PORTLAND — Maine Roller Derby is about to battle its fiercest competitor of the season in a double-header bout on Saturday, April 26 at the Portland Expo. In the second game Maine’s all-star team, The Port Authorities will take on Vermont in a bout that could help send… Read More
ROCKLAND, Maine — It took 16 years, but on Friday the Midcoast Area Veterans Memorial — a 34-foot-long concrete wall with black granite tiles etched with veterans’ portraits — stood for about 200 people to see. The roughly $300,000 memorial was dedicated Friday evening to all… Read More
OWLS HEAD, Maine — Cassidy Keene’s life has changed dramatically in the weeks since her son’s hand was severed in an accident in Rockland. Before, Keene drove her twin boys to summer camp where they could swim and jump around like rambunctious 5-year-olds… Read More
ROCKPORT, Maine — The end of paid blogs on the website of Down East magazine and the exit of its publisher are not related, the company’s CEO said Wednesday. John Viehman left his position as publisher after six years, the company announced… Read More
ROCKPORT, Maine — The publisher of Down East Magazine has left the position, according to Publishers Weekly. John Viehman’s position will be filled by CEO Bob Fernald. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
BIDDEFORD, Maine — It took 20 years of hard work, but Denise Giuvelis, 26, of Biddeford recently skated home with the gold at the national roller figure skating competition. Giuvelis is one of only three competitive artistic skaters from Maine. She competes in coed roller skate… Read More
ROCKLAND, Maine — Hilery Hutchinson graduated from Rockland High School, but never expected to come back. After leaving the area for college, then some work with the NBA and at resorts in the Bahamas, she certainly didn’t think she’d return to a place she lived for a short… Read More
ROCKPORT, Maine — The laptop repair bill is in for Camden Hills Regional High School and the total is $33,000. That’s down from $56,000 in the 2010-2011 school year. The school took measures in the past school year to reduce student carelessness,… Read More
CAMDEN, Maine — Police say new measures at a frequently robbed Rite Aid stopped a man from getting away with stolen drugs Saturday. A man in a hooded sweatshirt with a bandana covering his face walked into the pharmacy and demanded drugs on Saturday, according to… Read More
ROCKLAND, Maine — When Mim Bird’s 13-and-a-half-year-old son (“the half is important when you’re 13”) decided to go to school instead of continuing homeschooling, she didn’t know what to do with her life. She had been a homemaker for 16 years. “For the first year I… Read More
METINIC ISLAND, Maine — For the first time in known history, the entire tern population — 1,400 at last count — abandoned this small island. It took one day. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
METINIC ISLAND, Maine — Brian Benedict and Michael Langlois boarded their boat Tuesday despite the warnings — after all, they must feed the interns. They help the interns and the interns help migratory seabirds on the island. “They’re talking about serious storms — hail, high winds. Read More
ROCKLAND, Maine — By 10 a.m. Daniel Bennett was on his third cup of coffee made from water boiled on a tiny stove in the cabin of his wooden sloop. Seagulls cawed and circled as the boat rocked gently off Rockland’s Windjammer Wharf. He was waiting… Read More
ROCKLAND, Maine — A local police chief needs a defunct trampoline to shade his sheep and is willing to barter for it. A Rockport man had a $100 iTunes gift card he didn’t need and was offered 25 guinea hens. A new public Facebook group,… Read More
OWLS HEAD, Maine — People curious about the history of Owls Head now can pop into The Old Homestead and poke around the photo albums, old news clips and maps. The homestead opened Wednesday for the first time this year. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
ROCKLAND, Maine — Knox County education organizations are putting in an application for a $500,000 federal grant to help improve the area’s social services and schools. The U.S. Department of Education is offering up the cash for local organizations to research what social issues affect students’… Read More
ROCKLAND, Maine — Captains Doug Lee and Mike McHenry have been handing the Great Schooner Race’s Leeward Class trophy back and forth for years now. As far as races go, their competition seemed pretty fair: Both 95-foot boats were built in the 1980s. Lee’s Heritage docks… Read More
BELFAST, Maine — This city had no fireworks complaints on July Fourth and the midcoast seemed quiet on the holiday, according to police. “We had no complaints. It surprised me. Even though the city banned them, we expected some complaints,” said Detective Sgt. Bryan Cunningham of… Read More
THOMASTON, Maine — Route 1 was packed on both sides through the entire small town as hundreds of people packed in to see firetrucks, horses, roller skaters and beauty pageant queens in the annual Fourth of July parade on Wednesday. A few raindrops fell before the… Read More
HURRICANE ISLAND, Maine — This little island is once again seeing visitors, but instead of the granite quarriers of the late 1800s or the summer camp children of the mid-to-late 1900s, this time teachers and scientists are flocking to it. The Hurricane Island… Read More
