Community Happenings

First Baptist welcomes new pastor

Feb 16
The First Baptist Church of Belfast is pleased to announce the Rev. Ted Chaffee is its new pastor. Chaffee, who comes to Belfast after 10 years as ...
Perkins Family Reunion group invites descendants to Castine

Feb 15
Descendants of John and Phebe Perkins and their siblings are invited to return to their roots this summer at the family homestead on the shores of ...
Broadreach seeks volunteers

Feb 13
Broadreach Community Partnerships for Protecting Children is looking for community volunteers at the Family Resource HUBs in Rockland and Belfast, ...
Nominations open for Governor’s Service Awards for ...

Feb 13
Nominations are currently being accepted for the Governor's Service Awards for Maine's Youth and Adult Roll of Honor Volunteers. Adults who ...
Belfast Duplicate Bridge Club Results

Feb 13
Winners Feb. 6 were Fay and Jim Cunningham, Cary Slocum and Rosie Rodgers, Sandy Squire and Julianne Dow, and Gerry Miller and Ron Harrel. Bridge ...
Belfast Rotarians support area food pantries

Feb 11
Belfast Rotary Club distributed monetary gifts totaling $10,500 on Jan. 30 to the seven Waldo County food pantries it now supports. Recognizing ...
Dine for a cause at Delvino's

Feb 11
Friends of Sears Island invites the public to a fundraising dinner at Delvino's Grill & Pasta House on Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 4 to 8 p.m. Delvino...
G.E.A.R. to offer parenting course in March

Feb 11
G.E.A.R. Parent Network is offering a free, nine-hour parenting education course developed by Mac Bledsoe, father of a celebrated New England ...
Webinar Feb. 13 on farmer veteran grants

Feb 11
Farm Credit East will sponsor a Farmer Veteran Coalition's Fellowship Fund webinar Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 5:30 p.m. This fund provides small ...
Maine CDC warns of misleading flyer regarding vaccines

Feb 11
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is warning Mainers of a flyer appearing to come from the federal Center for Disease Control. ...
Nominations open for Gulf of Maine Council 2019 Awards

Feb 11
The Gulf of Maine Council is accepting nominations for their 2019 awards to recognize volunteers, professionals, businesses, and organizations for ...
Learn about invasive plants Feb. 26

Feb 11
Invasive plants are proliferating in natural and developed areas of Midcoast Maine, and you can learn more about what to watch for at a free ...
Cuddy recognizes school counselors at State House

Feb 11
Rep. Scott Cuddy, D-Winterport, joined educators Feb. 7 to recognize school counselors and Kelly O'Brien, the 2017-2018 Maine School Counselor of ...
UMC offers marketing, branding courses to nonprofits

Feb 11
United Midcoast Charities has announced the next offerings in its free educational series, Learn with UMC: Nonprofit Marketing and Branding 101 & ...
Wildlife track, sign talk March 4

Feb 11
Registered Maine Guide and naturalist Sandra Mitchell will talk about "Learning to Read Tracks, and Using Them to Enter the Secret Lives of Wild ...
Family-friendly animal talk Feb. 19

Feb 11
Georges River Land Trust will host a family-friendly event about Animals' Amazing Adaptations on Tuesday, Feb. 19, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., at the ...
Farmers, growers invited to potluck Feb. 16

Feb 11
Waldo County Extension Association invites all farmers and growers in the area to its third annual winter potluck Saturday, Feb. 16, at United ...
Study identifies biomedical potential of bivalves

Feb 08
Shellfish like oysters and mussels have the potential to revolutionize human health research, according to a new paper on developmental and ...
Project management certificate program begins March 22 at ...

Feb 08
A three-day certificate program in project management will be offered March 22, March 29 and April 5 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center ...
Scholarship available for agriculture students

Feb 07
Graduating seniors from Maine high schools who are Future Farmers of America members and interested in pursuing a career in farming, agriculture ...
Interstate board proposes ways for lobster industry, right ...

Feb 07
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's American Lobster Management Board initiated Draft Addendum XXVIII to Amendment 3 to the Interstat...
Belfast Duplicate Bridge Club results

Feb 06
Winners Jan. 30 were Fay and Jim Cunningham, Cindy Griffin and Steve Bernstein, and Diane Drinkwater and Janet Weinberg. Bridge is played every ...
Direct services grant program opens Feb. 15

Feb 06
The John T. Gorman Foundation's 2019 Direct Services Grant Program will open on Friday, Feb. 15 to nonprofit organizations working to provide ...
Midcoast Bowl for Kids’ Sake opens registration

Feb 05
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine invites local businesses, organizations and individuals to sign up to Bowl For Kids' Sake 2019. Local ...
PMM fundraiser Feb. 24 at Hichborn

Feb 04
Penobscot Marine Museum of Searsport will hold a fundraiser at The Hichborn in Stockton Springs on Sunday, Feb. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. The event ...
First Church seeks vendors for benefit indoor yard, craft ...

Feb 04
The First Church in Belfast's 8 O'Clock Service Club is sponsoring an indoor yard and craft sale in their upstairs Fellowship Hall on March 2 from ...
Talk focuses on patterns of brook trout Feb. 13

Feb 04
Sebasticook Regional Land Trust's monthly speaker series features a talk on fish patterns — the presence, absence and abundance — of fish, ...
Free showing of 'Marigold Hotel' for seniors Feb. 15

Feb 04
On Friday, Feb. 15, the Belfast Senior Center, in cooperation with Belfast Free Library, invites all area seniors to a free showing of "The Best ...
Palermo pastor delivers opening prayer in state Senate

Feb 04
Sen. Erin Herbig, D-Waldo, welcomed the Rev. Edward Hatch of Palermo Christian Church to the State House Jan. 29, where the pastor gave the ...
Knox student serves as honorary Senate page

Feb 04
Mount View High School student Ryan Ingraham of Knox served as an honorary page in the Maine Senate Jan. 29. The Honorary Page Program gives ...
Carver Library goes fine-free

Feb 04
Carver Memorial Library has gone fine-free on all materials, and has forgiven any fines on borrowers' accounts. "We want everyone to be able to ...
Library substitutes food for fines in February

Feb 04
Throughout February, Belfast Free Library will waive overdue fines for patrons who donate non-perishable food items. All donations will go to the ...
Horticulturist to speak at garden club meeting

Feb 04
Selecting the right plant for a given location can be challenging; the public is invited to learn more about this process at a talk Tuesday, Feb. ...
MOFGA program receives funding

Feb 04
The Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program, a joint effort of Farm Credit East, Yankee Farm Credit and CoBank, recently provided funding to ...
UMC begins accepting 2019 grant applications Feb. 4

Jan 18
United Midcoast Charities will begin accepting grant applications for the organization's 2019 grant cycle Monday, Feb. 4. The deadline for all ...

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