UNION — The Trustees of the Union Fair – Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival have announced the dates to the 2024 event.
“Due to circumstances beyond our control our 2024 fair will be a little…
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As one of the leading real estate firms in Lincoln County with a staff of 18 agents operating from two offices in Damariscotta and Boothbay Harbor, Newcastle Realty has been assisting buyers and…
Maine continues to see a steady increase of qualified buyers while lack of inventory and current interest rates contribute to a lower-than-average number of real estate transactions. Statistics…
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Everyone loves a surprise, well at least most surprises. Twenty-three years ago, a welcome surprise to the Belfast and Waldo County…
Meanwhile back in the studio ...
For about four years now I’ve been checking in with artists during the winter months to see what they may be working on. This year, because he’s in Maine and not Texas or New Orleans, I visited…
Select Board meeting takes place Jan. 23 at 6:30 p.m.
CAMDEN – Select Board members will decide January 23 on a change in the voting location for the March 5 Presidential Primary, as well the Registrar’s office hours.
The Board will also…
Pedestrian fatalities have not decreased
AUGUSTA – The Maine Bureau of Highway…
Jan. 23, Hope Elementary School, 6 p.m.
In December, the Hope Planning Board reviewed its proposed land use ordinance amendments governing industrial mining, solar energy and cannabis cultivation and social clubs. On Tuesday, Hope…
Sen. Chip Curry, D-Belfast, has submitted legislation to transfer ownership of the University of Maine’s Hutchinson Center to the city of Belfast. The legislation comes in the wake of the…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 15-19.
Appleton
Alfred S. Green Jr. Est. to Elaine M. Green.
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ROCKLAND — Mildred S. Burch, 77, passed away, Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.
She was predeceased by her husband, Gene, and their beloved dog Zoey. Mildred…
In June 1993, I graduated from Camden Rockport High School. After one more summer breading clams and murdering lobsters, I was bound for college out of state, and a whole heck of a lot of student…
We are seeking a passionate, creative and dedicated Museum Educator to join our small Children's Museum. As a Museum Educator, you will play a vital role in creating engaging and educational…
This week hosted by Freedom Auto and the Hyson’s! Come on down for Chicken Pot Pie, Haddock Chowder, and all kinds of other goodies!…
Jerry Farnham will be on hand at Brady’s on Saturday the 27th at 2pm for a book signing, chat, and some talk of his next book! Come on down…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Jan. 12-18.
Christopher J. Wells, 47, of…
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program
Appointments are now available for free tax-return preparation. Volunteers from the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program will prepare your taxes for free at the Thomaston Public Library, Rockland…
WASHINGTON — A Maine man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session…
Umaine extension’s three-part series beings Jan. 23
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program is offering a three-part webinar series focused on using weather-based tools to…
SEARSPORT — Natalie Hope Farrar, 96, died January 12, 2024 at Bayview Manor in Searsport, Maine. She was born in Damariscotta on September 9, 1927 to Abner and Tillie Stetson.
Natalie…
Sturdy ash tree helped keep Jeep from landing in deep, icy water
ROCKPORT – Just as dusk settled into Saturday evening, Jan. 20, a woman driving a Jeep careened over four-foot tall chain link fence and…
The documentary film David Driskell: In Search of the Creative Truth by Richard Kane will kick off the UMVA (Union of Maine Visual Artists) Bi-Monthly Maine Masters Screening Series via…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Jan. 2-17.
An arrest or summons does not…
Knox County administrators are taking a moment to celebrate some positive news this weekend. Though work is still required in returning the County to a fully staffed and self-supporting district,…
Vinalhaven, Rockport, Union dip for a cause Feb. 11
Maine dipping groups will get cold to bring light to domestic abuse survivors in a Sunday, February 11 fundraising event for Finding Our Voices. The dips will take place in waterways all across…
Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition recently elected new officers for the Board of Directors at their annual meeting on January 8, 2024.
Elected to serve were Lura Robinson, President; Kim…
WARREN — Jane Lilla Sprowl, 84, passed January 16, 2024, in her home peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Jane was born December 6, 1939, in Appleton to Merrill Esancy and Ruth Esancy Pease…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — The Community Health team at Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital announce the addition of Community Health Worker (CHW) Adi Govinda Dasa.
Dasa…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Jan. 6-19.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
ROCKLAND — Ryan Jackson has been hired by The Strand Theatre as Program Coordinator, a newly created position. Operating as a nonprofit for a decade, the Strand has become a fully-fledged arts…
It is unfortunate that the film Smoke Sauna Sisterhood was recently shown at the Waldo Theater. Why would an Estonian sauna film…
Will submit proposal to UMaine
BELFAST — A committee of citizens with longtime ties to the Hutchinson Center, an educational campus in Belfast built with philanthropic…
WALDOBORO — During an assembly on January 18, 2024, Mya Hall, a senior at Medomak Valley High School, was presented a $500 academic award for her participation and completion of the Maine Career…
open to taxpayers of all ages
LINCOLNVILLE — Free tax preparation is available at Lincolnville Community Library on February 24, March 2 and 16, and April 6, 2024.
Volunteers from the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program…
“I will forever be committed to the Strand”
ROCKLAND — “The Friends of the Strand Theatre (FOST) announce with regret that Jesse Davis, executive director of the Strand, is leaving her position,” said FOST, in a news release. …
WALDOBORO — The December 2023 Students of the Month from Medomak Valley High School are: (left to right) Freshman Nicholas Rogers, Senior Will Rush, Junior Mia Flagg, and Sophomore LJ Holub.
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PORTLAND — A Rockland woman was sentenced Jan. 18, 2024, in U.S. District Court, in Portland, for distributing child sexual abuse materials.
Chief U.S. District Judge Jon D. Levy sentenced …
Here's you chance to sample the best chili in the Midcoast while supporting local and international charities at the same time.…
Rosemary “Rody” Devaney Fowles passed away January 10, 2024.
Rody was born November 25, 1951, in Methuen, Massachusetts to Robert Luke and Emma M. Devaney. She was the oldest daughter…
If pipes, valves ruptured, could have caused catastrophic release of hazardous material
On January 17, 2024, at approximately 9:05 a.m., the Maine State Police received multiple reports of a crash on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth involving a commercial motor…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Jan. 8-12.
Belfast
…
CAMDEN — Points North Institute, which produces the annual Camden International Film Festival, has announced the departure of…
The deadline of January 31 is fast approaching for non-profit organizations in Knox County and Lincolnville to submit grant applications to the Camden Rotary Club. For details, visit the club’s…
The Kit Parker Memorial Fund at the Maine Community Foundation announced its 2023 grants to help support causes that Kit cared about. They are the Shields Mission Project at the First…
Interstate 295 reopened just before midnight Jan. 17, after Police and emergency personnel removed the wrecked trailer from Interstate I-295 northbound at Exit 17 in…
‘we will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to find resources to help you recover’
The following was issued by Maine Dept. of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher Jan. 17:
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plans for an expansion of the mammography department
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center has received a generous gift of $150,000 from a patient following a recent visit to the hospital’s Emergency Department.
“The donor, who wishes to remain…
FRIENDSHIP — Students from Friendship Village School (FVS) are participating in the WinterKids Winter Games for four weeks beginning January 8, 2024. Students compete in a series of outdoor…
BELFAST — The Belfast UU Youth Chorus is continuing its free and enriching ensemble in support of young singers, according to Ethan Tischler, in a news release.
The Belfast UU Youth Chorus…
