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Wealthy Maine Vacationer Poisons Trees for Better View in Camden
This story will do nothing for Maine's disdain for wealthy outsiders. The Boston Globe covered a remarkable story that sounds made up for Netflix, but is true. A wealthy couple from Missouri, who are politically well-connected, poisoned their neighbor's trees so they would have a better view of Camden Harbor.
Duke, Tripp awarded Legion scholarships
CAMDEN — War Memorial Post 30, American Legion, awarded scholarships to two Camden Hills Regional High School graduating seniors. Will Duke, son of Jon and Joanna Duke of Rockport, was awarded the Veterans Memorial American Legion Scholarship. Will is attending Central Maine Community College and will be studying business and financial management.
Ukes Rock to Play Rockport Masonic Lawn Concert July 3
The Rockport Masonic Center continues its free lawn concerts on Wednesday, July 3, featuring the music of Ukes Rock from 6 to 7 p.m. The event is free to the public, with pass-the-hat donations taken for the band. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the summer night and music. Rain brings it inside.
Bryan finds flow in two mediums at Rockport library
ROCKPORT — The public is invited to the Marine Room of the Rockport Public Library to view a show of pottery and papercutting by Melissa Bryan. The exhibit entitled “Explorations of Shape” juxtaposes asymmetrical clay pinch pots with symmetrical papercuts. “I have come to realize that in...
“Buy Local” food stand now offered in Pen Bay Medical Center cafeteria
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center’s Bay View Café is now offering a selection of foods from Maine farms for purchase in its new “Buy Local” food stand. Patients, visitors and care team members will be able to pick up small bags of local coffee, flour, beans, granola, popcorn and more. The Bay View Café is open to the public Monday through Friday, from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
MoJO Performs Jazz at Beech Hill Preserve July 8
Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program will bring Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra (aka MoJO) to Beech Hill Preserve in Rockport on Monday, July 8, at 6 p.m. as part of its free summer concert series. Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra is an 18-piece Midcoast-based big band that plays modern...
Amtrak Downeaster to get $50M high-tech control system to improve safety
The Amtrak Downeaster train route in southern Maine will be getting a $51 million upgrade that includes automated technology to improve safety. Amtrak and CSX Transportation, in partnership with the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, said this week they would install a positive train control system, or PTC, which is designed to automatically control train speeds and movements.
UMaine News
UMaine receives NSF award to help rural schools recruit, educate and train STEM teachers. With rural schools facing significant shortages of highly-qualified teachers, particularly those in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will use a grant from the National Science Foundation to boost support for future and current STEM educators in rural school districts.
Maine, New Hampshire, Has Had Two Tornado-Related Deaths Since 1950
First thing on Sunday morning, June 23, 2024, the National Weather Service out of Gray, Maine, issued a tornado watch for both Maine and New Hampshire, with predictions of the tornado-causing impact to hit more in the evening hours. While no tornado activity was reported in Maine, outside of just...
National HIV Testing Day recognized throughout Maine
PORTLAND, Maine — June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. TheCenters for Disease Control and Prevention says the day is recognized each year to highlight the importance of testing. HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, attacks the infected person's immune system, making it harder to fight off disease — that's...
Steady Showers Wrap Up, Reduced to Scattered Activity by The Afternoon
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Good Thursday morning everyone! It has certainly been a dreary start to the morning with steady showers filling into the region. The good news is we are on track for those to wrap up within the next few hours reducing us to more isolated to scattered activity throughout the afternoon.
Maine Dept. of Labor says public is ‘definitely engaging’ in paid leave rulemaking
“Policy is rarely a panacea,” said Destie Hohman Sprague, executive director of the Maine Women’s Lobby. But paid family and medical leave may come as close as it gets for anyone who juggles family life and work. As Hohman Sprague pointed out, there’s almost no demographic “that does not need to deal with maintaining your […] The post Maine Dept. of Labor says public is ‘definitely engaging’ in paid leave rulemaking appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
Melissa Powers, FNP, joins Pen Bay Wound Healing Center
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center welcomes Melissa Powers, FNP, to its Wound Healing Center. Powers comes to Pen Bay from St. Joseph Healthcare in Bangor, where she was a registered nurse in the acute and intensive care units. Before that she spent four years at Pen Bay as a charge nurse in the ICU and Medical/Surgical departments.
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