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'How Historical Events Shaped the Forest of Merryspring' guided walk with Allyssa Gregory
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Don Reimer presents 'River of Life' at Merryspring, May 26

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Happy Wanderers to hike Bald Mountain in Camden

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Bethany Oprie joins MaineHealth Palliative Care Belfast, Rockport
Senior Research Scientist Mike Lomas shows WWF colleagues a display that spotlights the history, reach, and impact of the NCMA (Credit: Alex Seise)
Annual event showcases algae applications and opportunities

Local Resources

  • Church Services: Boothbay, Wiscasset and Damariscotta
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Education

  • Camden-Rockport Middle School students hang artwork in downtown Camden to spark interest and change
  • Woods and Wetlands Summer Camp with Bangor Land Trust
  • Maine public universities on verge of closing $1.39M deal for first systemwide AI tool
  • 2026 Yass Prize application for education closes June 1
  • Maine DOE, Educate Maine celebrate 2026 County Teachers of the Year
  • Children’s House Montessori School educators among early childhood educators celebrated in Augusta
  • Lincolnville Central School extends Pre-K Registration
  • In final visit of year to Belfast shipwreck, students participate in scavenger wreck hunt
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Health and Wellness

  • Register Round-Up fundraiser for Searsmont victims at Damariscotta Hardware, Randolph Hardware
  • MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals announce 2026 Memorial Day hours
  • Knox Clinic among medical centers receiving cancer screening grants
  • Erika Manning joins Midcoast Health Collective in Rockland
  • Finding Our Voices dental program wins Governor's Award for Service and Volunteerism
  • DEA advises of heightened threat: Fentanyl mixed with emerging synthetic drugs
  • Camden graduate among Tufts University School of Medicine/MaineHealth Track program of new doctors
  • Maine DEP highlights Air Quality Awareness Week for healthier communities
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Home and Garden

  • Lupine Home Co. holds grand opening in Rockland
  • UMaine Extension to host invasive plant workshop in Castine
  • Student research team helping coastal businesses adopt reusable takeout containers
  • Good weather at Rockland's Earth Day cleanup pulls the trash in, lures the volunteers out
  • Free event in Bangor helps deter catalytic converter thefts, April 21
  • Communities across Maine host Jane’s Walk Activities on May 2
  • Maine’s pool of money from taxes on home sales is growing. How is it being used?
  • AIO benefactor promises to double matching energy assistance grant as enrollment numbers increase
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Social

  • Suzy Bogguss on stage May 30
  • Quebec trad folk band Traverse May 28
  • BH Opera House: Sons of Serendip, Dec. 20
  • All aboard for The North Pole Express!
  • A Winter's Evening with Ryanhood
  • 19th annual Great Gingerbread Spectacular Dec. 12-14
  • BH Opera House: The Phaeton Trio this Friday
  • BH Opera House: Jeff Daniels in concert Oct. 17
  • The music of Ellington and Strayhorn Friday night
  • David Estey solo show at Studio 53
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Spaghetti fundraiser in St. George to benefit firefighter, EMS victims of Searsmont fire
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A Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser for those first responders injured in the Robbin’s Mill fire will be held Saturday, May 30, from 5 - 7 p.m., at the St. George Town Office, 3 School Street, in St. George.

volunteers committed to raising the necessary matching funds rather than bonding the project
RSU 13, fundraising committee invite public to design unveiling event for auditorium renovation
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RSU13 District administrators and members of Funding Our Future—a volunteer committee organized to support critical upgrades to school facilities through private fundraising—invite the public to gather for a design unveiling and fundraising kick-off event, Friday, May 29, at 6 p.m., at Oceanside High School Auditorium. Following the event, attendees are invited to stay for OHS Theater’s 7 p.m. performance of “Clue”.

Open House at Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center
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Multi-family yard sale at Union church, May 30
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Artwalk Waldoboro 2026 begins May 22, adds new venues
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Maine State Credit Union to hold 2026 Free Community Shred-It days at six locations
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Maine State Credit Union returns its annual Shred-It Days, a series of free community events designed to help individuals safely and securely dispose of sensitive documents.

dedicated in Grant’s honor, The Town of Brooks will take ownership of the building in next few weeks
Special Memorial Day event in Brooks to celebrate one of its own
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The Town of Brooks will hold a special Memorial Day event on May 25, 2026, at 2 p.m., at Wentworth’s General Store, in Brooks.

November 25, 1940 Robert P. Grant, 21 years old from Brooks, enlisted in the US Army Air Force and was trained as an aircraft gunner. In 1941, he sailed to the Philippines with the Headquarters 27th Bombardment Group. Robert Grant made the Bataan Death March and died of malaria as a prisoner of war.

Belfast Veterans of Foreign Wars plans for Memorial Weekend 2026
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The Belfast Veterans of Foreign Wars provides the following events planned for Memorial Weekend 2026.

Friday, May 22 -Flag Placement in Grove Cemetery at 930 a.m. with students from local schools - Veterans and Community Volunteers will help students place American Flags on the final resting place of Veterans and first responders.

Bird walk at Erickson Fields Preserve
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Friday, May 22, Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) invites the public for a guided bird walk with MCHT steward and naturalist Kirk Gentalen, at Erickson Fields Preserve, located at 164 West Street in Rockport. From 8 to 10 a.m., Gentalen will lead a group around MCHT’s Teen Ag garden and through the woods, teaching how to identify birds by sight and sounds, and discover what other creatures inhabit the preserve.

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Waldo County Technical Center to hold 2026 Senior Recognition Night
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The Waldo County Technical Center community will gather on Wednesday, May 27, at 6 p.m., for its annual Senior Recognition Night, honoring graduating seniors and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) students for their accomplishments during the 2025–2026 school year. The celebration will be hosted at The Crosby Center in downtown Belfast. Seniors are asked to arrive by 5:30 p.m.

Land, food, water tour and Happy Hour in Rockland with Midcoast Climate, Energy, Green Building
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Midcoast Climate, Energy + Green Building Happy Hour is organizing a free, all ages "Land, Food & Water Tour and Happy Hour" on Friday, May 29. 

Join for any or all of these four stops:

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Tickets now available for Maine Days 2026
A group enjoying Maine Days in 2025. Image courtesy of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Tickets launched this past Monday for Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ annual Maine Days. From Friday, May 29, through Sunday, May 31, Mainers can bring up to eight guests per household. After a long winter, the Gardens provides a perfect family-friendly retreat. Enjoy acres of botanical delights, miles of hiking trails, the ever-popular giant trolls, and returning again this year, The Caterpillar Lab—a living caterpillar exhibit will be open all three days in the Education Center.

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Sporting goods yard sale at Camden American Legion
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Legion Post 30 is holding a Sporting Goods Yard Sale on May 30, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 91 Pearl Street, in Camden.

No household items, sporting equipment only.

Tables can be reserved for $10 each by calling Jeff at 691-2270.

Camden Hills Regional High School’s Annual Plant Sale, May 16 and 17
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Spring is springing, and plants are growing in the greenhouse at Camden Hills Regional High School. All gardeners are invited to visit the school's Annual Plant Sale this coming weekend, May 16 and 17.

There will be vegetable and herb seedlings, and a variety of annuals and perennial flowers.

Student growers have been tending some new varieties and many of the most popular varieties from the past.

Memorial Day Community Pancake Breakfast at Eureka Masonic Lodge, Tenants Harbor
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The Eureka Masonic Lodge, at 4 Watts Avenue, Tenants Harbor, will host its annual Memorial Day Community Pancake Breakfast on Monday, May 25, from 7 to 9 a.m.

The menu includes pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, donuts, coffee and orange juice. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12.

Eat in or take away. The Lodge looks forward to serving you. 

plant donations drop off at Langlais Preserve, May 29; baked good donations drop off during sale
5th annual Little Sprouts plant, seedling, bake sale to benefit Cushing school
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The Cushing Community School is gearing up for its 5th annual Little Sprouts plant, seedling, and bake sale on Saturday, May 30, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., rain or shine, at Langlais Art Preserve, 576 River Road, in Cushing. 

This fundraiser is a collaborative effort of the school community, the local farm community, and the Georges River Land Trust, who will again host the event.

Breakfast and Bobolinks with Georges River Land Trust, Don Reimer
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SOUTH THOMASTON — "Summer marks the return of the bobolinks, who are known not only for their truly impressive migration, but their unique song," said Georges River Land Trust, in a news release. 

Learn more about these birds at Breakfast and Bobolinks, hosted by Georges River Land Trust, Saturday, June 6, from 8 - 10 a.m., at Riverview Hayfields Preserve in South Thomaston. The preserve is home to several pairs of breeding bobolinks, who rely on the grassland habitats found at places like Riverview Hayfields, according to GRLT.

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RESCHEDULED: 2026 Bike to Work and School Day in Rockland
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Due to the weather forecast, the City of Rockland’s annual Bike to Work + School Day will be moved to Monday, June 1,from 7 to 8:30 a.m., according to the City, in a May 13, 2026 news release. The event was initially scheduled for Friday, May 15.

The City of Rockland hosts its annual Bike to Work and School Day at Chapman Park, on the corner of Park and Main streets. Community members are invited to pedal over for free coffee, breakfast snacks, and a morning of fun on bikes.

including reserved tables for reunion classes ’46, ’51, ‘56, ‘61, ‘66
120th Camden High School Alumni Banquet scheduled for August 14, 2026
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The first graduating class of 1899 had only seven students, according to Pam Tibbetts, in a news release. As the class sizes grew, it was decided to build the Camden High School on Knowlton Street in 1904 on four and one-half acres of land for $20,000.

An addition was built in front of the old high school in 1956. It served as Camden High School until Camden-Rockport became a district and the last Camden High School Class graduated in 1965. The CR classes of 66, 67 & 68 also attended Camden High.

May 26 recognition ceremony open to the public
MaineHealth Waldo Hospital earns top pediatric designation
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BELFAST — Maine Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMS-C) has recognized MaineHealth Waldo Hospital for its readiness to care for pediatric patients, awarding the hospital the Pediatric Innovator designation in June 2025—the highest recognition offered by the Always Ready for Children (ARC) program, according to MaineHealth, in a news release.

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