ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) announces the promotion of Suzanne McKenzie, RN, to the position of Supervisor-Endo Clinical Care Coordinator within the Endoscopy department.
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ROCKPORT — Marcie Deemer has been named the director of Oncology at Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) and Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH). In this new role, Deemer will take charge of cancer care…
ROCKLAND — Island Institute, in Rockland, has been awarded a Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) in the amount of $86,988 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Island Institute is a…
Hammond Lumber Company (Hammond) has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Maine for the third year in a row and a Best Company to Work For in New Hampshire for the first time. These…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
In August, I waxed rhapsodic about the Acura Integra Type S, a sport sedan for grownups who…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor’s Workplace Safety and Health Division (SafetyWorks!), Maine Fire Service Institute, Office of the State Fire Marshal, and Maine Department of Agriculture,…
‘We’ve proven that it can be done....but we must also have a sustainable business model
WALDOBORO — The Waldo Theatre announces a gift of $2,500 received from The First in support of its community arts and education programs. The First has signed on at the Sustainer level as part of…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
If the midsize Canyon is GMC’s Goldilocks pickup (it is) and the Denali is the deluxe Goldilocks pickup (also true), then the AT4X is Goldilocks after she’s been to the…
10,640 square foot footprint with parking and store
Gorill Palmer, a South Portland-based engineering consulting firm, has submitted on behalf of the…
The Maine Water Company recently received the 2023 NEWWA Utility of the Year Award from the New England Water Works Association (NEWWA), the region’s largest and oldest not-for-profit organization…
BELFAST — Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce announces this year's annual Chamber Awards nominees.
“We wish to congratulate all the respective nominees and thank our members and the public…
CAMDEN – Borden Cottage, a luxury residential drug, alcohol, and co-occurring behavioral health treatment program on outer…
CAMDEN — West Bay Rotary is once again accepting grant requests to support local causes. Twice a year, the Club, through its Charitable Foundation, provides financial support to organizations that…
CAMDEN — Since the 2022 purchase of the building at 5 Mountain Street in Camden, Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School has worked with an accomplished team of architects, contractors, engineers,…
Livestrong at the YMCA
The YMCA Alliance of Northern New England is the recipient of a two-year, $80,000 grant from the Maine Cancer Foundation to expand Maine cancer survivors’ access to LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, a…
Join the Maine Department of Labor for no-cost upcoming trainings in October 2023.
Upcoming classes:
Fire Extinguisher | Emergency Action Plans | Workplace Violence –…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Since the all-electric Ioniq 6 rolled out in February 2022 as a 2023 model, it has won awards left and right, including World Car of the Year, and it has dethroned the…
What Thomaston knows regarding the closure and what is still unknown
THOMASTON — The Town of Thomaston has released “A Citizen Guide From the Town of Thomaston-Dragon Products Company Fact Sheet October 2023,” providing some answers and acknowledging lingering…
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SEARSPORT and BELFAST — Waldo County WindowDressers is organizing two community builds this fall to make almost 500 new window inserts and rewrap 170 existing inserts.
Volunteers are needed…
expanding Child Care Program to meet the critical need for working families
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA held its Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to celebrate the new Lily Pond Infant Care Center on September 27, 2023. Once fully staffed, the new child care center will allow…
Waldo County General Hospital welcomes Natasha Lantz, MD, to its Primary and Walk-in Care team.
Dr. Lantz earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science from the University of Guelph in…
Applications are now being accepted for selection as the beneficiary of proceeds from its June 2024 concert by Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC). For this upcoming year, the choral group will…
The State of Maine has joined 16 other states and the Federal Trade Commission in suing Amazon.com, Inc., alleging that the online retail and technology company is a monopolist that uses a set of…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Aha, so this is how it’s done—elevating a vehicle from mid-grade to luxury: Just add a zero to the badge! For 2024, Mazda’s long-running CX-9 three-row crossover SUV has…
an outreach program of the First Congregational Church of Camden
For over twenty years the Shields Fund has helped people in the Knox County (and Lincolnville) community who find themselves in financial crisis for any number of reasons...the need for a security…
OUT Maine has received generous support from Jane’s Trust Foundation in the amount of $25,000 to continue its work with and for LGBTQ+ youth in Maine.
OUT Maine was founded in 1996 as a…
Fourteen employees receive awards
Camden National Bank announces the 14 employees recognized at its annual employee appreciation event. The Commitment Awards honor a select group of employees who…
two Board seats remain open
BELFAST — Belfast Senior College’s Board of Directors elected a slate of officers and members at its annual meeting, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, at the Belfast Boat House. With a full house of over…
CAMDEN — Finding Our Voices has its first full-time, paid staff member.
In a news release, the group’s president and founder, Patrisha McLean, said she is grateful to United Midcoast…
Remote Work through Libraries grant
ROCKLAND — Rockland Public Library now offers The Office for rent by the hour; reduced rates apply for daily and weekly rentals.
Furnished with funds from the Rockland Public Library…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District as one opening on its five-member Board of Supervisors. The volunteer board, which is responsible for guiding the District’s business affairs…
WALDO — Epsilon Chapter members met at Stonecrest Event Center, in Waldo, on Monday September 11, 2023 to bring two new members into Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.
Christi Goosman…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital welcome Lexi Carter, DNP, to their Rheumatology teams.
Carter began her career as a registered nurse at Creekside…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital welcome Benjamin Mason, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, to their Diabetes and Nutrition care teams.
Mason began his medical career…
40 years of flying floatplanes in the north Maine woods, as well as flying the islands of Penobscot Bay
James Strang, of Millinocket, long-time owner/operator of Katahdin Air Service is the 2023 Gadabout Gaddis Cup Award recipient. The Award is presented bi-annually by the Maine Aeronautics…
facing barriers that prevent access to health care, such as transportation, insurance, or discomfort with navigating the medical system
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Sometimes the biggest barrier to taking care of your health is knowing how to begin. Thanks to a new Community Health initiative at two local hospitals, figuring that out…
Maine CDC has available a limited amount of funding to award to a nonprofit, a not-for-profit, or a local/county government within each public health district to help communities improve their…
in business
Cody Wilson, of Camden, was one of eight recent graduates from the Downeast School of Massage. The school held commencement exercises for the new massage therapists as the 71st graduation class…
BELFAST — Belfast Public Health Nursing Association, which has provided health care and other critical support services to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable members of the community for more…
one of 64 quarterfinalists, including St. George school
PORT CLYDE — Herring Gut Coastal Science Center has been selected as one of 64 quarterfinalists for the Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding and Permissionless Education (STOP…
BELFAST — Waldo County Dental Care, which seeks to increase access to dental care for low-income uninsured adults in Waldo County, has received a grant of $16,000 from United Midcoast Charities (…
VINALHAVEN — Following the expansion of its Board of Directors, the Star of Hope Foundation has taken a step and recently hired its long-time consultant Carole Martin to manage the day-to-day…
United Midcoast Charities Announces 42 Grant Recipients for 2023
CAMDEN— September 13, 2023 – United Midcoast Charities has awarded grants totaling $597,000 to 42 agencies providing the…
500 line crews and 300 vegetation management crews will continue working around the clock assessing damage and then making repairs
The following statement was issued this evening, Sept. 16, 2023, at approximately 7 p.m., by CMP spokesperson Jon Breed:
“We are currently responding to damage in the wake of Hurricane Lee…
ELLSWORTH and BLUE HILL — Winners have been announced for the local 2023 Northern Light Health True North Awards in Blue Hill and Ellsworth. Over 60 employees and departments were nominated for…
Five Maine service programs have been accepted into the Maine Climate Corps Network. The kick-off meeting, Sept. 14, hosted Downeast Community Partners Climate Corps, Friends of Cobbossee…
marking a milestone
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center will mark a milestone in its Emergency Department (ED) expansion with the opening of 11 additional exam rooms on Monday, Sept. 18.
The work is part of a…
USDA pilot program
As the state prepares for a major weekend storm, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Maine State Director Rhiannon Hampson announced Sept. 14, 2023…
a can-do spirit and a willingness to listen
BELFAST — Waldo County General Hospital care team members were honored with employee awards during a ceremony held Tuesday, Aug. 29, on the hospital campus. The ceremony was the first in-person…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
This is a paradigm-buster. At first glance, it might be taken for a roller skate, a value-priced hatchback. It’s a Kia, too—aren’t they just low-budget Korean knock-offs…
