By Andrew Benore - May 24
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has scheduled oral arguments in the case of Dennis Blanchet v. Town of Waldoboro for Wednesday, June 13 at 10:50 ...
May 23
Rockland
The city of Rockland will observe Memorial Day on Monday, May 28 at 10:30 a.m. with a ceremony and parade.
Units participating in the ...
By George Chappell - May 23
Maine Eastern Railroad Vice President Gordon Page said his company is happy about the festivities in Brunswick on May 14 to celebrate the expansion...
By Jenna Lookner - May 23
As local food awareness continues to thrive in the Midcoast, Camden can now boast a business specializing in all things culinary. The Well ...
By Jenna Lookner - May 22
A six-hour walking workshop designed to help build on recommendations from Camden's Downtown Master Plan took place Tuesday, May 22, in Camden.
One...
By Juliette Laaka - May 22
The St. George Select Board on May 21 offered its support to the Town Education Committee, which has been meeting to discuss the community’s ...
By Jenna Lookner - May 22
Sunny weather set the backdrop for a successful weekend as Camden businesses banded together for the inaugural Business is Blooming in Camden ...
By Staff - May 22
The town of Union/Courier-Gazette will be sponsoring a candidates night on Monday, June 4 at 7 p.m. at the Union Town Office. Candidates for ...
By Juliette Laaka - May 22
At noon on May 22 city workers started to cut down an aspen tree in Winslow-Holbrook Park.
Passerby Rody Conway said the city was "taking down ...
By Daniel Dunkle - May 22
An attorney and engineer representing CRC Health Group, which hopes to open a methadone clinic off Route 1 in Warren, are now proposing a holding ...
By George Chappell - May 22
Steven Clarke, 47, of Owls Head, was in 6th District Court May 21 on charges of violating a condition of release, driving to endanger, criminal ...
By George Chappell - May 22
The owner of 12 bungalows in a city neighborhood has applied for a permit to demolish the structures on the grounds that they are no longer ...
May 21
Appleton
Monday, May 28, Miller Cemetery, Burketville, 10 a.m.; Pine Grove Cemetery - meet at Gushee's Corner at 10:45 a.m., service begins at 11 ...
By Kim Lincoln - May 21
As the warmer weather has made its way into the Midcoast, activity in Rockport Harbor continues to pick up. Monday was no exception.
By Jenna Lookner - May 21
Cindy Dunham and her husband Jim ran Camp Tanglewood for 26 years. During their tenure at the Lincolnville camp Cindy Dunham said it was not ...
By George Chappell - May 21
A special committee is hard at work rewriting a story of the town. The Owls Head Comprehensive Plan Committee since the summer of 2011 has been ...
By Kim Lincoln - May 21
Jason and Penny Peasley of Lincolnville have taken over operations of the Mechanic Street ice cream shop next to Megunticook River in downtown ...
By George Chappell - May 21
The South Thomaston Planning Board on May 17 approved a preliminary plan for a three-lot subdivision known as Cove Point at the end of Snowhill ...
By Juliette Laaka - May 19
After graduating from college in 2009, Brooke Payne felt a restless energy that was quieted only after an 11-month teaching assignment in the ...
May 18
On Jan. 15, 1920, a fatal trolley line accident occurred in front of the YMCA on Main Street in Rockport. The car was on its way from Camden to ...
By Jenna Lookner - May 18
Camden Harbormaster Steve Pixley is busy gearing up for the summer season. He has teamed up with Grand Banks Entertainment founder John Orlando to ...
By Daniel Dunkle - May 18
Brass Compass Cafe owner Lynn Archer said five jobs at her restaurant depend on her being able to serve customers at tables outside in part of the ...
By Juliette Laaka - May 18
Members of Christ's Lighthouse Ministries Inc. are setting up a homemade shelter constructed of cardboard for the weekend of May 18.
"Our purpose ...
By George Chappell - May 18
Knox County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a burglary call early Friday morning, May 18, and arrested one person.
Deputies Paul Pinkham ...
May 18
This week Courier-Gazette reporters are asking people around town, "What do you think about President Obama taking a stand to support same-sex ...
By George Chappell - May 17
Local planners approved reviews of three proposed home businesses on May 15 at their meeting in City Hall.
The site plan application of Tiffany ...
By George Chappell - May 17
A man police say is a fugitive from justice will continue to be held in Knox County Jail until June 14 or until authorities from Virginia arrive ...
By Juliette Laaka - May 17
Thursday, May 17 marked the first day of the Rockland Farmers' Market in Harbor Park.
Visitors enjoyed local foods, conversation and fine weather.
May 17
Recently hatched phoebe birds await a meal.
May 17
This picture was taken from the foredeck of the Jacob Pike. Bar and Sherm Lord were the crew. The boat is still in service as a lobster smack with ...
May 17
On May 4, Jeffrey Evangelos of Friendship was certified by the Maine Secretary of State's Office as an independent candidate for House District ...
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By Jenna Lookner - May 16
Three candidates will appear on the ballot for a pair of select board seats in Rockport. Charlton Ames is the incumbent seeking re-election; ...
May 16
Despite recent city council decisions, one can "EAT" on Main Street this summer, thanks to the re-installation of Robert Indiana's sculpture on ...
By Kim Lincoln - May 16
In annual tradition, eighth-graders from Camden-Rockport Middle School, Lincolnville Central School, Hope Elementary School and Appleton Village ...
By Jenna Lookner - May 16
Tuesday, May 15, the Camden Select Board convened a 6 p.m. meeting to hear public comment on the 298 page Camden Downtown Master Plan. After about ...
By George Chappell - May 16
A Spruce Head couple was arrested Friday, May 11, after police said they broke into a home and assaulted the occupant.
Deputy David Johnson and ...
By Kim Lincoln - May 16
Sisters Liefe and Haydee Temple, ages 9 and 6, will be serving up sweet treats for their third annual bake sale at Clean Bee Laundry on Elm ...
By Dagney C. Ernest - May 15
Just a few minutes into the community meeting Tuesday night, May 15, at Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education, Joe Steinberger told the ...
By Daniel Dunkle - May 15
"It was so long ago I hardly remember myself," said Andy Coffey.
The 88-year-old attended a one-room school house in Owls Head, graduating from ...
By Daniel Dunkle - May 15
Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism held an event at Snow Marine Park in Rockland Saturday, May 12, including all of the pageantry, ...
By Daniel Dunkle - May 15
BLUE BIRD — Quinn Ryan, 3, of Hope meets the Blue Goose mascot outside the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge open house Saturday, May ...
By Daniel Dunkle - May 15
Responding to complaints from residents at Camden Street Terrace about a woman feeding seagulls and drawing them to the neighborhood, the City ...
By Jenna Lookner - May 15
As Andrew's Brewing Company founder and craft beer legend Andy Hazen prepares to pass the brew master torch to his son Ben, he's on the precipice ...
By Juliette Laaka - May 15
On Mother's Day, May 13, Sweetgrass Farm Winery and Distillery and Savage Oaks Vineyard and Winery, both in Union, hosted a Wine and Chocolate ...
By George Chappell - May 15
In a sign of the economic times, local planners have set up reviews of three proposed home businesses on Tuesday, May 15 at their meeting in City ...
By Daniel Dunkle - May 14
The City Council voted 3-2 on May 14 against allowing the Brass Compass Cafe to place tables in part of the neighboring Winslow-Holbrook Park ...
By George Chappell - May 14
Trains still seem like magic to all generations. At the ribbon-cutting for the new Amtrak platform in Brunswick Monday, May 14, spectators walked ...
By Jenna Lookner - May 14
Students from Oceanside East turned out Saturday, May 12, for the high school prom. The sunny day culminated in a nice spring evening, providing ...
By Juliette Laaka - May 14
Habitat for Humanity hosted a nationwide Women Build Week May 5 to May 13.
On Mother's Day, May 13, community members joined together to start a ...
By Jenna Lookner - May 14
When Rockport Automotive General Manager Janice Campbell returned from a training in New Hampshire she was armed with one of her trademark new ...
By Jenna Lookner - May 14
The bank holding mortgages on properties owned and managed by Richard M. Anderson of Camden sold the properties during two public auctions Monday, ...
By George Chappell - May 14
Knox County commissioners on May 8 in a 3-0 vote authorized County Administrator Andrew Hart to sign an agreement with the Transportation Security ...
By Daniel Dunkle - May 14
A Waldoboro man hit by a bucket truck while working as a flagger on Route 1 in Warren was listed in fair condition May 14 at Maine Medical Center ...
By Daniel Dunkle - May 14
Cerra Harris, 16, of Tenants Harbor has her hair done Saturday morning, May 12, in anticipation of the Oceanside East High School prom being held ...
By Staff - May 14
A downed tree was the cause of a power outage that affected 1,800 residents in Rockland, Rockport and Thomaston on Saturday afternoon, May 12, ...
By Daniel Dunkle - May 14
Students interested in a variety of leadership roles in the community ranging from firefighter to district attorney had an opportunity to spend ...
By Dagney C. Ernest - May 13
There is always something going on in Midcoast Maine and spring is no exception.
By Jenna Lookner - May 13
Good food has always been a part of life for sisters Becky Neves and Jessica Neves Graham. With nearly 20 years of combined experience in the ...
By Staff - May 12
Sara Montgomery was named Community Person of the Year at the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce awards dinner Saturday, May 12 at the ...
By Jenna Lookner - May 12
Hillary Bousum grew up in a family of good cooks. Her father, Chuck Hendrick, went to culinary school and worked as the chef on a tug boat and at ...
By George Chappell - May 11
A new concept in aerial mapping is catching on with local governments.
The Knox County Commission on May 8 approved the purchase of a new photograp...
May 11
Rockport Public Library will host a Candidates' Night on Tuesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. at the Rockport Opera House, in the downstairs meeting room.
Mod...
By Jenna Lookner - May 11
When Dutch elm disease ravaged Camden's elm tree population — requiring the removal of hundreds of mature elms in Camden, mostly during the 1970s ...
By George Chappell - May 10
A Camden Street Terrace resident has run afoul of the law for feeding seagulls.
Susie E. Gray has been served a health code violation from the ...
By Dagney C. Ernest - May 10
On Thursday, May 10, the three board members of The Old School met with real estate agent Doug Erickson and made a formal offer for the former ...
May 10
A Tip-A-Cop charity event to benefit Special Olympics will be held Thursday, May 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Applebee's on Route 1.
Law enforcement ...
By Juliette Laaka - May 09
Estella Collamore, born in 1911, will celebrate her 101st birthday Thursday, May 10. On Wednesday, count on her to be playing bingo with her ...
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