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Police investigating reported threat that closed midcoast Maine schools
The Bath Police Department is investigating the circumstances of a reported threat that closed RSU 1 schools on Monday. According to officials, the Bath Police Department became aware of a third-hand...
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Linda Bean’s company scales back with sale of midcoast general store
Almost nine months after Linda Bean passed away, her company appears to be scaling back some of its footprint in the midcoast. Her company, Linda Bean’s Perfect Maine, is close to selling the Tenants...
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Construction begins on new child care facility for Bath Iron Works employees
Work is officially underway on a new child care facility for Bath Iron Works employees. BIW and the YMCA held a ceremony Monday for the beginning of work on a child care center. It will be at 6 Farley...
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Developers moving ahead with restoration of Belfast Opera House
The developers who purchased the former Opera House in downtown Belfast last year are slowly moving ahead with plans to restore it as a performing arts space. Since Alex and Kendra Brigham bought the...
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$1M grant will help midcoast police to expand addiction treatment
The federal government has awarded $1 million to a program that aims to help midcoast police connect more of the people they encounter with addiction treatment services. The grant, which was awarded...
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Popular Amish-run meat market in Unity closing next spring
It’s been almost a decade since Matthew Secich opened Charcuterie, a popular meat market in the town of Unity that uses hand-cranked slicers, adding machines and other old-fashioned techniques that...
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Maine engineers speak out against limits on riprap
Engineers from across Maine expressed concern Thursday about proposed new rules that are meant to encourage natural methods for restoring and protecting the state’s shorelines, but that would restrict...
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A midcoast boatyard can’t sell off its abandoned vessels
This story first appeared in the Midcoast Update, a newsletter published every Tuesday and Friday morning. Sign up here to receive stories about the midcoast delivered to your inbox each week, along...
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Fires destroy 2 homes in Lincolnville
Two Lincolnville homes were badly damaged in separate fires over a 12-hour period early Friday. No one was injured in either blaze. The first fire was reported at around midnight at a newly...
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Body found in vehicle at Rockland cemetery
A body was found in a vehicle at the Achorn Cemetery in Rockland Friday morning, according to the Midcoast Villager. The body was found at around 8 a.m., which was roughly the same time that Knox...
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Man dies in Bristol collision
A Damariscotta man is dead after a head-on crash in Bristol over the weekend. The crash happened around 3:45 p.m. Saturday on Bristol Road at the intersection with Walpole Meeting House Road. A...
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Court sets hearing on pausing sale of UMaine Belfast center
A federal court will hear arguments next month on a proposal to temporarily halt the University of Maine System’s sale of the Hutchinson Center in Belfast to a local nonprofit, as part of a larger...
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Conservationists want more fish to get over a midcoast dam
It used to be more of a luxury to worry how fish might gain passage into the upper reaches of the Androscoggin River. The waterway — which passes through western Maine before ending in the midcoast —...
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This Maine sea captain was trapped on a boat to France just before Christmas
Dec. 11, 1956, was an ordinary day for Capt. George Jennings, a Belfast-based sea pilot whose primary job was to help large vessels navigate their way out of Penobscot Bay. That day, Jennings was to...
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Maine synagogue holds Christmas meal hours before Hanukkah starts
Just a few hours before the start of Hanukkah on Wednesday evening, a Rockland synagogue partnered with a local church to offer a free Christmas dinner open to people of all faiths. More than 80...
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An unlikely pie flavor led to a Mainer’s new recipe-sharing website
Even when it’s in season, watermelon is not your typical pie filling. But that didn’t stop Kachina Miller, a home cook from Belfast, from devising a watermelon pie. After many failed attempts, she...
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This tiny midcoast bakery was named one of the country’s best by the New York...
A tiny bakery in a midcoast town was named one of the country’s 24 best bakeries by the New York Times this week. The Place, which opened in a small storefront in Camden in July 2023, was heralded on...
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Federal grant to help improve water system at Rockland mobile home park
ROCKLAND, Maine — George Krise describes his neighborhood as a mix of young and old, ranging from new babies to 90-year-olds. It’s the kind of place where kids yell “car” when someone drives down the...
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Rockland man allegedly crashed stolen vehicle on Christmas
The Rockland Police Department charged four people with operating vehicles under the influence on Christmas day, including one man who allegedly stole a vehicle from a neighboring community and...
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Habitat for Humanity’s new midcoast store offers cheap home furnishings
A new Belfast store will help area residents to make affordable home improvements while also supporting the creation of housing in a region that desperately needs it. Earlier this month, the Waldo...
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