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Expanded Belfast food co-op reopens next month
A year-long $6.4 million renovation of the Belfast Community Co-op will soon come to an end, bringing more space and other improvements to the popular local grocer. Some of the most obvious changes...
View ArticleMatinicus Island’s new $11M ferry is almost ready for delivery
The Maine State Ferry Service’s brand new 149-passenger ferry from its shipyard in Alabama for delivery in Rockland.At a running speed of 13 knots, the Charles Norman Shay can carry 149 passengers and...
View ArticleMainer denied a Harvard degree doesn’t regret Gaza protest
A Harvard University senior from Maine says he doesn’t regret taking part in on-campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, which ultimately led the school to bar him from commencement and withhold...
View ArticleFish farm developer sues Belfast after city withdraws support
Nordic Aquafarms is suing the city of Belfast over its recent decision to reverse the use of eminent domain that had been meant to help the company develop a land-based salmon farm in the community....
View ArticleWiscasset school leaders hope for stability after turbulent year
Kim Andersson. Credit: Charlotte Boynton / Lincoln County News Leaders of the Wiscasset School Department are hoping for some stability next year after the community was divided last fall over the...
View ArticleThorndike post office vandalized with swastika
Vandals spray-painted a swastika and offensive language on the Thorndike post office.The vandalism was discovered Wednesday at the post office on Mountain View Road, according to the Portland Press...
View ArticleHarpswell at odds with state over surge in aquaculture leases
The Harpswell Select Board has established a new Aquaculture Working Group in response to concerns about the growth of the industry off the town’s coast.The group “will undertake a comprehensive...
View ArticleMaine ferry service warns of more Vinalhaven cancellations
The Maine State Ferry Service is warning that some more trips between Vinalhaven and Rockland will be canceled in the coming weeks because of difficulties finding workers to staff them.Throughout the...
View ArticleRockland street to be named after doctor killed by schooner mast
A new road in Rockland will be named after local physician Emily Mecklenburg, who was killed last fall when a schooner mast broke and fell on her.The road, Emily’s Way, will provide access to a new...
View ArticlePolice investigating death of toddler at Thomaston Walmart
Maine State Police are investigating the death of a 22-month-old child in Thomaston. At about 7:26 p.m. Wednesday, Thomaston Police and Rescue responded to the Walmart in Thomaston for a report of a...
View ArticleBelfast is trying to make it easier to bike and walk in the city
The city of Belfast has launched a new effort to make it easier for people to get around town by bicycle, wheelchair or foot.It’s now working with the state Department of Transportation and a...
View ArticleMainer hurt in explosion while installing gas appliance
A Mainer was hurt Thursday afternoon in an explosion while installing a gas appliance at a Bowdoinham home.The homeowner was attempting to install a gas appliance about 2 p.m. when an explosion...
View ArticleChild who died in Thomaston had previous medical issue
A young child who died in Thomaston on Wednesday had a previous medical issue, according to the Courier-Gazette.The 22-month-old boy had come to Maine with his family from Louisiana and was in the...
View ArticleThe plans for Maine’s floating wind port, explained
The Maine Department of Transportation recently announced that it had applied for a $456 million federal grant to build a wind port on Sears Island.The announcement marks another step in what will be...
View ArticleMan dies in explosion at Rockport metal workshop
A man working in a metal fabrication shop in Rockport died Friday afternoon after an explosion.The man, 39-year-old Sean Rancourt, was welding on a diesel fuel tank around 2:50 p.m. when it exploded,...
View ArticleMan who died in Rockport explosion was serving prison sentence
The man who died Friday in an explosion at a Rockport metal fabrication workshop had been serving a prison sentence at the minimum security Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren. Sean Rancourt, 39,...
View ArticleA midcoast hospital program uses gift cards to get people off meth and cocaine
A midcoast hospital is the first in Maine to use a research-backed method to take on the state’s growing use of dangerous stimulant drugs such as methamphetamine and cocaine.Mid Coast Hospital in...
View ArticleMonster truck jump brings down power lines, injuring spectators in Topsham
A monster truck struck a utility wire while making a jump at a Topsham event, bringing down multiple utility poles and injuring two spectators.The lobster-shaped truck named, “Crushtation” was...
View ArticleMidcoast homeless agency renames itself to reflect growing need
An organization that got its start assisting unhoused people in the Rockland area has adopted a new name that reflects the growing need for its services across one of Maine’s least affordable...
View ArticleRockland sees uptick in false security alarms by businesses
Rockland is considering raising its fines for the false activation of security alarms after they took up about 100 hours of police time last year and appear to be getting more common this year....
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