Camden voters are not in a position to make an informed decision on the future of the Montgomery Dam. We need as a…

In the kerfuffle of last week’s Knox County Commissioners meeting, I fear my reasons for voting against Rockport’s Midcoast Internet Development request of $750,000 from the American Rescue Plan…

With federal grant money coming into the State of Maine, Midcoast Internet and its far- reaching Coalition of regional municipalities support the Town of Rockport’s Broadband Pathway Project. The…

In their meeting of September 13, Camden’s Charter Commission members voted unanimously (8-0-1 absent) to approve their Final Report and their…

My mother-in-law was the one who always saw that graves had flowers on them on Memorial Day.

She said, “When I die I bet no one else will do this.” She was right and I need to do better in…

The following is a transcript of a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills: 

Maine’s “Rainy Day” Fund, otherwise known as the Budget Stabilization Fund, is our state’s…

The following is a transcript of a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills: 

The US CDC recently reported that more than 93,000 people died from drug overdoses nationwide…

A citizens’ group of Camden residents held its first meeting July 21 to gather information on how best to preserve Montgomery Dam and the waterfall at the head of Camden Harbor.

The…

The following is a transcript of a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills: 

The Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan — which is modeled on the advice of experts and is backed by…

In Defense of Animals is condemning the sentencing of former Rockland Police Officers Mike Rolerson and Addison Cox, who beat porcupines…

Direct democracy is not efficient. Anyone who has tried to get things done with open public participation -- even at small-town level -- knows that. Turning the responsibility over to legislators…

The Midcoast Maine Reparations Collective is pleased to report that our recent event, Jams for Justice, was a resounding success. Thanks to everyone who supported and attended the event, we were…

When we feel secure in our environment, we have a sense of steadiness and security. But when surrounded with misinformation, fear and anxiety, we can feel the earth trembling under our feet.…

I do not know anyone who put off gathering their day-to-day essentials during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

The vote on June 8 in Rockport, Camden, and Thomaston can move Midcoast Internet forward as a nonprofit regional municipal utility and create its legal entity, the Midcoast Internet Development…

The late winter and spring of 2020 was a time we would rather forget:  A new virus causing widespread severe illness in faraway places.…

Even decades ago, when I was just in grade school and a trip the Smiling Cow in Camden was an exhilarating adventure, I knew the town was someplace special.

I grew up spending my summers in…

The voters in Camden and Rockport can take the first step in creating a community-owned municipal utility for affordable, high-speed internet connectivity. …

For far too long, our government has done too little to support working families. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of U.S. children were living in poverty, and the pandemic has only…

It is with great pride that, until my retirement last year, I taught instrumental music in Camden and Rockport for 36 of my 38-year teaching career.   …

In the early 1970s, as a student at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, I celebrated one of the first Earth Days. Along with my classmates, we were passionate about the world around us and…

When former Town Manager Richard C. Bates retired in June 30, 2019, he told me all he wanted for a retirement gift was a tree.

Well, at the time, all we could give him was this plaque, but…

The recent article in the PenBay Pilot on a prospective parking lot in Rockport Village has some misleading information for the Rockport voters.

A TIF (tax increment financing) is used to…

What a grueling time it has been for all of us as a result of the pandemic. However, in public education, there have been some curious upsides --  many silver…

The Sea Change column that I wrote about Central Maine Power was…

Under Federal Statutes and Maine law, video service providers in Maine have an obligation to support community  access television stations.  Called Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG)…

In responding to …

Few need a reminder that this past election cycle strained, if not broke, the public’s trust in our election system. The degree to which election issues are still discussed today, over three…

The following is a transcript of a weekly radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills:

Saving lives and preventing serious illness and suffering has been my fundamental goal…

We are often told throughout our lives that life itself, through its many twists and turns, can be cruel, unforgiving, and simply unfair. In the early morning hours of February 25, life proved…

A safe, secure home is a fundamental need, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the pandemic has made the housing situation even tougher for many Mainers, with more than 5,000 Maine men,…

Dear friends,

Friends, I wanted to write to you to provide an update about some of the work that is happening in the Legislature in the last couple of weeks and what’s ahead for us.

Like all of you, I want to get our state back on track. I want to get people back to work. I want to diversify our economy too, in the long run providing good-paying jobs in every corner of this…

In today’s world, it is hard to discern truth from opinion, or fact from calculated lies. We rely on the press helping us navigate this. The fact is that in 2020 a very encouraging uptick in right…

A buyout of Central Maine Power (CMP) and its fellow power distributor Versant by a consumer-owned utility is about to come back up before the Maine legislature, thanks to the persistence of Rep.…

U.S. Senator Susan Collins spoke on the Senate floor this afternoon following her vote on the Article of Impeachment.

The full text of her remarks…

Maine’s making good progress on preventing the spread of COVID-19, there’s no question about that. The number of new cases, number of people in the hospital with COVID, the rate of people dying…

We started this process by scheduling the first resident workshop in September 2019. The workshop was scheduled because several Board members received repeated requests by residents to address the…

The challenges of a warming climate is real for Maine’s economy. From tourism to the fishing industry, we must find ways to promote sustainability and help address the effects of climate change.…

Boy I don’t know anybody who doesn’t love a Super Bowl party. And, while I have no favorite, I’ll be very excited to watch the fireworks between Tom Brady, making his tenth Super Bowl appearance,…

Maine is beginning to round the corner on the post-holiday surge of COVID-19.

Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills.

On Thursday, Maine reported a lower positivity rate of 3.64, a…

I’m offering my input into the new short-term rental ordinance in the town of Rockport based on my 15 years with the Rockport Fire Department as a volunteer and as a cofounder of the…