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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…
As the warm air of a spring day milled across the acres of pasture along the long dirt road leading through Old Crow Ranch in Durham, Steve Sinisi and his wife, Seren, settled onto the porch…
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…
founded in 1972 in Bath
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents Lance Lee, Thursday, May 8, at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to all.
Lance Lee will…
connecting fishermen, farmers, and food businesses
The Maine Food Convergence Project is announcing the launch of the …
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…
the beginning of Maine’s 400 year tradition of quality shipbuilding
CAMDEN — Join Matt Blazek, director of Educational Operations with Maine’s First Ship, for a fascinating presentation about the 1607 pinnace Virginia,…
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,…
behind-the-scenes tours
ROCKPORT — Aldermere Farm, at 20 Russell Ave, will open its doors and barnyard to the public, Saturday, May 3, during Calf Unveiling Day to introduce the newest members of…
practice haltering, grooming, and leading young calves
ROCKPORT — This spring, Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) invites youth ages 10 to 18 to get up close and personal with the Belted Galloway calves at Aldermere Farm, a…
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…
application deadline May 5
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a state-wide land conservation organization, is offering teens ages 14-18 an hourly-paid position in the Teen Ag Crew at Erickson Fields…
BELFAST — Nicolle Littrell, of DoryWoman Rowing, is the recipient of a $10,000 grant from Women’s Net, a national organization that provides funding…
Governor Janet Mills swore in Carl…
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…
A new study from the University of Maine’s Aquaculture Research Institute and Darling Marine Center is helping to refine best practices for growing Atlantic sea scallops (…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched an updated community garden map to help connect Mainers looking for an opportunity to plant, tend and…
for students who have completed third, fourth, fifth grade
LIBERTY — Citizen’s Association of Liberty Lakes (CALL) will be offering its annual free Lake Keepers Camp, August 4-8, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Lake St George State Park…
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…
having evolved from 13 diverse family farmsteads
BELFAST — On Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at noon, in the Abbott Room of Belfast Free Library, Belfast Garden Club will host blueberry farmer Ron Howard, who will discuss how Brodis Blueberries has…
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…
