Question: how is salmon like money?
Answer: According to the Belfast City Council, there is no difference.
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Letter to the editor
Because accurate and timely information from legitimate healthcare providers is essential for making the best choices for ourselves and our families, we have become increasingly concerned about…
Like many in our community, the leaked Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade filled me with sadness and fear. Though the news didn’t come as a total surprise, it did…
opinion
To date. It has been an active few months. The Save the Dam Falls Committee was formed in July 2021, when it became obvious that the town government — by which we mean the Camden Select Board and…
Want to see our energy costs for Rockland shrink? Want flooding addressed? Want federal and state infrastructure money to come to Rockland? Want follow through on the 2019 Rockland Council…
Letter to the editor
The race for peak innovation and technological advancements globally is on, and America’s greatest competitors like China are on a fast track to advancing their STEM sectors and innovation. To…
opinion: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 marked the beginning of our collective awareness that we face an environmental crisis and that we must fight to protect our planet. Over the next 52 years,…
What are they afraid of? What has made the Camden Select Board so afraid that they are willing to abandon their commitment to democracy, and break the law,…
From the Maine Senate
As I speak with families across Lincoln County about the challenges they’re facing, one thing I’m hearing time and again is the difficulty of…
Letter to the editor
I’m writing in support of the Camden Select Board’s decision to reject two petitions from town voters about Megunticook River restoration. One petition would require the preservation of the…
Letter to the editor
As gardening season gets underway, I hope that home gardeners will be alert to the possible presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in fertilizer, topsoil, and compost products that…
opinion
Some laughed. Some scoffed. Others cried foul. Names called. NIMBY. Tree huggers. Homeless haters. Flooding is a joke. Hate spewed on all sides of the aisles. Derision. Sarcasm. Eyes rolling. You…
letter to the editor
Who lives in the long grass? I like a tidy garden and a mowed lawn. Cleaning up winter leaves, sticks, and old grass is so tempting to do as soon as the weather is inviting enough to begin…
opinion
Let me clarify my positions on some recent matters that have come before the Camden Select Board.
As often happens when…
Letter to the editor
Spring is in the air, and with it outdoor activities, including bicycle riding. With the growing popularity means even…
The numbers are in. The Federal Trade Commission released its annual compendium of fraud reports from last year, and the news is shocking. Over the past three years,…
guest column
Ten years ago this month Camden Hills…
letter to the editor
I fully agree with “Jack Bauer’s” recent comment on many of his points, specifically that Camden is a beautiful town and has been a beautiful town for a very long time. [Read comment at the end of…
On the surface the Belfast fish factory looks like a business proposal that might be in Maine's best interest. Under the surface it is an obvious disaster that has found a place to happen. If it…
opinion
I would like to say, enough is enough!
Over my 21 years of service to our community I have had the opportunity to work with good people from both Camden and Rockport. We didn't…
As Pen Bay Pilot readers will know, Nordic Aquafarms, a Norwegian company, wants to build a vast $500 million land-based industrial fish farm in Belfast.
But Central Maine Power's Midcoast…
Letter to the editor
I am a Camden resident for the last 42 years, and I read your article about affordable housing with interest. I notice that you mentioned the rising cost of homes due to COVID and the economic…
From the Maine Senate
If you’ve been keeping up with the news lately, you’ve likely heard a lot of talk about PFAS. PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of chemicals found in many products…
former students stepping into the role as adult mentors
This week is “AmeriCorps Week” – a time we recognize the AmeriCorps Members who are here serving our community. Every year, it’s a privilege to bring new AmeriCorps Members into our work. They…
Letter to the editor
After two years of caring for our community in pandemic conditions, it seems more appropriate than ever to recognize Certified Nurses Day this Saturday, March 19. Celebrated by health care…
The proponents of removing Montgomery Dam are selective in their facts or dismiss them altogether. They are continually mentioning the flooding in downtown Camden. The FEMA 100 year storm flood…
Letter to the editor
When the truth seems so elusive, who and what can we trust? In our day to day lives we learn who “has our back,” who is upfront, capable and steadfast. We learn to dismiss those who belie reason,…
Opinion: Mark Fourré
It was two years ago this past weekend that the fear of the coming pandemic manifested itself in the form of Maine’s first documented case of COVID-19. Since then, more than 227,000 people in…
Broadway is a residential street dividing a distinguished and historic…
The Megunticook River has words flowing in all directions, most about the fate of the Montgomery Dam, which is not in good condition. What is done with this one dam affects the entire river, the…
for America to remain free, it must honor and remember the brave
One hundred and three years ago, the American Legion was founded in Paris, France, the “City of Lights,” by a group of committed U.S. veterans of the Great War. It has been a shining light for…
Letter to the editor
With the second session of the Legislature in full swing, I am happy to see that LD 174, An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Ending Hunger by 2030 Advisory Group, is moving forward out…
letter to the editor
In Maine’s rural communities, people care about each other. You know your neighbors’ names, their stories, and they know yours. That’s why it’s hard to ignore the toll that tobacco use…
Letter to the editor
Every Winter is followed by Spring. The long, long winter of Covid has spanned over two years of daily hardship and heroism by our community’s life saving, life sustaining, and end-of-life caring…
Letter to the editor
To anyone who sponsored, visited, supported, participated, or played a role in this past weekend's Belfast Ice Festival and State of Maine Ice Carving Championships in downtown Belfast, Maine,…
I think the writer of last week’s letter to the editor “Let’s resolve the Dam and Falls issue” has the issue a little backwards.
Letter to the editor
The purpose of this letter is to express some of the public’s concerns as they relate to the stormwater management plan and other aspects of the proposed Maine Housing Authority, Knox County…
Letter to the editor
Congratulations to the City of Belfast for securing an agreement from Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey under which Frey will stop defending the Harriet L. Hartley Conservation Area if the City…
Seacoast Security says it is ready
MIDCOAST – Happy with that phone service, alarm service, or electronic features on your car? If you still have a Blackberry, uh oh. That…
opinion: Phil Crossman
I enjoy serious discussion and once found it in political debate, serious consideration of issues about which there was substantive disagreement.
…
opinion
Like T.S. Eliot, who declares at the beginning of his great “Dry Salvages” poem that he does “not know very much about Gods,” I do not know very much about trees. But also like Eliot, who…
Is there a chance you’ve forgotten about an old bank account? Maybe you moved and never got your utility deposit back? If so, you may be on the state’s unclaimed…
Letter to the editor
I registered to vote in 1961, just before entering the service. My Dad was a World War II vet and a very proud Republican.…
Letter to the editor
The time is now for our community attention to Camden priorities.
For some time, our Town…
opinion
It can be difficult to watch a loved one being abused, especially if they are a teenager.
It…
From the Maine Senate
It’s important to me to know what folks in our community are struggling with, so late last year I sent out a survey to every household in my district asking you to let me know what challenges you’…
opinion
Winter trees can sometimes look like second homes abandoned for warmer climates during the coldest months. However, they just know more about wintering and taking stock than we do. They are…
a note to the community
Sundog Outdoor Expeditions would like to thank all the hearty plungers and the community supporters for a wildly fun polar plunge on Saturday, February 5 as part of Camden’s Winterfest celebration…
As an abutting property owner and Rockland taxpayer, I am opposed to providing a conditional Waterfront 1 zone permit for Sharp's Point so that they may sell their property to their nonprofit Sail…
Opinion
In 2002, my husband and I rescued a near-teardown 1850s house in Rocklalnd. Harold Simmons from code enforcement told us that he had thought that he would not live long enough to see one of these…
