AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services and the Maine Department of Education announced Tuesday new COVID-19 testing options to support schools in Maine, strengthening Maine’s…
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SEARSPORT — Martha McLain of Searsport, Maine passed away on February 4, 2021 at the age of 87.
She was born Martha Frances Jones on June 8, 1933 to Hobart and Louise Jones of Darien,…
positions span archives, judicial, education, agriculture, efficiency
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate will convene for a confirmation session on Thursday, February 25 at 5 p.m. in the House Chamber to vote on several gubernatorial nominations, one nomination from the…
NORTHPORT — While talk of increasing broadband internet capacity to homes and businesses in Midcoast Maine is a high 2021 priority in many towns, a Northport resident decided not to wait, and has…
APPLETON — The school committee for Appleton Village School will be holding a budget workshop Friday, Feb. 26 at 9 a.m. over Zoom.
Agenda
1. Call to Order
2. Public Comment…
APPLETON — The agenda has been set for the next school committee meeting for the Appleton Village School to be held Monday, Feb. 22.
The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. via Zoom.
…I gave out misinformation about how to get a Covid appointment in yesterday’s Pilot article. The phone number I gave was not meant for scheduling appointments and has been taken down due to the…
It was the Lady Seahawks’ fifth loss in seven games, but Coach Brian Blethen is seeing steady improvement in his young squad. On Jan. 26, Medomak Valley beat Boothbay Region in…
Northport resident Ann Frenning Kossuth has announced her candidacy to fill the Select Board post vacated by outgoing Selectman Zack Hollingshead. The special…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 16, 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, Feb. 16, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 651.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death…
The Mid-Coast Solid Waste Facility in Rockport will not open until 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 16, due to weather conditions.
Due to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thirty-one airports across Maine have been awarded a total of $9.7 million to help alleviate the financial pressure they are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including a…
Another Lady Seahawk has soared in the Boothbay Region High School basketball scoring record books. Senior Glory Blethen scored her 1,000th career point on Feb. 15 on a 21-foot 3-pointer midway…
Letter to the editor: Richard and Lucinda Leonard
We have lived on Willow Street for over 40 years. We have concerns about the push to make it possible to build houses on small…
Health and Well-being: Roe Chiacchio
Our world of ongoing environmental shifts, political unrest and personal tragedy has shaken us to our core. Our comfort rug has been pulled out from underneath our feet, leaving us tumbling and…
give the ‘Gift of a Lift’
Hoping to eventually serve the transportation needs in all of Waldo County, the GOAL committee at Aging Well in Waldo County is seeking volunteers, especially representing different regions of the…
Letter to the editor: Breanna Pinkham Bebb
On Fridays my husband and I both work from home: He is in customer service for Fisher Plow, and I am an administrator in financial services. Our son, a student at Edna Drinkwater, has…
Letter to the editor: Geir Gaseidnes
Please consider our neighbor Breanna Pinkham Bebb for Northport’s Select Board. If you know her as I do, you’ll have found that she is energetic,…
ROCKLAND — David Kenney, 69 died peacefully in his home surrounded by his loving family following a long illness on the early morning of February 15, 2021.
Born in Rockland, August 13, 1951…
ROCKLAND — The Loyal Biscuit Company’ Fenway Fund is now accepting applications from 501c3 Maine organizations that benefit animals. The fund was created during the company’s 10th year of business…
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In today’s world, it is hard to discern truth from opinion, or fact from calculated lies. We rely on the press helping us navigate this. The fact is that in 2020 a very encouraging uptick in right…
SOUTH THOMASTON — Benjamin Frederick Meltzer, died on Sunday, January 24 at Northern Lights Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, after a month of hospitalization. Ben was 55 years old.…
Imagine, if you will: The fire station’s garage doors grind upwards as Engine 4 roars to life. Inside the cab, the firefighter riding shotgun announces into the radio: “Harold…
AUGUSTA — Some health coverage options are available again under a new special enrollment period for the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to a news release.
Maine people who…
Letter to the editor: Wayne C. Gray
In spite of pleas from home owners and longtime residents the Rockland City Council is determined to go ahead with their plan for, lack of a better name, tiny…
Letter to the editor: Richard D. Warner
Once again, the Rockland City Council is proposing the introduction of tiny houses in everyone’s back yard or side yard…
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A buyout of Central Maine Power (CMP) and its fellow power distributor Versant by a consumer-owned utility is about to come back up before the Maine legislature, thanks to the persistence of Rep.…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Feb. 3-10.
Nicholas A. Parker, 32, of Belmont, violating a condition of release in…
WALDOBORO – The Waldo Theatre, which has been closed since 2014 and under renovations and with new board leadership for the past three years, needed to raise $200,000 to complete its $…
The tannery land has been under municipal purview since acquired via a tax lien in 2003
CAMDEN — The Tannery workshop of the Camden Select Board, which had been postponed Feb. 2, is now to be held Feb. 16, 6…
The University of Maine recognized 4,133 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2020 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,670 are from Maine, 1,366 are from 38…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Jan. 26 - Feb. 10. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Jan. 26
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BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity Jan. 26 - Feb. 10. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Jan. 11 (late entry)
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‘Music has always been a tool for me to express and work through the difficult emotions’
ROCKPORT — Following mental health battles and after a move back to the Midcoast from fast-paced New York City, singer-songwriter Alice Limoges has transitioned into the next chapter of her life,…
...the “entitled” elderly ..... an orderly process .... next up: chowder
Yes, I admit it, I was envious that everyone I knew had already gotten their first vaccine and carried around in their wallets a card with their second appointment! How was that fair? I…
ISLESBORO — The Islesboro Health Center will host its first COVID-19 vaccination clinic Thursday, Feb. 18 for members of the community ages 70 and older, by appointment only.
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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 15, 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…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from Feb. 8-12 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
Appleton
Nancy J. Hughes to Lisa S. Davis.
…
AUGUSTA — Several schools and school districts around the state have seemingly returned some of the COVID-19 aid provided to them through the Maine Department of Education while several other…
MIDCOAST — A total of 163 businesses in Knox and Waldo counties received aid money from the Maine Tourism, Hospitality and Retail Recovery Grant program.
Funding for the program…
MIDCOAST — A total of 96 businesses in Lincoln County received aid money from the Maine Tourism, Hospitality & Retail Recovery Grant program.
Funding for the program originated from…
The following is part of a newsletter circulated by House District 95 Representative Bill Pluecker, I-Warren, to his constituents in Appleton, Hope, the eastern portion of Union and Warren. …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 14, 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, Feb. 14, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 649.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death…
From Washington, D.C.
U.S. Senator Susan Collins spoke on the Senate floor this afternoon following her vote on the Article of Impeachment.
The full text of her remarks…
‘I love it here in Maine, the view, the neighbors, and the churches’
ROCKPORT — February 4, 2021 arrived with quiet jubilance at the oceanside home of Howard Miller. It was not just any mid-winter day, and the number of birthday cards lining the windows of his…
free of charge to all students in Maine and around the world
More than 200 high school and college students from around the world have signed up for the Feb. 20-21 Camden Conference, “The Geopolitics of the Arctic: A Region in Peril,” taking advantage of…
CAMDEN — On Thursday, Feb. 11, the Kindergarten class at Children’s House Montessori School, in Camden, delivered handmade Valentines to residents of Bella Point Camden.
Each resident of…
WALDOBORO — Paul G. Johnson, 60, died unexpectedly on February 8, 2021 at his home in Waldoboro.
He was born September 8, 1960 in Rockland to Jesse Johnson and Winona Miller Johnson. Paul…
