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Community Happenings

Allen Insurance employee earns certification

May 17
Jennifer Coffin a member of the personal insurance team at Allen Insurance and Financial, recently earned a Certified Personal Risk Manager ...
Midcoast lens: A dandy view

May 17
Hope Creighton of Thomaston snapped this morning photo Wednesday, May 12, of these rolling hills awash in golden, blooming dandelions. This would ...
Camden creative agency wins Maine advertising award

May 17
Midcoast creative agency Naretiv has won a Broderson award, an annual award that highlights branding and advertising work by Maine-based agencies. ...
Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition launches capital campaign

May 17
The Mid-Coast Recovery Center has launched a $50,000 capital campaign to support repairs and renovations to The Friends House, a men's recovery ...
CoWorx Staffing Services donates $10,000 to FedcapEmployment

May 17
CoWorx Staffing Services CEO Tim Hartnett donated $10,000 to Fedcap Inc. during a meeting at their offices in Biddeford, last week. The contributio...
New Hope for Women sets goals with 40 for 40 Campaign

May 17
New Hope for Women, Midcoast Maine's only comprehensive Domestic Violence Resource Center, announces its 40th anniversary fundraiser. With a goal ...
Honesty, creativity awards given at Thomaston Grammar School

May 16
Several students at Thomaston Grammar School were recognized for their honesty and creativity at a school-wide Zoom assembly May 7. Students who ...
Baker to take part in National Youth Leadership Forum

May 14
This summer, Luke Baker of Washington will join middle school students from across the nation to take part in an academic and career-oriented ...
Historical Society receives antique light bulbs, announce ...

May 14
Recently, the Waldoborough Historical Society was the recipient of an artifact from the once active Sylvania Plant. Greg and Jackie Reynolds ...
Grammar school students plant an orchard

May 14
Along with developing gardening skills, fifth graders at Thomaston Grammar School have acquired beginning knowledge in orchard planting. On ...
Merryspring presents evolutionary history of plants

May 13
Plant biologist Dudu Meireles and artist Adriana Cavalcanti will lead a presentation titled “The Evolutionary History of Plants is Written in ...
Merryspring offers propogation workshop

May 13
Maine Master Gardener John Fromer teaches this “next step” workshop for gardeners who are ready to learn proper propagation methods, Saturday, May ...
Vintage Visions - Winter Scene

May 13
This photo of an imposing house on Mechanic Street is from the 1937 tax photos.
Washington news May 13

By Charlotte Henderson - May 13
Get out your camera Washington Lakes Watershed Association is sponsoring a photo extravaganza to celebrate our little town's extraordinary ...
Forster is the Knox County Teacher of the Year

May 13
Teacher Patti Forster, of Camden Hills Regional High School, was honored May 12 by the Maine Department of Education as the Knox County Teacher of ...
Ashwood Waldorf School to hold virtual open house

May 13
Ashwood Waldorf School will hold a virtual open house Wednesday, June 2 from 6 to 7 p.m. Waldorf schools describe its program as a developmentally ...
Geiger to moderate forum wih Chellie Pingree

May 13
Rep Valli Geiger will moderate an online Midcoast Women forum, “A Conversation with Rep. Chellie Pingree,” Wednesday, May 26, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. ...
Community briefs May 13

May 13
Gardens for pollinators, plants classes May 13 and May 20 UNION — Mid-Coast School of Technology Adult Education Program will host Jean Vose in ...
Riley and Clover bring light to the dark

May 12
From the desk of Pope Memorial Humane Society's Shelter Manager Theresa Gargan, Sometimes, here at the shelter, we get in an animal that just ...
All Maine school nurses named 2020,2021 School Nurses of the ...

May 11
Since 1972, National School Nurses Day has been set aside to celebrate this unique and specialized division of nursing. This year Gov. Janet Mills ...
Rockport Garden Club plant sale will bloom in June

May 10
The Rockport Garden Club will hold its annual indoor and outdoor plant sale at Aldermere Farm, 70 Russell Ave., Rockport, Saturday, June 5, from 9 ...
PAWS receives $2,500 grant

May 10
PAWS Animal Adoption Center announced May 10 a $2,500 grant investment from the newly named Petco Love to support its lifesaving work for animals ...
Children's Museum to host bike rodeo for ages 2 to 10

May 10
The Coastal Children's Museum in Rockland, in conjunction with the Bicycle Coalition of Maine, will host a bike rodeo from 10 a.m. to noon, ...
Elementary school launches nature-based Pre-K program

May 10
Camden Rockport Elementary School will begin accepting applications for their new, nature-based Pre-K Program during the week of May 10. A ...
Midcoast Interact invites new members to join in community ...

May 10
Midcoast Interact invites students currently attending Camden Hills Regional High School and those entering Camden Hills in the fall of 2021 to ...
Camden is blooming

May 07
With signs of spring popping up all over the community, coupled with a strong desire to celebrate the resiliency of local residents and businesses ...
Calling all Corn Hole fans

May 07
Saturday, June 5 starting at noon at Flatbread on Route 1 in Rockport, the Satellite Club of West Bay Rotary is holding a Cornhole Tournament to ...
Camden National Bank promotes Lincolnville woman

May 07
Camden National Bank recently announced that Penelope Dougherty has been promoted to vice president, Digital Support manager, reporting to Bill ...
Could a return to 'normal' life be a challenge for pets?

May 07
From the desk of Pope Memorial Humane Society's Foster Coordinator Brandi Moore, Many of us are home, a bit lonely and with extra time on our ...
Midcoast lens: Vintage Waldoboro

By Christine Simmonds - May 06
The Waldoboro town office donated a box of historic photographs to the Waldoboro Historical Society. The pictures spanned decade and were captured ...
Vintage Visions: Snowy elegance in Camden

May 06
Bay windows and snow on the roof make this home at the corner of Pearl and Free streets a cozy sight in 1937.
Community Briefs

May 06
Parenting with Dignity — Picking up This Ball Is a Victory for All Facilitated by Rebecca Williamson, CFPS, regional parent support coordinator, ...
Talk: Dolceamaro (bittersweet): changing times in rural ...

May 05
The Camden Public Library welcomes back local food writer Nancy Harmon Jenkins for an online presentation Tuesday, May 18 at 6 p.m. that will ...
Talks: Navigating Maine as an Immigrant

May 05
In the second talk from a new series on the immigrant experience, the Camden Public Library welcomes Georges Budagu Makoko for an online presentati...
Camden National Bank ranks high among world’s best banks

May 05
Camden National Bank is ranked in the top 10 of the 75 U.S. banks recognized in the recently announced Forbes 2021 list of World's Best Banks. As ...
Maine Coast Heritage Trust names Espy Award winner

May 04
Susan Alexander, a volunteer at Coastal Mountains Land Trust in Camden for nearly four decades, has been named the recipient of the Maine Coast ...
Destruction of Cumulative Academic and Health Records

May 04
Camden Hills Regional High School has announced that the cumulative academic records for the Class of 2013 will be destroyed beginning June 28, ...
Early college for high school students includes financial ...

May 04
Students currently enrolled in high school are eligible for free summer university courses through UMA Rockland. The summer term begins Monday, ...
Preserve gives spruce trees to a cross-Atlantic journey

May 04
João Bentes, an instructor at the Apprenticeshop has a vision: to build a traditional Portuguese sardine carrier with local Rockland youth, sail ...
Bicycle Coalition of Maine to hold Ride of Silence

Apr 30
Every year, the International Ride of Silence is held to honor vulnerable road users who have been injured or killed by traffic violence while ...
Plant sale to benefit Lincolnville Community Library

Apr 29
The Lincolnville Community Library will hold a preorder plant sale, with pickup on Saturday, May 22, offering a wide selection of trees, shrubs, ...
School districts to hold virtual public hearings on 2020-21 ...

Apr 28
Camden Rockport Schools and Five Town CSD school boards will hold virtual public hearings in lieu of budget meetings Tuesday, May 18 to present ...
First Congregational Church to hold discussion series

Apr 23
The First Congregational Church of Camden invites the public to participate in a new series of discussions, collectively titled, “Living the Good ...

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