By Mimi Edmunds
Libraries have history and legacies. Movies are made about libraries, in libraries, about librarians. Everyone has a library story in their lives. There is…
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On March 25, Maine Preservation held a ceremony for its annual Honor Awards at Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner. Since 1998, the organization has celebrated excellence in historic preservation…
Artists in Action Against Food Insecurity celebrating 35th anniversary
ROCKLAND — AIO has announced an open call for artists for the 4th annual ArtFeeds: Artists in Action Against Food Insecurity. AIO is accepting entries from March 25…
GLUTEN FREE Chicken parm & crispy chicken cutlets ready for dinner!! Come and get it. We are here til 6!
Maine's February home sales data highlights growth in sales, prices, and available inventory. Statistics shared by Maine Listings, indicate a 6.51% increase in sales of single-…
BELFAST — MaineHealth Waldo Hospital welcomes Christopher Nelson, PA-C, to its Cardiology Department.
Nelson comes to MHWH with nearly 25 years of experience as a physician…
Local farmers and entrepreneurs are invited
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Local farmers and entrepreneurs are invited to showcase their products at spring farmers markets on the campuses of MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals in May and June.…
letter to the editor
Dear GREAT Children:
I regret to inform you that we are WITHDRAWING (a.k.a. SNATCHING BACK) the funds approved and already allocated (PROMISED) for your schools and childcare (public and…
ROCKPORT -- The Rockport Planning…
A Bird's Tale
Some of you may remember that we have written fondly in the past about what we call a "pop-up pond" that appears after rain in a…
Maine's Yellow Flag law used to temporarily remove firearms
NORTHPORT — A Northport man was arrested after a shooting a firearm within his residence in the general direction of law enforement, according to a March 26, media report from Waldo County Sheriff…
When reading the announcement this morning about the cancellation of the Elm Street School project due to increased construction costs and lack of funding, I thought back to the civic…
The challenge of recruiting and retaining teachers in Maine is profound. The state …
Municipal budget Up 13.9 percent; County up 14 percent; school budgets up possibly 8 percent
ROCKPORT —The Rockport Select Board…
JUDGE SETS BAIL AT $50,000
SOUTH THOMASTON – A New Hampshire man remains in the Knox County Jail for allegedly pointing a gun at an officer in South Thomaston.
Dennis Duquette, 46, was charged with receiving…
WINSLOW — Scouting leaders from Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox, Franklin and Somerset counties gathered to honor Yvette Bernier with the highest award a local Scouting district…
Maine Department of Labor offers no-cost trainings for April 2025.
Upcoming classes:
Wage & Hour Compliance -
…
showcasing artwork by Maine-based artists
The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP) is soliciting original artwork for its 2026 wall calendar and notecards with a submission deadline of May 20, 2025…
opinion
CAMDEN — When the Rev. Ute Molitor announced her retirement, members and friends of First Congregational Church of Camden, UCC, were all saddened by the pending loss of her deep and wonderful…
SEARSMONT — Mary E. Merrifield, 67 of Searsmont, passed away unexpectedly after a brief illness on March 17, 2025 at PenBay Medical Center in Rockport, Maine. Mary was…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Feb. 17-28.
Belfast
B&B Belfast Homes LLC to…
Seek another public launch for those two weeks
UPDATE — Because another layer of permit requirements has surfaced, the plan to install new ramp infrastructure at Steambnoat Landing in Camden has been delayed until APril 28 through May 15…
Experience luxury waterfront living at its finest in this stunning newly completed home. Perfectly positioned on 170 feet of deep-… |
SGS is closed today - Tuesday, March 25th! The ice and snow yesterday slowed us down a bit but we can't wait to see you all tomorrow. We have been BUSY doing some refreshes to the space and it is…
ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified…
ROCKLAND — OUT Maine has received a grant from the Onion Foundation to fund three learning cohort groups in 2025 with the goal of developing best practices around…
Edward C. Gagnon (Retired Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force) died March 20, 2025.
Fighter pilot, war hero, golfer…
Ed Gagnon lived a joyous life of service and amazing…
'Jazz and Jewels' fundraiser May 9
Registration is now open for Midcoast Habitat for Humanity's Women Build 2025, an annual event that brings women together to make a direct impact on affordable housing in Knox County…
BELFAST — Dr. Betty Becker-Theye, 89, of Belfast, Maine passed away at her home on March 23, 2025.
A private interment will be held in the…
CAMDEN — Deborah A. Oliver, 66, passed away at home on Sunday March 16, 2025.
Born March 6, 1959 in Wilson Borough, Pennsylvania.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of…
ROCKPORT — Dorothy May McCormick, 92 of Rockport, passed peacefully at the home her beloved husband, Jack, built for her, surrounded by family on March 21, 2025.
Suzie, as she was known to…
ROCKPORT — Jean Eleanore Merrill was born on November 10, 1932, at Camden Community Hospital on 19 Mountain Street in Camden. She died on March 15, 2025, at the age of 92, in Rockport, at the…
Elizabeth “Betty” Swett Grinnell passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport, Maine. She was born in Mexico, Maine on October 21, 1924, to the late Fred and Hazel…
full closure of Route 2 at Route 7
UPDATE (March 24, 2025) — The location of the in-person, open house event on Tuesday, April 1, has changed from the Newport Town Hall at 23 Water Street, to the Public Safety…
Washington election Friday, March 28
Two individuals are vying for one open Washington RSU 40 School Board seat in the March 28 municipal election: …
The Lonesome Ace String Band bring grit, skill and abandon to Americana music, bridging old-time, bluegrass and folk traditions into a seamless hybrid of original material that is at once…
Washington election Friday, March 28
Two individuals are vying for one open Washington RSU 40 School Board seat in the March 28 municipal election: Robert "Bob" Jones and …
Medicaid, a federal health insurance program for low-income children and adults, is facing dual challenges at both the state and federal level.
Nationally, Republicans in Congress are…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), released the following statement in response …
opinion
Hope springs eternal. The new shoots of spring are popping up everywhere. Inspired by their determination to push up through the hard and still almost frozen ground , I start looking…
letter to the editor
When did free speech become a privilege, not a right? When did questioning power become the most dangerous activity in our Statehouse? Last week, Representative Laurel Libby was censured. Not for…
letter to the editor
I participate in the weekly protests at Chapman Memorial Park in Rockland by Walgreen’s, protesting the current U.S. President and his systematic destruction of our government.
…
Letter to the editor
I was a volunteer for the last few years at the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce and just heard about the closure as we also live in the winter in Indian Wells, California, as snowbirds…
letter to the editor
A recent quote by the Trump-…
Saturday felt like the first real day of Spring — it wasn’t exactly warm, but the sun was bright, and the breeze light. The last little bits of icy snow stubbornly hang on in the corners of…
Spring season is fast approaching. We are excited to get everyone back on the water! We are looking for rowers to build this team. Never rowed before- no problem - we have a core group of…
ST. GEORGE — Occupants of a pickup truck fled the scene after the truck they were riding in struck a utility pole before coming to rest against a front corner of the house at 863 River Road, in St…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds March 17-21. …
opinion
At noon March 22, a sunny Saturday…
