When you hear the word “Arctic,” what comes to mind?

Is it ice and snow and rocks? Is it polar bears and vast stretches of whiteness?

Do you feel a connection to the Arctic?

Before we go any further, does everyone agree on what geographic place the Arctic references? Some would say that the Arctic is the region of the globe encompassed by the mass at the top of the world above the Arctic Circle—a region essentially defined as the area where the sun never sets on the summer solstice and never rises on the winter solstice. Most ecologists and biogeographers define the Arctic region as the area

Town of Rockport, I'm confused.

I’ve known Glen “Chip” Curry for over a decade, but more importantly, so have my kids. Senator Curry has taken special care to visit “inland” Waldo County, making regular visits to support schools and meet with students. He has made state government visible and local to my kids who attend RSU 3 schools.

Senator Curry shows up throughout Waldo County, whether it's the Common Ground Fair, a local barbeque, or another community event, he makes sure to be present and available to us all.  

We need forward-thinking, well-reasoned approaches that unite us. Chip works collaboratively to support

I support Chip Curry’s reelection for Senate District 11 representing Waldo County.  Most fundamentally, he’s a good guy who takes the job seriously.  When I’ve written to him in years past about bills that matter to me, I have received warm, personal and timely responses.  

He has good tenure in Augusta and understands how the legislative process works.  His service as the chair of Housing and Economic Development Committee, as well as his seat on the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, are roles that directly affect folks in Waldo County.

In particular, housing affordability

In praying for our local community, I often pray more for good teachers, doctors, lawyers, and community leaders, rather than the systems they serve.  As a few good doctors or teachers will elevate even a mediocre system, but a great organization with incompetent people does not thrive.

I write in support of Rhiannon Hampson, who is running for State Representative in District 43.

She is one of those who I celebrate as an answer to such prayers. Over the course of this campaign cycle, I have gotten to know her and have been extremely impressed with her understanding of the position she seeks

Since 1964, October has been designated as National Cooperative Month by the US Department of Agriculture, and here in Maine, this business model translates into resiliency, inclusiveness and success for communities all over the state, one of the most vibrant in the country in terms of cooperative culture.

From grocery stores to utility companies, housing developments to dairy farming, Maine boasts a wide variety of co-ops, businesses that are owned, controlled and operated by their members. By acting as collectives, co-ops can provide a better network of support for workers, farmers

This is not a joke, I am dead serious.

The same kind of dead as your private property rights will be if the amendments to Rockport's town ordinances are somehow approved by our residents on November 3.

If you are interested enough, you can either go to the Rockport Town Office during operating hours (!), or wade through these steps on the Rockport town website.  Don’t bother to use the search engine of the town website, it has been ineffective for years.

I write frequently about accepting change, but honestly, I do not like it very much. In the last 26 years of my professional career, I have held three positions, and it took a lot for me to transition. After eight years with the state, an offer of a position which would allow me to use my post-graduate degree drew me to work for a private agency. Six years later, when that agency was purchased by a larger company, I took the risk of striking out on my own.

The first office I rented in downtown Camden only lasted a year, before I was invited by a colleague to join them in a suite of offices on

Countless times, we’ve driven past the big, white farmhouse next to the long, red milking barn in the center of our favorite local grassland. But a few days ago, we saw a peculiar sight: a red-tailed hawk perched on the mailbox on the roadside at the end of the driveway to the farmhouse.

A large hawk sitting on top of a four-foot high mailbox beside the road is kind of startling. Many hawks hunt by sitting in places that afford them a great, wide view of the place where their potential prey resides. When they spot the prey, they can drop quickly down to try to plunge their sharp talons in and

As we struggle with climbing sky-high food, gas and diesel prices, while dreading the winter fuel oil price shock from illegal wars and tariffs Congress could have stopped, and as neighbors get kidnapped and killed by masked ICE, we think it's time to ignore the lies and unite to vote IN Troy Jackson as our Senator.

We need to start the path to affordability, accountability, and constitutionality. 

Thankfully, Troy Jackson stepped up to bat — a working-class leader whose record proves his support for workers, women, families and retirees. The AFL-CIO is one among many groups strongly endorsing

The Dolly Parton Imagination Library provides enrolled children, newborn to age 5—free of charge to the parents— a specially selected, age-appropriate book mailed directly to their home every month. What a wonderful gift Dolly has left! It’s a gift not only to the children, but to all of us, as studies prove that reading to preschoolers results in better reading, thinking, problem-solving, language and communication skills—in short, the skills Waldo County needs for the future. 

There is no cost to the family for the books, but there is a cost. While the national organization pays for overhead

Welcome September! As summer turns to fall and political campaigns heat up, one race stands out: The campaign to reelect Senator Susan Collins.  This fall, Maine voters have a clear choice: Reelect Senator Collins, a gal from Caribou with deep roots in Maine.

I first met Senator Collins four decades ago when she led the U.S. Small Business Administration in New England. If you have owned or worked for a Maine small business, you likely benefited from initiatives led by Senator Collins to help small businesses grow and succeed. As a leading Senator during the COVID19 pandemic, Senator Collins

No Rockport neighborhood deserves to be treated this way by town employees.

As our trusted Majority Leader and then President of the Maine state Senate for over 10 years, Troy Jackson showed Mainers that he will fight to lower prescription drug costs, expand health care access, ensure that public school students receive free meals, protect unions and Maine’s hard-working women and men, and champion reproductive rights. When I look back at all he has achieved for Maine, it gives me great confidence that he can do the same for all of us in Washington. 

It is past the time for a pivot in our country. I know that Troy Jackson, with his commitment to getting dark money out

My name is Tom Wagner and I am running for County Commissioner in Waldo County District 1 [Belfast, Belmont, Islesboro, Lincolnville, Northport and Waldo].

Taxes are  too high and seem to be headed higher. The current Board of Commissioners is looking for another increase to the budget (as much as 20%) on top of last year's increase. I am firmly opposed to this.

For me, the issue is not Republican or Democrat, it's the budget. They are spending more money than the average family can afford in property taxes.

If you don't want to see your tax bill continue to grow, vote for me. Above all

The September sun was hanging low over the trees as I pulled into the student parking lot at Camden Hills Regional High School Friday, Sept 18. It was 5:30 p.m. and the place was already filling up. I pulled on my Camden Hills Windjammers sweatshirt, something I never would have worn during my own time as a student, and made my way to the field.

Homecoming. A tradition of welcoming back alumni, the former members of the community. The complex off of Route 90 is not the school I attended. I went to Camden Rockport High School, on Knowlton Street, where the beautiful new Camden Rockport Middle