Feb 09
Hope Elementary School’s sixth-grade class will hold an Ancient Egyptian Fair on Thursday, Feb. 16 from 1 to 2:15 p.m. Some of the students’ ...
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Feb 09
Want to learn more about the Penobscot Bay region? Want to help preserve its unique character and history? The Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition and ...
Feb 08
Trekkers Executive Director Don Carpenter announced recently that Bangor Savings Bank Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to the College/Career ...
Feb 08
Rushworth Kidder, president and founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, will deliver the keynote address at the 46th annual conference of the ...
Feb 08
Applications are now available to young women who would like to enter the 2012 Maine Lobster Festival Sea Goddess Pageant. This traditional ...
Feb 08
Students in the towns of Friendship, Union, Waldoboro, Washington and Warren on March 15 will celebrate the visual and performing arts with an ...
Feb 08
School Garden 101 is a five-evening program held at the Knox-Lincoln Extension office in Waldoboro. It's for teachers, cooks, after-school staff, ...
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Feb 08
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and its Master Gardener Volunteers are offering a "Go Blueberry!" plant sale online to raise funds ...
Feb 08
The Camden Garden Club Winter Horticulture Series began on Jan. 31 with a program on "Growing Lavender in Maine."
Lorie Costigan, owner of ...
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Feb 07
Maine Cancer Foundation Executive Director Tara Hill announced a call for applications for a pool of $125,000 to be awarded to Maine-based ...
Feb 07
The newly installed 2012 officers of Aurora Lodge of Masons include: front seated, from left, John Mullett Jr., senior warden; Jeffrey Curtis, ...
Feb 07
Mid-Coast Audubon Society and the Camden Public Library are co-sponsoring a presentation by Brian Robinson about local environmental activism on ...
Feb 07
Seven yoga teachers at the Camden Yoga Barn offered a week of "donations only" classes and raised $650 to be sent to MaineShare.
MaineShare is an ...
Feb 07
Six boys from Cub Scout Pack 215 have earned their Arrow of Light Award, the highest achievement in Cub Scouting. Scouts were recognized in a ...
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Feb 07
St. George Ambulance hosts an American Heart Heartsaver CPR and First Aid course. This course will teach CPR and basic first aid. This course will ...
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Feb 07
What do the Stradivarius violin, zombies, scientist Wilhelm Reich, and actor Robert Redford have in common? They’ve all been topics of discussion ...
Feb 06
At her surprise crowning Feb. 4, Alice Knight was honored by her Preceptor Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. Knight has been chosen as ...
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Feb 06
Friendship Village School announces its second quarter honor roll for the 2011-2012 school year:
Grade 3
Honors: Zechariah Hesseltine, Elizabeth ...
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Feb 06
National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association, will be celebrated from Feb. 6–10, to focus public ...
By Shlomit Auciello - Feb 06
As gulls stand by on the ice in Rockport Harbor, a lobsterman works on his boat. On the water or in the boatyard, fishing in Maine is year-round work.
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Feb 06
The Medomak River Community Market in Waldoboro invites parent and children to a card-making workshop on Saturday, Feb. 11. Starting at 11 a.m. ...
Feb 06
Work will begin soon on a number of important capital projects at the Camden Public Library, thanks to a major grant from the Branta Foundation, ...
Feb 06
Come to Clean Bee Laundry, 83 Elm St. in Camden (Reny’s Plaza) on Sunday, Feb. 12 from noon to 2 p.m. for the Laundry Intensive: Hands on Wooly ...
Feb 06
Remember this name.The Hot Mamas are a group of Midcoast women who pride themselves on putting the fun into fundraiser. On Saturday, Feb. 11, join ...
Feb 06
The Coastal Children’s Museum will present Chewonki’s “Animal Adaptations: Survival in the Wild” on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 11 a.m.
In this dynamic ...
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Feb 05
Twenty-one years ago Sea Street Graphics started on a shoestring budget in Camden. As an art school graduate Susan Schiro was looking for a fun ...
Feb 05
Appleton Village School recently held its annual spelling bee. Winners of the classroom bees who represented their grade level at the school-wide ...
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Feb 05
Fifty cents of every dollar spent in Maine goes for transportation by automobile. Energy costs consume as much as 40 percent of the Maine family ...
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Feb 05
Mid-Coast Audubon welcomes Bill Pearce to discuss local environmental activism Wednesday, Feb. 15, 6:30 p.m. at the Waldoboro Public Library at ...
Feb 05
On Wednesday, Feb. 1 the entire Riley School community gathered in the meeting room to celebrate Founder's Day by honoring Glenna Plaisted, ...
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Feb 05
On Sunday, Feb. 12 at 4 p.m., members of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church open the doors of the parish hall for a huge community auction to benefit ...
Feb 05
Union man named to UVM dean's list
BURLINGTON, VT. — Marc A. Laliberte, of Union, has been named to the dean's list for the fall 2011 semester at ...
Feb 04
Tom Seymour, Maine nature writer and columnist, will give a presentation on “Maine’s Wild Plants” at Merryspring Nature Center on Tuesday, Feb. 14 ...
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Feb 04
The Knox County Democratic Committee will have its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the Stella Maris House, 148 Broadway, at the ...
Feb 04
What do fire engines, Mardi Gras masks, music, dogs, cats, hammers and nails have in common? They’re all coming to the Thomaston Public Library. ...
Feb 04
The Friends of Rockland Public Library will hold a Winter Clearance Book Sale on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Community Room ...
Feb 04
A puppet show and tea party will be offered on Friday, Feb. 17 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Ashwood Waldorf School in Rockport. Children 18 months ...
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Feb 03
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is advising the public that a free Child ID application is available for parents to download from the iTunes ...
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Feb 03
Learn how to identify herbaceous wild plants in winter with registered Maine Guide and Naturalist Gary Roberts. Using field guides and plant keys ...
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Feb 03
With the addition of two foxes in the same York County neighborhood testing positive for rabies, the increased number of rabies cases in the first ...
Feb 03
The Rockland Emblem Club has donated $100 to new Boy Scout Troop 215 in Thomaston. Emblem Club President, Kim Matthews, presented the check to ...
Feb 03
Herbert Harriman has lived on Come Spring Farm since the 1960s, raising his family, managing the farmland and milling lumber. The old farmhouse, ...
Feb 03
Thank you! to everyone who did us the honor of attending our second annual Island Getaway evening. The music was great, the food was terrific and ...
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Feb 03
Maine Water (formerly Aqua Maine) reported 3.81 inches of precipitation during January 2012 at the Mirror Lake Weather Station.
Last year, 3.15 ...
Feb 03
The town office has compiled a list of “100 Things to Do in Waldoboro.” The town’s Planning and Development Department is also asking residents to ...
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Feb 02
2nd Annual Downtown Employee Appreciation Day
ROCKLAND — On Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 7:30 to 10 a.m. all Rockland downtown employees and business ...
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By Stephanie Kumble - Feb 02
Town
The grace period for dog license renewals ended Jan. 31. Too late to avoid the $25 late fee, but not too late to avoid stiffer penalties. The ...
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Feb 02
Miller School announces its second quarter honor roll for the 2011-2012 school year.
Grade 4
All A's: Andrew Beaucage, Dylan Genthner, Emily ...
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Feb 02
Prescott Memorial School announces its second quarter honor roll for the 2011-2012 school year.
Grade 3
High honors: Rhiannon Gould, Hannah Lee, ...
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Feb 02
Efficiency Maine is accepting incentive applications from commercial, municipal and non-profit organizations across Maine for the second round of ...
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By Charlotte Henderson - Feb 02
Free help with tax forms
By now, all of the documents have arrived and we can get started with tax forms. Groan. Luckily, right here in town, ...
Feb 02
Our pet picks of the week are Jack and Lorraine. Jack is a handsome 4-year-old Alaskan Malamute mix. He's big and strong but also very sweet and ...
Feb 02
Derelict lobster gear project continues
KENNEBUNK — The Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation received funds through the National Fish and Wildlife ...
By Diane O'Brien - Feb 02
Municipal meetings
All meetings are held at Lincolnville Central School unless otherwise noted.
The land use committee meets Monday, Feb. 6 at 6 ...
Feb 02
On Sunday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m., Bill Anderson, an offshore trawler man, will speak about fishing year round off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in ...
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By Francina Pearse - Feb 02
From Katie
Katie wrote the following: Dear People of the Town of Hope, I wanted to take an opportunity to say thank you to all of the people that ...
Feb 01
The Appleton Historical Society will welcome Heather Bilodeau of the Walsh History Center at the Camden Public Library as its speaker for the ...
Feb 01
Apprenticeshop Executive Director Eric Stockinger announced this week that Bangor Savings Bank Foundation has awarded a grant in the amount of ...
Feb 01
Medomak Middle School has announced its students of the month for December 2011.
They are: Gage Ruano, Taylor McLain, Tyler Hayes, Daryan Daniello,...
Feb 01
If the abundance of locally grown food is part of daily life, then the Thursday, Feb. 16 event with John Piotti should be on one's schedule.
Piotti...
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Feb 01
On Feb. 1, the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and Financial Affairs is expected to discuss LD 1666 "An Act to Guarantee Basic ...
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Feb 01
One of Maine’s oldest winter markets offers prizes, fun and great food on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 9 a.m. until noon.
Meet farmers, come and sample ...
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Jan 31
Oceanside High School West announces its second quarter honor roll for the 2011-2012 school year.
Grade 8
High honors: Jennifer Carter, Laken ...
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Jan 31
Executive Director of Camden’s Seton School David Heath and Five Town Community School District and School Administrative District 28 Superintenden...
Jan 31
On Jan. 28 at noon Rick Skoglund Jr., sous chef at The Samoset Resort in Rockport, began shucking and stuffing 1,000 scallops in preparation of ...
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Jan 31
Warren Community School announces its second quarter honor roll for the 2011-2012 school year.
Grade 3
All A's: Kyle Bird, Paige Gammon, Emma ...
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Jan 31
Union Elementary School announces its second quarter honor roll for the 2011-2012 school year.
Grade 3
Honor roll: Ian Doughty, Hannah Marsden, ...
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Jan 31
Not all smartphone customers are the same. They each use their devices in different ways to enhance and simplify their lives and there are endless ...
Jan 31
Bar Harbor Bank and Trust donates $10,900 through Community Commitment program
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in partnership with its employees and ...
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Jan 31
West Bay Rotary of Camden and Five Town Community School District Adult Education are teaming up to hold a class in entrepreneurship for people ...
Jan 31
Children will draw images from February's celebrations and traditions at Rockland Public Library's ongoing drawing workshops led by artist Catinka ...
Jan 31
Twelve local eighth-graders and three adult mentors recently completed a new and unfamiliar challenge – toboggan building. They were participating ...
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Jan 30
What is the current state of American education? How does American education compare to that of other developed nations? How is the national ...
Jan 30
Josh Nagle will offer another free “Tech Social” series at the Camden Public Library on “Exploring the Internet,” on Friday, Feb. 3, 3:30 to 5 ...
Jan 30
On Friday, Feb. 3, the Hat Trick Auction, a fundraising event that will benefit three local hockey programs (Maine Coast Skater's Association ...
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Jan 30
Betz Chiropractic & Wellness has opened its health care class to the public.
In this free class Dr. Eric Betz teaches where health comes from, how ...
Jan 30
The Medomak Valley Land Trust will host a cross country ski trip, or hike, depending on the weather, on its Burkett Mill Preserve on Sunday, Feb. ...
Jan 30
Certified Signing Time instructor, Marcie Howard will teach an eight-week signing class for children and their caregivers, beginning Tuesday, Feb. ...
Jan 30
The Waldoboro Public Library will be holding its annual "Love Your Library" Silent Auction from Feb. 2 through Feb. 18th. More than 100 items have ...
Jan 29
Beijing native, Weiwei Curtis will teach a Mandarin Chinese class beginning Monday, Feb. 6 at Penobscot School in Rockland.
Curtis is a native ...
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Jan 29
Food historian and writer Nancy Harmon Jenkins will lead a discussion on “The Role of Food in Jewish Culture” on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. at ...
Jan 29
The Center for the Study of Early American History at The General Henry Knox Museum announces its seventh annual Summer Teacher Institute at ...
Jan 29
Local students install computers at Presque Isle shelter
Two local students were among a group from the Maine School of Science and Mathematics ...
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Jan 28
The Rockland Farmers' Market is thick in the planning for the upcoming season. 2011 was very good for the market, despite frequent Thursday rain ...
Jan 28
Danielle D’Auria, Maine wildlife biologist, will be giving a presentation on the Great Blue Heron at Merryspring Nature Center on Tuesday, Feb. 7 ...
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Jan 28
The Rockport Public Library is hosting a felted mermaid workshop. The workshop will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Local ...
Jan 27
Join Midcoast Audubon on a two-day field trip to bird finding areas of Plum Island and Cape Ann, Mass. Last year this trip yielded such species as ...
Jan 27
Ashwood Waldorf School will open it’s first, second, third and fourth-grade classes to visitors during class time with a guided classroom tour on ...
Jan 27
The 2012 U.S. National Toboggan Championships, being held the weekend of Feb. 10-12, is the place for family fun, complete with tons of on-snow ...
Jan 27
The Perry Greene Kennel is celebrating its 65th year in Waldoboro. In January 1947 Perry Greene, a Maine guide and breeder of Chinook dogs ...
Jan 27
Old man winter may have taken his time getting here, but he is definitely here now. Brrr. It’s not fit for man nor beast outside, especially your ...
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By Stephanie Kumble - Jan 26
Town
The Ordinance Review Committee will meet Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 7 a.m. at the town office.
Now I can “preach!”
Alan went to the town office this ...
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By Kathleen Butler - Jan 26
Town office news
Dog licenses are available. The cost to register your dog is $6 for a spayed or neutered dog or $11 for not spayed or not ...
Jan 26
ROCKPORT — The Pen Bay Medical Center Stroke Program has once again achieved Primary Stroke Center Certification from the Joint Commission, an ...
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By Diane O'Brien - Jan 26
Municipal meetings
All meetings are held at Lincolnville Central School unless otherwise noted.
The selectmen meet Monday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.; ...
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By Francina Pearse - Jan 26
Dog registered
This is a final reminder from the town office that all dogs that are not registered by Tuesday, Jan. 31 will be subject to a $25 ...
Jun 10
VillageSoup presented United Midcoast Charities with a check for more than $4,800 from the company's eighth annual Best of the Best Gala, held May ...
