BELFAST — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has designated available funding of $12,886 through Phase 40 to be distributed through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to…
Commerce
Applications due October 2, 2023
Camden National Bank hires Matthew Witten as Senior Vice President, Director of Information Security
Matthew Witten has joined Camden National Bank as senior vice president, director of information security.
“With two decades of experience, Witten brings a deep understanding of how an…
‘to be able to contribute to their mission was a great opportunity’
NORTHPORT — “The Scone Goddess is thrilled to announce the recent success of our fundraising campaign with all proceeds benefiting the Belfast Soup Kitchen,” said Scone Goddess, in a news release…
SPRUCE HEAD — This has been a banner year for the Spruce Head Community Hall & Historical Association, according to the Association, in a news release.
“Built in 1923, the shingled Hall…
THOMASTON — In a company news release issued Sept. 6, Dragon Products Company, Inc. ("Dragon"), a subsidiary of Giant Cement Holding, Inc. ("GCHI"), said it would gradually idle production…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Denali is a mountain in Alaska—the tallest in North America and the centerpiece of a 6-million-acre national park. (No connection to Denial, which is a state of mind and a…
MONROE — The Monroe Community Library has been awarded funding from The Maine State Library and the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development as part of the “Remote Work through…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital announce a new partnership with Transport1, a Yarmouth-based wheelchair transportation service.
Beginning…
steering the ship
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center care team members were honored with nursing awards during a ceremony held Monday, Aug. 21, on the hospital campus. The ceremony was the first in-person awards…
BELFAST — Waldo County General Hospital’s Sleep Lab has received accreditation through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC). This accreditation reflects WCGH’s dedication and…
‘helping any way she can’
CAMDEN — Care Team members at Quarry Hill gathered together on August 21, 2023, to celebrate DAISY Award nominee Margie Placides, RN. Placides was nominated by a nurse colleague at Quarry Hill,…
Maine Dept. of Labor announces its upcoming no-cost trainings for September 2023 safety classes.
Upcoming classes:
- 10-Hour Construction Standards: …
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
Such a caring, customer-centered and safety-conscious carmaker is Volvo that it has somehow infused this family wagon with vitamin B5, presumably to help us fight heart…
Nicole Hotchkin has joined Maine State Credit Union and will lead the residential lending efforts across Maine.
“We are happy to have someone with Nicole's experience and knowledge of the…
Saturday morning, Wiscasset’s Jan Flowers said she and husband Larry had just seen “things we never get to see from the road ... Beautiful, lot of pines, we saw the backs of houses that we’ve…
More than $100,000 has been distributed from Finding Our Voices to bring safety, freedom, and comfort to Maine women and children survivors of domestic abuse through the group’s Get Out Stay Out…
‘We have constant requests for spaces in which to conduct business calls, online meetings, and work areas’
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library has been awarded funding to support “Remote Work through Libraries” through a grant from the Maine State Library. The grant will be used to create remote-working…
Why don’t they learn about our town before they move here, try to change us?
OWLS HEAD — Owls Head Select Board member Linda Post, who has lived in this area all of her life, and in Owls Head for 50 years, can understand why people move here – the harbor, the airport, the…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
It’s another of those age-related disconnects that crop up more and more often: People in their 20s and 30s don’t know the Alfa brand. And a vanishingly small handful of…
Appoints Simon Griffiths as Successor to CEO
CAMDEN — The Board of Directors of Camden National Corporation (NASDAQ: CAC) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Camden National Bank, announced Aug. 21 the appointment of…
The Rankin’s Difference will remain the same
Rankin’s Hardware and Supply, on Union Street in Camden, counts amongst the friendliest stores in the Midcoast. Customers are greeted as…
KNOX COUNTY — More than $62,000 in Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) grants will help strengthen nonprofit organizations and projects in Knox County in 2023. The nine…
WALDO COUNTY — Nearly $90,000 in Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) grants will help strengthen nonprofit organizations and projects in…
“What is one idea you hope people who work with youth bring forward?”
ROCKLAND — This summer, Trekkers Training Institute (TTI) offered a 4-part training series on Youth Engagement. The sessions were open to the public and offered on a sliding scale. With the…
More Than $22,000 to Northern New England Nonprofit Organizations
ROCKLAND — Bar Harbor Bank & Trust employees recently presented more than $22,000 in donations collected through the Bank’s employee-driven charitable giving program, Casual for a Cause, to…
ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital welcome Tyson Thornton, PharmD, BCPS, MBA-H, FACHE, as their new vice president of operations. Thornton joined the…
OWLS HEAD — On Thursday, Aug. 10, volunteers and friends of the Owls Head Transportation Museum were treated to the first look at a brand new, 20,000 sq ft workshop space on the museum's campus.…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
How do I love thee, new-for-2024-and-available-only-in-North-America Acura Integra Type S? Let me count the ways . . .
Engineering: Up…
BLUE HILL — Wednesday, August 23, 2023, Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital will open its doors to a brand-new facility. On move day, patients will be safely transported…
the “virtual” class
ROCKLAND — Partnering with the Sail, Power & Steam Museum, the Rockland Yacht Club Scholarship Regatta will be held Saturday, Aug. 19 with boats from around the Midcoast. New this year is the…
targeted resources, services, and physical space to support remote and hybrid workers, as well as business owners and entrepreneurs
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library has been awarded funding from The Maine State Library and the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development as part of the more than $1.7 million in…
BELFAST — The City of Belfast has been awarded an $10,000 2023 Project Canopy Assistance Planting & Maintenance Grant through the U.S.D.A Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program…
ROCKPORT — The Pen Bay Stroke Program has been recognized nationally with the 2023 Get With the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award and the Target Stroke Elite Honor Roll Performance…
Finding Our Voices has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation. The money is “to help bridge the gaps in support for Maine’s women domestic violence survivors," according…
planning a special Welcome Weekend
ROCKLAND — Adas Yoshuron Synagogue welcomes Rabbi Lorin Troderman as its new spiritual leader. Rabbi Troderman joins Adas Yoshuron as the fourth rabbi in the synagogue’s recent history. The 111-…
Walk-in Clinic
Pen Bay Medical Center has sold the Knox Center and the Bok Building in Rockland to Knox Center LLC, a Rockland-based company.
Knox Center…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
For 2024, General Motors wiped the slate clean of the previous Trax, which largely labored in obscurity from 2013 to 2022, and started over again. Much more successfully,…
The John T. Gorman Foundation has awarded 83 grants totaling $1.5 million to provide food, shelter, health care, and other essential services to Mainers in need through its 2023 Direct…
view portions of knox county by rail this weekend
ROCKLAND – Midcoast Railservice is beginning rail excursions between Rockland and Brunswick with short debut trips during this week’s Maine Lobster Festival.
The company, operating under…
Wiscasset selectmen
Passenger rail is returning to Wiscasset with weekend trips planned soon, a Damariscotta man told Wiscasset selectmen Aug. 1. The “Coastliner” Brunswick-Rockland rail line is an “informed…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
The ever-expanding range of electrified vehicles from Volvo presently includes three battery-only SUVs, two hybrid gas-electric SUVs, two hybrid sedans and one hybrid…
ROCKLAND — The disruption of electrical power in Rockland, Thomaston, South Thomaston and a portion of Rockport is due to Central Maine Power work at the Park Street substation in Rockport.
…
AUGUSTA — Survivors with Finding Our Voices gathered with Governor Janet T. Mills at the State House on July 25, 2023 for the ceremonial signing of a law bringing safety to domestic abuse…
new nonprofit is closer to opening its network of temporary community shelters for families facing homelessness
BELFAST — Family Promise of MidCoast Maine, a new startup based in Waldo County and serving families experiencing or at risk of homelessness, announced on July 27, the generous support and…
CAMDEN — Members of the Camden Rotary Club are selling tickets for their annual Super Raffle to raise funds for grants to nonprofit community service organizations in Knox County and Lincolnville…
BELFAST — City of Belfast nomination papers are available from July 27 through September 7, 2023 for the following open seats:
1-Mayor…
Opinionated at any speed . . . Silvio Calabi
It’s almost a law of physics that smaller cars should be fun-ner to drive. Or why bother? As the smallest of the Mazda Motor Corporation’s three more-upscale crossover…
Maine Department of Labor lists its upcoming August no-cost safety trainings.
Upcoming classes:
…MATINICUS — Harbor Road will be closed Tuesday, July 25, from 3 to 5 p.m., for road maintenance from the Brodis’ house to Craig Macleods property.
disability, ableism, and inclusion
ROCKLAND — Youth mentoring organization Trekkers is now certified to run mentoring programs, activities, and events that are inclusive to youth, volunteers, and staff with disabilities, after a…
