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Formerly the Rotary Pizza restaurant, 10 Leland Street, Rockland
Maine Kebab opens in Rockland with forward-thinking takeout model
Fri, 12/18/2020 - 11:00am

ROCKLAND—A fast-casual lunch and dinner spot opened this week called Maine Kebab, and owner Shane McGarvey and his executive chef, Ken Hynes, are already ahead of the curve in terms of issues that have plagued restaurants since the COVID-19 virus hit back in March. The menu is very simple: Mediterranean and Turkish flavors. Main dishes include Tumeric rice bowls, flatbread sandwiches, falafel and hummus box, and a salad box all serve as the main ingredient dishes, to which a diner has the...
Blueberry Moose a small retail shop at Watts Building, Thomaston
South Thomaston woman opens shop to help fellow crafters hard hit by pandemic
Mon, 12/14/2020 - 1:00pm

THOMASTON—Like so many enterprising crafter/artists before her, Jo Ann Hoppe, an artist and entrepreneur from South Thomaston, has made a career from her hobbies. Refusing to let a pandemic dictate her direction, she’s lifting up a dozen or so local crafters, who are selling their consigned items in her newly opened shop, Blueberry Moose at 166 Main Street in Thomaston. “I’ve always been artistic, but in 2007, an artist told me I should be showing my stuff at craft fairs,” she said. “So, I...
Shop Local: Three Maine-made gifts $25 and under
Fri, 12/11/2020 - 12:00pm

For the holidays, we’re continuing our series to shine the spotlight on Maine craftspeople. It’s important to shop locally and support innovators and entrepreneurs who keep the creative economy alive in this state. So each week, until Dec. 25, we will bring you this series until you can’t take it anymore. Ready. Set. Go. B&W Clothespin Artwork Display Cornish, Maine B&W Clothespin Artwork Display. Photo courtesy Julie Littlefield The back story...
Maine’s Entrepreneurs and Artists
Shop Local Spotlight: ornaments, jewelry from discarded lobster, mussel, oyster shells
Thu, 12/10/2020 - 10:45am

SOUTH BRISTOL—Many Maine artists use the concept of lobster in their art, but Tenley Seiders, an artist from South Bristol, actually uses lobster claws, tails, and other parts of the shell in her elegant jewelry and ornaments. Born in California, she was first inspired to create jewelry from the abalone shells found on Pacific beaches. From there, she delved into working with pearls and semi-precious gemstones. After spending countless summers in Maine, an “a-ha” moment occurred when she found...
Offering light breakfast, local lunch favorites and fresh lobster rolls
Bill’s Original Kitchen opens at Knox County Regional Airport
Wed, 12/09/2020 - 1:00pm

OWLS HEAD—Bill Clifford, a chef who once ran Bill’s Original Kitchen in Kittery, has revived his one-man operation and recently opened his new kitchen at Knox County Regional Airport. Originally from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Clifford has worked as a chef at multiple venues in Maine, including his last stint at Point Lookout in Lincolnville before it abruptly closed. The plan was in place since mid-October to take over the space, once occupied by the Salty Owl Cafe. He decided to take the best...
Shop Local: Three handcrafted gifts from Nature
Fri, 12/04/2020 - 1:00pm

For the holidays, we’re continuing our series to shine the spotlight on Maine craftspeople. It’s important to shop locally and support innovators and entrepreneurs who keep the creative economy alive in this state. So each week, until Dec. 25, we will bring you this series until you can’t take it anymore. Ready. Set. Go. “Jellyfish’ Airplant Holders Made From Urchin Shells Rockland, Maine The back story : Lynn Ann Carrano Stasulis works full time at...
In-house veterinary care is crucial to shelter’s success
Three-legged kitten finds love, new home after surgery at P.A.W.S.
Fri, 12/04/2020 - 12:00pm

CAMDEN—A nine-week-old stray kitten was brought into P.A.W.S Animal Adoption Center last August badly injured from being hit by a car—a situation tragically far too common. Initially nicknamed “Mulligan,” after a golfing term that means getting a second chance, the kitten was stabilized by P.A.W.S.’ staff veterinarian Jodi James with the hope of saving the leg. However, her little body was fighting the infection so hard, that ultimately, the hard decision had to be made to amputate the left...
The consensus? It turned out to be very good
Here’s the acorn bread nobody asked for
Thu, 12/03/2020 - 11:30am

On Thanksgiving day, I decided to roll up my sleeves and attempt to bake some bread. Not just any bread. Loaves made from those damn acorns it took me one hour of gathering, two weeks of cracking, five hours of leaching, and 28 hours of dehydrating, as explained in my recent article, “ Back off squirrel, these acorns are mine .” Basically, a gallon and a half of raw acorns produced probably two and a half cups of acorn flour. Worth it? You tell me. Actually, don’t...
For #Giving Tuesday, a story on giving back to the restaurant industry
Maine Cater serves as a lifeline to local restaurants and servers
Tue, 12/01/2020 - 7:00am

APPLETON—Maine Cater, a recruitment company dedicated to serving New England’s food and beverage industry, has come up with an idea to provide local “restaurateurs, employers, job seekers, and FOH/BOH” with an economic lifeline during a pandemic that shows no signs of stopping. Husband-and-wife team, Daryle and Orianna Degen launched Maine Cater in Camden in 2017 as a way to supply temporary employees to restaurants suffering from immediate gaps in employment. “We’ve both worked in the...
From $10-$40
Shop Local: Three handmade goods that are pure ‘Maine’
Fri, 11/27/2020 - 12:00pm

Given that so many artists were hard hit economically over the COVID-19 virus, Penobscot Bay Pilot puts a spotlight on the hard-working artists and entrepreneurs in Maine. So each week, until Dec. 25, we will bring you this series until you can’t take it anymore. Ready. Set. Go. The Original Lobstah Trap Beer Caddy Cumberland, Maine The back story: The Lobstah Trap Caddy is handcrafted in Maine constructed from authentic Maine lobster trap material...
The 4K Facebook group is sponsoring 85 families for Christmas and needs your help
‘Wine Fairies of Maine’ are anonymous altruists who help any family in need
Thu, 11/26/2020 - 10:30am

THOMASTON—Back in March, 29-year-old Carly Laughery, of Thomaston, had her hands full with three kids and a job at Staples. With so many people around her losing jobs, childcare, and their financial security due to the COVID-19 virus, Laughery looked at ways she could possibly help. She heard about a mysterious nationwide group called “Wine Fairies,” people who band together to anonymously drop a bag or basket of wine, food, or other special gifts on the doorstep of someone having a rough time...
The photography of Midcoast’s Isaac Remsen
One shot is all it takes
Wed, 11/25/2020 - 7:30pm

ROCKPORT—On a cold, wintry day in 2018, Isaac Remsen was driving to work when glancing across the Rockport Harbor, he was compelled to slow down. “I noticed the inner part of the harbor was completely frozen and there were about five lobster boats stuck in the ice,” he said. “I literally called my boss right then and there and said, ‘I’m going to be a little late; I need to take a shot of this.” He took his DJI Phantom 4 drone out of the back of his car and sent it flying. The shot it produced...
The bottle was picked up by people who have connections to Vinalhaven
Vinalhaven School’s message in a bottle traveled roughly 2,000 nautical miles over five months
Tue, 11/24/2020 - 11:45am

VINALHAVEN—This past June, the nine graduating students at Vinalhaven School, like so many seniors across the country, had their graduation ceremonies curtailed. While they were lucky enough to hold a commencement ceremony due to the class’s small size, they weren’t able to do a grand march or a lobster boat parade afterward, for it would have attracted too many onlookers gathering at the shore. Instead, the class came up with the idea of putting a message in a bottle. All nine students wrote...
Cheap Dates: Hey college kids, take a magical mystery tour through Erickson’s Fields Story Walk
Sat, 11/21/2020 - 9:00am

It feels like decades since I last wrote a Cheap Dates story. Thanks to the onset of the pandemic back in March, during those dreary spring months, there was not only nowhere to go, but nothing to do. There’s only so much sourdough bread you can bake and so many family Zoom meetings you can take with a bottle of wine tucked out of view. And now with Thanksgiving around the corner and college students coming home to record-high coronavirus infections spiking across the country, we’re facing the...
She’s just a Grrl In This World making small-batch products and thrashing out
Meet the North Haven feminist punk guitarist who makes organic skincare
Wed, 11/18/2020 - 2:00pm

NORTH HAVEN—Whoever said punk is dead hasn’t been to North Haven in awhile. Not exactly considered the gritty underground mecca for the post-punk scene, this lobstering community with only 400 year-round residents, holds its own when it comes to three riot grrrls who live and play music there. Fiona Robins is the owner of Island Apothecary and her job entails gardening and making organic skincare products on North Haven , which have been featured in Mother Magazine and...
Homesteading...reluctantly
Back off squirrel, these acorns are mine
Tue, 11/17/2020 - 11:30am

In an opinion column this past summer, I made an off-hand crack about urban dwellers wanting to come to Maine to escape the pandemic and get all cottage core , e.g., ditch the high-priced restaurants they could no longer go to and start rooting in the dirt for fiddleheads now that they were “back to the landers.” Well, after living in the Midcoast for 27 years, I got all cottage core recently. In the past, I’ve made hard cider and dandelion wine from scratch, planted a cocktail herb...
A memorial to the great artistry and subsequent generosity of John Stephens
Artist’s family gives away nearly $30,000 of his art supplies to those in need
Thu, 11/12/2020 - 10:00am

WALDOBORO—In life, John Stephens Sr. from Woodville, Maine, was a vibrant artist who came to his gift naturally, before going back to art school to earn his art degree in his 60s. When he passed away three years ago, he left a studio filled to the brim with loads of art supplies, including acrylic paints, watercolors, pastels, watercolor paper, canvases, easels, and hundreds of art books. In September, John Sr.’s widow, Barbara, passed away and the family decided to give away the contents of...
Herbs to reduce anxiety, relieve depression, boost immunity and heal naturally
Five medicinal plants to grow inside this fall
Tue, 11/10/2020 - 8:30am

As we head into a fall still spiking with the COVID-19 virus, along with a time change and the results of an election that have still divided many people, it’s completely natural that feelings of tension, stress, exhaustion, and anxiety are high. We reached out to herbalist Katheryn Langelier, who has authored a soon-to-be-released book, Herbal Revolution (Macmillian, 2020), the eponymous title of her Union farm and apothecary. The book delves into 65 medicinal...
More than 23,000 signatures gathered in one day
Opponents of CMP corridor gather referendum signatures in Belfast, Lincolnville, Rockland
Thu, 11/05/2020 - 8:30am

No CMP Corridor, a grassroots advocacy PAC, sent out dozens of volunteers on Election Day, November 3, statewide to collect a new round of signatures to block the Central Maine Power’s (CMP) New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) proposal to build a 145-mile transmission line from the Québec-Maine border to Lewiston. During the day, volunteers posted updates on the Say NO to NECEC 501c3 non-profit Facebook group . Many of these volunteers stood outside in 34-degree weather at 120 polling...
Lexi Zable renovates Eclipse and Speakeasy into a locals’ haven
The Grey Owl Bar & Grill in Rockland is set to fly mid-November
Wed, 11/04/2020 - 8:30am

ROCKLAND — Lexi Zable, owner of Port Clyde’s The Dip Net and The Barn in Port Clyde, has secured a new Rockland location for a third establishment, taking over The Eclipse and The Speakeasy on the corner of Park Street. The Grey Owl Bar & Brill comprises both spaces and is currently in the midst of renovations, not only to improve the eatery’s aesthetic, but also to provide more partitioned space between diners per the COVID-19 mandates. With The Dip Net and The Barn closed down for the...
Author Bob Trapani’s new photography book reveals the iconic landmark in all four seasons
The Rockland Breakwater as you’ve never before seen
Wed, 10/28/2020 - 1:30pm

ROCKLAND—The Rockland Breakwater in all of its 4,364 feet of granite glory is a spectacular sight and experience for first-time visitors. But, like all landmarks frequently visited, it can fade into the background of everyday life, until a photography book comes along to remind you just how majestic it is—and always has been. Author Bob Trapani is releasing his fifth book, Breakwater: A Journey Through The Seasons, in November. A writer and visual storyteller, Trapani found himself...
The free live streaming event is on October 30 at 7 p.m.
A miniature theater production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that will thrill your inner child
Mon, 10/26/2020 - 1:00pm

PORTLAND—Many of us played with Barbies, G.I. Joes, and Star Wars action figures growing up, but one man has taken his love of this type of childhood play and combined it with his classical music training to produce elaborate, operatic miniature theater productions in Maine. David Worobec, 31, who lives in Portland, is the one-man showmaster behind Tophat Productions. His specialty includes a wide repertoire of live miniature theater productions from iconic Broadway shows such as Camelot,...
Restaurants, breweries, farms and bakeries connect statewide through free website and app
Chefs of Maine is online hub for state’s culinary scene
Mon, 10/26/2020 - 11:15am

ELLSWORTH —Two years ago, graphic designer Nick Sarro and Chef Daron Goldstein of the Ellsworth restaurant, Provender Kitchen + Bar, were having the kind of “what if” chat friends often do when envisioning ways to make the world a little better. That brainstorming session turned into Chefs of Maine , a statewide network connecting the restaurant industry with breweries, farms and bakeries and offering the public an easy way to locate all of it online with a website...
Five ways to not mess up your absentee ballot so that it counts
Wed, 10/21/2020 - 11:00am

Don’t want to face the crowds at polling places on November 3 in order to vote? Your two choices are to vote early (up to October 30 in person at your municipal office) or to vote by mail. Given this unprecedented time when COVID-19 will be requiring social distancing at the polls and limitations on how many people can be inside their municipal offices at one time, it’s important, more than ever, to get a jump on it now. We Mainers have a strong voting turnout history. According to the U.S...
For October, November and December, here’s a great way to give back to your community
Serve A Neighbor takes the pay-it-forward concept to the Midcoast
Tue, 10/20/2020 - 6:15pm

BANGOR—Going into a turbulent fall filled with pandemic stress, election and political pressure, and a ramped-up divisiveness America has never before seen, we all need a little kindness in our lives. “Serve A Neighbor” was the simple idea generated in September by a group of friends in Bangor that turned into a grassroots initiative. Cheryl Crabtree, one of the group’s spokespeople said: “We were complaining and moaning about all of the changes in 2020 that were happening beyond our control...
Maine Registered Guide and journalist Earl Brechlin’s latest book
UFOs, ghosts and other oddities in ‘Wild! Weird! Wonderful! Maine’
Tue, 10/13/2020 - 12:00pm

‘Tis the season to talk about supernatural happenings, spooky legends, and way-out-there stories —and author Earl Brechlin’s got them. From Kittery to Eastport, from Fort Kent to Monhegan, Maine is home to natural wonders, quirky characters, remarkable inventors, and haunting ghosts and legends. Whether it’s Moxie Nerve Food, the North American Wife Carrying Competition, UFO abductions along the Allagash, or Katahdin’s role in creating Bambi, this book by long-time journalist Earl Brechlin...
And the 7-Napkin Burger is Back!
Owls Head General Store reopens under new owner
Mon, 10/12/2020 - 11:00am

OWLS HEAD—The Owls Head General Store, shuttered for nearly three years, is back in operation under new owner, Maya Newsam, 27. “We originally planned to be open the Fourth of July, and here we are, Columbus Day Weekend,” said Newsam with a laugh. The Owls Head and peninsula communities are overjoyed to have their convenience store back and one of the most frequent questions Newsam has been asked is: “Is the 7-Napkin Burger on the new menu?” The answer is yes. The famous burger made national...
50 businesses and 45 artists support Finding Our Voices
Rockland businesses team up with artists for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Thu, 10/08/2020 - 11:00pm

ROCKLAND—Forty-five Maine artists have paired up with 50 downtown Rockland businesses to spread awareness of the impact of domestic violence this month for Finding Our Voices ( findingourvoices.net ), a nonprofit founded and led by photojournalist Patrisha McLean. With window exhibits displaying banners and original art, as well as an online auction to help end domestic violence currently taking place from October 1 to October 31, all...
Rockland stealth art exhibit underscores rise in American incivility
Wed, 09/30/2020 - 12:30pm

ROCKLAND—The day after the first presidential debate is the perfect time to talk about Chris Gamage’s latest art piece. Gamage, a Rockland sculptor, got the idea to make a giant aluminum coin with the pun “Common Cents” as his theme. One side depicts the United States with the other phrases “Common Courtesy” and “Common Decency.” A flip of the coin reveals the unmistakable caricature of Donald Trump next to a partial Thomas Paine quote: “O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the...
Informal race between Stephen Taber, Ladona tribute to annual Great Schooner Race
Sailing through a dismal Windjammer season and making the best of it
Wed, 09/23/2020 - 1:30pm

Spectators used to pack the Rockland Breakwater to watch the Great Schooner Race from Islesboro to Rockland every year, but this year, with the race canceled due to COVID-19 restricting public gatherings, the seas were pretty quiet. According to Marti Mayne, spokesperson for the Maine Windjammer Association, most of the schooners were grounded this summer, many still sheathed in plastic. But, Capt. Noah Barnes co-owner with his wife, Jane Barnes, of Stephen Taber , wasn’t going to end...
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in again...
The return of the white shark to Maine waters
Fri, 09/18/2020 - 8:45am

What else does 2020 have in store for Mainers? The browntail moth rash, ticks, Lyme Disease, a pandemic...and now you can add great white sharks to the mix. Award-winning journalist Ret Talbot gave a Zoom talk last week on the return of the white shark to New England (see embedded video). As a science writer who covers fisheries and ocean issues, he has spent the last year researching the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). After Maine’s first recorded shark attack fatality...
Deer Isle native is a viral hit...and hoot...about all things lobster
Have a burning question about lobstering? Ask Leroy!
Wed, 09/16/2020 - 1:45pm

STONINGTON—My neighbor, a long-time lobsterman, told me the other day: “There’s this guy you gotta check out, named Leroy. Friend told me about him. On YouTube, old guy like me whose been in the business all his life. He’s answering people’s questions and I hear he’s pretty funny.” He was talking about Leroy Weed, 79, a Deer Isle lobsterman who is getting some statewide and national attention as a spokesman for the lobstering life in an online video series by the Maine Center for Coastal...
Traditional Italian cuisine is elegant fare with casual dining
Ports of Italy restaurant opens in Rockport
Tue, 09/08/2020 - 4:15pm

ROCKPORT—Italian born-and-raised restaurateur Sante Calandri was not about to let a pandemic stop him from opening his new restaurant, Ports of Italy, in Rockport last week. With a sister property in Boothbay Harbor, he’d always had his eye on the Midcoast and when the Helm restaurant came up for sale, he jumped on the opportunity. For the last year, he set to work on redesigning the place, adding two decks that overlook the forest-covered river in back. Set originally to open this past spring...
Opinion: Maine residents squeezed out while apartment, house hunting
The impact of COVID-19’s urban flight on Mainers
Sun, 09/06/2020 - 9:30am

“Maine offers a quality of life that appeals to those living in highly populated and more congested areas of the U.S.” This quote from a July press release from the Maine Association of Realtors is not news to those who live here year-round. The COVID-19 pandemic that has upended the world has also produced a silent shift felt in Maine with more out-of-state residents fleeing to the state in search of home and rental properties. A July report by Maine Listings, a subsidiary of Maine Association...
Camden’s newest takeout eatery helmed by former Ebantide chef
Deirdre’s Roadside Takeout Serves Elevated ‘Food for Travelers’
Sat, 08/22/2020 - 7:30am

CAMDEN—Patrons looking for your garden variety dogs and burgers will be pleasantly surprised to see what’s on the menu at the newly opened roadside takeout shack just outside Camden Hills State Park. Deirdre’s Roadside, co-owned by Chef Ean Flanagan, former owner of Ebantide and Kenny Corson formerly of the catering/banquet department of Point Lookout, are putting out an elevated comfort food menu with the emphasis on high quality, eclectic tastes. After only being open two weeks, the owners...
Northport visitor Moxie R. featured in premiere episode of a new PBS digital series SELF-EVIDENT; airs August 17, 11 A.M.
Local 10-Year-Old featured in new PBS Program
Mon, 08/17/2020 - 10:00am

NORTHPORT—In the trailer for the new PBS digital series SELF-EVIDENT which premieres on Monday, August 17, Moxie R., 10, has some important thoughts about being a kid in the era of COVID-19. “I just like embracing my childhood, while it’s still here,” she says to the camera in the digital series trailer. “Embracing being able to order from the kids' menu because soon I’ll be 12 and I won’t be able to...” With her bold purple glasses, Moxie is one of a diverse group of 10-year-old kids from all...
Hail To The Rad Kids
Thomaston teen is The Telling Room’s Young Emerging Author, publishes first book
Thu, 08/13/2020 - 11:15am

THOMASTON—Sixteen-year-old Alexa Barstow is about to see her first book of short stories published later this month — an enviable accomplishment for someone so young. A soon-to-be-senior at Oceanside High School, she has been able to see her dream come true through Portland’s nonprofit writing center for young people, The Telling Room . The Telling Room is a writing program and youth publisher, focusing on writers ages 6 to 18. It is an emerging niche of the...
What to see in August and beyond
Pop-up drive ins and outdoor movies are the latest rage this summer
Sat, 08/01/2020 - 9:00am

With movie theaters closed half of the summer and most concert venues canceled during the Covid-19 pandemic, trying to find innovative ways to provide entertainment to crowds has been an extraordinary challenge for Midcoast’s arts and theatre venues. As a result, some have taken a page from history and revived the old-fashioned Drive-In. Here’s a look at three venues that are making it work. The Shotwell Drive-In CIFF films, Rockport The Shotwell Drive-In is...
Crepes Crepes Crepes, a new food truck, opens in Thomaston
Did someone say crepes?
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 10:00am

ROCKLAND—Something sweet has come out of the Summer of 2020 and it has rolled out in a pink-and-white food truck with a logo of the Eiffel Tower. Eric Boyce has always had the dream of opening a breakfast spot; it just has taken awhile. “I’ve been in aviation for 58 years, both as a helicopter and airplane pilot and as an aircraft maintenance engineer, and lived in Alaska for 21 years, but with COVID-19 happening, and losing my job in April, this seemed like the right time.” With his partner,...
RasDal Falafel, a Belfast food truck and Station 118, a BBQ restaurant
Two new eateries bring exotic flavors to Belfast, Thomaston
Fri, 07/24/2020 - 10:45am

MIDCOAST—A barbeque restaurant and a food truck serving Middle Eastern street food have opened on the coast in recent weeks. Here’s the skinny on both. RasDal Falafel — Belfast Canaan Jordan recently opened his new food truck, RasDal Falafel on Front Street by the footbridge earlier this month. Specializing in Middle Eastern street food, which is mostly vegetarian and vegan, Jordan said, “I’ve been cooking for almost 20 years and this is the kind of food I really like to eat,...
Plans to open at the end of July
Mé Lon Togo, known for West African cuisine, opens in Camden
Tue, 07/14/2020 - 10:45am

Like most restaurateurs, Jordan Benissan expected he’d be running his popular restaurant Mé Lon Togo in Waterville this spring, but the pandemic had other plans for him. Not able to keep the restaurant open, and falling behind in rent, his landlord evicted him. These setbacks led to his announcement to c lose his restaurant in March. An acquaintance, a food blogger, who followed Benissan on Instagram, reached out to the food community in Portland and organized a Go Fund Me campaign for him,...
Four businesses changing up the way they operate in the COVID-19 era
Fri, 07/10/2020 - 6:45pm

MIDCOAST — Charles Darwin had it right when in The Origin of Species he said: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” As Maine enters mid-summer during a pandemic that has changed how businesses operate in absolutely every way, four Midcoast businesses have pivoted toward a new model of business—doing what they do best—in order to reach more customers. Hoxbill rebrands to...
Free books: all you can carry
Rockland’s Dooryard Books closing, gives away all of its stock
Fri, 06/26/2020 - 9:30am

ROCKLAND—For serious bibliophiles, it was like being a kid in a candy store. For Dooryard Books owner George Parks, who was giving away all of the books, ephemera, and materials his used bookstore has carried the last 23 years, the moment might have been a bit more somber. A Facebook post on June 23 announced that Parks was offering the giveaway to anyone who walked in. The post got 1.5K shares in 24 hours. “I’m 88,” he said. “It’s time to retire.” Other bookshop owners might have gone the way...
Big T Snack Shack sets up in Rockport Harbor for the summer
Thu, 06/25/2020 - 10:00am

ROCKPORT—With restaurants continuing to navigate seating challenges during COVID-19, one brick and mortar eatery has the perfect solution to stay operating—and the perfect location. The Big T Snack Shack food trailer, co-owned by husband-and-wife Mark Senders and Rebecca Neves, was approved by the Rockport Select Board to set up full-time operations in Rockport Harbor this summer and fall. The couple, who also own the Bagel Cafe in Camden, have operated The Big T Snack Shack at the Camden Snow...
More than 20 high-quality vendors offer direct delivery to home
New delivery service ‘Belfast Delivers’ brings food, products to Waldo County
Tue, 06/23/2020 - 9:30am

BELFAST—Watch out Grubhub, a new food delivery service is in town. Matt Burke, owner of Sweet Monkey Business, an artisan cookie company and Kate Hall, owner of GRAZE Maine, a producer of microgreens, have teamed up to offer a custom delivery service with their new website Belfast Delivers, which allows customers to shop from more than 20 local farms, food vendors, shops, and restaurants and have it brought directly to their door. The way it works is customers can...
Remedies and relief for the browntail moth caterpillar rash
How to stop the infernal itching caused by brown tail moth caterpillar
Mon, 06/22/2020 - 1:15pm

Spring/Summer 2020 is worse for the brown tail moth infestation than even the year before say pharmacists, entolomogists, and particularly the victims in the Midcoast, who are suffering from the poison-ivy-like itchy rash. This story was first published June 21, 2019. With the brown tail moth infestation and misery imposed on the Midcoast even worse in 2020, we are bringing the story back again as a resource. Tom Schmeelk, an entomologist with the Maine Forest...
Storefront square footage reduces by half as Conklin’s Mercantile takes over other half
A look at Maine Sport Outfitters’ new Main Street renovation
Tue, 06/16/2020 - 10:45am

CAMDEN—Like the bellows of an accordian, Maine Sport Outfitters has expanded over the years and has now contracted, essentially splitting the square footage of the storefront in half and re-opening with renovations to its Main Street, Camden, location. “The original Maine Sport store was in this exact space maybe 25 years ago,” said Tyler Smith, Director of Property Management and Development Bayview Management. “Before that, it had been on Bay View Street in two locations in the mid-1980s,...
Open? Close? Adapt to permanent takeout? How Midcoast restaurants are handling coronavirus restrictions
Thu, 05/28/2020 - 8:45am

When May 18 rolled around, restaurants in 12 Maine counties were allowed to open again after coronavirus restrictions eased —and while many saw this as a green light to get back to normal, it was a day of dread for those unsure if they should—or could—ever open again. Among the health standards in the new restaurant guidelines, seating capacity has to be reduced with tables being placed six feet apart. John Stowe, owner-chef of Rustica in Rockland, went into his...
Lifting up local artists, performers, musicians, chefs, makers and creators
The Sky Is Rising in Belfast
Mon, 05/25/2020 - 1:45pm

BELFAST—The town of Belfast has come together to help the very artists, chefs, and creatives that give the town its vibrancy and life. During the COVID-19 crisis, the hardest hit economically has been small business owners, many of them self-employed Maine artists seeing a 25 percent decline in revenue . The summer-long events are spearheaded by The Belfast Creative Coalition in solidarity with local art galleries and organizations, theatre groups, performers,...
Islesboro Ferry workers and beach goers will soon get custom food delivery
Lincolnville’s The Beach Store opens with new owners, expanded menu
Sun, 05/24/2020 - 8:45am

LINCOLNVILLE BEACH — New owners have taken over The Beach Store, a popular sandwich shop directly across from the beach. A family-run business, owners Owen, Shannon and Jonathan Weyers have added multiple grills and expanded a new menu that includes locally sourced Green Tree coffee, Boar’s Head meats and cheeses, burgers, hot dogs, subs, salads, pizza, ice cream, and even a summer favorite—fried dough. The Weyers bought the building in January, hoping to open the first of April, until the...

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