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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...
‘Our View’ 2016 is a digital spin off on the 1991 hardcover book
CRMS students publish first photography book on the people and places in Camden-Rockport
Thu, 12/22/2016 - 2:45pm

The book is out! Our View 2016: Camden and Rockport, Maine as Photographed by the Eighth Grade Class of Camden-Rockport Middle School just dropped on iTunes as a free download. As originally featured in our story, Twenty five years later kids photograph a ‘Day In The Life’ of Camden-Rockport , this 86-page photography book is the result of a trimester long interdisciplinary study around community, self-expression, and digital media. The project was an...
Through the lens: How kids see Camden-Rockport
Thursday, December 22, 2016 - 11:45am
The following gallery of photos are from a newly published book by the 8th grade students of Camden-Rockport Middle School titled Our View 2016: Camden and Rockport, Maine as Photographed by the Eighth Grade Class of Camden-Rockport Middle School See our recent story here: CRMS students publish their first photography book on the...
You have to ski up to get your taco fix, sorry
Cold Toes Tacos opens hilltop at Camden Snow Bowl
Tue, 12/20/2016 - 2:30pm

CAMDEN — The Camden Snow Bowl just got a new eatery. The only thing is, you can’t get to it by walking. Brian Beggarly, owner of Boynton-McKay in Camden, just opened a pop-up weekend taco shop mid-mountain at the Snow Bowl on the weekend of Dec. 16-18 and plans to continue his new venture, Cold Toes Tacos, all winter long. “I learned how to snowboard in Vermont and all of the bigger mountains have these foodstands and mini pubs mid-mountain where you can grab a burger and a beer so you don’t...
What’s In That Cocktail?
Watch how Maine-made absinthe is poured
Mon, 12/19/2016 - 12:30pm

CAMDEN — A century ago, the bohemians and artists who wandered into a café for their afternoon “happy hour” of absinthe were all too familiar with rituals of absinthe preparation and pouring. But, because absinthe has essentially been illegal to manufacture for more than 100 years — until recent years — very few people in modern society know how to make, or drink, the cloudy green concoction. Bruce Olson, founder and owner of Tree Spirits Winery and Distillery, went to the Vintage Room in...
Check out this little pop-up shop at Steel House
Saturday, December 17, 2016 - 9:15am
For the second year, Steel House in Rockland is hosting a holiday pop-up shop to offer the eclectic and carefully designed work of multiple artists and makers from Midcoast Maine. Goods for sale will range from housewares and jewelry to notecards and digital illustrations. Saturday, Dec. 17, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: 711 Main St. in Rockland
Alone Week 2: Zach throws a shovel
Fri, 12/16/2016 - 10:15pm

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 as they try to survive all alone in the Patagonia wilderness. See our recent article on him . Episode 2 aired last night, (Dec. 15, 2016) and today we find out what happened: Pilot: Seems like some of the contestants were having trouble finding food in the...
Skin Klinic and Day Spa’s funtastic fabulous holiday party
Friday, December 16, 2016 - 10:45am
On Thursday, Dec. 15, Skin Klinic & Day Spa’s owner Susan Kelly honored her clients and friends with a holiday party complete with amazing food from caterer Cathy Feener of Bells and Whistles. (Fresh lobster dip and cheesy scallop puffs caught-that-day were the biggest hits). Complimentary tarot card readings, bra fittings and makeup tutorials rounded out with prosecco and wine made for a fab, fun holiday party.
Red Barn Baking Co.’s other half: the antique marketplace
Marvels inside Route 1 red barn are nothing less than fabulous
Thu, 12/15/2016 - 1:30pm

LINCOLNVILLE — It’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it building, but well worth circling back around to. The Red Barn Baking Co., just on the Camden/Lincolnville town line on Route 1, is known for its insanely coveted baked goods, but the other half of the century-old barn is a treasure trove. And it’s only open for another two weeks until it closes for the season. Inside the two-story barn, one quarter of the first floor is dedicated to the bakery. The rest of the space is for approximately 30...
Appleton survivalist Zachary Fowler competes on new season of History’s survivalist show ‘Alone’
Fri, 12/09/2016 - 5:00pm

A new season of History’s Alone debuted on the A&E Networks on Dec. 8, 2016. And Zachary Fowler, one of the show’s 10 contestants, happened to catch the episode surrounded by friends at Thresher’s Brewing Co. in Searsmont. The show’s survivalist premise plunks 10 participants in the wilderness of Patagonia, where they will be put to the ultimate test of will and human endurance–surviving as long as they can, completely isolated and alone, with nothing but the contents of a small...
Chef Kerry Alterio takes the long view about how food influences mood
After work, then home, where is your ‘third place’ in our community?
Thu, 12/08/2016 - 10:15am

CAMDEN — Food isn’t just fuel; it directly impacts our emotions. Award-winning chef and local restaurateur Kerry Altiero will be covering this topic in a talk on Dec. 12 at the Camden Public Library titled “Mood Foods” centering around foods that make us happy, foods that make us sad, and sometimes mad. If you’re thinking about the calf liver with smothered onions you were forced to eat as a child, that’s not quite the “mad” Alterio means. “Think of food that’s precious, but soulless,” he said...
‘It’s like making a music video..if you were in 1840.’
Vermont musician uses Appalachian ballads, hand scrolled ‘crankies’ to tell a story
Wed, 12/07/2016 - 12:45pm

Brattleboro, Vt., musician Brandon Taaffe is coming to Maine this weekend with a unique twist on using art to visually illustrate his music. Using the 19th century art form of a crankie (scrolling illustrations hand-cranked through a wooden frame), he has found a particularly haunting way to tell a story. “It’s like making a music video..if you were in 1840,” he said. A multi-instrumentalist on guitar, fiddle, banjo and mbira , a thousand-year-old thumb piano derived from Africa, he...
What’s In That Cocktail?
Behold the gargantuan Bloody Mary
Wed, 12/07/2016 - 10:00am

CAMDEN — Looking for a monumental-sized Bloody Mary that takes an hour and a half to consume? The Camden Sea Dog just debuted an impressive Bloody Mary Bar on the last weekend of November and it is a sight to behold. First off, forget the dinky pint-sized Mason jars; this drink comes in a quart-sized Mason jar. Bar Manager Amanda Dennison said, “We just started brunch service and wanted something big and over-the-top to go with it. One of our managers used to put on a Bloody Mary bar in Boston...
It took more than a year to cook up this tasty comedy
In the ‘Night Kitchen’ when the lights go out, the kitchen comes alive
Mon, 12/05/2016 - 3:00pm

CAMDEN—In Night Kitchen, John Burstein’s newest musical comedy, when the last patron leaves the restaurant and the chef switches off the lights, the inanimate objects —pots and cans, spoons and ladles — and foodstuffs come alive and take over. As Slim Goodbody, winner of numerous Parent Choice Awards, Burstein conceived of this musical while working with the Meals on Wheels committee, trying to come up with a way his writing and directing talents could provide some revenue for the...
Knox County Homeless Coalition/Hospitality House circulates wish lists for ‘Adopt a Family for the Holidays!’
All I want for Christmas is... driving lessons
Mon, 12/05/2016 - 9:15am

It seems with every Christmas commercial, there’s a suburban McMansion twinkling with lights, a 20-foot tree mounded underneath with presents and a happy, supportive family gathered around an expansive table filled with food. Cut to reality and imagine being a single mom holding your child on your lap in the living room of the Knox County Homeless Coalition/Hospitality House. You’re grateful for the shelter in your temporary home, but you don’t have enough money to buy your child socks for...
Justin Roig’s latest show at Michael Good Gallery is a special benefit exhibition and raffle
Artist moves beyond car accident with new exhibition and positive outlook
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 12:15pm

ROCKPORT — Just four months ago, Justin Roig’s world was a lot different than it is now. As the front of the house manager of Primo, Roig was working six days a week along with his wife, Emily, who worked in the office of Primo. As a father of a 4-year-old son, he had very little time for his artwork, but like many Maine artists, continued to chisel away at it. In August, while driving home from work to Augusta, he fell asleep at the wheel. His car hit a large rock and flipped, leaving Justin...
Rockland artist’s lifesize driftwood horses and moose roam free
Mon, 11/28/2016 - 1:00pm

ROCKLAND — Richard Allen is a wanderer. Having grown up in Thomaston and served in the army, he spent his youth traveling through Europe, and working as a painter and sculptor all over the country, including a stint in San Francisco, before heading back to his home state. His six-foot-tall driftwood horses and moose sculptures embody so much of his free-range aesthetic. Their “muscles” are made from bleached bits of knobby driftwood he collects on beaches. Currently, a “herd” of them stand on...
GrAttitude Project and More Good...
New York woman visits Midcoast Maine on 50-state quest to find people’s positive stories
Wed, 11/23/2016 - 2:15pm

CAMDEN — Three years ago on one of the worst days of her life, Mary Latham, 29, was sitting in the hospital with her relatives, waiting to hear news of her beloved mother, Pat, who was dying of breast cancer. While sitting in the sterile lobby trying to occupy her thoughts, she checked a Facebook page she and a friend had started two weeks earlier to collect anecdotes of random acts of kindness. After the Newtown shootings in Connecticut had left Latham feeling depressed, she wanted to do...
PechaKucha presenter on getting people to slow down and focus
Behind the Slides: Elaine Ng’s art installations reveal hidden gifts in plain sight
Tue, 11/22/2016 - 11:00am

One of PechaKucha Midcoast’s most recent presenters was Elaine K. Ng, a multi-disciplinary artist working with sculpture and architectural installation. After a 10-year career in nonprofit management, she returned to the studio to focus on her own artwork and completed her Master of Fine Arts at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2014. Note: Ng’s PechaKucha slides appear in the right column. Click on the photos to match them with the actual slide notes (in italics). Beneath the slide notes will be...
Herbal Revolution founder Kathi Langelier advances to the next round of Greenlight Maine
Thu, 11/17/2016 - 3:00pm

BELFAST — Last April, local entrepreneur Kathi Langelier, owner of Herbal Revolution Farm and Apothecary, was dropping off an order of her plant-based products at a Midcoast store when she had a chance conversation with an acquaintance who asked her how her business was going. The friend mentioned Greenlight Maine as a potential funding source. Greenlight Maine is very similar to ABC’s Shark Tank , in which small Maine entrepreneurs get a chance to bring...
Both groups want to cement solidarity following turbulent politics
Post-election protest, discussion to take place in Camden Nov. 19
Tue, 11/15/2016 - 1:15pm

Two local grassroots efforts have sprung up this week in Camden, one to unite women, minorities and LGBTQ people, the other specifically to champion women. The informal group, Stand Up Speak Out, is holding a peaceful protest march starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 40 Washington Street in Camden, in the public parking lot that the farmer's market uses. “This is a gathering to show support for women, minorities, LGBTQ people and others who frightened to speak out and in fear for their...
The former director of the Brandywine River Museum will give a free presentation Nov. 19
Correcting the most common misconceptions about Andrew Wyeth
Tue, 11/15/2016 - 12:00pm

BELFAST— James Duff, the former director of the Brandywine River Museum of Art, has spent much of the last 45 years of his career contemplating the works of Andrew Wyeth. He has observed various misconceptions that critics, scholars and the public have had about Andrew Wyeth's intentions and the content of his work. Repeating the presentation he gave for the Farnsworth Museum last July at the Strand Theatre, Duff will offer some of his observations in a presentation titled "Conceptions of...
Live show Nov 17-20 encourages props, costumes and dancing
In antici....pation of the Rocky Horror Show Live at the Strand Theater
Tue, 11/15/2016 - 11:30am

ROCKLAND — Kids growing up in the 1970s and 1980s who were invited to a midnight screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show were never quite the same afterwards. It became a shared cultural experience for left-of-center young people and it was the first time an audience ever interacted live, ad-libbing with the characters on the screen. Now, a live version of the movie is coming to the Strand Theatre Nov 17-20. The Barn Arts Collective, a theater performance and residency organization based out of...
Artist Kenny Cole examines American politics, men and the uniform through his art
Fri, 11/11/2016 - 12:15pm

BELFAST—While some people may be exhausted with political topics this week, it is a continuing conversation through Kenny Cole’s art. A Maine visual artist, Cole’s work has been described as a visionary mix with an activist inspired political thrust. With a show called "Like There's No Tomorrow" solo currently hanging at Win Wilder Hall in Rockland and another, “The Promise of Tomorrow,” on view at Chase’s Daily Perimeter Gallery through December 31, Cole has tried to make sense of a turbulent...
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Midcoast businesses, organizations honor veterans with free meals, discounts
Fri, 11/11/2016 - 11:15am

Area businesses are showing their appreciation for Veterans in a number of ways today on November 11, 2016. Here is a list: Restaurants American Legion in Rockland is offering a free Veterans Day dinner of prime rib, potatoes and veggies, roll and dessert to all Veterans. $8 for adults and $4 for children. Rockport Diner is offering 50 percent off a meals for Veterans and current service members. Moody’s Diner in Waldoboro is offering 75 percent off a meal for any veteran or...
Injured boatyard gull at Lyman-Morse takes flight after a month of rehabilitation
Fly away George!
Thu, 11/10/2016 - 11:15am

CAMDEN — At the beginning of October, Betty McBrien, a professional cleaner at Lyman-Morse, noticed a herring gull in Camden hanging around the boat yard, looking for food. “I first noticed him walking around begging for food, but I didn’t know if he could take off and fly. He’d been hanging around so long, some of the guys at the boat yard started calling him ‘George.’ It was getting cold out at night and I didn’t want to see him die.” McBrien called Avian Haven, a rehabilitation center in...
CRMS 8th grade recreates photography project Mary E. Taylor Middle School 7th graders did in 1991
Twenty five years later kids photograph a ‘Day In The Life’ of Camden-Rockport
Wed, 11/09/2016 - 11:45am

CAMDEN — In the spring of 1991, the Eastman Kodak Co. operated out of a brick building on Mechanic Street that is now Knox Mill Senior Living. Through a project funded by Youth Arts and Kodak, each student in the seventh grade class of the the Mary E. Taylor Middle School got to use a 35-mm camera and several rolls of film and go around town for one day on May 1 for several hours shooting images that stood out for them to represent their community. Kodak assigned professional photo editors to...
‘What’s in that cocktail?’
Try the 16 Bay View Hot Toddy on a blustery day
Fri, 10/28/2016 - 3:45pm

CAMDEN — 16 Bay View has closed off its rooftop deck, the View, for the season and now invites the public (not just guests of the hotel) into their cozy Bay View Street pub for a nice hot toddy. Marcus Carter, the bar manager of the hotel’s Vintage Room said, “I could have made something with six or seven different ingredients, but since this bar has a vintage feel, I thought we’d go with a vintage drink.” Inside the small bar large stencils of Mae West and Clark Gable grace the the hearth of...
More than 190 donated purses filled with sanitary, comfort items given away last year
RHEAL Day Spa continues helping down and out women with The Purse Project
Thu, 10/27/2016 - 4:00pm

ROCKLAND — Last year, Rockland resident Sharon Hobson, and Rhonda Nordstrom, owner of RHEAL day spa, came up with the idea to locally collect donated purses filled with sanitary items such as pads and tampons as well as comfort items such as shampoo, body creams, etc. They gave the purses away to homeless women and women at risk in the Midcoast, and their delight, more than 190 filled purses were donated last year — all making their way to New Hope For Women and The Hospitality House. For the...
Close To Home’s cookies giving people a laugh this election season
Thu, 10/27/2016 - 1:30pm

Election Fatigue: It’s real and we all have it. Pew Research Center’s latest poll shows that more than one-third of social media users are worn out by the amount of political content they encounter. Close To Home Subs & Burritos co-owner Susan Schiro was also feeling election fatigue. The restaurant is on Main Street, in Rockland. “It’s customers, it’s employees, it’s people online constantly complaining that there’s no one to choose from,” she said. She had a...
Updated with new events for adults
2016 Halloween rundown: Coolest events for adults and family-friendly events for kids
Tue, 10/25/2016 - 12:30pm

All Hallow’s Eve is fast approaching and we have combed every cool event going on we could find to bring you a comprehensive rundown of Halloween-themed events. We've color-coded these events for Adults and Parents and Kids to make finding them easier. Don't forget that there is also a Candy Drive for the Camden and Belfast neighborhoods most hit up for Halloween. Tuesday, Oct. 25 · Adults and Parents and Kids : Stephen...
Smokestack Grill closes forever... with the Class of 1981 helping
Tue, 10/25/2016 - 9:45am

CAMDEN — The Smokestack Grill is done. On a 70-degree afternoon, Oct. 17, staff and friends of the Smokestack Grill in Camden were clearing out the contents of the bar, carting equipment out of the front door past stacked bar stools. Smokestack Grill is on the first floor of a building on Mechanic Street, which overlooks the Megunticook River and waterfall. Co-owners and brothers, Zachary and Seth Cohn started the bar and restaurant in 2009. Prior to the Smokestack Grill, Sea Dog Brewing...
Oct. 16 Good Tern Co-op event highlighted Pride of Bristol Bay and aquaculture
Salmon and seaweed — not just good for you, good for the ocean
Mon, 10/24/2016 - 5:00pm

ROCKLAND — Lobster and blueberries might get most of the media attention when it comes to Maine’s most iconic foods, but salmon and seaweed are the hottest products these day. On Oct. 16, Good Tern Co-op in Rockland put the focus on Maine’s most promising up-and-coming exports with their Salmon Cookout & Seafood Celebration . The event took place from noon to 4 p.m with the Co-op offering grilled salmon and seaweed salads, and free iced tea and spring water. “The cookout was really...
Try to decipher where Stephen King’s ‘Thinner’ was filmed in Belfast
Mon, 10/24/2016 - 1:45pm

BELFAST—There is Maine, the real place and then there is Stephen King’s Maine, full of backwater mill towns, neighborhoods with dark secrets and sewers inhabited by psychotic clowns. In 1984, King published Thinner , under his pseudonym Richard Bachman, about an overweight lawyer who ends up hitting a Gypsy woman with his car by accident and killing her. Because of a crooked small-town justice system, he escapes jail time, but soon after is accosted by the victim’s Gypsy, father who...
Red Cloak Haunted History Tours celebrates 10 years
Who is that mysterious woman in the red cloak?
Wed, 10/19/2016 - 11:45am

DAMARISCOTTA — If you happen to see a mysterious figure in a red cloak wandering through a cemetery in the weeks leading up to Halloween, do not be alarmed. Her name is Sally. Ten years ago, Sally Lobkowicz, an experienced genealogy researcher living in Damariscotta, was working part time as a substitute teacher and providing elder care when she felt compelled to take her career in another direction. She found it by setting up walking tours that would share her love of history, but not just...
Every October, group of ‘haunters’ called CarnEVIL entertains groups around Halloween
Fright at the Fort’s horror clowns weigh in on the scary clown hysteria
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 8:45am

PROSPECT — The scary clown sightings all around the country may be someone’s idea of a sick prank, but they are damaging the reputations of clowns both good and evil everywhere. By day, Andy Hall, 27, and Jeremy Sawyer, 28, are a post office clerk and a custodian, respectively. But every weekend in October when night falls, they don their oversized shoes and horror makeup. But make no mistake, these “scary clowns” are not the same as the ones marauding and terrorizing neighborhoods. The two...
Belfast Community Radio aims to be in the basement of Waterfall Arts
Belfast works to establish community radio station
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 8:30am

BELFAST — A group of die-hard DJs and fans of community radio are trying to lay the groundwork in getting Belfast’s first community radio station established by the new year. Jennifer Hill and Karen Nelson are two Waldo County DJs, who have affiliations with WERU in Blue Hill. Along with a group of about 18 others, Hill said the idea has been in the works for awhile, but now the timing is right. “The City of Belfast can only get an FCC license every 15 years for a low-watt station and recently...
Also good for car sales, yard sale transactions, money exchanges
Rockland Police establish safe exchange zones for Craigslist meetups
Fri, 10/07/2016 - 12:30pm

ROCKLAND — Craigslist may be the largest classified advertisement websites in the world, but meeting up with strangers can get sketchy. And enough deals have gone bad —robberies, rapes, assaults, even homicide — that police stations around the country have begun to set up clearly marked, well-lit areas under surveillance for Craigslist exchanges. In September, the Rockland Police Department decided to establish two safe exchange zones as well. One is designated right in their own parking lot at...
Five Things Not To Miss This Weekend
Spotlight: Taste of Thomaston, Great Pumpkin Drop, Free Cider Pressing and more...
Thu, 10/06/2016 - 12:00pm

This is our last weekend of above-average summer-like temperatures until Hurricane Matthew decides to ruin our fun, so enjoy all the leaf peeping, festivals and food and beer-wine pairings for your Columbus Day Weekend. Killer Road Trip: Bring Your Own Apples Free Cider Press Friday, Oct. 7—Bangor Want to make your own cider (hard or non-alcoholic) from fresh local apples, but don't have access to a cider press? Wouldn't it be cool if a local homebrew shop offered a free Bring...
Group organizes bug-out safety packs for homeless ‘L.G.B.T.Q.’ youth
Wed, 10/05/2016 - 1:00pm

DAMARISCOTTA — Last winter, Quinn Gormley, an organizer for the Mid Coast Queer Collective based out of Damariscotta, got a call from a member of the organization at 2 in the morning. “It was in the middle of February and this person had just been kicked out of his house after coming out to his family,” she said. “He was 10 miles from downtown with no transportation. He didn’t even have good winter clothing; it was 10 degrees below and they had no place to go.” It was a scary moment for the...
The Ripple Initiative seeks quality donations to help those in need
New Rockland nonprofit and shop helps neighbors down on their luck
Mon, 10/03/2016 - 1:30pm

ROCKLAND — Though there are wonderful qualities to Maine, it’s not always “vacationland” and for some, life can take an unexpected downturn. The breadwinner in the family loses a job, and stable housing. A woman beaten by her husband, takes the kids and runs. A veteran with posttraumatic stress disorder comes home to a broken marriage. A drug addict finds herself without a stick of furniture as she works to better her life and start fresh. These are the realities that a life-time resident of...
Wizard of Oz, To Kill A Mockingbird and Hunger Games are still on the list
Banned Books Week: Which classics and YA contemporary novels have been banned
Fri, 09/30/2016 - 5:30pm

ROCKPORT — Wait, The Wizard of Oz is a banned book? For Banned Books Week , Rockport Public Library’s Youth Services Librarian Ben Odgren pulled some beloved classics and newer literary sensations off the bookshelves on Wednesday night,September in a presentation to exemplify which books are still being banned in school libraries all over the nation. Take the book by L. Frank Baum that first introduced the world to the Yellow Brick Road in 1900. According...
‘Rockland is still a safe community’
After Rockland kidnapping, police have safety advice for women
Fri, 09/30/2016 - 1:30pm

ROCKLAND — The kidnapping of a Rockland woman as she left work Wednesday night has shocked this community. Violent crime of this nature is not something that people in small towns generally have to worry about and the aftermath of the attack has left many women feeling vulnerable. According to police, a Portland man drove to Rockland and waited in his car until he spotted his victim. A young woman left work at 11:30 p.m. to walk home. She was walking on Main Street, near the intersection of...
Five Things Not To Miss This Weekend
Spotlight: Maine Craft Weekend, Hot Sardines, Kentucky Bourbon..and more
Fri, 09/30/2016 - 12:00pm

From Belfast to Waldoboro (and a Portland road trip), we’ve got an eclectic lineup of hot jazz, cold bourbon, Maine craft arts and brews, a fashion show and art-comedy-music fest in Portland. Kentucky Bourbon Tasting with Workshop Friday, Sept. 30—Waldoboro Kentucky native Scott Byrd will be giving a three-hour presentation through the Medomak Arts Project in Waldoboro about why the best bourbon originated in Kentucky and how Maine’s Prohibition...
The Maine Craft Weekend October 1-2 features self-guided tours to places like this
Former mason created dream job making rustic arts out of collected rocks and twigs
Fri, 09/30/2016 - 9:45am

MONTVILLE — As Maine Craft Weekend approaches, there’s one artist in Liberty who is living the artist’s dream. Mark Guido, like many people who live in Maine, had to get by on multiple jobs, working as a mason, a builder, and even a teacher, before he discovered his true path. “I started making rustic furniture out of found materials in the woods, such as Speckled Alder,” he said. “Initially, I was introduced to a guy who made furniture like this and I figured out how to do it on my own, making...
Update on barn cats: $9,500 raised by community in several weeks
Six puppies rescued from high-kill shelter in flood-ravished southern states arrive at P.A.W.S.
Tue, 09/27/2016 - 12:45pm

CAMDEN — P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center has had a wild ride in September, with a nearly overwhelming influx of animals rescued from certain death (see our recent story: P.A.W.S. walloped by discovery of 20 sick barn cats ,) but one project they’d been planning for has been fulfilled. “We regularly bring up animals from high-kill shelters from the south,” said Executive Director Shelly Butler. “But with all of the flooding in Louisiana that has been happening...
Hollywood through the eyes of 13-year-old Lincolnville dancer Wesley Henderson
Mon, 09/26/2016 - 2:45pm

LINCOLNVILLE—When we last checked in with Wesley Henderson of Lincolnville, the soon-to-be eighth grader had competed with his peers from Studio Red in a New England competition at Westbrook Performing Arts Center this past spring, after which he’d been awarded one of five $500 scholarships to the prestigious Hollywood Summer Tour in Los Angeles, California. Wesley fundraised for the trip himself and in July, he and his mother flew to Hollywood. Now back in Maine, he told us of his experiences...
Five Things Not To Miss This Weekend
Weekend Picks: Common Ground Fair, Pemaquid Oyster Fest, Toughcats at Three Tides...and more
Fri, 09/23/2016 - 12:00pm

As we ease on into the first official weekend of fall, the shift is being felt in the music, scenes and events in the Midcoast this weekend. This time of year in Maine it’s like walking around on Tatooine during the day and Hoth at night, so layer up and enjoy the outdoors ad nighttime events. Last Belfast Art Walk of Summer Friday, Sept. 23—Belfast This is the last Belfast art walk of the summer before the snow flies, so get hoofing. Explore the galleries in...
Like a sauna...but with moving pictures on the walls
Upside down and backwards: what it’s like to sit inside a giant pinhole camera
Thu, 09/22/2016 - 1:15pm

SEARSPORT — September’s Mini Maker Faire in Camden produced some wonderfully strange inventions, but perhaps most noticeable was a large, brown, square structure on the street, something looking like a tool shed with an accordian-shaped facade. It was, in fact, a giant camera obscura, or pinhole camera, designed by John Bielenberg and constructed by him with the help of carpenter Richard Mann. “It was created last summer for Penobscot Marine Museum’s Magic of Photography exhibit,’...

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Upcoming Events

Hope for the Holidays 2023 Sale Benefits Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Event: Fri, Dec 15 - 8:00 am
AIO’s holds 4th annual Fill the Strand drive, Jan. 15

Event: Mon, Jan 15 - 9:00 am
Sail, Power, Steam Museum to host “Boat Talk” with panel of local experts

Event: Sat, Dec 16 - 9:00 am
Colonial Theatre offers free family movies on three Saturdays this December

Event: Sat, Dec 16 - 1:00 pm
Mid Coast Community Band to perform Christmas concert in Tenants Harbor

Event: Sat, Dec 16 - 4:00 pm
Blues Group GA-20 at The Waldo, March 8, 2024

Event: Fri, Mar 8 - 7:30 pm
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jr.”

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 2:30 pm
Kent Axell to perform mind-reading and magic, Jan. 5

Event: Fri, Jan 5 - 7:00 pm
Lobstering Women of Maine’s artist to share from her book, Dec. 10

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 2:00 pm
Carols in the Round performance by Mount View singers in Lincolnville, Dec. 17

Event: Sun, Dec 17 - 4:00 pm
Movie night at Rockland Public Library: Buster Keaton’s “Our Hospitality”

Event: Thu, Dec 21 - 6:00 pm
Free Polar Express and hot chocolate at The Waldo, Dec 17

Event: Sun, Dec 17 - 3:00 pm
Rockville Community Chapel Christmas Service

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 2:00 pm
Free CPR training for community offered during Wellness Wednesday

Event: Wed, Dec 13 - 1:00 pm
Strand to screen ‘In the Whale’ followed by director Q&A at first showing

Event: Fri, Dec 15 - 5:30 pm
Rumpus for the Soul(stice) community swing dance in Belfast, Dec. 16

Event: Sat, Dec 16 - 6:30 pm
Belfast organizes Main Street parade around Wreaths Across America convoy, Dec. 10

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 11:45 am
Community Players to read A Child’s Christmas In Wales, Dec. 17

Event: Sun, Dec 17 - 3:00 pm
Annual Solstice Celebration at Belfast church set for Dec. 16

Event: Sat, Dec 16 - 4:00 pm
Holiday Remembrance Ceremony through Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County, Dec. 10,

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 2:00 pm

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