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WALDOBORO — Educational Technician and BHP Kathy Kee has been awarded the 2025 Horace Mann Muggs and Kisses Award for Medomak Valley High School for exemplary service to…
some of the older Chickadee plates are becoming worn, faded, and difficult or impossible to read
AUGUSTA — Beginning Thursday, May 1, 2025, Mainers will have the option to choose either a “Pine Tree” design as the standard…
ROCKPORT — Midcoast Habitat for Humanity was recently awarded a $200,000 Housing for Everyone grant from the…
In 2024, at least 20 Maine workers died
MAINE — April 28 is nationally recognized as Workers Memorial Day, a day to remember those who have died on, or as a result of, their job.
"In 2024, at least 20…
KENNEBEC and SOMERSET COUNTIES — The Maine Department of Transportation will be making pavement improvements on parts of I-95 Southbound in Augusta, Benton, Fairfield,…
'That sense of belonging and purpose is what I’ll remember most'
PORTLAND — During its annual Celebration in Portland, Saturday, April 26, 2025, MaineHealth recognized the 41 students who will be graduating from the…
BELFAST — The entirely volunteer-operated Maine Celtic Celebration is on the hunt for volunteers to join the crew and help bring the 2025 Maine Celtic Celebration to life.
"If you have a…
bringing advanced medical care and surgical facilities under one roof
SCARBOROUGH — A strategic plan has been announced for the building of a state-of-the-art medical office building (MOB) and ambulatory surgery center (ASC) in the Town Center at The Downs in…
AUGUSTA — Julie LeBlanc, RN, ME-SAFE-A, ME-SAFE-P, SANE-A, and Regional Sexual Assault Forensic Nurse Examiner (SAFE) Program coordinator, has been awarded…
After 45 years, Meg Quijano to step down, hands reins to nephew
CAMDEN — After 45 years at the helm of the The Smiling Cow, in downtown Camden, Meg Quijano is handing the business reins to the next generation, to her…
Tractors stand at the ready along rolling wild blueberry barrens Downeast, where fields of naked stems offer no hint of the glorious techno-color display to come. By late spring, roughly 47,…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
When the Acura Legend sedan arrived in the U.S., in 1986, we were already imprinted on Honda cars and motorbikes (not to say lawnmowers, snowblowers and outboard motors), so a luxury brand…
ROCKLAND — Program staff for Trekkers completed a Youth Mental Health First Aid course in March. Delivered by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, the website says, “just as CPR helps you…
ST GEORGE — The St. George MSU Board has approved Dr. Christina Wotton as the next superintendent, effective July 1, 2025. The current superintendent, Mike Felton, who has led the district for ten…
Maine Department of Labor announces its no-cost upcoming trainings for May 2025.
Heat Illness Prevention -
May 6, 2025 l 8:30 a.m. – 12:30…
CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club has awarded grant awards totaling $40,000 to 11 local nonprofit organizations.
The Penobscot Bay …
practical ways AI can enhance a nonprofit's daily work
CAMDEN — The next installment in the United Midcoast Charities' LEARN @ UMC workshop series is Turning Fad into Function: How to Actually Start Using AI at Your Organization. This hands-on session…
CAMDEN — Nick Pucello, of Rockport, has joined Allen Insurance and Financial as a commercial lines producer, specializing in marine insurance.
Pucello holds a bachelor’s degree…
the only school in Maine with a Nuclear Engineering Technology program
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy is the recipient of a $1.5 million gift from Guy E. Mossman ’79E that will establish The Maine Maritime Academy Endowed Chair of Nuclear and Reliability…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
When we reviewed the 2025 Subaru Forester last July, we called it “radically different-looking, at…
ROCKLAND — In its second winter in existence, the Emergency Warming Center in Rockland saw five times the usage in comparison to its inaugural year, partly because it was open three times more…
informing this year's participants of parade changes
CAMDEN — "Memorial Day 2025 is right around the corner on May 26," said Jeff Sukeforth, Post 30 Adjutant, in a news release.
War Memorial Post 30 wants to ensure those in the communities of…
CONCORD — On Sunday evening, March 30, Northeast Delta Dental was awarded the esteemed national Baldrige Performance Excellence Award, by Robert Fangmeyer, Director,…
The Club held its first weekly meeting at the Camden YMCA
CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding on Saturday, April 5, 2025, with members recalling its history and…
BELFAST — Nicolle Littrell, of DoryWoman Rowing, is the recipient of a $10,000 grant from Women’s Net, a national organization that provides funding…
help connect and maintain fish and wildlife habitat while protecting roads and public safety
THOMASTON — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is hosting Maine Audubon’s Stream Smart Training – Phase One for Municipalities in Knox County, Tuesday, April 29, at the Lura Libby…
Beginning April 7
On Monday, April 7, 2025, updated building codes take effect in Maine, leading to energy savings while improving health and safety in new residential and commercial construction, according to the…
OLD TOWN — The University of Maine unveiled its new robotic milking barn – the third of its kind in Maine and a new resource for bolstering the…
ROCKLAND — On Wednesday, April 16, the City of Rockland Ad Hoc Opioid Settlement Participatory Budgeting Committee will hold a second public workshop intended to offer…
WALDOBORO — Teacher William Hinkley was presented with Blueberry Broadcasting’s Teacher Appreciation Award created to recognize Mainer’s dedication to the intellectual and emotional…
WALDOBORO — Susan Jones has been awarded Medomak Valley High School’s Horace Mann Crystal Apple Award for 2025 for distinguished teaching.
"Susan is without doubt…
directly supporting the Sherman Medical Fund
THOMASTON — Pope Memorial Humane Society (PMHS) has received a $75,000 matching gift from Dr. Henry LaBrie and Martine Richard LaBrie of Friendship.
"This…
After almost a decade owned by Paul Coulombe, Boothbay Harbor’s Oceanside Golf Resort and Coastal Prime Restaurant is changing hands to Lafayette Hotels. The sale was finalized Dec. 27. Lafayette…
more than just personal belongings in trash bags
For many individuals leaving incarceration in Knox and Waldo counties, the road to reintegration begins with little more than a plastic trash bag to carry their…
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Stockton Springs Community Library (SSCL) will host 'The Great Event Community Yard Sale in Stockton Springs' on September 6, 2025, and space rentals for the Giant Yard Sale…
CAMDEN — The Five Town Little League announces a special initiative to show gratitude to the high school softball and baseball volunteers who supported the youth at the…
FRIENDSHIP — Roadside Cemetery Annual Meeting will occur Tuesday, April 15, at 4 p.m., at Friendship Town Office.
There will be an election of officers and…
PITTSFIELD — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the southbound side of I-95 near Mile Marker 152 in Pittsfield from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Wednesday,…
Planning Board review, April 1; City Council zoning discussion, April 14
ROCKLAND — A multi-faceted…
work in eight-day increments
PORTLAND — CSX Transportation will begin replacing more than 130,000 railroad ties along 124 miles of the Downeaster Corridor, from the Massachusetts…
ROCKLAND—Midcoast Sports Exchange, a center for used and new sports equipment and recreational gear, recently moved from the former KeyBank building in Camden Market Square to the vacant…
no weekend construction
MOUNT DESERT — The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing Babson Bridge, which carries Route 3 and Route 198 over Kitteredge Brook located 0.09 miles East of…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Rotary Club is now accepting grant applications for the 2024-2025 service year. Local nonprofits and projects focused on hunger, youth, and health are encouraged to apply…
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.…
BELFAST — The topic for Our Town Belfast’s (OTB) April Business Coffee is “What is keeping YOU up at night about your business?”. This will be held on Wednesday, April 2, from 8 - 9 a.m., at…
WINSLOW — Scouting leaders from Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox, Franklin and Somerset counties gathered to honor Yvette Bernier with the highest award a local Scouting district…
Kristen Winters shares her event-planning experience
CAMDEN — United Midcoast Charities (UMC) will hold its next LEARN@UMC workshop, “Event Planning for Nonprofits”, Wednesday, April 9, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., at the UMC office in Camden. UMC is…
