We're writing this letter to…
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I have spent many years in our current middle school facility [Camden-Rockport Middle School], first as a fifth grader in the…
HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION CHEERLEADING
WALDOBORO — There has been a debate about the fact if cheerleading is a sport or not. If you watch the Medomak Valley cheerleader squad and take a minute to watch them with an open mind, the…
Alex Armentrout: opinion
This memo outlines the history of the Camden Rockport Middle School (CRMS) construction project. No position is taken with respect to the approval of this…
An open letter to Cape Air
Dear Linda Markham, Chairman of the Board, CapeAir Airlines: The 9 a.m., Dec. 16 flight from Guanajuato, Mexico, was canceled, preventing me…
A special bond between an elderly gentleman and a young girl
Taylor Mazurek had so much compassion, kindness, caring and love for all people and animals.
Taylor also had a very special friend who lived in an old sea captain’s house on Main Street in…
Opinion
Rockport is engaged in a passionate debate about the future of our library, and on November 4, voters have the opportunity to weigh in. The Library Committee, Select Board, and hundreds of…
Opinion
Late one afternoon a few months ago, I was walking near Sweet Sue's Confections Cafe in …
Last fall, as I was playing with my youngest grandson, he was beaming up at me with a look of complete trust and joy in being…
Meet with Patrick Woodcock, Director of Governor's Energy Office
Watershed School's global climate change class spent six weeks researching the question; What would it take for Maine to be carbon neutral by 2050? Their report was posted on the Maine Climate…
Dear Northport Voter,
We're writing to ask you to vote "yes" on Northport's withdrawal from Regional School Unit 20, on Nov. 4. A yes vote on the withdrawal question will ensure that the…
Opinion
The old Tannery site on Washington Street in Camden has sat essentially abandoned for years, taken over by the town for nonpayment of back taxes. A significant portion of the property was…
We are all better for knowing him
I struggle for words as I attempt to grapple with the death of Dr. Jim Laurita. I knew Dr. Jim for more than 20 years, having met him when I was a kid and he joined the practice at the Camden…
Dear reader, I know this isn't a happy subject
I recently attended an all-day workshop sponsored by local health care providers, which focused on doing the detailed planning for one's "end of life…
Opinion; Anonymous People, Sept. 16, Belfast
The attempt to elicit pleasure by stimulating the brain’s feel-good centers in pursuit of the next buzz, the next high, is a quest that regrettably is a chase…
BIDDEFORD — Maine is receiving national attention it doesn't necessarily want: a terrible review of the poor quality of Internet services available in the state, and as a result, serious questions…
Opinion
I'm heading out to Michigan to spend time with my mother. She's…
Opinion: Manufacturers would be required to report their use of the hormone-disrupting chemicals in household products
More than 70 parents, physicians, business owners, and public health professionals overflowed the hearing room at the Maine Department of…
The Natural Resources Council of Maine is deeply disappointed in today's Board of Environmental Protection vote, which would allow the Dragon Cement Company in…
And dock spiders on Megunticook
Sadly, for all the wonderful things we enjoy in spring and summer here in Maine, it's also the time we welcome back some immeasurably undesirable guests. I'm…
Heard on the Harbor
Q: What is the most delicious food you’ve ever eaten?
A: Chocolate ice cream. There is only one flavor in the world. All others pale in comparison.
-Joel…
Opinion
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Only five (almost six) months on the job as the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Adam Silver is on his way to becoming the greatest commissioner in…
The main feature of Maine soil is rocks, stones, boulders, and ledge
A glint in the clod of dirt, and I lift it out, a shard of glass, faux cut glass from what could be my mother's sugar bowl. Only hers is sitting safely in the kitchen, full of sugar. I slip the…
Opinion
It is said that the only constant in life is change, and healthcare is no different than any other aspect of our lives. Healthcare is undergoing monumental…
Opinion: towns can expand oversight of ancient burying grounds
A heavily amended LD 1662, “An Act to Clarify the Laws Governing the Maintenance of Veterans’ Graves” was signed by the governor and will be come law on August…
Opinion
As young physicians, we moved here in 1978 from excellent hospitals in the Chicago area. We were impressed by the high quality of Pen Bay Medical Center's physicians who would be our colleagues.…
Opinion
Nearly two years ago, the launching of Coastal Farms and Food, Inc. (CFF) in Belfast was greeted with widespread fanfare and enthusiasm. It was, after all, the area's first food processing…
Joyce Boaz on Gift from Within
When I established Gift From Within in 1993 many people asked me what PTSD is and why it needs a support organization.
My response: I help people learn about posttraumatic stress disorder…
Opinion
It may be easy to use a calculator to answer the question of whether or not to outsource School Administrative District 28 custodial services as a…
Ongoing conversation; public encouraged to participate
Recently, there have been several articles written in the paper regarding standards-based education in the Camden-Rockport and Five Town CSD school districts.…
Opinion: Planting seeds for healthier future
ROCKPORT — Three dozen residents recently gathered at a West Rockport home to explore how best to address Maine’s need for healthy food and water in the face of…
I won’t give up. I have too much worth fighting for
Where to begin? This has turned into quite the journey that I never would have expected for my life. I am a homemaker, a worker, a mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, a woman. I like…
opinion
2014 marks the 10th anniversary of Mainers voting to require that the…
Pilot Distractions
We asked Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors if we could reprint something Associate Publisher Dave Getchell found on Maine’s Craigslist:
Worst Boat Ad ever? So it's been a long winter and some…
This week, I got to see something pretty spectacular followed by something predictably unoriginal.
I’m visiting family in Cincinnati, Ohio, and yesterday I went to the Cincinnati Museum…
Learning patience, and placing trust in God’s hands
The loss of one’s child is a mother’s worst nightmare. I’ve always thought that and I still do. But hearing the words…
Pilot Distractions
Let this be a cautionary tale for every man who fails to bring home his woman beer.
…
ADRIFT
I'm not much for reading nonfiction in my off hours. When I'm relaxing, I'm looking for diversion and romance. I get in and out of my email and Facebook streams as fast as I can, completing tasks…
belfast residents tell roaming camera what they want in a mayor
BELFAST – This is my first time voting for mayor in this town.
I grew up here in Belfast, and have continued to live…
Pilot Distractions
Hey, if your daughter really wants to dress up as a princess this Halloween, that’s cool. Kids should feel free to dress up as whatever and whomever they want (though I am so over the…
Produce distributed to 20 churches, kitchens, nonprofits
Most of you are familiar with the Garden Project that the Maine Coastal Regional Reentry Center operates on Route 141 in Swanville. A brief history of the garden would be that it was developed…
Heard on the Harbor
Q: What are your favorite kinds of books to read?
A: Woodworking books mostly because I like working on furniture.
-Kerry Lambertson
Unity, Maine
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Heard on the Harbor
Q: Do you swear in front of your parents?
A: Not my parents, but I’m a high school baseball coach and sometimes I swear at the parents—but never in front of the kids…
Heard on the Harbor
Q: Do you believe in love at first sight?
A: Absolutely. When you see a new puppy, don’t you fall in love? When you see a beautiful garden, don’t you fall in love?…
Heard on the Harbor
Q: If you could hang out with a character from a book all day, who would that be? A:Why Rhett Butler, of course. On this hot, steamy, Atlanta day, I’d have to tell Scarlett, “Honey, Scarlett, you…
Heard on the Harbor
We just like to ask people random questions sometimes to see what answers we get
Q: Do you remember your last dream?
A: I dreamt that I found a journal that I’d…
On Aug. 22, I wrote a widely-shared article about one of the factors that increase the risk for suicide for adolescents (media contagion). I shared that I was motivated to do this because I have…
