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Dozens of people pick up trash in Camden Friday and Saturday
Picking up the nasties for Earth Day
Sat, 04/22/2017 - 10:15am

CAMDEN—Despite a drizzly 38-degree morning, a crew of volunteers led by Alison McKellar, gathered in the parking lot of Hannaford Supermarket in Camden both Friday and Saturday morning for an Earth Day clean up, in honor of Camden resident, Leonard Lookner, who passed away this winter. The initiative is a joint effort between the Camden Conservation Commission and Midcoast Waste Watch with the support of the organizers of Keep Rockport Beautiful. Leonard Lookner's son, Grayson Lookner took the...
The Good Tern Co-op’s Postcard Poetry
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 8:45am
April is National Poetry Month and every year, The Good Tern Co-op, in Rockland, puts out a call to artists and writers to send a postcard or something in an envelope for their Poetry & Art, A Mail Art Exhibition. Here is a sample of the imaginative work submitted and now hanging on the glass windows and walls until the end of the month.
Dole & Bailey offered free tastings, beer and spirits to Midcoast restaurateurs and the public
A sumptuous spread at this pop-up food hub event
Fri, 04/14/2017 - 7:30am

LINCOLNVILLE—With the sun still peeking through atop the summit at Point Lookout dozens of food companies from Texas to Maine were setting up tables overlooking Penobscot Bay with gourmet tastings, everything from endless array of cheeses to sriracha salami to white whiskey. Dole & Bailey, based in Boston, is one of the nation's oldest family-owned and operated food businesses. They have been on a Northeast tour, setting up one-day events free to the public to provide a pop up food hub for...
Lakou Mizik is the Haitian supergroup bringing ‘roots pop’ to Maine
World famous Haitian band kicks off tour on North Haven April 13
Wed, 04/12/2017 - 11:30am

NORTH HAVEN —After the catastrophic earthquake in 2010 in Haiti, which killed more than 300,000 people, according to Haitian government reports, and left nearly a million more homeless, survival was the number one priority. Out of the rubble, a group of people worked to find beauty and harmony once again. A group of musicians had the idea to start a band in 2010 on a hot November night in Port-au-Prince. Haiti was still reeling from the earthquake, a cholera epidemic was raging and a political...
A combination pitch conference with a learning track
Takeaways from Artists and Makers Conference
Wed, 04/12/2017 - 10:45am

The Midcoast has a thriving artist and maker culture, but apart from social media, there are very few events to bring them all together. In recent years, Archipelago, the Island Institute store and gallery, has fulfilled this need by organizing an annual Artists and Makers Conference held in April. What initially started as a handful of people around a table has morphed into their fourth day-long conference with more than 150 participants. A quick poll revealed that nearly half of this...
Sister boat to the Andrea Gail lost during ‘The Perfect Storm’ of 1991
Linda Greenlaw’s tag from ‘Hannah Boden’ found on shores of Ireland
Wed, 03/29/2017 - 2:30pm

On March 13, beachcombers on Fanore Beach, Co. Clare, Ireland, happened to come across an orange tag washed up on shore. It wasn’t unusual: plenty of tags and other marine debris from the U.S. constantly travel 3,000-plus miles before washing up on Ireland and Scotland’s shore as we covered in a previous stories such as this one and this one . However, the astute Irish observers noted that this tag was from the Hannah Boden ,...
Hail To The Rad Kids
Olivia is just beginning to find her talent
Tue, 03/28/2017 - 2:00pm

BELFAST—Olivia Sprowl, 16, a student at BCOPE, (Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education), doesn’t know what kind of artist she wants to be yet. But, she’s going to have a chance to find out this May. She has been chosen to attend Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, on Deer Isle, joining 90 other high school students from around Maine. Shy and reserved, this is going to be a real test for her socially. It’ll be the first time she’s ever been away from home overnight, but it will open her...
Yes, you heard right: Cat yoga, it’s a thing
Sun, 03/26/2017 - 2:15pm

CAMDEN — Let the downward dog pose jokes write themselves. Marylou Cook, owner of Coastal Maine Yoga , a new yoga studio on Molyneaux Road, heard a story on NPR about people doing yoga with cats as a way to chill out from the election news coverage right about the same time that P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center in Camden began getting requests for cat yoga classes. “My son volunteers with the animals, so I offered my yoga services as a silent auction gift,” said Cook. “They...
Takeaway from author Virginia Tuttle “Puttin’ on the Ritz: The Gilded Age Restaurants of New York.”
What NYC restaurants served more than 100 years ago
Fri, 03/17/2017 - 8:15am

ROCKLAND – Want to know what the rich used to order to eat? Oysters and caviar for appetizers, turtle soup, beef or English sole, followed by a delicacy people rarely got in the winter, fresh peach Melba with sliced peaches from South Africa — those menu items were the most ordered by high society diners in New York City starting in 1890s, as the city's most luxurious restaurants began to take off. Author Virginia Tuttle gave a lecture at the Farnsworth art Museum on March 9 entitled “ ...
Where to go in the Midcoast to celebrate...
2017 St. Patrick’s Day social rundown
Thu, 03/16/2017 - 11:15am

St. Patrick's Day on a Friday this year? Holy Leprechauns! Well, finally someone got that right, instead of it falling on a Wednesday or a Monday. You know you should never order an Irish Car Bomb when visiting Ireland, right? Never, never. Breach of etiquette–seriously Google it! Regardless, enjoy the day and keep a taxi on speed dial. Belfast Rollie’s Bar and Grill Your proper St. Paddy’s Day starts at 6 a.m. at Rollie’s with their Irish breakfast. Then ease...
Camden-Rockport Middle School student and his simple solution for a new school
Wed, 03/15/2017 - 11:30am

Nearly two years ago, in February of 2015, Camden and Rockport voters turned down a plan to build an 82,000-square-foot new school for the middle school students of Camden and Rockport. With an aging middle school in Camden that also houses a portion of the district’s elementary students, which is failing and doesn’t meet current basic life and safety codes in many areas, according to a press release from the School Administration District 28’s central office, it continues to exhibit problems,...
Hail To The Rad Kids
Art in Belfast: Elias Dodge, 14, is creator of ominous cities
Mon, 03/13/2017 - 10:00pm

BELFAST—Last Friday, March 4, dozens of kids as young as four up to teenagers were milling through the hallways of Waterfall Arts’ second annual “Young Artists’ Gallery Takeover” – an opportunity to highlight Waldo County visual arts programs and put the spotlight on local artists under age 18. Many of those kids, were, in fact, the artists themselves. I met Elias Dodge, 14, who is homeschooled. He was busy rolling black black acrylic paint over a foam collage that Waterfall Arts’ BRIDGE teen...
A chilly day for the Cardboard Box Derby and one epic slow-mo wipeout
Mon, 03/13/2017 - 4:00pm

CAMDEN — A frigid 11-degree Fahrenheit day on Sunday might have brought out fewer spectators for the 5th annual Cardboard Box Derby than last year, held at the Camden Snow Bowl, but it made for a slicker ride for all 27 teams. Though most of the cardboard boxers held together pretty well, the “vehicle” for one team, called The Goofy Gondola Girls, disintegrated in spectacular fashion as the girls (Abby Williams, 12, Elli Andrus, 12, and Zola Roberts, 12, all from Hope) literally tumbled in slow...
Camden native Kerry Gross knows there are more adventurous women out there and she’s going to find them
Thu, 03/09/2017 - 12:00pm

CAMDEN—Camden native Kerry Gross now lives and works in South Lake Tahoe, but her Maine roots will be taking her back home this summer for a cross-country interview project she created called Women Who Dare. The project spurred from the catalyst of an energy bar wrapper. “I was training for adventure racing all last summer, which is a combination of orienteering, biking and paddling from eight to 30 hours at a stretch,” she said. “One day before I got into the pool, I look at the back of my...
Inside the tiny world of Studebaker Miniatures in Rockland
Behold a harmonica the width of a fingernail
Thu, 03/09/2017 - 10:45am

The metal harmonica in Bill Studebaker’s palm is no bigger than five millimeters, its comb and cover plates are barely visible to the human eye once set against the scale of an Indian Head penny. The wee instrument sits in a glass case with other handcrafted musical instruments Bill has made by hand, including a wooden flute, a lute and a spinnet, each built with extraordinary intricate detail from wood and ivory. Above Bill and Barbara Studebaker’s garage in Rockland is a miniature-making shop...
Mike Jackson, President of Grundéns, on the practicalities of commercial fishermen wearing a PFD
Words no fisherman ever wants to hear: ‘Man Overboard’
Wed, 03/08/2017 - 3:15pm

ROCKLAND — It’s always in the back of the mind of every commercial fisherman or lobsterman as he or she throws off the lines and heads out to sea — the possibility that they won’t come back. It’s a risk they take every day. At the recent 2017 Maine Fisherman’s Forum, Mike Jackson, President of Grundéns USA, spoke about the dangers of falling overboard. A participant in the “Stories at Sea” panel, he has a unique authority on that particular topic, having survived going overboard not once, but...
Twisting up things for spring: Farnsworth offers three origami-themed events in March
Sat, 03/04/2017 - 7:15am

ROCKLAND — Every year around this time, the Farnsworth Art Museum and their merry band of artists and entrepreneurs, known as The Collective, put their heads together to come up with events that will blow ours. This year, three events are planned in March all around the theme of origami. "This is the third year we've organized events in the spring months as a way to break out of the gloom of winter and do a theme based on colors and patterns," said Special Events Manager Annie Brown. “This year...
Feb 22, 2017 marked the famed Maine poet's 125th birthday with weekend celebrations
A peek inside the Rockland house where Edna St. Vincent Millay was born
Thu, 03/02/2017 - 3:00pm

ROCKLAND—Next time you’re walking by Broadway in Rockland, take a look at the the modest yellow double house at 198-200, particularly at the single pane window on the upper right side. That’s the room in which Edna St. Vincent Millay was born. February 22, 2017 marked the Pulitzer Prize winning poet’s 125th birthday and Rockland celebrated her life on February 25 with a gala reading of selected poets at the Farnsworth Art Museum, as well as a tour of the house of her birthplace, currently under...
Artist Katharine Cobey’s ‘Danger Dress’ has traveled the U.S. more than most people have
Danger Dress ahead! Use caution
Thu, 03/02/2017 - 11:30am

CUSHING — Eighteen years ago, Cushing artist Katharine Cobey created a one-of-a-kind sculptural dress out of black garbage bag plastic, cut into strips, and knitted together with a skirt made of bright red “Danger” tape gleaned from the local hardware store. The forbidding looking outfit was deemed the “Danger Dress.” “I made this dress to hang on rods to like a life-size puppet,” said Cobey. “I wanted the dress to speak for itself, but it was originally a message to women to de-emphasize...
Reveals plans for what he'll do next with a cool half million
‘Alone’ winner Zachary Fowler celebrates with public at Threshers Brewing Co.
Mon, 02/27/2017 - 7:30pm

SEARSMONT—“History’s” Alone season three winner, Maine’s Zachary Fowler, was in his natural habitat Saturday night, surrounded by friends and family at Threshers Brewing Co. in Searsmont to talk about his stint on the unscripted show and his plans for the $500,000 prize that he won. After unpacking a green rucksack of all of the hand-carved and handmade items he made in his 87 days living alone in Patagonia and laying them out for display, Fowler sat down with a beer and discussed the...
Featured in recent New York Times article, hello hello offers a #Resist Display
hello hello bookstore joins independent bookshops encouraging grassroots activism
Tue, 02/21/2017 - 1:30pm

ROCKLAND—Rockland’s independent bookstore, hello hello and its owner Lacy Simons, received a mention in a New York Times article on Feb. 15, 2017 titled: Bookstores Stoke Trump Resistance With Action, Not Just Words . The article illuminated the growing grassroots protest movement that is quietly springing up in bookstores across America. In the piece, Simons was quoted: "In the past, we hadn't really been like, 'O.K., here's where we stand,'" said Lacy Simons, the...
The anti-Valentine’s Day love notes
Dear Barbara...
Tue, 02/14/2017 - 4:00pm

CAMDEN — When Willow Henry-Elwell, manager of Rockport Blueprint, Camden’s art supply store, went to tidy up the pen area of the store where people tend to try out a color on random bits of scrap paper, she found an odd handwritten note that read: Dear Barbara, In hopes that you find this, I just wanted to say I’m sorry. I should have never cheated on you with my intern, Felicia. Love always, Your Husband, Ralph. The note was signed with a little red heart. “I thought it was...
Spicy homemade curry and vegetables served at Camden Public Library on Feb. 14
Cheap Dates: Put some spice in your life on V Day
Tue, 02/14/2017 - 2:00pm

CAMDEN—Some like it hot. And some like it spicy. Camden resident Arif Shaikh plans to give Valentine’s Day it’s own unique flavor when he presents “Farms & Food: Kolkata to Camden” along with a vegetarian curry and chai tasting on Feb. 14 at the Camden Public Library from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Shaikh, who moved to Camden from Boston six months ago, loves to cook food that originates from his family’s region of Kolkata, India. “I really love food and that quickly forced me to learn to cook the kind...
Updated with video
Alone season finale: Maine's Zachary Fowler is the winner!
Thu, 02/09/2017 - 10:30pm

In the 10 weeks we’ve covered Zachary Fowler from Appleton, Maine on his journey through HISTORY’s Alone unscripted series, pitting nine contestants all over the world to survive in Patagonia without any assistance, it’s down to the final episode ....and tonight’s finale announced the winner. Can you take a guess who that was? Pilot: Wow! Chills and happy tears watching your wife, Jami come up after nearly 90 days to hug you and tell you that you won. Can you...
Nautical and dog-themed films a hit this year
Breakout films for this year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival
Thu, 02/09/2017 - 8:00pm

ROCKPORT—In the last few years it seems as though one had to slog through sleet and snow just to make it to the Banff Mountain Film Festival, held annually at the Strom Auditorium at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport. For lovers of extreme outdoor sports and daring filmmaking, this is a treat to have in Rockport as the festival is shown in 40 countries across the globe. This year’s lineup includes 17 new films spread over two nights, ranging from shorts to longer features and from...
The revival of burlesque dancing in the Midcoast
Wed, 02/08/2017 - 12:30pm

Burlesque dancing, like many other fringe art forms, enjoys a mysterious, titillating reputation, because most people only have a vague idea of what it’s all about. Burlesque embodied a particular female performance usually in a variety show featuring bawdy comedy and a bit of a striptease. Going back the 1860s, it became a staple of Prohibition entertainment, until it phased out roughly the 1950s. Today, the costumes might be similar (lots of corsetry, feathers and pasties), but the art form...
Behind the Slides: Building a Blue Guitar
Wed, 02/08/2017 - 12:00pm

Behind the Slides, our ongoing feature, is where we meet up with an artist who presented at a PechaKucha event and find out the deeper story beneath the images they chose to portray. Dave Morrison was one of the presenters at the most recent PechaKucha Night held at Rockport Opera House January 27. His presentation was about the art of building an electric blue guitar. Morrison has published 11 books of poetry including Clubland (poems about rock & roll bars in verse and meter,...
‘I want it to be efficient, but at the same time, affordable’
Belfast man proposes former Crosby School transformation: co-housing, office and performance space
Tue, 02/07/2017 - 10:45am

BELFAST—The former Crosby High School on 96 Church Street in Belfast is one of those residential monoliths one might pass by for 20 years and forget it’s there. But this past December, Belfast resident Kiril Lozanov, purchased the 38,000-square-foot building with big plans to renovate it into a community building that promises huge potential for Belfast’s creative economy. Built in 1923, the William G. Crosby School was featured in the 1957 movie, Peyton Place and remained a school...
Alone Week 9: Zach makes it to the final episode!
Fri, 02/03/2017 - 2:30pm

We’re down to the home stretch, with Appleton resident Zachary Fowler making it to the last episode on the HISTORY survivalist show, Alone . After nine episodes and 74 days surviving alone in the Patagonia wilderness, Zach has managed to hang on along with two other female contestants, Megan and Carleigh. Next week’s final episode will determine the winner of $500,000. Pilot: I’ll bet there was a lot of cheering at Thresher’s Brewery last night when all of the folks coming out...
The Flower Goddess in Rockland will soon be selling the hats
Maine knitters inspired by worldwide women’s marches create iconic kitty cat hats
Wed, 02/01/2017 - 12:00pm

ELLSWORTH— Rachael Beal and her soon-to-be daughter in law, Rebecca Blackington, from Ellsworth, were unable to attend the Maine marches the day after the Inauguration, but the activism of women around the world made a deep impression on them both. “Watching these women go to all of these marches was so powerful that I felt moved to do something,” said Beal. Beal, who is disabled, and Becca Blackington, who is currently unemployed, wondered what could they do to contribute to women’s causes. “...
‘Caught,’ new book by Port Clyde fisherman Glen Libby, tells it like it is
Mon, 01/30/2017 - 1:00pm

PORT CLYDE—After 40-plus years in the fishing industry, you’d think you’d run out of things to say about it, but not commercial fisherman and owner of Port Clyde Fresh Catch, Glen Libby. “The fishing industry has changed since the 1970s due to various technologies and from a personal standpoint, it was either change with it or keep complaining about it,” said Libby, “which was literally driving me crazy.” He teamed up with Antonia Small, a fine art and documentary photographer, who had been...
Alone Week 8: Zach’s one of the final four
Sat, 01/28/2017 - 8:00am

We’re now down to the last two episodes of A&E Networks' HISTORY survivalist show, Alone . This past episode revealed that Appleton resident Zachary Fowler has not yet thrown in the towel. After 72 days surviving alone in the Patagonia Wilderness, he’s up against the last four contestants. Pilot: When you saw that foreshadow of the boat rescue coming, did you know who it was going to be? Zach: Actually, no, at first I thought it would be Dave, because he was so...
Connecting Creativity and Cultural Equity in Maine...
Has life for Midcoast artists gotten better or worse in the last 15 years?
Thu, 01/26/2017 - 2:30pm

BELFAST — One of the questions Maine Arts Commission Executive Director Julie Richard asked a crowd of about 25 artists at Waterfall Arts last week was “what has changed for better or worse” for Maine artists in the last 15 years? As part of a traveling Maine Arts Iditarod, which hit Belfast on Jan. 26, the first session of the day focused on Connecting Creativity and Cultural Equity in Maine. Several participants in the audience thought the Midcoast’s strengths included the emergence of a...
The Paint Chic colors world by helping others learn to paint
Thu, 01/26/2017 - 10:00am

BELFAST— Inside Bowens Tavern in Belfast, a local’s joint with wood paneled walls and sports usually on the tube, it seems an unlikely scenario to see easels set up all around. The TV is off. Instead of drinks, plastic cups are filled with blue or purple watered down acrylic paint as people gather around to enjoy a couple of hours to explore their inner artist. Amiee Twigg, of Searsport, a.k.a. the Paint Chic, is the one-woman operation behind pop-up Paint Nights in the Midcoast this winter,...
Alone Week 7: A bird sacrifice for Zach
Fri, 01/20/2017 - 3:30pm

For the last six weeks, Penobscot Bay Pilot has been following Appleton resident Zachary Fowler, a contestant on A&E Networks' HISTORY survivalist show, Alone unscripted series and every Thursday night we’re waiting to see if he made the cut. Well, he’s still hanging strong. After two months surviving alone in the Patagonia Wilderness, he’s up against five other contestants with only three episodes to go! Pilot: Poor Greg who tapped out this episode due to extreme...
Neighborhood and The Hoot
Two Belfast food trucks trade wheels for bricks and mortar
Thu, 01/19/2017 - 1:30pm

BELFAST— A trend in Portland, where food truck owners test the waters by going mobile with a small menu and then take it to the next level with restaurant space, has taken hold in Belfast, where two new restaurants are slated to open. Neighborhood Four years ago, Seth Whited and Sarah Waldron were co-owners and operators of the Good ‘N’ You food truck in the back parking lot of Rollie’s Bar and Grill. They served up healthy, locally sourced Mexican and Mediterranean fare...
Calling Scots and Scots-at-heart for haggis, whisky tasting and Celtic music!
Cheap Dates: Rabbie Burns Day Jan. 21 in Belfast
Thu, 01/19/2017 - 10:00am

BELFAST — Last year, when I was traveling around Scotland with a tour bus called Rabbie’s, our guide told us what the name meant. “First of all, it’s not pronounced Rabies,” he said. Turns out like most clueless Yanks, I didn’t know the name was a Scottish diminutive for Robert, and that the company was an affectionate nod to Scotland’s most famous poet and lyricist, Robert Burns. I also didn’t know that around every Jan. 25, pubs and restaurants all around Scotland (and the world) fill with...
Alone Week 6: Where is Zach?
Sat, 01/14/2017 - 12:45pm

Another week has gone by for us, but for those hanging tough on the A&E Networks' History survivalist show, Alone , it's been 50 days. Appleton resident, Zachary Fowler, is still in the running among six other contestants as they try to survive, all alone, in the Patagonia wilderness. Pilot: We didn’t even get to see you once in this week’s episode! Were you bummed? Zach: No, Dan got left out of two whole episodes before. I thought it was bound to happen. ...
Pope Memorial Humane Society is offering a free adoption for all black and partially black cats
Friday the 13th is a lucky day for black cats
Fri, 01/13/2017 - 9:15am

Black cats always seem to get the short shrift. For centuries, people in the Middle Ages thought they were the companions and couriers of Satan or witches. According to American Folklore, they were a symbol of evil, and an omen of bad luck and that superstition has remained for some people even up to the present. And then there are the cats who always seem to get overlooked for adoption. Statistics routinely show that black cats have a lower rate of adoption than any other type of cat. Whether...
National Fisherman magazine gifted Searsport museum its entire pre-digital photographic archive
Check out these rarely seen vintage photos of fishermen, boats and workaday life
Wed, 01/11/2017 - 8:00am

SEARSPORT — In 2012, National Fisherman, a preeminent national magazine detailing life in the commercial fishing industry, donated the publication’s entire pre-digital photographic archive to the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport. It was a significant gift, a visual record of every nuance of American commercial fishing during four decades, from the 1950s to the 1990s, and it’s taken museum staff nearly five years to digitize, catalog and publish the images to their website, in...
OUT Maine looks to young leaders to help shape better services in the Midcoast
Tue, 01/10/2017 - 3:15pm

ROCKLAND — If you’re a young person in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community, or a youth ally who has some definite ideas on issues that can be improved in the Midcoast, OUT Maine wants to hear from you. After receiving a contract from Maine Youth Action Network, OUT Maine is now putting out a call to anyone age 14-22 from Knox, Waldo, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties who is community-oriented, an advocate for social justice, wants to develop leadership skills and to have a...
New mockumentary comedy, ‘Wheel It Hard!,’ pokes fun at Portland’s adult roller skating community
Mon, 01/09/2017 - 1:15pm

We all remember the dude who sailed around the roller rink, swaying to sweet disco moves from when we were kids, and soon a new film will conjure up those memories again. Independent Maine filmmakers Jeffrey Charles Day and Michael Panenka are in post-production of their newest self-financed comedy film, Wheel It Hard! , co-produced by Andrea Nilosek. Judging by the trailer alone (set primarily around Portland's Happy Wheels roller rink), this film is going to be rolling in the laughs...
Alone Week 5: Zach versus Dan
Fri, 01/06/2017 - 3:15pm

We’re now 40 days into the fifth episode of A&E Networks' History survivalist show Alone , where seven people are still hanging on in the wilderness of Patagonia, trying to be the only one to make it to the end to win the $500,000 prize. They’re hungry, their emotional and mental endurance is strained, and our Appleton guy, Zachary Fowler, is still hanging strong. Pilot: What was that cool water bottle you made out of wood? How did you make that? Zach: I just...
Time to get out of the house and be social
Winter weeknight fun: Open mics, karaoke, art and trivia nights
Wed, 01/04/2017 - 10:15am

Whether you're new to the Midcoast and just want to find something social to do during the week nights or you're sick of being cooped up inside as winter sets in, we've got a rundown of the most social happenings every night of the work week. Come with friends or come alone and meet new friends. Monday Open Mic Night, FOG Bar & Cafe (Rockland) 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. Vibe: The downtown hot spot just moved their Open Mic to Monday night to make room for more theme nights. Most...
The Maine Film Initiative aims to bring new talent, resources to produce winning movie in Maine
Get in on this new Maine indie film competition and get your movie made!
Mon, 01/02/2017 - 1:45pm

PORTLAND — It’s no secret in the film industry that Maine has some of the most beautiful locations in the United States, but for various reasons — largely economic — there are very few motion pictures and TV shows shot in this state. The Maine Film Initiative, a new project from Allen Baldwin, a Maine filmmaker from Portland, aims to change that by offering indie screenwriters a chance at winning the opportunity to have their film financed and shot in Maine. “The big issue we face in the Maine...
Alone Week 4: Zach fashions a Duck Hunter 3000 out of driftwood
Fri, 12/30/2016 - 3:00pm

We’re following A&E Networks' History survivalist show Alone series, Season 3, thanks to local survivalist, Zachary Fowler of Appleton, one of the remaining eight contestants on the unscripted show as they try to survive all alone in the Patagonia wilderness. We’re now on Episode 4 and it’s been about a month that Zach and the gang are toughing it out in the woods. Pilot: So, the big cliff hanger last week was that you shot a duck with your slingshot, but...
Updated
Your New Year's Eve rundown 2016-2017
Wed, 12/28/2016 - 6:00pm

From bonfires to ultra fun dance parties, here is the New Year's Eve rundown for 2016 with a lot of new venues and events from last year. Whatever you end up doing, enjoy and drive safely! Belfast New Year's by the Bay This is the 20th anniversary of the New Year's by the Bay and they’re doing it up big! The arts, music and entertainment extravaganza starts in the day time and goes until midnight. Three not-to-miss bands this night include Jennifer Armstrong , The...
Alone Week 3: Things start to get serious for Zach
Mon, 12/26/2016 - 6:15pm

We’re following A&E Networks' History survivalist show Alone , Season 3, thanks to local survivalist, Zachary Fowler, of Appleton, one of the remaining nine contestants on the unscripted show who try to survive all alone in the Patagonia wilderness. In last week's episode, the euphoria of being in Patagonia has pretty much worn off for most of the contestants by nearly the third week as the temperatures dropped. We had some more questions for Appleton resident Zachary Fowler to...
Adopt A Family initiative is 100 percent a success
All 230 people from Hospitality House have presents this holiday
Fri, 12/23/2016 - 8:30pm

ROCKPORT — With just days to go before the holidays, four high school girls from Camden Hills Regional High School arrived at Knox County Homeless Coalition/Hospitality House on Wednesday, Dec. 22, ready to go gift shopping. All of this month, the Hospitality House has gathered wish lists from their families and invited the community to 'adopt a family' for the holidays by shopping for gifts and giving them tot he families. As of Dec. 22, the day the girls arrived, all 84 families (230) people...
Ebantide, Camden’s newest restaurant, takes ‘working class comfort food’ to Knox Mill
Thu, 12/22/2016 - 3:15pm

CAMDEN — The Knox Mill has come to life once more with Ebantide, a new restaurant that officially opens next weekend. More than just a play on words (named after co-owner Joseph Goudreau’s three-month-old grandson Eban) the name Eban also represents a West African symbol for family, love and security. Chef and co-owner Ean Woodward comes to this enterprise with a humble appreciation for food. “I don’t want people thinking this is a high-priced bistro,” he said. “’Our tag line is ‘Where you want...

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CHRISTMAS TREES & WREATHS ARE HERE!

West Bay Rotary
United Midcoast Charities’ Annual “Day of Giving” Set for December 9

United Midcoast Charities
Monday Specials at Graffam Bros Seafood Market

Graffam Bros. Seafood Market

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Hope for the Holidays 2023 Sale Benefits Survivors of Domestic Abuse

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Riley School
Accepting New Students

Peopleplace Cooperative Preschool
Weekend at Brady’s!

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FIRE of Revival in PAKISTAN

Eastgate Ministries
Holiday Open House at The Lincoln Home December 10

The Lincoln Home Lifestyle
Now taking reservations and call ahead seating for Garden’s Aglow!

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PAWS Response to the Mysterious Dog Upper Respiratory Infection

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Holidays at the Museum SUN. DEC. 3

Owls Head Transportation Museum

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Request for Proposals Camden Rockport Elementary School (CRES) Phase One Interior Painting Project
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Upcoming Events

Hope for the Holidays 2023 Sale Benefits Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Event: Fri, Dec 15 - 8:00 am
Camden Conference hosts Caste in India: Myth and Reality

Event: Wed, Dec 13 - 6:00 pm
Paul Sullivan’s Christmas in Maine concert wraps up Camden Opera House year

Event: Sat, Dec 16 - 7:30 pm
Kathleen Fox paintings on display in Tenants Harbor, Dec. 5 - Jan. 5

Event: Fri, Dec 8 - 5:00 pm
Anne Cox exhibits ‘Glimpsed’ at Craignair Gallery

Event: Wed, Dec 6 - 4:00 pm
Atlantic Ballet Company presents the Nutcracker in Camden, Dec. 2 - 3

Event: Sun, Dec 3 - 3:00 pm
Rockland library hosts A Christmas Carol fireside reading by Andrew Harris

Event: Thu, Dec 14 - 6:00 pm
Bay Chamber presents Songs of Solomon Gospel Choir

Event: Thu, Dec 14 - 7:00 pm
George’s River Trout Unlimited hosts presentation on Great Lakes steelhead fishing, Dec. 11

Event: Mon, Dec 11 - 7:00 pm
Midcoast Health Collective celebrates grand opening with community event

Event: Sat, Dec 9 - 1:00 pm
Belfast Annual Menorah Lighting, Dec. 7

Event: Thu, Dec 7 - 4:00 pm
Roger Allen Moody to speak on "Historic Sporting Camps of Moosehead Lake”

Event: Tue, Dec 5 - 6:30 pm
Camden Conference hosts Unity Through Diversity: Understanding India Through Food

Event: Thu, Dec 7 - 6:30 pm
Rockville Community Chapel Christmas Service

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 2:00 pm
Cramer Museum launches new winter exhibit

Event: Sun, Dec 3 - 1:00 pm
View gowns crafted from evergreen boughs at Watts Hall

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 12:00 pm
Tree trimming and craft at Rockland library, Dec. 7

Event: Thu, Dec 7 - 3:45 pm
Holiday fun for kids (and their elders) in Spruce Head, Dec. 9

Event: Sat, Dec 9 - 10:00 am
Friends of South School’s 1st annual Winter Maker's Market showcases local artisans

Event: Sat, Dec 9 - 10:00 am
Holiday bell concert and Polar Express family event in Rockport, Dec. 6

Event: Wed, Dec 6 - 5:00 pm

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