Camden, Maine, and its Megunticook…
Opinion
The Maine Connectivity Authority (MCA) received notification that the federal government terminated $35 million of funding to provide digital…
35 motorcyclists killed in traffic crashes in 2024
May marks the beginning of riding season for many motorcyclists here in Maine. It is also Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. The Maine Bureau of Highway Safety would like to remind all motorists…
opinion: A Response to 'Hope Votes, 2025'
As Chair of the Hope School Committee for the past six years, I’ve come to deeply appreciate the seriousness with which our town approaches questions of education and fiscal responsibility. We may…
opinion
On June 10, Camden voters will be deciding on a question important to Camden’s future. It is also one that has generated great debate, strong opinions and even strong emotions, making clarity…
opinion
To the Citizens of Camden,…
Volunteer Maine, the state commission for community service, received notification from the AmeriCorps federal agency late last week regarding the…
opinion
KNOX and LINCOLN COUNTIES — April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Healthy Kids is committed to working with our community to prioritize child and family well-being. We believe that…
opinion
Approximately one dozen or so Islesboro residents joined millions of U.S. citizens and others around the globe Saturday to express their deep concern about President Trump and his chief advisor…
opinion
A Knox County Legislator Town Hall held March 28 in Rockland was a powerful and insightful event.
The Knox County Democratic…
opinion
CAMDEN — When the Rev. Ute Molitor announced her retirement, members and friends of First Congregational Church of Camden, UCC, were all saddened by the pending loss of her deep and wonderful…
opinion
At noon March 22, a sunny Saturday…
Libraries are not just…
On that very day, the route from Camden to Rockland was suddenly alive with the faces and voices of 14 Maine women domestic abuse survivors
CAMDEN — On the day five years ago that businesses all across Maine went dark due to COVID-19, the award-winning Finding Our Voices campaign breaking…
It's a fallacy to think we can keep doing the work of resisting the moves of the current administration without taking the time to process and move through the grief.
We're watching the…
opinion
The following was submitted by Maria Libby, Five Town CSD Superintendent
Transparency, being upfront and honest about our goings-on, and keeping the public well informed…
It was American Legion advocacy that convinced the federal government to create the Veterans Bureau in 1921
For more than a century now, 106 years to be precise, The American Legion has stood as a pillar of strength, service, and unwavering dedication to our nation's veterans. The Legion serves not just…
"under the present Reign which are so notorious to us that we should be glad never to hear of them again"
Long before the United States declared independence on July 4, 1776, the people of the British Colonies in North America were taking sides – Patriots vs. Royalists. Here in the District of Maine,…
opinion
Setting the record straight about plans to convert Camden's yellow school house to workforce housing
The Elm Street School is one of the most iconic buildings in Camden. It has served our community for generations, having been built before the Civil War. Our families are among the many who have…
Loss of federal funding, diminished investor interest and a President Trump anti-offshore wind Executive Order make Maine’s plans for developing a commercial-scale offshore wind manufacturing…
The 1925 Camden Herald reported on April 28 that Camden Garden Club held its first meeting of…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— On Feb. 19, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) scorned the recent firing of 1,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs across the country…
From Washington, D.C.
The following update from Washington, D.C., was sent by Maine's Congressional District 2 U.S. Rep. Jared Golden.
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has made swift,…
opinion
The building at 39 Main Street, which is best known as the former longtime home of Janis Kay’s store Surroundings, may soon be condemned. And if that leads to the building’s removal — which to me…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, said in a Feb. 15 news release that the Trump…
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine's Second District, circulated the following update from Washington, D.C.
Standing up for workers
From Washington, D.C.
The following new release was received from the Office of Senator Angus King, I-Maine:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a hearing before the Senate Armed…
opinion
On February 20, 2024, Governor Janet Mills announced that the State would pursue developing a commercial-scale floating offshore wind manufacturing, assembling and launching facility on…
letter to the editor
I went to the Five Town CSD School Board meeting last night along with 30 or so other exhausted taxpayers wondering what the Board was going to say about the $7.3…
letter to the editor
I've just returned from the board meeting held tonight at Rose Hall Board Room in Camden to speak about the 7.3 million bond referendum that is to appear before all voters on January 14 from…
'I asked her if a sidewalk would help and she raised her hands in the air, as if gesturing toward the heavens'
I heard the sirens and watched the fire department pass by my house on Mechanic Street a little after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, December 4. I often see them return to the station quickly and feel…
opinion
On January 14, residents of…
opinion
On Tuesday, December 3, the Camden Select Board, by a 3-2 vote, countersigned the Special Town Meeting Warrant called for by the Five Town Community School District for January 14, 2025. I spoke…
opinion
The recent announcement by Conservation Law Foundation that they intend to sue Cooke aquaculture is a surprise given the fact that they worked closely with the salmon farmers to develop the…
opinion
Trump voters, after the 2024 elections, during which you reelected treasonous, convicted felon Donald Trump and many of his surrogates down ballot, I am not quite certain how to interact with…
opinion
Everyone blames the farmers. It’s one of the most persistent myths of modern American culture. We are convinced that daylight saving time must have been created to benefit farmers, and no matter…
opinion
Coastal…
opinion, elections 2024
Coming in and out of consciousness, on the ground, confused, someone taking shears to my clothes, naked in the street with EMTs huddled around me. My bicycle was a twisted mass of metal. I had…
Imagine swapping the familiar hum of the classroom for the rustle of leaves and the salty sea breeze. I spent my summer hiking through spruce-fir forests, exploring active tide pools,…
Tribute to a friend
“I believe the greatest Tragedy in human nature is when a person tries to distance Themself from everyone else in the world. If they could only see and feel how we are all connected…
opinion
Recently Paul Goldberger, the influential, former New York Times architecture critic opined: "The most urgent issue is not what people build, but how much they're building; there's too much…
letter to the editor
It was with profound sadness and distress that I read this article in your paper of the likely transaction of selling the Hutchinson Center to a Christian fundamentalist sect that rejects solid…
letter to the editor
Chip Curry stands up, speaks and votes for the people of Waldo County. He knows us. He sees us. Chip has been a tireless advocate for the health and vitality of Waldo…
opinion
This article is part four of the Megunticook River Citizens Advisory Committee’s articles spotlighting …
“His period of history was similar to ours”
Challenges of Hannibal Hamlin’s days are like challenges of today. Hamlin faced the challenges of his time with optimism and service to his country. He believed that every age grew better as it…
