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Three-car pile up at 17 and 90 snarls traffic in Rockport

ROCKPORT — The crash looked bad for the vehicles involved, but luckily nobody was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon in the three-car crash at the intersection of routes 17 and 90 in West Rockport.
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LL Bean Bootmobile motors through Camden on state parks tour

CAMDEN — Yes, we know. And we even agree. The gigantic foam and fiberglass molded LL Bean Bootmobile is kind of hokey. It ranks up there in hokeyness with the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile, which came to town a few years ago and parked outside the Hannaford.

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Limited parking and one-lane road

Rockland paving the way for a better downtown

ROCKPORT — Work has begun by the Maine Department of Transportation on repaving Main Street in Rockland from Park Street to Maverick Street (McDonald’s). Workers will work at night to minimize disruption to traffic and business in downtown Rockland. Work began Sunday evening at 8 p.m.
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'Tis the season in Rockport: Memorial Day, school budgets and town meeting

ROCKPORT — Observe! Rockport’s Memorial Day Parade will be held Monday, May 27, starting at 11 a.m. next to the Rockport Post Office.
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Baby’s first brawl…

Golden Gails roll over Dreadnaughts, win first meet of the season

ROCKPORT — The Rock Coast Rollers Dreadnaughts took a 140 to 188 loss to RCR's The Golden Gails on Saturday, May 18, at the Midcoast Recreation Center in Rockport.

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A few minutes with proprietor Annemarie Ahearn

Salt Water Farm now in Rockport

ROCKPORT — Salt Water Farm, of Lincolnville fame, has opened a café and market in Rockport at 24 Central St. in the village's Union Hall.
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Police find abandoned vehicle on Penobscot Narrows Bridge, body in river below

PROSPECT — The body of a Holden man was found in the Penobscot River Monday afternoon after a passerby reported an abandoned vehicle on the Penobscot Narrows Bridge connecting Waldo and Hancock counties.
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Skipped town for the winter? Here's some of what's new

Welcome back to Belfast, snowbats!

BELFAST - If summer residents of Belfast share one thing aside from a love of their adoptive city, it might be a subscription to Down East Magazine. For those who don't, there was an article last December about City Councilor and tireless Belfast booster Mike Hurley's attempt to embrace
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Lincolnville police beat

LINCOLNVILLE — Lincolnville Police Department reported the following activity for the period ending May 17, 2013. A summons or arrest does not imply quilt.

April 29
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Teen2Teen VidFest first prize winner Ploypailin Intarawut took creative, abstract approach to the message

Lincoln Academy teen wins $1,000 prize for artistic anti-smoking video

The Teen2Teen VidFest contest rules were pretty straight forward: Any teen from Lincoln County could enter with a 15-, 30- or 60-second public safety announcement video on teens and tobacco use, distracted driving, or bullying.

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What’s next? Ballet parking…

A car wash that was tutu funny

Camden– Rockport Dance Conservatory owner/director Kari Cameron needed a hook to get people to stop for her carwash at Key Bank in the Hannaford Plaza on Saturday, May 19.
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'They worked very hard, did a good job and I don’t think anybody can find a fault with it'

Rockland’s Bartlett Woods celebrates new expansion

ROCKLAND — Bartlett Woods Retirement Community hosted an open house Saturday, May 19, inviting the public to see recent changes.
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$2.2 million capital campaign under way

Thomaston's Pope Memorial Humane Society invests in new shelter

On Saturday, May 18, the Pope Memorial Humane Society of Knox County announced the launch of a capital campaign to generate funding for a new 10,075 square foot animal care facility.
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Monroe man dies in house fire

MONROE — A late-night house fire in Monroe, May 15, has left one man dead, according to Monroe Fire Chief Ken Clements.
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Camden police make arrest in Mechanic Street burglary

CAMDEN — A Lincolnville man is under arrest, charged with burgary and theft of prescription drugs from a Camden resident.
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