BELFAST — Roy Alan Rodgers died unexpectedly on March 31 in Belfast. Born in Waterville, on November 1, 1953, he was the fifth of six children of Richard and Rosie Deering Rodgers. He grew up in…
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exploring careers in which female workers are underrepresented
Totally Trades workshops, coordinated by New Ventures Maine, will be offered virtually this spring with online sessions being provided on the mornings of April 27, April 29, May 4 and May 6. The…
April 30 application deadline
On March 26, 2021 Seacoast Security, Inc. of Rockport, launched a scholarship program to help fund further education in the skilled trades. The program offers two $1,000 scholarships to students…
excelled in all pursuits, significantly contributed as engaged students
ORONO — Biochemistry major Bailey West, of Stockton Springs, is the University of Maine 2021 valedictorian and mechanical engineering major Drew Bennett, of Brewer, is this year’s salutatorian.…
UNION — Edward Leach Bean, 92, longtime Union resident, passed away with his loving family by his side on Friday, April 2, 2021 in Rockport, Maine.
Ed was born on March 10, 1929 in Rockland…
THOMASTON — Mary Mills Mitchell, of Thomaston, died peacefully at the Knox Center on March 30, 2021, on her 94th birthday, following a period of declining health.
Born in St. George in 1927…
scoping out a mate .... turning the place inside out .... be part of the solution
Most likely I view spring through the rose-colored glasses of my childhood. Growing up near the shores of Lake Michigan it seems as though spring was a real season. You knew it had arrived on the…
ROCKPORT — The Goose River Golf Club will open for the 2021 season this week, the facility announced Sunday.
The season’s opening will be held Thursday, April 8 at 8 a.m.
responsible for providing recommendations and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
AUGUSTA — Representative Genevieve McDonald, D-Stonington, has been appointed to serve in support of the Maine Climate Council, according to a news release.
“We need to address the climate…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 5, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 5, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 746.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from March 15-22 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
Appleton
Joan Clark Stover Est. to Jaime Welliver, Brian…
ROCKPORT — Due to high demand, the Midcoast Recreation Center has added two new summer tennis camps to its summer slate.
Both camps are to be held outside at the Marge Jones recreation…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 4, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
LINCOLNVILLE — The Lincolnville Board of Selectmen is seeking volunteers to assist in keeping its community the wonderful, vibrant community it is by serving on one of the town’s various volunteer…
assessing farmers’ ability to produce high-caliber grains in Maine’s climate
University of Maine researchers are assisting in a multi-institutional effort to create new strategies for producing and marketing small grains like bread wheat, naked barley, hulless oats, rye…
alternative perspectives on local news and issues
UNION — After a formal introduction via "Zoom-with-Vose at 6pm Wednesdays" Series on March 31 by the artist himself, Vose Library hosts an exhibit of the editorial cartoons of Douglas Coffin.…
voicing a wild sense of beauty, the excitement of discovery, the spark of possibility
BELFAST — Local Color Gallery, in Belfast, welcomes Marli Thibodeau as a year round artist. Thibodeau is a contemporary artist working from her studio in Rockland.
Influenced by the natural…
ROCKPORT — Camden-Rockport Elementary School welcomes students who reside in Camden or Rockport to register for Kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year. Your child must be 5 years old on or…
two additional contests added this year
“This past year has been challenging,” said the University of Maine in Augusta, in a news release. “We have been quarantining, masking, ‘pivoting,’ rising up, breaking…
ROCKPORT — The agenda has been set for the next Five Town CSD school board meeting to be held Wednesday, April 7.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the high school’s chorus room. …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed into law the PPP Extension Act of 2021 to help small employers retain access to forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 3, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 3, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 745.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
ROCKPORT — A level spot of lawn lying between the tennis courts and the baseball fields at Marge Jones recreational fields on Route 90 in Rockport will soon be tilled and plotted into individual…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills signed an executive order Friday to accelerate Maine’s progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, by calling for a “clean transportation…
ISLESBORO — The next scheduled vaccination clinic for Islesboro residents will be Monday, April 12 at the island’s Health Center.
All adults over 18 are eligible for the type of vaccine the…
AUGUSTA — Representative Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, spoke Friday before the Legislature’s Taxation Committee to introduce LD 94, “An Act To Allow Municipalities To Exempt Volunteer Firefighters from…
The Knox County Sheriff's Office arrested Jessica R. Higgins, 27, of Bangor, in the parking lot of Ocean State Job Lots in Rockland April 1, 2021.
Higgins was allegedly found in possession…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds March 1-12.
Belfast
William L. Dawson Jr. and Lauri J. Macleod Dawson to…
graduating seniors from high schools in Maine
Applications are currently being accepted at the Maine Community Foundation for the Lydia R. Laurendeau Scholarship Fund.
Established in 2013, the Laurendeau Fund provides renewable…
BELFAST — Would you like to learn more about the technical side of theater? The Belfast Maskers is offering teens and young adults the chance to work alongside the Maskers’ seasoned tech people to…
72 works of art selected from more than 106 submissions
ORONO — The University of Maine Department of Art will present the 2021 Juried Student Art Exhibition, “Here and There,” that features work by current students in studio art courses.
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encouraging youth to practice citizen science in their own backyard
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer a citizen science club for grades 4 - 8 meeting weekly, May 5 – June 9, from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
This virtual…
Outdoor Leadership program follows syrup making from start to finish
Students at Waldo County Technical Center were able to reap the sweet rewards of tree tapping in the Outdoor Leadership program early this Spring.
WCTC’s educational technician Jon Cox…
requesting small items to keep friends and neighbors safe in the heat
As the weather gets warmer…
landings, sea sampling, Ventless Trap, Inshore Trawl, Settlement
Maine DMR research staff collect data on the lobster population at different life stages through multiple long-term monitoring programs including the commercial landings, commercial sea sampling,…
BELFAST — Three Waldo County residents were indicted on separate, unrelated charges of arson by a Waldo County Grand Jury March 18, with each facing up to 30 years…
PORTLAND — A woman’s appeal of her murder conviction was…
A prominent man in the Midcoast tennis scene has been nominated and selected as a Top 50 coach in the country, and is vying to be voted as the America’s Top Coach through a contest presented by…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 2, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 744.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 2, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
BELFAST — A Waldo County Grand Jury handed down the following indictments March 17-18. An indictment does not imply guilt.
Stephanie C. Coutu, 27, of…
AUGUSTA— The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is preparing to place an order for first doses of…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday all Maine residents age 16 and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine beginning Wednesday, April 7.
The acceleration of Maine’s…
an introduction to higher education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
BELFAST — Registration is open for an innovative five-week college STEM research course for qualified high school students (grade 10–12) offered by the University of Maine, June 28–July 30, at the…
WARREN — The Midcoast Athletics Center will be hosting Friday, April 2 the inaugural Midcoast High School All-Star Basketball Classic featuring top area players from each school within the…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending March 27, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,600 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 400 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 1, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
