Stonington hosts “Home for the Holidays” for the third year in a row

Verona Wine and Bistro cooks up community spirit and focuses on helping those in need this holiday season.

Santa Claus caught a ride to a local holiday fair on the back of a Penobscot fire truck.

The annual local bird count is happening on Dec. 14. Here’s what to keep an eye out for—and why you might be seeing the birds that appear.

Bucksport businesses are hosting a “shop-hop” to draw in customers. The town will also host its annual Parade of Lights on Dec. 13.

Nature writer Kimberly Ridley discusses what makes chickadees so unique.

Poinsettia deliveries across the peninsula, Penobscot Masons spruce up town hall, and a poitato that wanted to be a turkey for Thanksgiving.

Volunteers at the East Blue Hill Library bake up tasty pies to raise funds.

A look at what people are thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Castine’s newest StoryWalk book celebrates indigenous history.

Brooklin weighs options for taking over a church and adjacent building.

Additional deer hunting permits are now available, with geographic restrictions.

GSA seniors paint their parking spots, while Deer Isle-Stonington students compile a wish list for their island.

A new steeple waits to be placed on top of the church tower at Reversing Falls Sanctuary.

An initiative by a local track coach has led high school students to pick up the hobby of birding.

Brooklin resident Steve Hindy, a former journalist and co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery in New York, has written a book about the immigrant experience of his Lebanese grandfather in West Virginia.

A Blue Hill architecture firm has won a national award for design.

Eliot Coleman has a new book out on organic farming.

Stonington man shows The Rising Tide the car of his dreams, a 1977 Trans Am in the latest story from The Hood Scoop.

The Winter Market returns to Blue Hill after a five-year hiatus prompted by the Covid pandemic.