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Camden dedicates 2025 Annual Town Report to longtime volunteer Elaine Davis
The Select Board Tuesday night, May 20, announced that the 2025 Camden Town Report would be dedicated to Elaine Davis. A longtime volunteer to the town, especially during elections, Elaine is also recognized for her tireless commitment to several local…
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May 24
Used bike sale to benefit Camden Snow Bowl trails
Sidecountry Sports is holding a Used Bike Sale May 24, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring used and new bikes for children and adults. The bikes represent all types of use: road, gravel, mountain and e-bikes, and there will be a space to test-ride the bikes. Proceeds…
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Camden Select Board Candidate Bobbi Oxton Blake
On June 10, voters in Camden will consider two candidates — Bobbi Oxton Blake and  Christopher Rheault — seeking to fill one open Select Board seat being vacated by current Chair Tom Hedstrom. That seat carries a three-year term. Penobscot Bay Pilot has posed…
Completely new, this umpteenth version of the Land Cruiser, the 250 Series, appeared in the US last year as a relatively compact (though not small) two-row ute with a hybrid gas-electric drivetrain and serious off-road hard- and software. This color is called Meteor Shower.
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Toyota’s ground-pounder reborn: Land Cruiser 4WD Wagon Hybrid
Toyota began selling something called a Land Cruiser about 70 years ago and since then maybe no automotive badge has been applied to as many different vehicles. The first one I knew was the squared-off, flap-fendered, now-iconic FJ40. In August 1979, four of us…
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The tiniest book store in the Midcoast
ROCKPORT — Inside Kelly Hokkanen's pocket-sized used bookstore measuring only 120 square feet, there are vast worlds — and the public is just starting to hear about it. The Tiny Bookshop, sitting at 163 Union Street, is in a little outbuilding on the property she…

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Jeanne Marie (Lynch) King

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Philip C. Morris

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William B. Lowden

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Kim 'Mac' Irwin McFarland, service

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Maine penalties for not wearing a seat belt: first offense $50, second and subsequent offenses $125 and $250 respectively
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As a developer is named for a long anticipated affordable housing project at the McLain School building, in the foreground, the fate of the Lincoln Street Center, in the background, is questioned. (2018 file photo by Sarah Thompson)

ROCKLAND — As the City of Rockland announced its…
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Happy Wanderers to hike Hodson Preserve
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OUT Maine receives 3 grants to expand 'Read the Rainbow' book program
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ROCKLAND — OUT Maine has received three grants to expand its…
Fourth Friday Art Walk in Belfast
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BELFAST — For many years, the Fourth Friday Art Walk in Belfast has established itself as a summer…
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'Letters from Home: collective nostalgia' exhibit in Rockport
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Bigelow Laboratory announces new center in honor of Harold Alfond
Bigelow Laboratory has officially named its 25,000-square-foot expansion, which will revolutionize the institute's solutions-oriented research and education programming, in honor of Harold Alfond. The Harold Alfond Foundation contributed $8 million of support to the new space, which represents a 40% increase in Bigelow Laboratory's campus and includes a versatile, multipurpose forum. Courtesy of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

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New Rockport Sewer Ordinance Task Force meets this afternoon
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Thursday, 05/22
12:52 AM Low 1.02`
7:15 AM High 9.56`
1:18 PM Low 0.33`
7:52 PM High 10.00`
Friday, 05/23
1:55 AM Low 0.44`
8:18 AM High 9.69`
2:14 PM Low 0.16`
8:46 PM High 10.65`
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Thursday, 05/22
12:40 AM Low 0.96`
6:53 AM High 9.01`
1:06 PM Low 0.31`
7:30 PM High 9.42`
Friday, 05/23
1:43 AM Low 0.41`
7:56 AM High 9.13`
2:02 PM Low 0.15`
8:24 PM High 10.03`
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Thursday, 05/22
12:42 AM Low 1.12`
6:48 AM High 9.99`
1:11 PM Low 0.27`
7:28 PM High 10.28`
Friday, 05/23
1:44 AM Low 0.48`
7:52 AM High 10.17`
2:06 PM Low 0.09`
8:23 PM High 10.93`
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Thursday, 05/22
12:35 AM Low 1.11`
6:49 AM High 10.33`
1:01 PM Low 0.39`
7:23 PM High 10.78`
Friday, 05/23
1:36 AM Low 0.46`
7:50 AM High 10.53`
1:57 PM Low 0.19`
8:18 PM High 11.43`
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