Community Happenings
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Allen Insurance employee earns certification
May 17Jennifer Coffin a member of the personal insurance team at Allen Insurance and Financial, recently earned a Certified Personal Risk Manager ...
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Camden creative agency wins Maine advertising award
May 17Midcoast creative agency Naretiv has won a Broderson award, an annual award that highlights branding and advertising work by Maine-based agencies. ...
CoWorx Staffing Services donates $10,000 to FedcapEmployment
May 17CoWorx Staffing Services CEO Tim Hartnett donated $10,000 to Fedcap Inc. during a meeting at their offices in Biddeford, last week. The contributio...
Honesty, creativity awards given at Thomaston Grammar School
May 16Several students at Thomaston Grammar School were recognized for their honesty and creativity at a school-wide Zoom assembly May 7. Students who ...
Historical Society receives antique light bulbs, announce ...
May 14Recently, the Waldoborough Historical Society was the recipient of an artifact from the once active Sylvania Plant. Greg and Jackie Reynolds ...
Merryspring presents evolutionary history of plants
May 13Plant biologist Dudu Meireles and artist Adriana Cavalcanti will lead a presentation titled “The Evolutionary History of Plants is Written in ...
Vintage Visions - Winter Scene
May 13This photo of an imposing house on Mechanic Street is from the 1937 tax photos.
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Forster is the Knox County Teacher of the Year
May 13Teacher Patti Forster, of Camden Hills Regional High School, was honored May 12 by the Maine Department of Education as the Knox County Teacher of ...
Geiger to moderate forum wih Chellie Pingree
May 13Rep 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. ...
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Lost Found and Looking
Riley and Clover bring light to the dark
May 12From the desk of Pope Memorial Humane Society's Shelter Manager Theresa Gargan, Sometimes, here at the shelter, we get in an animal that just ...
Rockport Garden Club plant sale will bloom in June
May 10The Rockport Garden Club will hold its annual indoor and outdoor plant sale at Aldermere Farm, 70 Russell Ave., Rockport, Saturday, June 5, from 9 ...
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Children's Museum to host bike rodeo for ages 2 to 10
May 10The 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, ...
Midcoast Interact invites new members to join in community ...
May 10Midcoast Interact invites students currently attending Camden Hills Regional High School and those entering Camden Hills in the fall of 2021 to ...
Calling all Corn Hole fans
May 07Saturday, 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 ...
Lost Found and Looking
Could a return to 'normal' life be a challenge for pets?
May 07From 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 ...
Vintage Visions: Snowy elegance in Camden
May 06Bay windows and snow on the roof make this home at the corner of Pearl and Free streets a cozy sight in 1937.
Talk: Dolceamaro (bittersweet): changing times in rural ...
May 05The Camden Public Library welcomes back local food writer Nancy Harmon Jenkins for an online presentation Tuesday, May 18 at 6 p.m. that will ...
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Camden National Bank ranks high among world’s best banks
May 05Camden 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 ...
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Destruction of Cumulative Academic and Health Records
May 04Camden Hills Regional High School has announced that the cumulative academic records for the Class of 2013 will be destroyed beginning June 28, ...
Preserve gives spruce trees to a cross-Atlantic journey
May 04João Bentes, an instructor at the Apprenticeshop has a vision: to build a traditional Portuguese sardine carrier with local Rockland youth, sail ...
Plant sale to benefit Lincolnville Community Library
Apr 29The Lincolnville Community Library will hold a preorder plant sale, with pickup on Saturday, May 22, offering a wide selection of trees, shrubs, ...
First Congregational Church to hold discussion series
Apr 23The First Congregational Church of Camden invites the public to participate in a new series of discussions, collectively titled, “Living the Good ...
Midcoast lens: A dandy view
May 17Hope Creighton of Thomaston snapped this morning photo Wednesday, May 12, of these rolling hills awash in golden, blooming dandelions. This would ...
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Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition launches capital campaign
May 17The Mid-Coast Recovery Center has launched a $50,000 capital campaign to support repairs and renovations to The Friends House, a men's recovery ...
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New Hope for Women sets goals with 40 for 40 Campaign
May 17New Hope for Women, Midcoast Maine's only comprehensive Domestic Violence Resource Center, announces its 40th anniversary fundraiser. With a goal ...
Baker to take part in National Youth Leadership Forum
May 14This summer, Luke Baker of Washington will join middle school students from across the nation to take part in an academic and career-oriented ...
Grammar school students plant an orchard
May 14Along with developing gardening skills, fifth graders at Thomaston Grammar School have acquired beginning knowledge in orchard planting. On ...
Merryspring offers propogation workshop
May 13Maine Master Gardener John Fromer teaches this “next step” workshop for gardeners who are ready to learn proper propagation methods, Saturday, May ...
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Washington news May 13
By Charlotte Henderson - May 13Get out your camera Washington Lakes Watershed Association is sponsoring a photo extravaganza to celebrate our little town's extraordinary ...
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Ashwood Waldorf School to hold virtual open house
May 13Ashwood 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 ...
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Community briefs May 13
May 13Gardens for pollinators, plants classes May 13 and May 20 UNION — Mid-Coast School of Technology Adult Education Program will host Jean Vose in ...
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All Maine school nurses named 2020,2021 School Nurses of the ...
May 11Since 1972, National School Nurses Day has been set aside to celebrate this unique and specialized division of nursing. This year Gov. Janet Mills ...
PAWS receives $2,500 grant
May 10PAWS Animal Adoption Center announced May 10 a $2,500 grant investment from the newly named Petco Love to support its lifesaving work for animals ...
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Elementary school launches nature-based Pre-K program
May 10Camden Rockport Elementary School will begin accepting applications for their new, nature-based Pre-K Program during the week of May 10. A ...
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Camden is blooming
May 07With signs of spring popping up all over the community, coupled with a strong desire to celebrate the resiliency of local residents and businesses ...
Camden National Bank promotes Lincolnville woman
May 07Camden National Bank recently announced that Penelope Dougherty has been promoted to vice president, Digital Support manager, reporting to Bill ...
Midcoast lens: Vintage Waldoboro
By Christine Simmonds - May 06The Waldoboro town office donated a box of historic photographs to the Waldoboro Historical Society. The pictures spanned decade and were captured ...
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Community Briefs
May 06Parenting with Dignity — Picking up This Ball Is a Victory for All Facilitated by Rebecca Williamson, CFPS, regional parent support coordinator, ...
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Talks: Navigating Maine as an Immigrant
May 05In the second talk from a new series on the immigrant experience, the Camden Public Library welcomes Georges Budagu Makoko for an online presentati...
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Maine Coast Heritage Trust names Espy Award winner
May 04Susan Alexander, a volunteer at Coastal Mountains Land Trust in Camden for nearly four decades, has been named the recipient of the Maine Coast ...
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Early college for high school students includes financial ...
May 04Students currently enrolled in high school are eligible for free summer university courses through UMA Rockland. The summer term begins Monday, ...
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Bicycle Coalition of Maine to hold Ride of Silence
Apr 30Every year, the International Ride of Silence is held to honor vulnerable road users who have been injured or killed by traffic violence while ...
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School districts to hold virtual public hearings on 2020-21 ...
Apr 28Camden Rockport Schools and Five Town CSD school boards will hold virtual public hearings in lieu of budget meetings Tuesday, May 18 to present ...
