With the beginning of the new year exciting transformations are happening at Watts Hall in Thomaston. Resulting from the conscientious and collaborative efforts of Watts Hall Community Players,…
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The Knox County Fire Training Academy proudly announces the successful completion of its 2025 Firefighter I & II class. This dedicated group of 16 students, representing towns across Knox…
Ken Gricus recently received a special award honoring his 52 years as a Rockland Rotarian, with 50 years of Perfect Attendance.
Gricus joined Rockland Rotary in 1972 at the invite of Ed…
From the assistant editor
Sarah Cherry would have turned 47 last May. Thirty-five years ago this summer, the 12-year-old Bowdoin girl was tortured and killed in her hometown. Late the next winter, a jury in Rockland…
‘we pledge to make right the master of might’
Milton J. Foreman was a distinguished general, a WW I hero and a founder of The American Legion. In 1921, Foreman provided a roadmap for service and national unity in an Armistice address at the…
From the assistant editor
I was going to do my usual cheerleading. After all, it’s a beautiful time of year on our beautiful Midcoast. It still will be next week.
Let’s take a moment to talk about our nation’s…
Tour Lewiston, Auburn, Farmington, Skowhegan – and everything in between
Freezing rain was falling in Augusta as I grabbed my box lunch and boarded a bus, bound for three days in Central and Western Maine. I wasn’…
Dear Editor,
Stories about the opiate addiction epidemic appear…
Opinion
Dear Five Towns Community,
It is my pleasure to write this letter as we enter the 2014 football season, our tenth season of actually having youth football in Camden, Rockport, Hope,…
If no one wins, the jackpot could soar to almost $1 billion
Lottery officials announced that the most recent Powerball Jackpot had reached a record $600 million. How much higher it will go is hard to say, but it is unlikely to top the record MegaMillions…
