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Neighbors worry about repeat rat infestations at a midcoast home
Multiple neighbors of a Camden home are raising concern about an ongoing rat infestation that has caused the pests to spill over onto their properties. At least six neighbors have complained about the...
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A downtown Belfast candy shop and soda fountain is closing
The Chocolate Drop Candy Shop in downtown Belfast will be closing down at the end of the month, its owners announced on Facebook late Wednesday. Co-owners David Crabiel and David Brassbridge said...
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Man who ran boat aground on Vinalhaven allegedly under the influence
A man who ran a boat aground on Vinalhaven Wednesday morning was arrested for operating under the influence. Maine Marine Patrol received a report at about 7 a.m. that a boat had run aground on Seal...
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Why this Mainer keeps walking across Route 1 bridge with an American flag
When driving across the Donald E. Davey bridge between Wiscasset and Edgecomb, one may see Stott Carleton, a 77-year-old Vietnam veteran who marches across the bridge holding aloft an American flag....
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Another big Maine employer is opening a child care facility
Bath Iron Works is working with the local YMCA to open a new child care facility for the kids of its workers, in an ongoing effort to recruit and retain staff in a part of Maine that’s become...
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A 19th century Maine mansion is now an $80K fixer-upper
A dilapidated mansion built more than a century and a half ago by the shipwright Franklin Treat in the Waldo County town of Frankfort is on the market. While the 4,305-square-foot building at 9 Main...
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Searsport schools say social media threat was not credible
Officials in the school district that includes Searsport and Stockton Springs say there is no credible danger after it was the subject of potentially threatening statements in a post that circulated...
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UMaine receives more challenges over sale of Belfast center to church
The University of Maine System is continuing to receive formal challenges to its decision to sell its former remote learning center in Belfast to an evangelical church. After UMaine initially decided...
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Maine officials plan to test Brunswick homeowners’ water for PFAS after foam...
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection plans to test the water of at least 45 Brunswick homes following the accidental release of 1,450 gallons of firefighting foam containing toxic PFAS...
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Brunswick rocket company completes engine flight test
A Brunswick-based aerospace company has made strides in its goal to launch a sustainably-powered rocket into Earth’s atmosphere. Since 2016, bluShift has been building and working on launching rockets...
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Belfast cemetery will soon have a place for cremated remains
Belfast will soon be installing at its main cemetery an outdoor, above-ground monument that can hold urns containing cremated remains. The monument at Grove Cemetery, known as a columbarium, will have...
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What to expect at this year’s Common Ground fair
Maine’s largest gathering for organic farmers, homesteaders and sustainable living begins next Friday. The 48th Common Ground Country Fair at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s...
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4 things that surprised me moving from Florida to midcoast Maine
This story first appeared in the Midcoast Update, a newsletter published every Tuesday morning. Sign up here to receive stories about the midcoast delivered to your inbox each week, along with our...
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Maine DEP to test Brunswick homeowners’ water for PFAS after foam spill
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection will send representatives out to go door-to-door this week to speak with Brunswick homeowners who may have been affected by the spill of firefighting...
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Here are the sunken, abandoned boats Maine most wants to remove
Using chains and inflatable lift bags, the U.S. Coast Guard raised an 83-foot, historic fishing vessel from the bottom of the New Meadows River in Harpswell last month. The 75-year-old sardine boat...
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Rising seas increasingly threaten coastal Maine wastewater plants
In the first of the back-to-back storms that rocked Maine’s coast early this year, employees of the Wiscasset wastewater treatment plant watched as the high tide lapped at the edges of its tanks,...
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New Matinicus ferry named after Penobscot WWII veteran to enter service later...
The new Maine ferry that will transport riders to Matinicus Isle and back was commissioned Thursday, and is the state’s first ferry to be named after a Native American. The Charles Norman Shay is a...
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UMaine System rescinds controversial offer to sell Belfast center to church
Less than a month after the University of Maine System accepted a $1 million offer to sell the Hutchinson Center to an evangelical church, system officials are rescinding that decision and will...
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Searsport business owners question if 2 years of roadwork was worth the hassle
After two years, the extensive $17.8 million rebuild of 2 miles of Route 1 through downtown Searsport is nearing its end. Roads have been repaved, new traditional-style street lamps are in place, and...
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There will be no Fright at Fort Knox this year
There will be no Fright at the Fort this year. The Friends of Fort Knox announced the decision on Thursday afternoon. “The board, director, staff and past Fright volunteers struggled with this...
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