Bar Harbor Bank & Trust is currently accepting applications for the Bank’s Career & Technical Education Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to income-eligible high school seniors who attended a technical career program as part of their high school curriculum and are planning to attend college or a technical school after graduation. Students must reside...

Thanks to generous support from the Pull Up Fund, OUT Maine is expanding its school climate initiative, which focuses on growing the number of Maine schools committed to being inclusive and welcoming for all marginalized youth. OUT Maine is doing this by supporting schools through various methods, including revising policies or procedures, providing professional development...

During the month of April, Rockport resident and artist G. Bion Richards will exhibit a selection of his copper bird and fish sculptures in the Rockport Public Library’s Marine Room. Richards, a frequent patron of the library, stated, “I really appreciate the Rockport Public Library and the wonderful folks that work there. The Marine Room,...

The Camden Public Library is pleased to welcome Camden native Elizabeth McLellan, Founder and CEO of Partners for World Health, for a presentation on Tuesday, March 28 at 6:30 PM. Partners for World Health is a non-profit organization in New England that collects discarded medical supplies from healthcare facilities and reprocesses, repackages, and ships them to...

Tickets to the upcoming Camden Garden Club 75th Annual Garden Tour taking place July 20 will go on sale online April 1. Tickets are $40 and will be available through the Club’s website. Tickets will also be available for in-person purchase at local merchants closer to the event. The Tour will take place rain or...

Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) has retained a real estate broker to sell several properties in downtown Rockland, including the site that houses its long-term nursing care facility at 6 White St. and the adjacent Bok Building at 22 White St. The property at 6 White St. houses the Knox Center, PBMC’s long-term nursing care...

Registration is open for facilitation training through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s professional development program.  Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills, an in-person program, will be held May 5, 19 and June 2 from 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. ET and costs $425. More information is available on the Hutchinson Center website. Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills focuses on...

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) is once again sponsoring an annual trout stocking sale for your home or farm pond. We offer two sizes, 4-5” rainbow trout and 7-9” brook trout, as well as oxygen bags that hold up to 20-30 fish. Minimum order is $50.00. To order, you must have a current...

Camden National Bank announced that Kathleen (Kate) Bellmore was promoted to Senior Vice President, Talent Acquisition & Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer. In her new role, she will continue to lead the organization’s talent acquisition function while also leading the Bank’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts. Under her leadership, the Bank will expand its...

In early March, Ann Filley, Treasurer of the Friends of the Rockport Library, presented Library Director Ben Blackmon with a donation check for $10,000, to benefit the library.  “We would like to thank everyone who helped make our 2022 book sales successful,” said Filley. Throughout the year, generous donors contributed thousands of books, DVDs, CDs,...