The two last Scouts of Hallowell Troop 647, Zacharie Claude and Ryan Glidden, were presented with the Eagle Scout rank during a ceremony at the Captain Frank E. Goodrich American Legion Post #6 on Friday, May 24, evening marking the capstone of their Scouting journey and the final chapter of Troop 647. Both are seniors […]
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Maine Children’s Home relaunches Christmas in July campaign
The holiday and winter assistance program supports children and youth across Maine whose families are facing financial hardship.
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UMaine project to livestream total solar eclipse from stratosphere
ORONO — When Noah Lambert of Bar Harbor enrolled at the University of Maine, launching a giant balloon 90,000 feet in the air to livestream a total solar eclipse wasn’t an activity he imagined being able to do during his college career. For the past year, Lambert and nine other undergraduate and graduate students have […]
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Juston McKinney plans Waterville performance
In the late 1990s after spending seven years as a Deputy Sheriff in rural Maine, he traded his gun for a microphone and moved to NYC to pursue a career in comedy.
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‘A Funny Thing Happened on the way to Belfast’ to be staged
The play will be presented by the Belfast Maskers to benefit New Hope Midcoast.
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Movie Review: ‘Love at First Sight’ has plenty of music about love
British actors, Phillips, Tom Taylor, Dexter Fletcher are sweet and charming as Oliver’s family ‚ it almost becomes another script for another movie, J.P. Devine writes.
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Belgrade student receives Messalonskee Principal’s Award
Anne Stocco of Belgrade, a senior at Messalonskee High School, has been named the 2024 Principal’s Award recipient. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. “Anne Stocco is the epitome of a Messalonskee Eagle. She is number one in her class […]
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On Music: John McEuen returns to Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Last week, I chatted with a new-to-me bluegrass band, the Kitchen Dwellers, and this time ‘round I reconnected with none other than Mr. John McEuen, a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, who will be coming to the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor on March 30. He and I have chatted back when […]
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Extension, nonprofit partner to sew 100s of pajamas for children in need
For the second year in a row, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Homemakers across the state partnered with nonprofit Janet’s Jammies to make hundreds of pajamas for children in need. Volunteers from Homemaker clubs in Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock and Somerset counties turned piles of donated fabric into 260 pairs of flannel pajama bottoms. Janet’s […]
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Schooner Fare to perform at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick
Schooner Fare, Maine’s most renowned folk group, will perform as part of the UUCB Concerts for a Cause series to raise money for Midcoast New Mainers and Oasis Free Clinics at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick. Brothers Chuck and Steve Romanoff launched Schooner Fare with good friend […]