ROCKPORT — Todd Anderson took some late-day shots with his drone of the flooding waters around Goose River, and the Goose River Golf Course following the Oct. 31 Halloween storm, which dumped 5.5…
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CAMDEN — Nov. 2 is voting day in Maine, and while across the…
PALERMO — Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Maine Warden Service divers recovered the body of a Pennsylvania man who had been missing since Wednesday night.
According to…
approved by voters on the November 2020 ballot
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland has submitted the following information describing the City of Rockland’s implementation of the Local Minimum Wage ordinance approved by voters on the November 2020…
CAMDEN — Route 52, between Beveridge Farm and Maiden Cliff parking lot, is washed out and closed.
The road is state-owned and is a major commuter route to and from Lincolnville and as an…
BELFAST — Runners from the Medomak Valley and Belfast competed in the Class B cross country state championships Saturday, Oct. 30 in Belfast.
No teams from the Midcoast scored as a team in…
BELFAST — Runners from the Camden Hills cross country program traveled Saturday, Oct. 30 to Belfast to compete in the Class A state championship meet.
In the girls division, Camden Hills…
The organizers wish to keep the yearly event manageable for safety precautions
CAMDEN—For the last decade, the residents of Camden and Pearl Street organizers have put together candy drives and a spooktacular presence for Halloween, drawing approximately 1,000 parents and…
Have we reached the end of our pandemic galleries? Apparently not!
While we had hoped last spring that such would be the case, and that this ninth volume of photos — the first volume …
Updated with more adult parties and Trunk or Treat locations
2020 was the year Halloween got canceled, much like everything else, but this year, it has roared back to life. Unfortunately, one of Midcoast’s biggest Halloween attractions, Fright at The Fort…
5.5 inches of rain create havoc
MIDCOAST — The highly damaging storm that swept into the Midcoast has washed out roads and flooded basements nonstop since early morning, Oct. 31.
Fire departments are out in full force…
A team of investigators from the Maine Fire Marshal’s Office responded to a house fire at 471 Crummett Mountain Road in Somerville this morning, Oct. 30, according to a news release from the Maine…
WALDOBORO — The agenda is set for the Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting Thursday, Nov. 4.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the district’s central office.
A…
ROCKPORT — The agenda for the Five Town CSD school board meeting Wednesday, Nov. 3 has been set.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the CRMS Bisbee Theater.
Livestream…
LINCOLNVILLE — The school committee agenda for the upcoming Lincolnville Central School meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Monday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. inside the school. Masks…
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…
On Oct. 29, 2021, the 75th Recruit Training Troop graduated after completing a rigorous 10 weeks of intensive training in addition to the 18-week Basic Law Enforcement Training Program. The new…
ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills varsity boys soccer team dominated the Northern Maine Class A semifinal contest Friday, Oct. 29 early, and survived a furious Brewer comeback to claim a hard fought 5-4…
Fall back
Sunday, Nov. 7 is the day to move your clocks back an hour as daylight saving time (DST) ends. Officially, daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m.
Fire department volunteers suggest it is a…
Seven-home development located off Route 1
Members of the Rockport Planning Board voted unanimously Oct. 28 to find the application for a 7-home single family subdivision located off of Commercial St. (Route 1) complete. Last month the…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Friday that 80 percent of Maine residents who are eligible for a vaccine (ages 12+) are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the U.S. CDC.…
BRADFORD, Maine and PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida — Marilyn A. Moores, 84, wife of the late Ralph W. Moores Jr., passed away October 25, 2021, in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
She was born September…
also looking for volunteers to help with gardens, trails, programs, fundraisers
CAMDEN — Merryspring Nature Center, whose mission is to practice, teach and advocate sound principles of ecology, conservation and horticulture in order to protect the natural environment and to…
how the American lobster is being impacted by environmental change
Maine Sea Grant staff and Maine-based researchers will advance a multimillion-dollar NOAA Sea Grant American Lobster…
ROCKPORT — Shelly Lynn Wilson, 45, passed away at her home, Monday, October 26, 2021, due to complications of asthma and COPD.
Born in Camden, September 12, 1976, she was the daughter of…
ST. GEORGE — Two occupants of a Toyota Highlander were transported to Pen Bay Medical Center with minor injuries after the vehicle left the River Road, in St. George, hit a tree, and came to rest…
PORT CLYDE — Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum had 19,623 visitors during the 2021 season, which ran from Memorial Day Weekend to October 11, Indigenous Peoples Day.
“This is a record number…
includes features designed to overcome patient anxiety
ROCKPORT — The new state-of-the-art MRI machine at Pen Bay Medical Center went live this week and has already produced amazing imaging results for patients, according to PBMC, in a news release.…
BELFAST — Students in the Belfast Area High School Marine Studies class recently visited a local intertidal shipwreck as part of their unit on Maritime Archaeology.
Assisted by Assistant…
BELFAST — Zackary Forest Gilbert, 44, died in his Belfast home on September 25, 2021.
He was born on November 15, 1976, in Boston, Massachusetts, the second son of Suzette Gilbert and Mark…
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…
Letter to the editor
First of all, I want to thank everyone who supported this year’s Community Auction – bidders, buyers, donors, volunteers, and sponsors!
When we think of our annual Community Auction, cozy…
Now through the end of December
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library announces the return of its full book sale to the rotunda, just in time for the holiday season. The sale will run during the library’s regular operating hours…
Thanks to generous donations from Jane’s Trust and You Have Our Trust Fund, OUT Maine has converted several of its in-person trainings to online, self-paced, engaging professional development…
emotional, physical, and nutritional well-being of cancer patients
The Christine B. Foundation and Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center will be co-hosting their Maine Cancer Series, starting with the Downeast Living With Cancer Conference: Living With Cancer In…
WARREN — Patricia Waters, 82 of Warren, passed away on October 26, 2021 at Lincoln Health Miles Campus in Damariscotta with her family by her side.
She was born September 3, 1939 and was…
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 — Out of a field of 10 finalists, two Midcoast high school athletes have been awarded the Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame Female and Male Athletes of the Year. The Awards were presented at…
Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce has announced that the Boothbay Lights events, Nov. 19 through Jan. 1, will be the same “as they were last year,” and it is planning big for next year.…
MaineHealth
MaineHealth’s leaders said Oct. 26 in a virtual conference they expect capacity challenges for the region’s health care industry to persist in the months ahead. They asked for understanding from…
BATH — As part of an ongoing effort to increase accessibility for all, Maine Maritime Museum will now offer free admission for all visitors under 18.
…SEARSPORT — Carver Memorial Library has announced its programs for November 2021.
Writer’s Circle: Poetry, comics, novel writing and more!
Every other Tuesday: Nov 2…
Assistance for Homeless and Home-Insecure Young Adults
BELFAST — A new nonprofit is in Waldo County to assist homeless and home-insecure young adults ages 16 to 21. In June 2021, the IRS granted But Still I Am One 501(c)(3) status. This means that…
FRIENDSHIP — Every July, the lobstermen and women gather in Friendship for the annual lobster boat races, and Chip Jahnke and his fellow committee members, Heidi Thibodeau, Amber Wotton, Robin…
CAMDEN — Camden Public Library has announced its programs for November 2021.
Month-…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor announced Thursday that during week ending October 23 about 3,300 people received an unemployment benefit payment. This represents a decrease of about 100…
Letter to the editor
I have something to say to Central Maine Power: Liar, liar, pants on fire.
CMP's scare tactics in trying get voters to support its electricity corridor are false, but it seems our for-…
My name is Mark Haley, I am a resident of Rockport. I attended the public hearing at the Opera House on Tuesday, October 12, about Warrant Article 3 on the November 2021 ballot:
Shall…
Governor Janet Mills will speak to more than 150 female troopers from all six New England states during the New England State Police Administrator Compact’s Women’s Leadership Conference. in South…
Citizen says draft is not accurate
CAMDEN — Four weeks after a Camden police detective began investigating a case of tree-cutting on public land near the spillway of the…
