Community Happenings
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Maine DOE launches WAVES for teens
Mar 04The Maine Department of Education has announced a new program for Maine teens. The WAVES (Wilderness Activities and Virtual Engagement for ...
Sen. Maxmin introduces bill to conserve homestead
Mar 04On March 3, Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, introduced LD 440, “An Act To Conserve the Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark.” The ...
Lost Found and Looking
Gooney says 'thank you!' to generous donors
Mar 04From the desk of Events Coordinator Kasey Bielecki, You may have heard Pope Memorial Humane Society began a matching gift campaign Feb. 14. We ...
Miramant lobster industry bill receives bipartisan support
Mar 03The Legislature's Committee on Marine Resources approved a bill from Sen. David Miramant, D-Camden, to support Maine's lobster industry. LD 338, ...
Thomaston Grammar School students earn teamwork awards
Mar 03Several students were recognized for the attribute of teamwork at an assembly March 2. These students include Gemma Rubino, Oliver Reavely, ...
Local residents named Commanders at Maine Maritime Academy
Mar 03Maine Maritime Academy held its Change of Command Ceremony last month, welcoming a new group of students into leadership roles. Among the incoming ...
Camden Rotary launches Peacebuilder Club
Mar 02Steve Becton, chief officer of equity and inclusion for Facing History and Ourselves, joined a recent Camden Rotary Club meeting to speak about ...
Camden Conference welcomes new president
Mar 01Karin Look, whose career in U.S. national security includes service in the Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of State, and the Arms ...
Miramant appointed to Maine Climate Council
Mar 01Sen. David Miramant, D-Camden, has been appointed to the Coastal and Marine working group of the Maine Climate Council by Senate President Troy ...
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Local men receive grant from Rotary International
Mar 01A Rotary International Global Grant was recently awarded to Dwight Leeper of Camden and Samuel Lowry, summer resident of Rockport. They are ...
Community Gardens invite green thumbs
Mar 01Penobscot Bay Community Gardens offers gardeners plots at two sites: 63 Washington St. in Camden and Erickson Fields, a preserve of Maine Coast ...
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Maine’s Unclaimed Property Fund grows
Feb 26Sen. David Miramant, D-Camden, announced the addition of more than $15.7 million to Maine's Unclaimed Property Fund, and Mainers are being urged ...
Lost Found and Looking
Juice says give now for shelter pet medical fund
Feb 25From the desk of Development Director at Pope Memorial Humane Society Chrys deLorimier, Each year, around a thousand cats, dogs and small critters ...
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Maine Maple Sunday weekend adapts to pandemic
Feb 25The Maine Maple Producers Association will hold Maine Maple Sunday at sugar houses across the state March 27 and 28. Participating sugar houses ...
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Knight Canney Group presents aquaculture podcast
Feb 25The Knight Canney Group, public and media relations firm, has launched its first podcast — North by Northeast. The first podcast focuses on ...
Washington news
By Charlotte Henderson - Feb 24Masons donate to food pantry Last week, Bill Chapman, District Deputy for the Seventh Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Maine, presented ...
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Kosciuszko Foundation accepting scholarship applications
Feb 24The Kosciuszko Foundation is accepting scholarship applications for the fall 2021/spring 2022 academic year. Scholarships are available for: Gradua...
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Education briefs Feb. 25
Feb 24University of Maine at Augusta and Rockland center announce dean's list students ROCKLAND — University of Maine at Augusta Provost Joseph Szakas ...
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Rotary Club explores broadband expansion
Feb 23The Camden Rotary Club hosted a recent meeting on expanding broadband access in Midcoast Maine. The guest speaker, Mid-Coast Broadband Coalition ...
Camden Hills student honored for Social Justice
Feb 23Ava Baeza, a Senior at Camden Hills Regional High School, has been named a recipient of the Regional Hispanic Heritage Youth Award by the Hispanic ...
Talk: The relationship between algae and spotted salamander ...
Feb 22John Burns, of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science, will lead an online presentation called “From Roommates to Intimate Partners,” about the ...
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Camden Leos and Belfast Lions take the challenge
Feb 22The Mid-Coast Leo Club, which is sponsored by the Camden Lions Club, and the Belfast Lions Club have challenged each other to hold a simultaneous ...
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Rockland fire department to receive federal grant over $9k
Feb 19The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced today $3.9 million in direct assistance grants to 288 volunteer and combination fire departments ...
Watershed School holds virtual open house
Feb 12Watershed School will be holding a virtual open house for their Climate Action Leadership Lab semester program, Thursday, March 4, at 6:30 ...
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State scholarship program opens
Jan 25The 2021 Maine State Society of Washington, D.C., scholarship program is now open and applications are due on the anniversary of Maine's statehood,...
West Bay Rotary donates $1,143 to New Hope for Women
Mar 04Lucky the Duck and West Bay Rotarian Ray Fink presented a $1,143.53 check to New Hope for Women executive director Rebekah Paredes March 3. West ...
Washington news
By Charlotte Henderson - Mar 04It's a challenge! Hey, there will be a contest for the upcoming select board seat after all. Mitch Garnett is running for Select Board as a ...
Trekkers invites seventh graders to apply
Mar 04Trekkers is gearing up to add 40 new seventh graders from its six-town service area of Thomaston, Cushing, St. George, South Thomaston, Owls Head ...
‘Finding Our Voices’ receives $50,000 grant
Mar 03“Finding Our Voices,” the Camden-based, grassroots nonprofit organization marshaling survivor voices and faces to break the silence of domestic ...
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Oceanside announces honor roll students for second quarter
Mar 03Oceanside High School in Rockland has released the names of students who were given high honors or honors for the second academic quarter for ...
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Community briefs March 4
Mar 03Zoom class on science of mindfulness March 5 VIRTUAL — On Friday, March 5, from 6 to 8 p.m., Penny Clements will give a public talk entitled The ...
OUTMaine connects artists with LGBTQ+ teens for virtual ball
Mar 02The annual Rainbow Ball will be virtual again this year, organized by OUTMaine staff team and its new intern Christopher Dufour. The workshop list ...
Merryspring offers talk: Building with Birds in Mind
Mar 01Nick Lund of Maine Audubon will lead an online webinar titled “Building with Birds in Mind” hosted by Merryspring Nature Center on Tuesday, March ...
Watershed student brings eye care to El Salvador
Mar 01Lily Cassidy, a Junior at Watershed School, is collecting used eyeglasses to donate to Asaprosar, an organization that is working to support rural ...
Teen Ag Crew program offers paid internships
Mar 01Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a statewide land conservation organization, is offering teens ages 14-18 paid internships through the Teen Ag Crew ...
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Maxmin appointed to Maine Climate Council
Feb 26Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, has been appointed to the Maine Climate Council by Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash. “Climate change is ...
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Education briefs
Feb 25USM announces 1,364 named to fall 2020 dean's list The University of Southern Maine has announced students named to the fall semester dean's ...
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Racial Justice Fund seeks grant applications
Feb 25The Maine Justice Foundation has announced the inaugural grant cycle for its Racial Justice Fund. The Foundation will accept applications for ...
French promoted at Rockland's Bar Harbor Bank and Trust
Feb 25Rebecca French has been promoted to branch relationship manager for Bar Harbor Bank and Trust's location in Rockland. In this role, she leads a ...
Vintage Visions
Feb 25This Victorian house at 1937 Central St and Harden Avenue is now the Hawthorn Inn.
Heavenly Threads donates to nonprofits
Feb 24Heavenly Threads Thrift Shop, an outreach mission of the First Congregational Church U.C.C. of Camden, has been collecting change from customers ...
Doudera testifies for tourism marketing funding
Feb 24Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, testified before the Joint Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Feb. 24 in ...
Library presents Four Wings and a Million Prayers
Feb 24Coastal Mountains Land Trust will co-host an online Zoom presentation titled “Four Wings and a Million Prayers” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, with ...
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Maxmin announces $15.7M in unclaimed property
Feb 23Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, announced the addition of more than $15.7 million to Maine's Unclaimed Property Fund. Mainers are being urged to ...
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Rep. Pluecker to continue virtual constituent meetings
Feb 22State Rep. Bill Pluecker will continue to host virtual constituent meetings for residents of Appleton, Hope, Union and Warren on Saturday, March ...
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Journalism scholarships available for Maine students
Feb 22The Guy P. Gannett Journalism Scholarship Fund and the Agnes Freyer Gibbs Scholarship Fund are inviting applications from Maine students. The ...
John Travolta’s Islesboro home on market for $5 million
By Leslie Bridgers, ... - Feb 22John Travolta's Islesboro home is up for sale. Listed for $5 million by Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty, the 10,830-square-foot ...
Camden groups discuss energy in the Midcoast home
Feb 18The Camden Public Library and Camden Energy Committee announces a new online series, Let's Talk About Energy, aimed at helping fuel-dependent ...
Aldermere Farm offers free Sap to Syrup Program
Feb 08During the month of March, Maine Coast Heritage Trust invites all ages to try out making maple syrup from scratch (i.e. sap) at Aldermere Farm, 70 ...