At the Penobscot Community Health Center in Bangor, Muriel Emerson spends her days working with patients as a community health assistant, sharing resources and connecting those in need with health and social services in the area.

Sixty people attended a march to the Rockland Post Office, May 17, in support of local post offices and their workers. March coordinator Dora Lievow provided pictures of the event.

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ROCKLAND — Inspired by other communities who have done this, Dora…

On June 10, Camden will vote for two candidates from a field of four candidates to serve on the School Administrative District 28 (Camden-Rockport K-8) and Five Town CSD (Camden Hills Regional High School) school boards. 

Lincolnville is taking steps to strengthen the community by enrolling in the Community Resilience Partnership, a state-supported program that helps towns plan and fund local projects that improve safety, infrastructure, and emergency preparedness. 

Next month, Bigelow Laboratory will officially celebrate the opening of the Harold Alfond Center for Ocean Education and Innovation, which will transform the institute’s education and solutions-focused work. The new space is being named in honor of Harold Alfond to celebrate the generou…

On June 10, Rockport will vote for two candidates from a field of three candidates to serve on the School Administrative District 28 (Camden-Rockport K-8) and Five Town CSD (Camden Hills Regional High School) school boards for a three-year term. There is also an open one-year te…

LINCOLNVILLE — Lincolnville is taking steps to strengthen the community by enrolling in the Community Resilience Partnership, a state-supported program that helps towns plan and fund local projects that improve safety, infrastructure, and emergency preparedness.

LIBERTY — Midcoast Conservancy has transfered the Haystack Mountain property to Georges River Land Trust, "a move designed to ensure the long-term protection, stewardship, and public enjoyment of a beloved midcoast Maine landmark," said Midcoast Conse…

John Nicolas Ruf, Sept. 13, 1940 – Jan. 1, 2025.

Nick did not want a rainbow bridge sendoff. (But he did mention reconnecting with Cargo as he began a new journey.)

He adamantly lamented about not wanting a “Celebration of Life” service... typical Nick.

For today, we’ll keep it simple and call it…

AUGUSTA — On Tuesday, May 13, Sen. Pinny Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, welcomed Pastor Jamie Bickel of South Hope Community Church in Hope to the State House to deliver the opening invocation.

Camden and Rockport, in partnership with Camden Climate Action Now (CamdenCAN), received a joint Community Action Grant from the Maine Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future.

CAMDEN — US Army Staff Sergeant Ben Hazen is the 2025 Memorial Day Parade Marshal.

Hazen will also be the Memorial Day speaker at various stops along the War Memorial Post 30 American Legion parade routes in its local communities.

The General Henry Knox Museum invites the community to its 12th Annual Boots on the Ground event. This Memorial Weekend celebration honors veterans, military personnel, and their families. The event will take place on Saturday, May 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the grounds of Montpelier, which is the big white house just o…

Maine's Department of Education, in partnership with the nonprofit Educate Maine, announced the 16 County Teachers of the Year for 2025 on May 14, at the Hall of Flags in the State Capitol.

On June 10, Rockport will vote for two candidates from a field of three candidates to serve on the School Administrative District 28 (Camden-Rockport K-8) and Five Town CSD (Camden Hills Regional High School) school boards for a three-year term. There is also an open one-year term due to the res…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds May 5-9. 

Belfast

TFD77 Revocable Trust Agreement to Leah Trommer.

The City of Belfast to Rose M. Fletcher HRS.

John W. Holmes to Dead River Com…

On June 10, Camden will vote for two candidates from a field of four candidates to serve on the School Administrative District 28 (Camden-Rockport K-8) and Five Town CSD (Camden Hills Regional High School) school boards. 

On June 10, Camden will vote for two candidates from a field of four candidates to serve on the School Administrative District 28 (Camden-Rockport K-8) and Five Town CSD (Camden Hills Regional High School) school boards. 

The Megunticook River Citizens Advisory Committee is hosting a discussion of the recommendation for Camden's Montgomery Dam this evening, May 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Camden-Rockport Middle School in Bisbee Theater.  

This pertains to the 2025 Camden Town Meeting Ballot A…

(UPDATE) May 15: The missing cat is a female molted calico. The family member describes her as being very friendly and vocal, but under the circumstances is probably very scared and will be cautious around people. 

THOMASTON — Thomaston Police Department is an eye raiser for members of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association. Three chiefs from the association have been assessing the Thomaston PD for about three weeks now. Having done these assessments for other towns before, the chiefs came…

ROCKPORT — For years, it was simply RES ("taking the kids over to RES to play T-ball). Then it was "the former RES" or "the old RES", or to be really specific, "the former Rockport Elementary School site on West Street." 

But no more.

DAMARISCOTTA — The Maine Warden Service is assisting the Damariscotta Police Department in the search for a missing Damariscotta man. 

BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court. 

Melissa S. Crossman, of Bangor, and Shawn B. Crossman, of Winterport, were married June 7, 2016, in Whitehouse, Jamaica, and divorced April 30. 

After decades of understaffing, underfunding and dire warnings about the condition of Maine’s dam safety agency, state lawmakers are now considering expansive legislation that would revamp the office in charge of overseeing hundreds of aging Maine dams and set aside funds to fix them.