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Art sale nets $5k for Finding Our Voices
Christine Buckley has raised $5,372.00 and counting for her sister-survivors of domestic abuse through an ongoing art sale benefiting Finding Our Voices in her framing store in Camden. Paintings, photographs, and prints (including Wyeth, Welliver, and botanicals) are donated by collectors or the artists themselves and masterfully framed by Christine...
Spring into Summer Dance Party with The Sugar Snaps at Watts Hall Community Arts
THOMASTON — Get ready to welcome the season with an unforgettable evening of music and dancing at the Spring into Summer Dance Party featuring The Sugar Snaps! This exciting event […]
The University of Maine, Augusta holds graduation at Maine State Prison
The University of Maine, Augusta, held its first post-pandemic graduation ceremony this week at the Maine State Prison in Warren. Twenty-one men were recognized with associate and bachelor's degrees in liberal studies. The graduates and their friends and family said the prison education program has changed their lives. It's not...
June exhibition: ‘Nature’s Bond: A Lifelong Dialogue’
The Waldo Theatre, located at 916 Main St., Waldoboro, opens its June art gallery show with two accomplished artists that have created a life-long dialogue through their exploration of handmade paper, printmaking, painting and the natural world. Diana Arcadipone and Susan Hostetler met in art school in Michigan years ago and remain close friends today. This exhibition is a testament to the staying power of this deep creative bond that formed through the making of paper by hand. A lively exchange of ideas has woven in and out of art and life over years of developing an art practice, travel and family.
On the issues: Rockport Select Board Candidate Denise Munger
Four candidates are running for two open seats on the Rockport Select Board. Three are competing for two three-year seats, and one is running for a one-year term that opened up when James Annis stepped down last winter for health reason. The three running for the two open seats are...
Forbes: New Exhibition Showcases Never Before Displayed Abstract Works of Andrew Wyeth
"Fog and the White Dory Study" by Andrew Wyeth, circa 1941. Watercolor paper. Abstract Flash: Unseen Andrew Wyeth, a new exhibition at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, showcases the Chadds Ford artist’s never before displayed abstract watercolors, writes Chadd Scott for Forbes. The exhibition is on view...
Belfast Bay Watershed’s June includes water nature outing, Walk and Roll for Conservation
BELFAST — The Belfast Bay Watershed will host several programs in June, an on the water nature outing in Frankfort and an outdoor event focused on conservation in Belfast. All programs are free and open to the public. Saturday, June 8, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Paddle Mendall Marsh...
Route 1 in Searsport opens to two-way traffic for limited time
SEARSPORT, Maine (WABI) - Route 1 in Searsport will be open to two way traffic. Gordon Contracting announced the detour is lifted until Tuesday morning and is encouraging people to visit local businesses there. Construction has made it difficult for travelers and businesses in the area.
MidCoast Public Transportation to increase fees
MidCoast Public Transportation (MCPT) gives notice of a fare increase effective July 1, 2024. “MCPT has operated under the same fare structure for over 25 years and an increase is necessary to help cover operational costs,” said MCPT, in a news release. All MCPT regularly scheduled Town-to-Town service fares...
The un-zoning of Rockland
Several days ago, PenbayPilot.com published a letter from a Rockland resident concerning the City Council’s lack of interest in using the Visualization Tool to show how neighborhoods would look under its multitude of loosened zoning regulations. The same day an article appeared in the Courier Gazette in which a...
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