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Chase’s Daily is overflowing with the abundance of summer
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 12:30pm
BELFAST - A local’s secret is too good not to share. Chase’s Daily has a spectacular indoor farm stand at the back of the restaurant, and the harvest of summer is in full bloom. All of the vegetables, herbs and flowers come from the Chase Farm (except for the blueberries). They were featured in the documentary of short films “Meet Your Farmer” and the produce for sale is not only...
‘Hey, Bartender’ documentary features filmmaker, local bartenders
What does it mean to be a bartender? Depends whom you ask
Sat, 08/24/2013 - 10:00am

BELFAST— A generational shift has elevated the working class bartender to celebrity chef status in recent years. No longer is the profession viewed as a “fallback job” or a waste of a good college degree. Hey Bartender, a documentary by Douglas Tirola, played in two local theatres last week, the Strand and Colonial, providing insight into the rise of the craft cocktail culture in recent years. For those who never noticed the difference, a craft cocktail is not a pour n’ stir gin and...
Where to go, to stay, to eat and drink
24 hours in Camden for the Outdoor Enthusiast
Fri, 08/23/2013 - 10:30am

Welcome to our summer series that provides a 24-hour guide to the Midcoast for a variety of personalities, crafted by locals who know this place inside and out. You're not going to see the most expensive and the most obvious choices here. What you will find is the best of real Maine — where to go, where to stay, where to eat and drink. CAMDEN - You of course, own a Leatherman, enjoy the piney-pungent smell of your own pits and know that there are at least three definitions for the...
Real places in Maine that inspire literary fiction
Paul Doiron on the mysteries of the Maine North Woods
Thu, 08/22/2013 - 11:30am

Paul Doiron’s Massacre Pond is his fourth book in a series of crime novels featuring game warden Mike Bowditch and is set in Washington and Hancock counties. He’s won multiple awards for his books including the Barry Award, Strand Critics Award, and the Maine Literary Award for crime fiction. Doiron, who is the editor-in-chief of Down East and is a Registered Maine Guide, lives in the Midcoast and and has been on a book tour all summer. A summary of Massacre...
Hotsy Totsy: 1920s-themed party featuring Maine authors
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 9:15am
CAMDEN — The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance threw a swank literary party Aug, 17 at the home of best-selling author Tess Gerritsen in Camden. The 1920s Jazz Age themed party was on the oceanside lawn and replete with talk, tunes, and giggle water. Guest authors included: Richard Blanco, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Sarah Braunstein, Brock Clarke, Susan Conley, Ron Currie, Jr., Paul Doiron, Richard Ford, Tess Gerritsen, Lily King, Roxana Robinson, Lewis Robinson, Richard Russo,...
Aug. 20 and Aug. 21 only
‘Hey Bartender’ documentary: the story of the bartender in the era of the craft cocktail
Mon, 08/19/2013 - 10:45am

ROCKLAND — Next week, a documentary titled “Hey Bartender” will be whirling through the Midcoast, landing in Rockland Aug. 20 at the Strand Theatre and the next night, Aug. 21, at the Colonial Theatre in Belfast. Why is this special? Because for the many bartenders, wait staff and caterers who serve our communities through the crazed summer and fall months, right straight through the quiet (and poor) winter and spring months, this documentary gives a voice to the many who choose this lifestyle...
The Pirates of The Dark Rose let loose cannon fire, a pirate attack at Fort Knox on Saturday
The finer art of staged fights, ship attacks and shooting a blunderbuss
Tue, 08/13/2013 - 2:30pm

PROSPECT – Yarrr, the pirates be back! On Saturday, Aug. 17, at Fort Knox , the Pirates of The Dark Rose will be plundering the village with swashbuckling sword fights, duels, cannon fire and a pirate ship attack. The pirate ship Must Roos will let loose cannon fire on the fort as she sails the waters of the Penobscot River, in search of booty. For a little sampling of what to expect, watch our short videos of their daring adventures on sea (lots of cannon...
Framed Maurice Sendak prints and other unique kids' crafts are up for consignment
Bubbles and BEAN showcases rare vintage children's art
Mon, 08/12/2013 - 2:45pm

CAMDEN — Unless you're looking closely, it’s easy to miss the original Maurice Sendak prints behind the counter at Bubbles and BEAN Children’s Consignment , located in the Reny’s Plaza in Camden and owned and operated by Andrea Palise. Christine’s Gallery, a frame shop in Linconville, provided the Sendak prints, among other framed prints on the wall. “Sometimes people will leave original artwork at Christine’s store to be framed and they just never come back,...
Belfast punk band Jim Dandy gears up to drop new self-produced album
Young punks (and we mean that in a good way)
Mon, 08/12/2013 - 1:30pm

BELFAST — The room or garage set aside for band practice should never be spotless, according to musicians. If it is, that’s a sure sign that the music is going to be too sanitized. A little too polished—a little too adult. So when I find Hunter Finden, 18, Wes Sterrs, 19, and Molly Samuels, 18, the Belfast trio who propel the punk rock band Jim Dandy, I’m glad to find myself in a familiar place I’ve been many times in my life: a run down, off-the-kitchen alcove with bright yellow walls sporting...
Where to go, where to stay, where to eat and drink
24 hours in the Midcoast for the 'Craft Beer Lover'
Thu, 08/08/2013 - 3:00pm

Welcome to our summer series that provides a 24-hour guide to the Midcoast for a variety of personalities, crafted by locals who know this place inside and out. You're not going to see the most expensive and the most obvious choices here. What you will find is the best of real Maine — where to go, where to stay, where to eat and drink. MIDCOAST — You love the smell of fresh hops, you snort when someone offers you a Pabst Blue Ribbon and your ultimate vacation centers around a Beer...
Merryspring Nature Center's Annual Kitchen Tour pairs local kitchens with 16 chefs
Inside the Kitchen Tour: Retro tea sandwiches and a renovated Rockport barn kitchen
Wed, 08/07/2013 - 12:30pm

ROCKPORT - Every summer, Merryspring Nature Center throws a Kitchen Tour, pairing up a certain number of Midcoast homes with top Midcoast chefs and caterers. Today, we got a look inside one of the eight featured houses to sample some gourmet tastings in the kitchen. Maureen and Rick Morse, of 40 Pascal Avenue in Rockport, allowed us to come into their kitchen (No. 5 on the tour) and check out its unique features. The roomy kitchen centers on a brick chimney with a six-burner...
Rain or shine, the entertainment will go on until 11 p.m.
Belfast's fifth annual Street Party revving up at 5 tonight
Mon, 08/05/2013 - 12:00pm
BELFAST - Who throws a street party on a Monday night? Belfast does — the town that marches to its own beat! On Monday, Aug. 5, Our Town Belfast will host the fifth Annual Belfast Street party from 5 to 11 p.m. on High Street (from the traffic light to MacLeod Furniture). The event is free to the public with six hours of entertainment, ticketed rides ranging from bucking bronco to a 24-foot climbing wall, food vendors, children’s area with face painting and other activities. The musical lineup...
Exhibit at the Cramer Museum in Rockport runs until September
Fans of Edna St. Vincent Millay will find this pretty cool
Mon, 07/29/2013 - 11:30am

ROCKPORT - It’s unfortunate so many people perceive Edna St. Vincent Millay as this old lady, well known for reciting gracious poetry. That might have been her persona late into her life, but it took Nancy Milford’s biography Savage Beauty to carve out the essence of who she really was, this freckled redhead with her passionate temper and burning ambition to get out of Camden as a teenager. She was just like hundreds of kids who have grown up in small town Maine, feeling that...
Producers, cast members, actors, local investors celebrate the long-awaited film
'Anatomy of the Tide': Raising money in Maine and getting a major motion picture made
Mon, 07/29/2013 - 11:00am

ROCKLAND -It’s been 13 years since writer-director Joel Strunk finished his first draft of what is now a major motion picture , Anatomy of the Tide . That script placed in the top 30 of the Nicholl Fellowship in both 2001 and 2010, one of the few scripts to place twice in that scriptwriting competition. As with all movies, it all starts with the story: This is an intimate tale of an island boy's journey to courage. Kyle Waterman seeks redemption from a fisherman father unable to...
New locally owned EVOO tasting room opens on Main Street
Cheap Dates: Gourmet specialty food tastings at Vinolio in Belfast
Mon, 07/22/2013 - 2:00pm

BELFAST — Vinolio owner Susan Woods said you could easily spend up to an hour just roaming around her store, nibbling on this and tasting a little of that. It's Belfast's latest addition on Main Street and it's got all the elements of a perfect Cheap Date. It's fun. It's adventurous. It's a creative way to share a unique sensory experience and it's free to taste as many flavors of olive oils, vinegars, sea salts and whatever other local yummies Woods has decided to offer as samples for the day...
New to the neighborhood, a one-stop shop for fresh and hard-to-find Maine food
Terra Optima Farm Market pulls community and fresh food together in Rockland's South End
Fri, 07/19/2013 - 3:15pm

ROCKLAND — Cheryl Denz, owner of Terra Optima farm in Appleton, which she's run for more than 15 years, had bigger dreams for the farm's community outreach. She initially opened a small, independent store after her eponymous farm in Thomaston, but recently relocated to the Main Street space left vacant by Sweets and Meats in South Rockland. Last week was her soft grand opening. With The Good Tern at the most northern end of Rockland and now Terra Optima at the South End, people don't have to...
Dance Walk(ing) through Camden
Friday, July 19, 2013 - 9:45am
CAMDEN — Wednesday night, July 17, the Five Town Communities That Care Dance Walk was a rocking good time in support of its STAR program. Fifty people danced while walking from Hannaford Supermarket in Camden down to the Village Green, following a truck playing tunes from a sound system loaned by K2 Music for the...
Grown men hurling large objects; people running after cheese; little dogs in kilts
Three wacky events not to miss during Maine Celtic Celebration July 19-21
Wed, 07/17/2013 - 3:30pm

BELFAST - The Celtic people were never known to be a dour bunch and this weekend's Annual Maine Celtic Celebration is making the most of its free-flung, crazy wild heritage with a host of music, games, celebrations, food and contests. We checked in with Claudia Luchetti, the celebration's publicity director, on three of its well-known (not-to-miss) wacky events. Highland Heavy Games Sunday July 21, 8:30 a.m. Steamboat Landing The traditional Highland Heavy Games go...
Where to stay, where to go, where to eat and drink
24 hours in Belfast for the locavore
Mon, 07/15/2013 - 3:45pm

Welcome to our new summer series that provides a 24-hour guide to the Midcoast for a variety of personalities, crafted by locals who know this place inside and out. You're not going to see the most expensive and the most obvious choices here. What you will find is the best of real Maine — where to stay, where to go, where to eat and drink. BELFAST — You have your own garden, you own a CSA share and you're not afraid to ask the waiter 20 questions on where it was grown, if it's local...
Whom to see, where to go, what to hear
The North Atlantic Blues Fest Club Crawl, July 12, 13
Fri, 07/12/2013 - 11:45am

ROCKLAND - When the gates to the annual North Atlantic Blues Festival shut down each night at 7 p.m., the action on Rockland's Main Street is just heating up. On Friday and Saturday night, July 12 and 13, 10 downtown restaurants and bars will be hosting the Club Crawl, featuring top regional blues bands of every type and sound. Main Street will be shut down and it becomes one huge block party from club to club. "There are so many variables of blues," said co-producer of NABF Paul Benjamin. "...
Liberty Hospitality is go-to lodging choice for major film productions
When movie stars come to Maine, they stay here
Thu, 07/11/2013 - 11:15am

They've been deliberately under-the-radar for more than a decade, but it's a little known fact: the Cedar Crest Inn and Country Inn in Camden, and Navigator Motor Inn and Tradewinds Motor Inn in Rockland, have all been the temporary homes for the cast and crew of major motion pictures. These four inns comprise Liberty Hospitality of Maine, which has been the go-to lodging option for film crews since the early 1990s. The four accommodations have put up cast and crew of Anatomy of The Tide...
Trio of comics part of Colonial Theatre's Summer Fun Fest
Comedy fest in Belfast includes Rob Steen & Co. July 13
Wed, 07/10/2013 - 1:30pm

BELFAST — Belfast Creative Coalition member Mike Hurley wants people in Belfast to have a lot of fun this summer. He is one of the organizers behind The Colonial Theatre's Summer Fun Fest, eight evenings of comedy and movies over the course of the summer. Coming up Saturday, July 13, at 9 p.m., a trio of stand up comedians, headlined by Boston native Rob Steen, will take the stage. Steen is a high-energy performer who has been featured on several TV shows, including The Late Show with Dave...
Author Bill Roorbach on the exploration of Maine's Temple Stream
Real places in Maine that inspire literary fiction
Mon, 07/08/2013 - 6:00pm

This summer we're starting a literary series with Maine authors titled "Real places in Maine that inspire literary fiction"... Bill Roorbach is a Maine author, whose latest novel, Life Among Giants (Algonquin), which just won the 2013 Maine Literary Award for fiction. This funny, exuberant novel captures the reader with the grand sweep of 7-foot-tall David "Lizard" Hochmeyer's larger-than-life quest to unravel the mystery surrounding his parents' deaths...
Fine arts, crafts and music dominate the outdoor juried art show
Belfast's annual Arts In The Park coming up July 13-14
Mon, 07/08/2013 - 4:00pm

BELFAST - Pretty soon, white pop-up display tents will begin dotting Belfast's waterfront park downtown in anticipation of the yearly juried art fest, Arts In The Park, July 13-14. Amid two full days of non-stop music and varied food offerings, 85 fine artists and artisans will be on hand to talk about and sell their original work. What kind of art can you expect to see? The quality and variety will be vast, featuring traditional and contemporary art, photography, sculpture, metalwork, woodwork...
First Friday Art Walk in Rockland 7/5/13
Saturday, July 6, 2013 - 8:00am
ROCKLAND - 'Twas a gorgeous, sweltering summer day in Rock Town with most of the galleries throwing open their doors to the public. After writing Rockland's Friday Night Art Walk: Three Hot Tickets To Watch I wanted to see the action for myself. I especially liked Archipelago's current exhibit: The Merry Naiads...
Fundraiser combines stylish bash with sneak preview of films
CIFF's summer gala party at Rockport Opera House July 10
Fri, 07/05/2013 - 8:30am

ROCKPORT — The Camden International Film Festival is throwing its annual summer party at the Rockport Opera House and film lovers, CIFF supporters and the general public are invited. Wednesday, July 10, film buffs will be treated to a stylish fête that combines light fare from Swan's Way Catering, Double Cross Vodka cocktails, Breakwater Vineyards wine, Three Tides and Marshall Wharf Brewing Company craft beer and some stellar music courtesy of a DJ accompanying a sneak preview of upcoming...
Jonathan Frost, Eric Leppanen and PicassoWhat
Rockland's Friday Night Art Walk: Three hot tickets to watch
Wed, 07/03/2013 - 1:15pm

ROCKLAND — After the fireworks are over, the excitement and celebration continues Friday, July 5. With presumably good weather on the way, Rockland's First Friday Art Walk has three fresh and funky events to watch for in the contemporary gallery scene. Streetside roller derby demonstation kicks off show opening: 4:45 - 8 p.m. Jonathan Frost's first solo show "Roses, Romance and Roller Derby," is set to open with an unusual twist. The Rock Coast Rollers, Midcoast's sassiest...
For the big kids only: 'Unrated, uncut and unapologetic'
Laugh Out Loud Short Film Fest July 3
Tue, 07/02/2013 - 8:00am

BELFAST - The Laugh Out Loud Short Film Festival is coming to Belfast this Wednesday, July 3, and it is not promising to be a traditional film festival. In fact, it is anything but. According to its website: Unlike the snooty content prominent at most conventional film festivals, our films won’t challenge you to be a deep thinker or ponder the man’s inhumanity to man. Hardly. Our filmmakers seem to focus on aspects of everyday life that average people can relate to; social media, dating,...
Miller's Lobster Co. offers a great deal, July 1 - 7
Cheap Dates: An entire lobster dinner for 10 bucks!
Tue, 07/02/2013 - 7:00am

SPRUCE HEAD - Remember that scene in Splash when Daryl Hannah chomped into the entire shell of the lobster at dinner? I saw a woman do that about 10 years ago at what used to be the old Bayview Restaurant in Camden before it was renovated. In a distinct New York accent, she announced to everyone inside the tiny restaurant, "I've come all the way here to have a lobster and I'm finally gonna have MY lobster!" Then, crunch, she took a chunk right out of its red exoskeleton, chewing...
Where to stay, where to go, where to eat and drink
24 hours in Camden for the 'Crazy Funster'
Sat, 06/29/2013 - 12:30pm

Welcome to our new summer series that provides a 24-hour guide to the Midcoast for a variety of personalities, crafted by locals who know this place inside and out. You're not going to see the most expensive and the most obvious choices here. What you will find is the best of real Maine — where to stay, where to go, where to eat and drink. CAMDEN -You're zany; you love a good laugh and you're known for seeking out a good time. We've got a side of Camden for you that is rarely featured...
Pilot Distractions
New Adam Sandler movie incorporates Camden scenes
Sat, 06/29/2013 - 12:00pm
Grownups 2 is comedian Adam Sandler's lastest film, due out July 12, a sequel, to Sandler's midlife crisis movie, Grownups . While watching this trailer with a friend last night, some familiar settings began popping up. Wait... was that a shot of Penobscot Bay from Point Lookout? Looky there, a shot of downtown Camden! Does anybody recognize the lakefront house or the grand mansion? Are there any other shots of the Midcoast that I missed?
Hurricane Island Science Educator Alice Anderson gets kids fired up about the natural world
This is real grubby, hands-in-the-dirt kind of science
Tue, 06/25/2013 - 4:30pm

HURRICANE ISLAND — Inside a tiny, shingled one-room outbuilding, a ratty skeleton of a raccoon lies splayed on top of a laboratory table, its bones carefully reassembled Next to that lies a tray of marine invertebrates found in the intertidal zone on Hurricane Island. Alice Anderson, 23, found the raccoon bones on a hike around the island and just because she felt like it, she excavated them and put them all together again like a puzzle. When the students visit the lab this summer, this will be...
Mama's Boys: New Rockport sandwich, pizza shop a family affair
This is Mama... and these are her boys
Tue, 06/25/2013 - 12:00pm

ROCKPORT — It's not that easy to see from the road on Route 90 (in the building that formerly housed L.O. Gross & Sons), but Mama's Boys has been open a month and is fast becoming an eatery people are seeking out for sandwiches and pizza. Mama, aka Vivienne Larmor, is the matriarch of the business. "The word of mouth has been awesome; it's been a nice and steady build," she said. Her five boys range in age from 9 to 17, and they have been an integral part of the business — even in the...
Hurricane Island under a full moon
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 10:30am
HURRICANE ISLAND - On the longest night of the summer, the supermoon is out over Hurricane Island, a 120-acre island 17 miles from Rockland (about an hour by fast boat). Known for many years as the home base for Outward Bound, it is now The Hurricane Island Foundation (Center for Science and Leadership)...
Where to stay, where to go, what to drink
24 hours In Rockland for the 'Coffee Fiend'
Fri, 06/21/2013 - 11:15am

Welcome to our new summer series that provides a 24-hour guide to the Midcoast for a variety of personalities... crafted by locals who know this place inside and out. You're not going to see the most expensive and the most obvious choices here. What you will find is the best of real Maine - where to stay, where to go, what to drink. ROCKLAND — Coffee drinkers apparently have more personalities than Sybil, but one thing that binds them is their fierce dedication to...
Author Liza Gardner Walsh to read from her latest book, 'The Fairy Garden Handbook'
Merryspring celebrates its first Summer Fairy Festival June 22
Fri, 06/21/2013 - 8:00am

CAMDEN — Every year on June 24, nations "put aside the cynicism of the modern world and embrace the possibilities of the unknown, and believe in fairies…" so says the International Fairy Day credo. In celebration of this day, Merryspring Nature Center is hosting its first Summer Fairy Festival Saturday, June 22, from 10 a.m. to noon. This free event will feature a variety of family and fairy-friendly activities and crafts. Natural materials will be on hand to build fairy gardens, design...
Saturday June 22, 4 to 8 p.m.
Summer finally kicks off with Rockland's Summer Solstice Street Fair
Tue, 06/18/2013 - 10:30am

ROCKLAND - When the street shuts down, that's when we know it's officially summertime. This Saturday, June 22, the 15th annual Summer Solstice Street Festival in Rockland will transform downtown as people of all ages come out to play, dance, mingle and celebrate. New this year are the changed hours from 4 to 8 p.m. to accommodate more families. Downtown restaurants, retail shops and food specialty shops will be participating on Main Street along with street fair food tables, Solstice Sidewalk...
The sixth annual Damariscotta River Pirate Rendezvous, June 22
Damariscotta to be invaded!
Mon, 06/17/2013 - 1:00pm

DAMARISCOTTA - It seems every year we get attacked by pirates. And strangely, we like it. Right on cue, on June 22, the sixth annual Damariscotta River Pirate Rendezvous will transform the sleepy coastal town of Damariscotta into a massive sound stage of mayhem. For those who've never experienced this kind of festival before, it isn't just some side tables selling pirate-y items and some face painting for the kids. The whole town goes mental for a few hours. The village will be swarmed with...
July 12 application deadline
Call for entries: Mini Maker Faire seeks creators, tinkerers, artists, inventors... and people who make stuff
Thu, 06/13/2013 - 3:00pm

It's okay to be a little odd, a little quirky and to like to tinker with ideas and materials in your spare time. The term for you is "Maker" and your time has come. Thomaston Artist Andrew White just got back from San Francisco where he attended something called a "Maker Faire ," which hosted 90,000 visitors in San Mateo in May. Similar to the way Pecha Kucha has caught on internationally and in multiple U.S. towns and cites, the Midcoast is about to get a re-creation of California's event in...
Real places in Maine that inspire literary fiction
Author Darcy Scott on the mystique of her Maine 'Island Mystery Series'
Thu, 06/13/2013 - 12:15pm

This summer we're starting a literary series with local authors titled "Real places in Maine that inspire literary fiction." Mystery writer Darcy Scott is bobbing and weaving down the literary whitewater channel that comprises today's tumultuous publishing industry... and unlike a lot of writers who get chopped up in the process, she's not only surviving — she's thriving. Matinicus , the first book in her well-known "Island Mystery Series," was published last year, receiving...
The Collective kicks off summer with studio crawl -- Rockland to Hope to Camden
Get inside three artist's studios (and heads) in three hours
Wed, 06/12/2013 - 8:15am

ROCKLAND — Ah, to live like an artist full time on the coast of Maine... what would that be like? On Saturday, June 15, at 1 p.m. artists, wannabe-artists and art appreciators alike will have the chance to see what goes on inside three studios by hopping aboard a chartered minicoach, sponsored by All Aboard Trolley. Departing from the Farnsworth Art Museum in downtown Rockland, The Collective's first studio crawl goes trundling as a group all over the lush countryside, from Hope to Camden and...
Genuine interest in the community, good value make this one of the busier painting companies around
White hot spotlight on North Atlantic Painting Company's Peter Berke
Tue, 06/11/2013 - 9:15am

Summer is the busiest time of year for professional house painters, something Peter Berke, owner of North Atlantic Painting Company, knows too well. He just partnered with Jeff Neuman , owner of another painting company called Atomic Painting, this summer and there is no shortage of work to be done. Berk currently has five big jobs going, including the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Jackson Memorial Library in Tenants Harbor, Jameson Point condominiums in Rockland and Cappy's Chowder House...
Point Lookout's 'Cocktails on The Deck' is back June 7
Cheap Dates: Mountaintop cocktails and small plates overlooking Penobscot Bay
Fri, 06/07/2013 - 9:00am

NORTHPORT - Even though Tropical Andrea is messing up our good times this week (shaking fist — I'm giving you the shank eye, Andrea!), that doesn't mean we have to stop enjoying summer. Point Lookout is hosting their fun 'Cockails On The Deck' Summer Series on June 7 from 4 to 7 p.m. If you've never been to Point Lookout, you're in for a major treat. Driving up the winding mountain is beautiful enough, but let's put it this way, brides pay big money to be able to sip cocktails at the top of...
Artist Michael Seif displays his underwater nudes at Archipelago June 7
Are they mermaids? Nay, they're 'Merry Naiads'
Thu, 06/06/2013 - 1:15pm

ROCKLAND — In Greek mythology, naiads are a type of water nymph - lasses that preside over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. Michael Seif, an artist from Watertown, Mass., will present his photographic prints, The Merry Naiads, at an opening reception hosted by Archipelago Fine Arts Gallery in Rockland Friday, June 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. During the opening, Seif will discuss his illuminescent nudes and the many surprises in photographing the human form...
Subway break dance troupe busts some seriously talented moves
Here's something you won't see in Maine (no subways)
Tue, 06/04/2013 - 9:15pm

BROOKYN, N.Y. — While down in New York City on some biz-ness last weekend, I was coming back from Manhattan when I caught this break dancing troupe busting it out big time. They were a bunch of guys ranging from their teens into their 20s, who call themselves 3WayStreet Entertainment — and they were just as funny as they were talented. "We're available for parties, weddings and divorces," they announced over a loudspeaker before each one began to show off their individual moves in a loose...
Betselma giving some love to the locals, offer ends June 9
Cheap Dates: Free boat tour of Camden Harbor
Fri, 05/31/2013 - 12:15pm

CAMDEN — When's the last time you saw the words "free" and "boat tour" and it didn't involve some smarmy time-share guy trying to shoehorn you into some backend deal in the Caribbean? Geesh, with an intro like that, I'd better turn this around quick. The Betselma , a passenger-carrying vessel known to Camden residents for the last 66 years as operated by Capt. Les Bex, has switched hands this year. New owners, Alec and Erin Brainerd and Garth Wells and Jenny Tobin, earned the "Cool...
Pilot Distractions
Prancercising, or dancing like a horse, is the new jazzercise
Thu, 05/30/2013 - 9:45am

Thanks to Holly Edwards for finding this one and barely holding back the coffee she wanted to snort from her nose. Joanna Rohrback invented "Prancercising" nearly 20 years ago, a cross between dancing and excercise that looks like a pretentious pony trying to clop away from its unworthy owners. Between Rohrback and Korean superstar rapper Psy, prancing like a horse is THE thing these days. Forget The Harlem Shake. The shake has nothing on Rohrback's prance. Five Town Communities That Care's...
He's got eight lives left now; why not make the rest of them happy?
Hit by car, Audi lives to meow another day at P.A.W.S.
Wed, 05/29/2013 - 3:45pm

CAMDEN - Last week, a friend had told me she found a dazed and confused cat wandering around her back yard. When she approached him, it seemed from the wound on the top of his head and his disoriented manner, that a car had tagged him. She took him to the P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Shelter under the name "Otto," where he has been renamed "Audi" and treated for his injuries. Staff member Kathy Howard said: "He had a little boo-boo on his head and was staring off in a corner when we first got him...
For those coming back to Maine for the summer, here's what's new...
Welcome back to Rockland, snowbats!
Tue, 05/28/2013 - 11:30am

ROCKLAND - Our third "Welcome Back, snowbats" installment is here and if you need to know what a snowbat is, get primed through our first "what's new" two articles on Belfast and Camden-Rockport . It's always nice to come back to Rockland after a winter away and see what's open, what's closed, what's new and what's happening. So, here is your rundown for the summer. Won't you take me to... Foodie Town Rockland's solid lead on the Creative...
For those coming back to Maine for the summer, here's what's new...
Welcome back to Camden-Rockport, snowbats!
Sat, 05/25/2013 - 11:00am

CAMDEN-ROCKPORT - Your first logical question is: "What's a snowbat?" It's a twist on the phrase "moonbats," locally coined by Belfast promoter Mike Hurley in a Down East magazine article last December. Penobscot Bay Pilot reporter Ethan Andrews prefered the term "snowbat" over "snowbird" in his article, Welcome back to Belfast snowbats ! - so we're stealing it. It's always nice to come back to Camden-Rockport after a winter away and see what's open, what's closed, what's new and what'...

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Upcoming Events

"The Magic of Maine” paintings by Lisa Kyle exhibits in December, reception Dec. 9

Event: Sat, Dec 9 - 1:00 pm
Rockville Community Chapel Christmas Service

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 2:00 pm
Hope for the Holidays 2023 Sale Benefits Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Event: Fri, Dec 15 - 8:00 am
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
Free CPR training for community offered during Wellness Wednesday

Event: Wed, Dec 13 - 1:00 pm
Belfast organizes Main Street parade around Wreaths Across America convoy, Dec. 10

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 11:45 am
"Where Does Camden Stand on Climate Action?" panel discussion, Dec. 7

Event: Thu, Dec 7 - 6:30 pm
Fused Glass Ornament Workshop with Kathy Faass 12/9

Event: Sat, Dec 9 - 9:00 am
Lyman-Morse hosts free Holiday Photos on the Wharf Dec. 9

Event: Sat, Dec 9 - 1:00 pm
St. Euphemia Orthodox Christian to hold first annual Christmas Fair, Dec. 16

Event: Sat, Dec 16 - 10:00 am
Christmas day community dinner to be held in Rockland

Event: Mon, Dec 25 - 12:30 pm
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,

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