Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) and SCORE Maine will co-host a workshop entitled “Creating a Website to Help Your Business Grow” on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 from 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM at EMDC, 40 Harlow Street, Bangor. Speakers Mike Jandreau and Cintia Miranda from Pulse Marketing Agency will discuss...

Dr. Peter Copithorne of Frenchman Bay Orthopedics will present a free orthopedic health forum, “Hip and Knee Pain; Options for Your Aching Joints” on Monday, September 12, 2016 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the classroom at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital. This forum will discuss both surgical and non-surgical treatment options for aching...

Camden National Bank, through The Bank of Maine Charitable Foundation, is reminding local nonprofits to get their nominations in for the 2016 Leaders & Luminaries Award competition. The statewide search honors four of Maine’s leading nonprofit board members and presents them with cash awards for their organizations. The deadline for...

Healthy Acadia’s first annual “Hungry for Health” campaign kicked off to a great start last week thanks to Flexit Café & Bakery and generous community members. On Wednesday, August 3, Flexit Café & Bakery, located at 192 Main Street in Ellsworth, hosted the first “Hungry for Health 2016” event and...

Healthy Acadia is excited to offer Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0 programming and resources for communities in Hancock and Washington counties. Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0 is a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program developed in 2006 by the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center and implemented in partnership with MaineHealth. Let’s...

The Grand in Ellsworth announces that all Grand Gift Certificates will expire after December 31st 2016, due to a changeover in the gift certificate system. Anybody who is currently holding a Grand (paper) gift certificate or a Grand Gift Card must redeem them by December 31, 2016. After December 31,...

At the end of the third quarter of its fiscal year, Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) closed its 38th loan to support 24 businesses in Maine. These loans totaled $6.1 million and leveraged an additional $6.5million, creating or retaining 111 jobs. On June 30th, EMDC closed a loan with Main Street...

Hancock County Technical Center (HCTC) is proud to announce that Media student Connor Petros has received 1st place in the High School Narrative Category for the Maine Student Film and Video Festival for his entry, “Main Street”. As the 1st place winner in the Narrative Category, Connor will receive a trophy,...

The summer is going way too fast. Once again it is nearly time for school to begin. As you may know, WHCA administers a program that helps low income families from Hancock and Washington counties with backpacks and school supplies. We have approximately 125 to 150 students from grades K-12...

The Schoodic Arts Festival is fast approaching and along with our 26 performances and 80 different workshops being offered in Winter Harbor from August 1-14, we are thrilled to showcase evening performances every night of the Festival at the historic Hammond Hall. These performances start at 7pm, are just $5 each...