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Families and neighbors cheered them on during the entire route
Camden Hills Regional High School Class of 2021 continues time-honored march through town
Tue, 06/08/2021 - 9:15am

In a school year that included remote and in-person learning, the graduating seniors from Camden, Rockport, Hope, Appleton, and Lincolnville— the class of 2021—all got together to continue the time-honored march through Camden in caps and gowns on Monday, June 7. During an unprecedented heatwave in June, dozens of neighbors, friends, and families lined the sidewalks all throughout town, some in lawn chairs, some holding congratulatory balloons, waiting for the moment they saw the Camden police...
Record attendance brought more trash, bad outdoor practices
Learn those 7 ‘Leave No Trace’ principles if you’re new to camping and hiking
Mon, 06/07/2021 - 12:45pm

For many long-time outdoor lovers who have been looking forward to camping and hiking this season in Maine, here’s a familiar scenario that occurred during the pandemic last summer no one ever wants to see repeated. It’s 9 p.m. A campground is now silent, filled with darkened tents with the “Quiet Hours” rule in place, when two trucks loaded with gear come barrelling into the campsite. With truck doors repeatedly slamming over and over, tenters within a mile range have to endure the ruckus of...
Day Trips: Orono Bog Boardwalk
Sun, 05/30/2021 - 9:15am

ORONO—Getting bogged down by your day-to-day responsibilities? Hop in the car and get out of the Midcoast for a day to explore The Orono Bog Boardwalk. Set the GPS for 54 Tripp Dr, Bangor, ME 04401, the entrance of Bangor City Forest. For some reason, there is no sign at the Forest entrance, so keep a close eye on your destination. There, a short walk leads to a cabin in the woods and an orientation kiosk. To the right of that is the one-mile boardwalk loop trail with seven zones. The 616-acre...
How Julz Larrabee, a sewist makes a creative living in Belfast
The long lost art of mending and alteration
Fri, 05/28/2021 - 11:30am

BELFAST—The retro hobbies of knitting and sewing came roaring back during the pandemic for many people new to the craft, but Julz Larrabee, a sewist in Stockton Springs, has steadily stitching along all of the years, regardless of what’s going on outside her doors. Her small shop, Julz Makes LLC, recently moved into the former “Maker Space” of Belfast Fiberarts’s expanded retail showroom. Her sewing studio is fittingly the previous site of the Belfast Repair Café, which offers...
For those coming back to Maine for the summer, here's what's new...
Welcome back to the Rockland area, Snow Birds 2021!
Fri, 05/28/2021 - 11:15am

ROCKLAND—This is our annual “Welcome back” article to acquaint those who haven’t been around this winter as to what’s open, what’s closed, what's new, and what's happening. Here is your Rockland rundown for the summer. Downtown Flurry If Rockland resembled a ghost town this past winter, it’s now a boom town with new restaurants opening, more temporarily closed restaurants re-opening, and more plans to extend outside seating. Back in November after The Eclipse...
For those returning to Maine for the summer, here's what's new
Welcome back to the Belfast area, Snow Bats 2021!
Fri, 05/28/2021 - 11:15am

BELFAST—If you're wondering why Camden and Rockland get the Snow Birds moniker and Belfast gets the Snow Bats, it's because years ago, the citizens of Belfast earned the affectionate nickname of Moon Bats. Compared to Camden and Rockland, Belfast was fairly quiet this year, with not a lot of business movement, but Penobscot Bay Pilot has the rundown on everything that has opened and changed while you were gone. Downtown In May 2020, a new bike shop with an adjacent coffee...
For those returning to Maine for the summer, here's what's new...
Welcome back to the Camden area, Snow Birds 2021!
Fri, 05/28/2021 - 10:45am

CAMDEN—We had to skip our annual Snow Birds series last May due to all of the shutdowns during the pandemic, but during the winter-spring of 2020-2021, quite a few businesses have changed the downtown landscape. It’s always interesting to see what's open, what's closed, what's new, and what's happening. Here is your rundown for the summer. The Main Street Shuffle Downtown Camden saw an unprecedented number of business closures and closed restaurants over the winter. ...
Toad Hall Editions sets up in Northport
Midcoast Maine gains a new small book publisher and two literary magazines
Fri, 05/21/2021 - 5:00pm

NORTHPORT—A new small press has launched in Maine called Toad Hall Editions and its purpose is to give a platform to writers who don’t get noticed in the more traditional publishing arenas. Founded by Amy Tingle, Liz Kalloch and Maya Stein, the trio all have skills in the publishing and design industries. The idea for the small press came out of years of collaboration on their own various projects. Their collective work on Stein’s latest book, The Poser: 38 Portraits Reimagined by Maya...
Maine Cater shares the wealth with cash giveaways to six restaurants
Dockside Restaurant in Belfast is surprised with a $1,000 cash tip
Mon, 05/17/2021 - 11:45am

BELFAST—Back in December, we wrote a story on Maine Cater, the hospitality company dedicated to serving New England’s food and beverage industry. Husband-and-wife team, Daryle and Orianna Degen were behind the operation to provide restaurants with temporary or full-time employees—sort of an industry-specific Indeed.com. One of Maine Cater’s goals was to give back to those in the industry with a Worker Fund—a pool of money that’s generated from employer-paid job listings on Maine Cater’s site...
Woodworker creates ‘gnarly’ reliquaries that hold precious secrets
Mon, 05/17/2021 - 11:45am

ROCKLAND—Trees talk; scientists have been telling us that for years. But what you didn’t know is that they are particularly good at speaking to artists. Roger Barry, a woodworker and artist, whose work is currently showing at Art Space Gallery in Rockland, has a connection to trees that goes back to his great-grandfather, the publisher of The Lumberman’s Actuary , a book of tables figuring lumber costs. Both his grandfather and father worked in the lumber milling business...
A mythical stroll through Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in the spring
Day Trips: Trolls and Fairies in Boothbay
Mon, 05/17/2021 - 9:30am

On May 29, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens unveiled a spectacular addition to their 300 acres of gardens and natural spaces. Take a virtual stroll through the woods to experience Danish artist Thomas Dambo’s "magical, mysterious, and mammoth recycled-wood sculptures" as well as the handmade fairy houses that children and big kids alike have made on the grounds. Visit Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in May while it is still uncrowded. Note: you'll have to purchase...
Charlotte The Cow takes on Wendy’s and Michael Lee from State Farm
Boothbay store jumps into a hilarious sign war that started in Central Maine
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 11:15am

BOOTHBAY—A sign war trending all over Maine is bringing some laughter and lightheartedness with dueling messages between businesses. Michael Lee, an agent of State Farm based in Waterville, whose business is across the street from a Wendy’s restaurant, prompted the first move by posting the challenge: “Hey Wendy’s! Want To Start a Sign War? The photos of the exchange, posted on the businesses’ various social media channels last week, tell the story. The name of the game of a sign war is to be...
The Mill Nutrition energy teas and shakes is the latest healthy spot to open in Camden
Mon, 05/03/2021 - 11:45am

CAMDEN—Health seems to be on the minds of many businesses moving into downtown Camden this spring. The Mill Nutrition, at 25 Mechanic Street, is an herbal tea /shake shop that offers sugar-free Herbalife products with vitamins, protein boosters, and other nutritional add-on enhancements in custom drinks. Owned by Marlene and Zac Cohn, the take-out shop opened in early April. While the menu might be a lot to digest at first, especially for people not familiar with all of the Herbalife products...
How a portrait photographer works her magic to get a smile
Mon, 04/26/2021 - 11:00am

Elizabeth Stanley is the last person who wants to be in front of the camera, which has noticeably given her insight when it comes to being a portrait photographer. “I’m kind of an introvert, so I completely understand why people are hesitant to have their picture taken,” she said. The Rockland-based artist-photographer got her start early on. Remember in the early 1990s when Kodak sponsored a group of 7th-grade CRMS students, giving them all a camera and instructing them to go around the...
Ollie & David’s, a vintage store with factory-farm appeal, opens in Rockland
Wed, 04/21/2021 - 10:45am

ROCKLAND — A spate of new businesses are opening up all around the Midcoast this spring, following a tumultuous year for shops and stores struggling during the pandemic. One of the newest is a curated vintage shop owned by David Robichaud called Ollie and David’s—with Ollie as a tribute to his dog, an English Springer Spaniel. It is located on the first floor of the Thorndike building at 385 Main Street, once the great Thorndike Hotel. This overlooked building is often thought to host only...
Rope Co. produces minimalist designs
Tenants Harbor lobstering entrepreneur ropes in home decor market with handcrafted doormats
Mon, 04/19/2021 - 12:00pm

TENANTS HARBOR—Logan and Hannah Rackliff, co-owners of The Rope Co., have fostered a unique home decor business around an unlikely source—float rope, used by lobstermen to attach to lobster traps to the buoy and from trap to trap. Logan, a fifth generation lobsterman, comes by the profession naturally, both as a working lobsterman and as the descendant of entrepreneurs who started rope companies in Maine. His grandfather started Crowe Rope which became the largest rope manufacturer in the...
For our annual “Welcome Back Snowbirds” articles
Do you have a new business to announce? Email us.
Wed, 04/14/2021 - 9:45am

Calling all new businesses that opened this year or are about to open this spring or summer—please email us your details and links. We’re doing our annual “Welcome Back Snowbirds” articles for Belfast, Camden-Rockport, Union, Appleton, Hope, Rockland, and Thomaston and want input from new businesses so we can list them in our articles. Please email kaystephenspilot@gmail.com and provide the following details: Name of business Owner and contact info Location/address Type of business What makes...
Artist Kim Bernard used daily art exercise to connect Mainers and beyond virtually
Art prompts spur community to get creative during Artists & Makers Week
Mon, 04/12/2021 - 11:30am

ROCKLAND—As mud season is full underway, little pops of color in nature are turning up on roadsides and gardens. As part of Artists & Makers Week hosted by the Island Institute’s retail store Archipelago, little pops of color also appeared in artist Kim Bernard’s email inbox—the result of daily art prompts she put out to Maine’s communities and beyond last week. Each day had a different directive and she encouraged each participant to spend no more than 15 minutes on each prompt. One was:...
The big lie is that 100% of recycled plastic is being re-used
Belfast’s The Green Store tackles plastic waste with dispense-your-own soap
Wed, 04/07/2021 - 9:45am

BELFAST—Think you’re being a good consumer by dropping your plastic recycling off at a Transfer Station each week? Well, don’t wipe your hands and be on your merry way, yet. A Pew Charitable Trust study, “Breaking The Plastic Wave” revealed that in 2016, 11 million metric tons of plastic leaked into the ocean with 45 percent of those leakages coming from rural areas, such as our own communities in Maine. In the last 60 years, consumers have been sold a lie that the plastic they buy will be...
Free events hosted by The Island Institute April 5-9
Artist & Makers Week goes virtual for the creative economy
Tue, 04/06/2021 - 11:30am

ROCKLAND—The Island Institute and its retail store, Archipelago are champions of the Midcoast’s creative economy and sponsors of the past in-person Artist and Makers Conferences. This year due to the pandemic, they’ve spun in a new direction, creating a virtual Creative Economy Hub for the week of April 5 to 9, 2021. Artists & Makers Week will feature a variety of live and pre-recorded events, web-based resources for artists, makers, and arts-based businesses, stories and insights from...
in business
Maine Seaside Treasures opens in Camden
Tue, 03/30/2021 - 12:15pm

CAMDEN—Maine Seaside Treasures, a Rockland-based shop, moved into its second location on 14 Main Street in Camden and opened its doors on Friday, March 27. Owner Connie Sawyer also runs the sea-themed Seagull Cottage in Rockland, and the new store is similar in decor. Her husband told her about a space in Camden that was for rent even though she wasn’t looking to open a new store. “The pandemic has brought pros and cons to everyone in their lives and I was just very fortunate that this could...
Donations benefited Camden Snow Bowl’s Ski Patrol
Culinary throwdown at the Camden Snow Bowl is a two-way tie
Mon, 03/29/2021 - 11:00am

CAMDEN—Chef Josh Hixon, owner of 40 Paper, in Camden, and Chuong Thien Nguyen, both volunteers of the Camden Snow Bowl’s Ski Patrol and Mountain Steward program, have a friendly rivalry going on: who can cook the better dish? After a mock battle involving dueling homemade dishes one day after skiing, Hixon and Nguyen decided to make it official and host a Culinary Throwdown on Sunday, March 28, in the lodge of the Camden Snow Bowl with donations toward the meal benefiting the Ski Patrol...
Camden man trades a paper clip hoping for something better
Fri, 03/26/2021 - 9:30am

CAMDEN—Trading up—getting something more valuable in return for the traded item—is human nature. One Camden man has started a personal adventure to see how far he can get with a paper clip that way. Inspired by Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald who started with trading a paper clip and ended up owning a house as well as YouTube personality ChadwithaJ , who traded a paper clip and eventually got an iPhone, Matt Hunt is on the same mission. A month ago, he posted a message on the Facebook Page All...
Hail To The Rad Kids
Teen welder makes functional art out of metal scraps
Thu, 03/18/2021 - 9:15am

ROCKLAND—Take a walk through the cavernous welding/fabrication shop at the newly built Midcoast School of Technology and you’ll be surrounded by industrial machines, tools, workbenches, and vices. For some students, it might be intimidating. But 17-year-old Mikayla Tolman feels right at home. The senior at Zenith Alternative School takes a welding class at Midcoast School of Technology every other day and is one of two female students in the welding/fabrication program. “When I first walked in...
Rockland’s Good Tern Co-op pairs up with Maine Needs to comfort Maine citizens
Want to make someone happy today? Put together an Essential Care Kit
Tue, 03/16/2021 - 11:30am

ROCKLAND—Good Tern, the co-op that rounds up change for worthy causes each month as covered in a previous PenBay Pilot story , is dedicating the month of March to the Portland-based community effort, Maine Needs , which accepts donations of clothing and household items to benefit families in need through caseworkers all over Maine. They also accept Essential Care Kits. These are care packages you can make as though they were a gift to...
The Dropkick Murphys, Irish cooking, live Dublin music and more
Have a cup of Irish cheer on St. Paddy’s Day with these online and in-person events
Mon, 03/15/2021 - 1:15pm

Do you miss a rousing Celtic jam with fiddlers stuffed all up in a hot, snug pub? Yes, this year looks a lot different for our usual St. Paddy’s Day Rundown, but we’re in the midst of a bleeding cold snap and we all need a bit of cheer this week. Break out the Guinness and go to Ireland We’ll start with the free streaming events. So, go ahead and get dressed up in that tacky “Kiss Me I’m Irish” T-shirt you’ve had since college and break out the dangly shamrock earrings. No...
‘Picture Maine’ aims to boost the current film incentive to 25 percent
Filmmakers push legislative bill to attract more film, TV productions to Maine
Fri, 03/12/2021 - 9:30am

Maine is a filmmaker’s dream with its rugged coastline, diverse terrain, a pool of talent, and mystique. So why aren’t more movies and television shows shot here? This has been the frustration of many producers and filmmakers who find that the state’s current tax incentive is too paltry, considering other states and Canadian provinces can provide more financial incentives to shoot movies and television productions there. According to the Maine Film Office , the state currently only offers a 10-...
To open for take-out this spring
wolfpeach restaurant owners switch to temporary BBQ pop-up
Tue, 03/09/2021 - 9:00am

CAMDEN—Restaurants operating in a pandemic have had to make enormous changes in order to stay afloat. Gabriela Acero and Derek Richard, a couple featured in our recent story “ wolfpeach, a new chophouse with a Maine twist, to open in Camden, ” have reviewed their original restaurant plans under these circumstances. Their restaurant, wolfpeach, has not yet opened. Instead, they have decided to kick off their grand opening this spring as a barbeque joint until the...
Cheap Dates: Editorial Cartoons, an indoor picnic and a cold one at Marshall Wharf Brewing Co.
Mon, 03/08/2021 - 12:00pm

Here we go: March, 2021. Officially one year into a pandemic and the month that Maine went into shut-down mode last year. Right about now, a good number of people are getting antsy to get out and do something—anything! A road trip. A socially distanced social. Luckily, right here in Staycationland, we have the perfect Cheap Date for you and a beau or a buddy. Editorial Cartoons of Douglas Coffin The Belfast Free Library is hosting the editorial cartoons of Douglas Coffin until...
Swanville’s community has their grocery store back again
Swan Lake Grocery reopens after total demolition
Thu, 03/04/2021 - 10:30am

SWANVILLE—A beloved grocery store has been rebuilt after a car accident severely damaged the property nearly five months ago. On March 3, Swan Lake Grocery opened its doors once again to the public. On October 6, 2020, Deb and Rob Newcomb, owners of Swan Lake Grocery, were asleep in their house when Deb’s phone alerted her to a message. The person on the other end was their tenant and some terrible news. A man had crashed his car into the middle of the store, setting his car, and part of the...
March 1-12 offering indoor, curbside, and outdoor options
Maine Restaurant Week forges on with new dining specials, restaurants
Mon, 03/01/2021 - 12:00pm

Last year at this time, Maine Restaurant Week had just squeaked by before an emerging pandemic forced Governor Janet Mills to issue an Executive Order declaring all bars and restaurants close down on March 18, 2020. “I’ve had people tell me the last time they ate inside a restaurant was last year, ” said Gillian Britt, Maine Restaurant Week co-founder. The week, designed to boost the visibility of the restaurant industry in Maine, is always held in the first two weeks of March, typically the...
An apple salsa, squash mac and cheese and cheesy crackers came out of this project
KVCC culinary class learns to make delicious recipes out of upcycled food
Thu, 02/25/2021 - 9:30am

FAIRFIELD—The amount of food that is grown every year only to be thrown into a landfill is staggering. The Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) Culinary Arts program tackled this national problem by partnering up with the University of Maine's Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, an initiative to drastically reduce food waste. A research project to limit food waste has turned into a class project to educate KVCC culinary students about designing and developing their own food-based...
Gathering Thyme, farmhouse decor boutique opens in Rockport
Tue, 02/09/2021 - 12:00pm

Winona Elmore just opened her dream shop in Rockport, a farmhouse decor boutique called Gathering Thyme, opposite of Midcoast Recreation Center on Route 90. Her grand opening was Saturday, February 6. “I had a vision of a place where people could come to find beautiful things for their home,” said Elmore, whose business is a family venture with help renovating the shop from her husband, her daughter, and her son-in-law. Elmore’s shop is filled with dried flowers, wreaths, and bundles of herbs,...
Elev8 Energy & Nutrition opens next to Hybrid Fitness in Warren
New healthy beverage company aims to boost immunity and health
Mon, 02/08/2021 - 2:00pm

WARREN—With the deepest part of winter upon us and a heightened societal need to stay healthy during a pandemic, a new energy drink bar is set to open in Warren. Elev8 Energy and Nutrition, owned and operated by Hunter Grindle with assistance from his operations manager, Richard Eaton, plans on opening the first week of February. Grindle, who also owns Hybrid Fitness, a fitness center in the same building, came up with the idea of a new energy drink bar, after brainstorming with Eaton, one of...
Ryan Jackson leads a series of virtual adult improv classes through the Farnsworth Art Museum
How improv gives permission to play in an ultra-serious world
Mon, 02/08/2021 - 1:15pm

ROCKLAND—When creative improvisational master Ryan Jackson gets down to serious business, there are going to be a lot of laughs. The Rockland native is hosting a series of virtual improv workshops for adults through the Farnsworth Art Museum through April. The class, titled “Improv Reprise! Making it up as you go with Ryan Jackson”, is meant to loosen people up and get them to experience new sides of themselves. A graduate of the University of Maine with a bachelor’s degree in theater, Jackson...
In Your Own Words LLC sells vintage photograph stationery to empower HIV+ Mainers
Maine couple creates Valentine’s Day cards for ‘affectionate men and women’
Fri, 02/05/2021 - 9:15am

The typical mainstream Valentine’s Day cards you find in supermarkets and stores and on TV commercials generally present a heterosexual angle to the holiday, which doesn’t represent other populations in love. One Greene, Maine couple, Lewis Alessio, and his husband, Jim Shaffer, have been producing creative variations of vintage photograph stationery that tell another visual story. The couple created In Your Own Words LLC in 2013 to creatively augment vintage photographs into cards and...
MRC adds outdoor skating rink and for kids stuck at home it’s a breath of fresh air
Wed, 02/03/2021 - 10:15pm

ROCKPORT—Midcoast Recreation Center was doing well with its indoor ice skating rink until the COVID-19 virus and its protocols changed their capacity limits. What that meant for the nonprofit organization is that fewer kids and adults could use their facilities. So, to remedy that, they built another ice skating rink outdoors. “It was partly due to the limited numbers we could offer for public skating for our indoor rink,” said Arena Director Jesse Simko. “We had people on a waitlist who just...
Owners Gabriela Acero and Derek Richard turn the Drouthy Bear into new restaurant
wolfpeach, a new chophouse with a Maine twist, soon to open in Camden
Wed, 02/03/2021 - 6:45pm

CAMDEN—Many wondered what would become of the classic Scottish pub Drouthy Bear after owners Andrew and Shannon Stewart announced last May that the COVID-19 virus restrictions on their beloved pub had forced them to permanently close. The Midcoast community will be happy to know that the building has been purchased and is currently being renovated by Camden newcomers Gabriela Acero and Derek Richard to become a new restaurant. With a new aesthetic and flair, the restaurant will be called...
‘I am once again asking you to check these items out’
Maine artists jump on the Bernie Sanders memes with custom creations
Wed, 01/27/2021 - 10:15am

Bernie Sanders launched a million memes from President Biden’s inauguration with his practical jacket, oversized patterned mittens, and grumpy expression. He is not just a mood. He is all of us, to a degree. Some Maine artists and makers have jumped on the trend with their own creations from the meme. Check them out. Bernie’s Mittens “Mood” Wine Glasses Lewiston, Maine Bernie Wine Glass. The back story : Allison McBride, of Lewiston, has an Etsy shop called...
Round Up For Change turns coins into big donations
Spare change turns into a 9K giveaway by Good Tern Co-op
Fri, 01/22/2021 - 11:30am

ROCKLAND—Hundreds of customers of Rockland’s Good Tern Co-op going about their daily shopping in 2020 managed to pull off a hefty contribution to Maine’s nonprofits and organizations, simply by rounding up the change on a purchased item. Good Tern’s “Round Up For Change” program gave customers the option to round up to the nearest dollar on a purchase or make an outright donation. After one year, that amount was donated to local charities. In 2020, Good Tern was able to donate $9,047 to 16...
Artist recreates Mt. Battie for Blaze Brewing Co’s latest beer King Tide
Wed, 01/20/2021 - 8:00am

CAMDEN—A new beer made by Blaze Brewing Co. has an interesting backstory on its autumnal, artistic label. Massachusetts artist Andrew Houle did the artwork behind the new label. He happened to have a studio in the same building as Channel Marker Brewery in Beverly, Massachusetts. Not only was that extremely convenient to pop over for a pint, but, as it turns out, the brewery’s proximity became a fortuitous connection. “Between my coming in for a brew for the last couple years and the brewery...
Existing shop still open; new shop to re-open next to French and Brawn in May
Zoot Coffee to double its space with a move down Camden’s Elm Street
Tue, 01/19/2021 - 8:30pm

CAMDEN—Fifteen years ago, Sondra and Jim Hamilton launched a little coffee shop in the heart of downtown Camden on a shoestring budget with fun, eclectic decor. Today, with more than a decade under their belts and a loyal customer following, Zoot Coffee will continue its artsy vibe in a new, enlarged space, only a few doors down the street. While the coffee shop is still open in its current location, they’re in the midst of renovating the space at 5 Elm Street, right next to French and Brawn...
Permanent lowering of excise tax and collaborative beer are shot in the arm
A glass half full is current state of Maine brewing industry
Thu, 01/14/2021 - 1:15pm

Ten months ago, Maine’s brewing industry came to a screeching halt the day after one of the biggest beer-drinking days of the year, St. Patrick’s Day, when the novel coronavirus pandemic prompted Governor Janet Mills to issue an Executive Order on March 18, 2020 to close all bars and restaurants for a period of 14 days. Back then, for many at the beginning of this unknown pandemic, the assumption was that breweries, bars, and tasting rooms would eventually re-open...
Corinna Whitehill started the service while working for Mid-Coast Connector
Corie’s Rides helps community with personal taxi service
Mon, 01/11/2021 - 10:45am

WARREN—It’s been just over a year that Corinna Whitehill started her personal cab company called Corie’s Rides. It’s a service that has been fundamental to the Midcoast community in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic when people are at risk of losing their homes and their cars. Whitehill got her start in the driving business as the owner and a driver for Mid-Coast Connector, a MaineCare non-emergency transportation broker. It’s a service she still operates, along with eight cars and drivers...
Quarantining starts another viral Facebook sensation
New Maine Facebook group for book lovers and authors hits 1.7K followers
Fri, 01/08/2021 - 11:30am

A number of Maine-started Facebook groups went viral with the COVID-19 virus pandemic in 2020, and now there’s one more to get a read on. First there was Quarantine Karaoke, then Wine Fairies of Maine. Now, another group has shot like a rocket thanks to Windham resident, Courtney Edwards. The group is called Maine Book Club/Discussion (What Are You Reading?) Edwards, a mother and wife, had a job as a receptionist at a dental office until last March, when the...
Projected opening date: Jan. 16
Butter Up Cakes, all-gluten-free bakery, cafe, brews and ciders opens in Damariscotta
Fri, 01/08/2021 - 9:45am

DAMARISCOTTA—Faced with the food limitations necessary for their own family, a baker and her husband have decided to open a completely gluten-free bakery and cafe at 77 Main Street in downtown in mid-January named Butter Up Cakes. Candice and Patrick Brady have three children. “Two of our children have celiac disease, are lactose intolerant and can’t have high fructose corn syrup, and my husband is the same way,” said Candice. “So, I make all of their food from scratch, anyway. We decided to...
Markham Starr is a photographer/author and Suzanne Starr is a portrait artist
Husband and wife artists depict lobstering scenes in Maine two different ways
Thu, 12/31/2020 - 7:00pm

COREA—Markham and Suzanne Starr are two different artists inspired by the same source material—the Maine lobstering way of life. In 2011, Markham published a photography book titled Finest Kind: The Lobstermen of Corea , depicting the lives of Corea, Maine, lobstermen. His wife, Suzanne, a nationally recognized award-winning artist, got inspired by those photographs and drew a number of charcoal and graphite portraits of Maine people and places. The couple is from North Stonington,...
Lobstering community continues tradition of giving away free lobsters Christmas Eve
Fri, 12/25/2020 - 10:00am

THOMASTON—On Thursday, Dec. 24, a crowd of 30-40 people gathered in a line at noon, plastic bags in hand, in an empty parking lot off New County Road. Standing at the back of his pick up truck, Matinicus lobsterman Noah Ames played the proverbial role of Santa, giving away crates of live lobster for free that he and about six other Midcoast lobstermen caught, banded, and transported so that people in the area could have a good Christmas Eve dinner. During an unprecedented Christmas season, with...
Shop Local Spotlight
Northport artist refinishes old furniture with enchanting detail
Tue, 12/22/2020 - 11:15am

NORTHPORT—Back in April, The Atlantic magazine wrote a story about how making old-fashioned crafts during the pandemic could ease anxiety. Millions of crafters took that to heart, and with the COVID-19 virus still raging on nine months later, many burgeoning creators have taken to Instagram, YouTube, and other online resources to make something beautiful. One such artist, Shelby Connolly, from Northport, found her niche that way. After purchasing secondhand furniture such as dressers...
All with a fascinating backstory
Shop Local: Three gourmet and specialty foods made in Maine
Fri, 12/18/2020 - 12:00pm

For the holidays, we’re continuing our series to shine the spotlight on Maine craftspeople. This week, we’re focusing on Maine Made gourmet and specialty foods made from all around the state. Cup of Sea tea made from seaweed Portland, Maine Photo courtesy Josh Rogers The back story : Josh Rogers, a freelance cookbook editor and web content strategist on the side, got the idea to make tea from seaweed after noticing how alike green tea and kelp tasted. He...

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