Community Happenings

Lost, Found and Looking
Sweetheart is a Chow mix who loves people

Jul 20
From the desk of PMHS Development Director Chrys deLorimier. Our pet pick of the week is Sweetheart. This joyful 3-year-old female Chow mix with a ...
Camden Yacht Club hosts sailing yachts presentation July 24

Jul 19
The Camden Yacht Club will host a free presentation on the sailing yachts of Penobscot Bay, July 24 at 7 p.m., led by Bob Stephens. Stephens is ...
Foreign Car Show set for July 27

Jul 19
The Mid Maine Sports Car Club will sponsor a Foreign Car Show Saturday, July 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lyman Morse parking lot at the end ...
Merryspring hosts bug safari July 26

Jul 19
Merryspring Nature Center, 30 Conway Road, Camden will host a free one-hour bug safari for children and families Friday, July 26 at 10 a.m. ...
Wednesday Walkers to take tree tour July 31

Jul 19
Rockland Public Library's Wednesday Walking Club will go on a Tree Tour Wednesday, July 31, at 10:30 a.m., using a new map created by local artist ...
American Legion Post 30 seeks donations for scholarship fund

Jul 19
American Legion Post 30 is is accepting donations toward funding its new Veterans Memorial Scholarship. Donating in the name of a family member, a ...
Farms invite the public in for Open Farm Day July 28

Jul 18
Tthe Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry presents Open Farm Day 2019 July 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Around 100 farms across ...
Education briefs

Jul 18
Maine Water awards local scholarships ROCKPORT -- Maine Water Co. has granted scholarships to three Midcoast high school seniors: Molly Woodruff, ...
Vose to share the buzz about bees at the Vose July 31

Jul 18
Vose Library, 392 Common Road, welcomes Jean Vose and Peter Lammert of the Knox-Lincoln County Beekeepers Community Outreach Group, presenting ...
Blueberry storytelling offered at Beech Hill Aug. 7

Jul 18
Coastal Mountains Land Trust and the Camden Public Library will team up for a summertime tradition of storytelling at Beech Hill Wednesday, Aug. 7 ...
Public invited to pick blueberries Aug. 3

Jul 18
Coastal Mountains Land Trust invites the public to participate in the 17th annual free blueberry pick, Saturday, Aug. 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The ...
Talk: Plastics in our ocean July 28

Jul 18
The Camden Public Library, 55 Main St., will host “Plastics in Our Ocean: Discoveries and Solutions,” Sunday, July 28 at 3:30 p.m. The presenter, ...
Camden High School Alumni Banquet to be held Aug. 9

Jul 18
The 114th Camden High School Alumni Banquet is being held Friday, Aug. 9 in the Ballroom at Point Lookout Resort's Hedges Hall, 67 Atlantic ...
Skippers present captains with safety knives

Jul 17
At the 13th annual Blessing of the Working Fleet, Sunday, July 14, North Haven captains received more than good luck for the season. They also ...
Chowder Cup race marks 40 years Aug. 3

Jul 17
The 40th Annual Friendship "Chowder Cup" Sailboat Race will be held Saturday, Aug. 3, and all area sailors are invited to participate. Although ...
Local towns awarded stream crossing, culvert grants

Jul 16
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has announced that the towns of Thomaston and Washington will each be awarded $95,000 grants to ...
Ripple Initiative opens furniture bank

Jul 15
The Ripple Initiative has opened a Furniture Bank; serving Knox and Waldo counties. Operating on the same business model as a food pantry, the ...
Rockport Opera House hosts program on Maine mammals July 22

Jul 15
Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St., will host an interactive program on warm-blooded vertebrates: Maine mammals, Monday, July 22, at 2 p.m. Each ...
Peace Ridge Animal Sanctuary talk set for July 23

Jul 15
Melissa Andrews of Peace Ridge Animal Sanctuary in Brooks will speak about the animal sanctuary and wildlife refuge Tuesday, July 23 at noon at ...
Lost, Found and Looking
OJ is a senior sweetie who would love to warm your lap

Jul 13
From the desk of Events Coordinator Kasey Bielecki. It's the 30th Anniversary of Pope Memorial Humane Society. You've probably seen or heard us ...
Children's tour of blueberry farm set for July 23

Jul 12
Coastal Mountains Land Trust will offer a children's tour of its blueberry farm operations Tuesday, July 23 from 9 to 11 a.m. Children will be ...
CHRHS Quarter Four Honor Roll

Jul 12
Grade 9 High Honors Mila Bonometti; Alma Bournival; Samuel Brownawell; Mason Chadwick; Lilianna Clement; Owen Cooper; Leanna Cotton; Gail Curtis; ...
Scott Hahn to speak in Rockport Aug. 10

Jul 12
St. Brendan the Navigator Parish in Camden will host a day with Scott Hahn, M. Div., at Camden Hills Regional High School's Strom Auditorium, 25 ...
Sailing from Cape Horn to the Cape of Good Hope talk July 24

Jul 12
Carl Lindquist will present a free illustrated talk on his sailing trip from Cape Horn to the Cape of Good Hope, at the Lincolnville Community ...
Oceanside Middle School names honor roll students

Jul 11
The following Oceanside Middle School students qualified for honor roll for the 2018-19 school year: High honors Grade six: Bella Engleberg, ...
Mid-Coast School of Technology student wins award at SkillsUSA ...

Jul 11
Daniel Dickey of Spruce Head, a student at Mid-Coast School of Technology, was awarded the college silver medal in Advertising Design at the 2019 ...
Sparks' Ark brings animals to library July 23

Jul 11
Thomaston Public Library, 60 Main St., welcomes Sparks' Ark to 40 Days of Summer July 23 from 11 a.m. to noon. The program's wildlife experts and ...
Outdoor Lifetime Achievement Award nominations accepted

Jul 11
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is accepting nominations for the 2019 Annual Lifetime Outdoor Achievement Award. The award ...
Education briefs

Jul 11
Rockport residents named to St. Lawrence University dean's list CANTON, N.Y. -- Two Camden Hills Regional High School alumni have been selected ...
Red Cross says blood supply critical, urgently asks for ...

Jul 09
Following a difficult Fourth of July week for blood and platelet donations and ongoing challenges finding new blood donors, the American Red Cross ...
West Bay Rotary grants scholarships

Jul 09
At a recent awards night at Camden Hills Regional High School, West Bay Rotary granted scholarships to current-year graduates Eleanor Lincoln and ...
Library foundation receives $50,000 grant

Jul 09
The Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation has given a $50,000 grant to the Rockport Library. The grant pushes the private fundraising for the new ...
Community briefs

Jul 08
Landing Place staff to speak at library July 16 ROCKLAND -- Ben Cooke, shelter solutions cooridnator for The Landing Place, will speak at the ...
Legion hosts Civil War re-enactors for 4th of July

Jul 08
For the first time in several years, the Williams-Brazier Post 37, of the American Legion, participated in the annual Thomaston 4th of July ...
Parent and child art classes offered July 6, 13, 27

Jul 05
Sweet Tree Arts, 4 Church St,, Hope, will offer a series of collaborative parent and child art classes in July. The classes, which include guided ...
Ashwood Waldorf School offers summer craft events

Jun 28
Ashwood Waldorf School, 180 Park St., Rockport, will host two free summer craft events for children aged 3 to 6 with an accompanying adult. ...
Pluecker to meet constituents in Warren, Appleton in July

Jun 26
Rep. William “Bill” Pluecker, (House District 95, Appleton, Hope, Warren and part of Union) will hold two constituent town meetings, one in Warren ...
Camden National Bank calls for nonprofit nominations

Jun 25
Camden National Bank is accepting nominations for the 2019 Leaders & Luminaries Awards. This year, the bank will award a total of $20,000 to four ...
Tell visitors about your summer destination

Apr 04
Share the latest news and information about your business or organization with visitors and summer day-trippers to the Midcoast. A new magazine ...