Rockland is one of the locations at which Maine Department of Labor is offering no-cost Wage and Hour Compliance classes in the state during January and February 2025…
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other classes available around the state
Governor Janet Mills announced January 6, 2025 that Heather Johnson, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), will step down from her position on March 1…
ROCKPORT — As part of the hospital’s ongoing commitment to increasing access to care and services, MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital added a new pharmacist on Jan. 6, 2025, and expanded hours at its…
ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital announces a new partnership with Quirk Chevrolet GMC of Rockland that will help increase access to care and resources for patients and community members. As…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Its name is longer than its wheelbase! Honda’s award-winning 2025 lineup of Civics spans 10 different models and begins with the $25,000 LX, so no surprise that the other end of the trim…
Camden National Corporation, the bank holding company for Camden National Bank (NASDAQ: CAC), announced Jan. 2 its merger with Northway Financial, Inc., the parent company of Northway…
MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH) has selected Dr. Melissa Bowker-Kinley for the role of Vice President of Medical Affairs (VPMA), Child and Adolescent…
ROCKLAND — Almost one month ago, the Board of Directors governing the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce announced that organization's dissolution following its financial collapse. It came…
ROCKLAND — A proposal for a 12-unit apartment house in Downtown Rockland will go before the Rockland Planning Board on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. If approved, the project will renovate an existing…
Wiscasset planning board
Hopefully mid to late January, Maine Department of Environmental Protection will approve Tucker Chevrolet’s proposed dealership and service center on Bath Road, a project representative told…
the first farmer to lead MFT
On Jan. 2, 2025, Maine Farmland Trust announced that Stacy Brenner is the organization’s new President and CEO. Brenner has been involved with Maine Farmland…
Payroll, HR solutions, Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program
CAMDEN — United Midcoast Charities (UMC) announces its next LEARN@UMC workshop, “HR for Nonprofits”, which will be held on Wednesday, January 8, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., at the UMC office in Camden…
ROCKPORT— MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital welcomes Elizabeth Thompson, MPAS, PA-C, to its Urology department.
Thompson comes to MHPBH from PPH Urology/Northeast Indiana Urology, where she…
ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital welcomes Magan Hoffman, FNP, to its Rheumatology department.
Hoffman comes to MHPBH from Rheumatology Associates in Portland, where she…
Flags to remain lowered until January 28, 2025
In accordance with a directive of President Biden, Governor Janet Mills has ordered that the United States and State of Maine flags be lowered to half-staff statewide…
The OSHA investigation into a worker’s death in Rockport, May 31, 2024, has resulted in citations for the…
Maine Department of Labor announces its no-cost upcoming trainings for January 2025.
Upcoming classes:
Bloodborne Pathogens Train…
Saco & Biddeford Savings (SBSI) employees are celebrating their strongest year ever of recorded service hours in the community, totaling more than 2,000 hours among…
PORTLAND — MaineHealth has chosen a practicing primary care physician with a history of leadership in quality and safety as its next Chief Medical…
Islandport Press announces a leadership transition with the hiring of KJ Grow as publisher.
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MaineHealth Maine Medical Center named a Top Teaching Hospital
ROCKPORT — MaineHealth…
This Saturday, December 21, United Midcoast Charities (UMC) is hosting its 8th annual Day of Giving event.
Stores and restaurants from Thomaston to Belfast have teamed up with UMC to make a…
Midcoast Habitat for Humanity has announced a 1-to-1 matching donation campaign for the holiday season, offering donors the opportunity to double their contributions.
An anonymous…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
The Sonata Hybrid, which has been available here since 2011, is reportedly the second-best-selling gas-electric vehicle in the US, after the Toyota Prius. For 2024 the car was restyled into…
BATH — J. Edward Knight Insurance, a leading provider of insurance solutions in Maine, according to a news release, is mergering with Spencer E. Gray, Jr. LLC, a local…
a necessary course for this practice
WASHINGTON — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District and Maine DEP are co-sponsoring an in-person, day-long training in Basic Sediment and Erosion Control Practices Certification for…
Al Swallow retires after 30 years with MaineHealth
MaineHealth announced Dec. 12, 2024, that it has selected an executive with extensive experience as a financial advisor to not-for-profit health systems as its next…
On Dec. 2 and 6, the Penobscot Bay…
Michele Christle of Frankfort, Ruta Kadonoff of Belfast, and Andrea Stark of Monroe have joined the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Waldo County Committee…
The Camden Rotary Club’s 2025 grant applications for Knox County and Lincolnville nonprofits are now available at …
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Love at first sight is always suspect. Heated glances across a crowded cocktail party, or parking lot, raise the pulse, but best to date for a while—you know, run up and down the rev range…
PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the Casco Bay Bridge to southbound (Portland to South Portland) traffic on Tuesday, December 10, 2024…
CAMDEN — Camden Hyperbaric, a new provider of mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy (mHBOT), is now open for business inside Camden Whole Health.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been shown to…
ROCKLAND — AIO Food & Energy Assistance, Knox County’s largest food and energy assistance organization, will “christen” its new food delivery…
ROCKLAND — On Wednesday, Dec. 11, the Rockland City Council will host a special meeting that will include an update on the Samoset Road Geological Study through a presentation…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Four care team members from MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals were recently honored with employee awards during ceremonies held on the hospital campuses. Each quarter…
MaineHealth has announced the appointment of its first permanent vice president of advancement and chief development officer.
Erin Brown, who previously was…
All caregivers of eligible infants and children are encouraged to enroll, including non-birthing parents, grandparents, foster parents, and more
BELFAST — MaineHealth Waldo Hospital and Midcoast Maine Community Action (MMCA) have announced a new partnership that will bring a Women, Infants, and…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Car and Driver Magazine once reported that, depending on their size, flexibility and “general survivability,” between 14 and 21 circus clowns could fit…
THOMASTON — The underground work preceding construction at 198 New County Road, in Thomaston, has begun, more than two years after contractors initially proposed their project to the Town.
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part of larger North American expansion
Heidelberg Materials North America, a division of the German company Heidelberg Materials, has entered a purchase agreement to acquire Giant Cement Holding, Inc., and its subsidiaries, Giant…
one of the few remaining town-owned ski areas in the state
CAMDEN — The Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum will honor the Camden community for its contributions to the sports of skiing and snowboarding in Maine on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m., at Camden Snow…
BELFAST — Due to high demand, Belfast Senior College is hosting its third tour of the new GO Logic carpentry shop in Belfast.
Join the tour on Tuesday, Dec. 17, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., at 52…
ELLSWORTH — Merrill Furniture generously donated new furniture and a fresh design for the Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital Merrill Chapel. Used by patients, families…
62.0 percent of residents informally helped others by exchanging favors with their neighbors
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PORTLAND — The Maine Celtic Celebration was inducted into the Halla Cairde (Hall of Friends) on November 21, 2024, at the…
'most significant step to date in efforts to preserve Maine’s beloved area code'
The Maine Public Utilities Commission said Nov. 25 that it approved large-scale rate center consolidation of Maine’s largest telecommunications provider, Consolidated Communications…
