NORTHPORT — The Medomak Middle School girls soccer team traveled to Point Lookout in Northport for a showdown Monday, Sept. 27 against Camden-Rockport.
Molly Williams of Camden-Rockport…
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The Satellite of West Bay Rotary is working in collaboration with the Town of Lincolnville to bring back into public use and enjoyment Penobscot Park located on the shore of the bay accessed from…
Governor Janet Mills ordered that the United States and State of Maine flags be lowered to half-staff statewide on Thursday, September 30, 2021 in honor of Hancock County…
WASHINGTON – A Presque Isle woman was arrested Sunday evening, Sept. 26, 2021 after police said she drove around first responder roadblocks set up at a crash scene on Route 17 in Washington.
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Kim Hall, as a junior from Searsport District High School, decided on a whim last Spring to apply for a job in graphic design, the career field she was studying at Waldo County Technical Center (…
accepting donations
ROCKLAND — AIO Food & Energy Assistance announced, Sept. 27, a partnership with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and The National Diaper Bank Network to support the AIO Diaper Project and…
BELGRADE — Heidi O'Donnell of Camden Troop 200 received the highest award a local Scouting District can bestow upon a volunteer Scouting on Saturday, September 25 when she was presented the…
Gov. Mills gets intervenor status in another lobster case
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The…
What a gorgeous day for Rockland Rotary and the City of Rockland’s partnership in hosting the Community Picnic at the MacDougal Park.
There was…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported one traffic infraction between Sept. 15-23, for an inspection sticker violation. In addition to the single traffic citation, the following activity was reported…
BELFAST — A Waldo County Grand Jury handed up the following indictments Sept. 21-22.
An indictment does not imply…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Sept. 17-23.
Desiree V. Gerrior, 40, of…
SEARSPORT — The Regional School Unit 20 school board will hold a meeting Tuesday, Sept. 28.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the SDMHS cafetorium.
Livestreaming will be…
poems on display AT Belfast Free Library
BELFAST — The 16th Annual Belfast Poetry Festival has announced that Mike Bove, of Portland, is the winner of this year’s Maine Postmark Poetry Contest. The contest, now in its eleventh year, is a…
WALDOBORO — The Maine Department of Transportation is extending the closure of Winslows Mills Road (Route 32) over Hoch Brook in Waldoboro after crews encountered problems with unexpected soil…
New application required for change in Route 1 subdivision plan
In a vote of 3 to 2, members of the Rockport Planning Board decided Sept. 23 that a full site plan review by the board would not be required for a proposed takeout eatery on Commercial Street (…
the aspirational fair......presents we gave ourselves.....after the last cow
But for this pandemic that never seems to end, it should have/would have been the Common Ground Fair weekend. With attendance hovering at 60,000 over the three-day weekend in late September, there…
ROCKPORT — Over the past decade, conditions of the dugouts, equipment sheds, fences and fields at the Marge Jones Recreational Facility in Rockport, on Route 90, have deteriorated and are crying…
ROCKLAND — Rockland City Council will hold a special workshop, Monday, Sept. 27, starting at 5:30 p.m., via Zoom, to discuss Inclusionary Housing and its related zoning.
Councilor Sarah…
ROCKLAND – Michael Godin has been hired as Rockland’s new patrol officer, according to a press release on the police department’s Facebook page Sept. 26.
Godin grew up in Connecticut before…
AUGUSTA — The high school cross country teams from Belfast and Camden Hills traveled Friday, Sept. 24 to Augusta to compete in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference meet at Cony High School. …
Maine Marathon Run for a Cause virtual relay
Maine FishAbility, part of the Maine AgrAbility program, will sponsor a team of runners in the 2021 Maine Marathon Run for a Cause virtual relay on Oct. 8.
All proceeds will support the…
NEWCASTLE — The high school cross country runners from Medomak Valley and Oceanside traveled to Lincoln Academy in Newcastle for a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference meet Thursday, Sept. 23. …
WALDOBORO — Local middle school cross country runners converged Wednesday, Sept. 22 at Medomak Valley High School for a Busline League cross country meet.
In the girls division,…
farewell homage to mentors and peers of outgoing founder and Executive Director
ROCKPORT — “Straight from the Heart,” a farewell exhibition curated by the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s outgoing founder and executive director, Peter Korn, has opened at the school’s…
‘trails through spectacular open wild blueberry fields where the view grows more stunning as you climb.’
HANCOCK COUNTY — On September 22, 2021, The Conservation Fund announced its acquisition of the 336-acre Wallamatogus Mountain property in the town…
middle school girls soccer
WALDOBORO — The Medomak Middle School girls soccer team collected a home victory Friday, Sept. 24 against Woolwich.
The scoring began less than three minutes into the contest when Grace…
The 16th Belfast Poetry Festival returns this year on Saturday, October 16 to offer a mostly virtual event including workshops and the Evening Collaborative Showcase.
Saturday, October 16,…
Fall Parade, intro to Nanowrimo, and more
SEARSPORT — Carver Memorial Library has organized the following programs for October 2021.
World Postcard Day is October 1
DIY Kits and Take and Make Kits: Watercolor Postcards…
BELFAST — Belfast Area High School students in the Marine Studies class of Lisa White and Chip Lagerbom have been doing plankton net collections down at the Belfast Town Dock and then identifying…
Darlin’ Corey, Frank Ferrel, Youth Fiddlers and More Oct. 15, 16
WALDOBORO — In a celebration of Maine’s music heritage, The Waldo Theatre (916 Main St) is hosting a two-day, multi-venue event, Maine Fall Fiddle Fest, Friday and Saturday, October 15 and 16.…
CAMDEN — Two students from Watershed School, Thor Gabrielsen and Nate Strout, have been named semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship program.
These students are two of the 74…
“How do we all look after each other?” Valli Geiger asks.
That seems to be the question that drives Valli and…
First National Bank has made donations totaling over $29,000 to 35 organizations fighting food insecurity in the bank’s market area in response to its program Dream First Community.…
LIBERTY — Senator Chip Curry, D-Belfast, will hold public office hours Saturday, Oct. 2 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the public boat launch at Lake St. George in Liberty.
Office hours provide local…
BELFAST — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 71 school board meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held virtually Monday, Sept. 27 at 5:30 p.m. over Zoom.
The…
school committee meeting agenda
APPLETON — The school committee agenda for the next Appleton Village School meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Monday, Sept. 27 at 5 p.m. Masks will be required.
…
agenda for sept. 27 special school board meeting
ROCKLAND — The agenda for the special Regional School Unit 13 school board meeting Monday, Sept. 27 is set.
The meeting will be held virtually at 6 p.m.
Meetings can be viewed on…
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…
essay
My mother-in-law was the one who always saw that graves had flowers on them on Memorial Day.
She said, “When I die I bet no one else will do this.” She was right and I need to do better in…
high school field hockey
BREWER — The Camden Hills field hockey team made the trip to Brewer on Thursday for a match up with the host Witches. Camden got off to a very quick start scoring their first goal just 22 seconds…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twenty-three schools and school districts in Maine will receive a portion of $1,646,178 being distributed by the Federal Communications Commission as part of the first wave of…
ROCKLAND — Carrie Ann Shallow, 53, passed away Thursday, September 16, 2021, with her daughters by her side, after a long stretch of health issues tragically ending with Covid-19. Although Carrie…
CAMDEN — Nancy Parkman Brewster Akers, 88, resident of the Gardens, Quarry Hill Assisted Living, Camden, peacefully passed away Sept. 14, 2021, following a 19-year battle with Parkinson’s disease…
UNION — On Monday, September 27, from approximately 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., weather permitting, Guinea Ridge Road will be closed to traffic to replace a culvert.
ROCKLAND — Linda M. Kennedy, 79, died peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family, Sunday, September 19, 2021.
Born in South Portland, July 31, 1942, she was the daughter of…
At Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, preparations are already underway for the seventh annual Gardens Aglow. After positive feedback from last year’s successful pivot to hold the event…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from Sept. 6-13 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
Appleton
David C. Wright and Mary E. McGee to Richard…
The Maine Dept. of Public Safety issued the following statement concerning the tragic death of Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Luke Gross:
On Thursday, September 23, 2021, at…
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…
