. The solstice marks that moment when the North Pole is tilted at its most distant…
open up the bag to find out your role .... three old angels and the littlest one
There was an unseemingly amount of chatter and laughter coming from the Parish Hall at the back of United Christian Church (the old meeting house in the Center) Sunday morning as Pastor Elizabeth…
Poem
For Danny Merriam
Four lobsters, earthly green
just out of the waters
around Pond Island
in the Mussel Ridges
Dan taking up the last traps
of the…
birds, deer, furbearers, moose
From focused harvest data to research and management updates, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Research and Management Report has released its comprehensive look at how wildlife…
MONTVILLE — Daniel “Danny” H. Higgins, loving husband, father, brother and grandfather, passed away unexpectedly on December 16, 2021 at the VA Hospital in Augusta from complications with COVID …
CAMDEN — Evelyn Small Ludwig, 95, of Camden, died on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at Windward Gardens in Camden.
Born in Camden on May 16, 1926, she was the daughter of Percy and Annie (…
ROCKLAND – Rockland Fire Department urges people to be aware of what’s in and around their cooking ovens following two separate fire calls in three days.
According to Rockland Fire Chief…
ST. GEORGE — Glenn E. Hall, 70, beloved husband of Lucinda M. “Cindy” Hall, died peacefully, yet unexpectedly, at his Tenants Harbor home, Wednesday, December 15, 2021.
Born in Rockland,…
opinionated at any speed
It’s war in the Compact SUV jungle, where family-friendly crossovers with two rows of seats and all-wheel drive fight it out for billions in sales. Victory hangs on a value triangulation: Buyers…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Dec. 10-16.
Alex Burbank, 21 of Bucksport,…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported nine traffic citations between Dec. 8-16 for the following offenses: failure to maintain control of a motor vehicle, a seatbelt violation, failure to provide…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported one traffic citation between Dec. 5-14, for failure to maintain control of a motor vehicle. In addition to the traffic citation, the…
BREWER — The Brewer hockey program hosted Camden Hills on Saturday afternoon at the Penobscot Ice Arena in a thrilling overtime game won by the Windjammers on a goal just 3:46 into the eight…
ROCKLAND (UPDATE) — A Rockport man remains at the Knox County Jail on $1,500 cash bail after he made his initial appearance in Knox County Court Dec. 20.
Caleb Meklin, 27, was arrested on…
‘greater participation and excitement than the previous year’
ROCKLAND — Mid-Coast School of Technology held a successful SkillsUSA In-House Competition on December 9 and 10. SkillsUSA is a national student organization that connects students with teachers,…
“Great day and great turnout!” said Charles Lagerbom, in a news release.
Students from the Belfast Area High School Peer Leadership Program recently joined forces with the Belfast Lions…
CAMDEN — In the second week of December, 2021, students of Seaside Village Preschool, in Camden, delivered the toys that they’d collected for Toys for Tots.
On a sunny day, they walked…
HOPE — The school committee agenda for the next Hope Elementary School committee meeting is set.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, Dec. 21 at 6 p.m.
Participants can join in-…
NORTH HAVEN — With cheers, honking horns, sirens blaring and big smiles, North Haven turned out to welcome Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy…
ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills swim team earned itself a victory at home Friday, Dec. 17 against Gardiner/Hall-Dale.
In combined scores, the host Windjammers bested Gardiner/Hall-Dale by a…
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…
THOMASTON — The Medomak and Oceanside seventh grade basketball teams met on the court Thursday, Dec. 16 in Thomaston for a Busline League showdown.
…
Letter to the editor
Our medical experts, our staff and facilities and equipment, cannot keep up. People who are lined up for procedures like joint replacements, cancer interventions, and medical treatment for…
Poem
Recycle the Moon
(Full moon, December 19, 2021)
Wrap your arms around her belly
and (on the Solstice, December 21)…
Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, will hold her regular office hours, Coffee with Chloe, from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) announced Friday evening the COVID-19 Omicron variant has been identified for the first time in Maine.
The Jackson…
LEXINGTON, Kentucky — The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) has named Maine Marine Patrol Officer Tom Reardon as its 2021 BOAT Program Instructor of the Year.
…
anyone five years old or older attending an indoor event with more than 250 people
The University of Maine System (UMS) has updated its COVID-19 guidance for children who attend an indoor gathering of more than 250 people on any of its premises.
Starting Jan. 4, 2022,…
Joined by Maine Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Heather Johnson, Governor Janet Mills recognized three Maine businesses as recipients of the Governor’s Award for…
evaluating the operations of the legislature on a regular basis
AUGUSTA — A memo by Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, and House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, released December 17, outlines the plan for the Maine Legislature to convene in January…
Monday, December 20 - Thursday, December 23
ROCKLAND — Learn how to fold shapes in half and glue them to their duplicates to make a 3D card for the holidays. Visit the Rockland Public Library to pick up your bag with one card, many…
ROCKLAND — “Fuller Chevrolet-GMC is proud to announce the sale of our business to Quirk Chevrolet-GMC of Rockland,” said Fuller Chevrolet, in a news release.
The Kolmosky Family provided…
ROCKLAND — City of Rockland has enacted a Winter Parking Ban from 10 p.m., Saturday, December 18, 2021 to 12 p.m., Sunday, December 19, 2021.
There will be a winter parking ban for all streets and parking lots in Camden, with the exception of the Public Safety lot on Washington Street, from 10 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 18, through 6 a.m…
‘Without providing safe, sober and supportive housing, most people cannot make progress’
ROCKLAND — Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition has been awarded a $30,000 grant through the application process of the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation. This investment will enable MCRC to upgrade The…
WALDOBORO — Lee Vernon Feltis Jr., 60, passed away at his sister’s home in Windsor on December 16, 2021.
Lee was born on March 31, 1961 in Rockland, Maine to Lee Vernon Feltis Sr. and…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) and Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH) will adjust their outpatient lab services schedules effective Monday, Dec. 20, 2021.
The PBMC…
BRUNSWICK — The high school indoor track and field season opened for a trio of Midcoast schools Saturday, Dec. 11 at Bowdoin College in Brunswick.
In the girls division, Maine Central…
