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Attention businesses!!!  The Union Fair is now accepting bids for the naming rights of our stage. Our portable stage measures 24 feet long by 14 feet wide when fully extended. The stage can be easily moved around our fairgrounds based on the needs of an event. The winning business will determine the name of the...

Thursday, November 14, 2024 5:30-7:00 p.m. Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, Rockland, ME This free and informative event includes light hors d’oeuvres followed by the debut of New Hope Midcoast’s film sharing the stories of two survivors. A moderated panel discussion with audience Q&A will focus on how local organizations work together to create and sustain a...

For 16 years, this community event was organized by The Historic Inns of Rockland. It raised more than $200,000 for the Area Interfaith Outreach (AIO) Food Pantry prior to the pandemic, through the generous participation and support from many local businesses. In 2025, Rockland’s LimeRock Inn and Camden’s Blue Harbor House Inn have teamed with...

The exhibit “Plankton in Our Midst: The Unseen Citizens of the Sea and Our Breathing Planet” will be on display at the Rockport Public Library, Nov. 2-30. The work of local artists Krisanne Baker and Julie Crane, and conservation writer Liz Cunningham, converge to create an engaging offering of glass installations, paintings and sculptures which...

Maine Sport Outfitters is excited to host the 6th Annual Turkey Ride, an event that features cycling to Hannaford to purchase a frozen turkey and side dishes and then riding with the turkey and sides to the Camden Area Food Pantry. The event will be held Saturday, November 16 beginning at 9 a.m. at Maine...

Everyman Repertory Theatre returns with their first full stage production since the pandemic with the tragic farce ‘The Father’ by Florian Zeller. After many staged readings and recordings in the midcoast area in recent years, they are excited to one again take to the stage of the Camden Opera House with this award-winning play. Premiering...

CAMDEN – October 23, 2024—United Midcoast Charities (UMC) is excited to announce its next LEARN@UMC workshop, “Planned Giving Strategies for Nonprofits”. UMC is partnering with Paul Spizzuoco, CFP, of Apollon Wealth Management Advisors to present an informative session on the different types of planned gifts, their benefits and how to know if it is a...

(Rockland ME) – The Art at Bartlett exhibition program is pleased to present a free public Artist’s Talk, featuring 97-year old resident artist Constance Kiermaier on Friday, November 8th at 2PM at Bartlett Woods Retirement Community, 20 Bartlett Drive in Rockland. The artist and teacher will discuss her current show, “CONTINUUM: Old and New Works...

Families are invited to dress up and join Youth Librarian Stephanie in Memorial Park (across from the Rockport Library) for a Halloween parade through Rockport Village. After, there will be cider, chocolate milk, and treats! Musical guests Brandon and Jackie Gibbons, from Outbound Music Lessons, will be providing interactive musical fun, assisting Stephanie with a...