Heroin use in Knox County is a major problem affecting more than 10% of our population. It affects business owners, store owners, secretaries, lobstermen, carpenters, painters, landscapers, waitresses, bartenders. computer programmers, several mental health...
Camden and Rockport used to be one town. But 125 years ago they split up over a bridge between Camden and Rockport. Now again the towns of Camden and Rockport are now locked in a blood feud. There will be a blood drive competition, the respective select boards will...
The original Wild Rufus was a good boy (and a great CD and record shop), but now a new dog is in town, again with Matt Brown. Manny's CD's, Vinyl and Other Cool Stuff sits at 25 Mechanic St. in Camden, next to the Bagel Cafe. Keeping with the tradition of naming a...
Or so the saying goes. It hasn't always been peachy between the two towns. Did you know that Rockport once launched four-masted ships into its deepwater harbor before cheering crowds that numbered in the thousands? That the town once bustled with smoky industry, from...
Author Neal Evan Parker was born in Brooklyn in 1956. While sailing the waters of New England as a teenager, he became devoted to traditional sailing vessels. By the age of 20 he was a licensed captain, and in the years that followed he skippered over a dozen...
Nothing beats getting up in the morning with strong black coffee or great live music on The Chris Wolf Show. On Monday, February 8, 2016, you'll get both! Our guests on the show were our old friends, the bluegrass band Miners Creek from Rockport with lots of great...
Mainers are notorious for wearing more than one hat. Maynard Stanley of Owls head has worn many, many hats. He's been a steel worker, a gunsmith, a donut maker, a tomahawk and knife throwing instructor, run a confetti gun business, a videographer, a tv host, a...
Tom Dowd has been the voice of the U.S. National Toboggan Championships for more than a years now, having been originally handed the microphone by the National’s founder, Ken Bailey, between breaks. Now a full time gig during race weekend, Dowd has seen it all, and...
A lot of times we hear Maine is not conducive to business. And in many ways it isn't. But there are success stories as well. For instance, story about two people who came together and made a great team. Wayne started in school bussing when he was 19 years old in...
Midcoast Maine is the home of a lot of famous people and things. One of these is the doughnut! The invention of the doughnut is usually attributed to Hanson Crockett Gregory, a sea captain born in Rockport, Maine. In fact there is a plaque to his birth and his...