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On September 11, at United Midcoast Charities’ Annual Grantee Breakfast Celebration sponsored by the Samoset Resort in Rockport, grants totaling $630,000 were awarded to 42 agencies providing the basic needs of food, housing, health & safety, and economic security to residents of Knox and Waldo counties. These 42 partner agencies represent the backbone of our...

September 21 and 22 from 10am to 3pm, join like-minded automotive enthusiasts to celebrate the irresistible, rare, and glamorous foreign imports from across the globe.   Start your engines and cruise over to OHTM for this annual 2-day salute to the diverse world of foreign automobiles! There’s something for everyone at this event, with interactive...

Everyman Repertory Theatre presents its final reading of their ‘Forgotten Classics of the Stage’ series, Ben Jonson’s ‘Volpone,’ on Sunday, September 29th at 2:00 pm, at Pascal Hall, 86 Pascal Ave. in Rockport. A merciless satire of greed and lust, Volpone — first staged in 1606 on London’s Globe Theater stage — remains Ben Jonson’s...

(Rockland, ME) – The Art at Bartlett exhibition program marks the arrival of Fall with a free public Art Opening. Bartlett Woods’ resident artist Constance Kiermaier opens a solo exhibition on Saturday, September 28th, 2-4PM at Bartlett Woods Retirement Community, 20 Bartlett Drive in Rockland. Entitled “CONTINUUM: Old and New Works by Constance Kiermaier,” the...

AUGUSTA – Pursuant to Maine law (Maine statute Title 26, chapter 7, section 664), effective January 1, 2025, the state minimum wage will increase from $14.15 to $14.65 per hour, based on data recently made available by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Maine law, amended by citizens referendum in 2016, requires...

The Maine Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Aging and Disability Services, and the Office of Behavioral Health has launched “Careers with Purpose: Connecting Lives, Advancing Community,” to expand the Direct Support Workforce, elevate the profile of the field, and raise awareness about the training, education, and job opportunities available. Visit mainecareerswithpurpose.org to...

CAMDEN – Page Gallery is pleased to present STORY SUGGESTED, an exhibition of artwork from David Graeme Baker, Sal Taylor Kydd, and Holden Willard. The show highlights artists who use images to tell a story while also imparting emotional resonance to the subject. The exhibition will open with a public reception during the Camden Art Walk on Thursday,...

New Hope Midcoast’s Speaker Series Transgressed: The State of Transgender Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S. Join us as we welcome Xavier L. Guadalupe-Díaz, Ph.D., Professor and Criminology Program Coordinator in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Framingham State University. Author of Transgressed: Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Lives (2019) and co-author of Transgender Intimate Partner Violence: A Comprehensive...

A nucleus has formed to re-start the popular Pies on Parade Camden-Rockland event that after 16 successful years ended due to the Pandemic.  This was an incredibly successful winter event that brought the mid-coast a lot of visitors each year. The proceeds benefit AIO the Knox County focused food and energy assistance non-profit. Do you...

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District has one opening on its five-member Board of Supervisors. The volunteer board, which is responsible for guiding the District’s business affairs and operations in its mission to provide assistance to the community in the conservation of land and water resources, is comprised of three elected and two appointed supervisors,...