A few months ago, we learned of the proposed short term rental ordinance, and were alarmed at what appears to be an over reach of town authority with no data to back its proposed actions.
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Letter to the editor: Alexander and Maud Abess
With Article 4 now on Rockport’s June 8 ballot to “survey” voters about short term rentals (STR), I have decided to share my personal experience as a homeowner who has occasionally rented our…
Poem: Kendall Merriam
For Jim
Phyllis made an excellent roast beef
something we don’t have often
after polishing the copper kitchen table
I made a batch of buttermilk biscuits
…
Letter to the editor: Wende Newton Walsh
For my 70 years I have loved and cared about this town of my ancestors.
…
opinion
The late winter and spring of 2020 was a time we would rather forget: A new virus causing widespread severe illness in faraway places.…
Letter to the editor
Sophie Romana is running for a seat on Camden’s Select Board continuing her service to the town. Two years ago, she joined the Budget Committee to learn how the town…
The following is the commencement address of University of Maine valedictorian Bailey West of Stockton Springs:
Dear class of 2021, congratulations!
Our college years have…
The following is a transcript of a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills:
Maine’s farmers are near and dear to my heart and to my administration. You know, my…
Opinion
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…
Opinion: Bob Falciani and Debra Hall
The voters in Camden and Rockport can take the first step in creating a community-owned municipal utility for affordable, high-speed internet connectivity. …
Letter to the editor: Lawrence Reichard
Katie Brown's May 17 article on the carbon footprint of industrial aquaculture in Maine states that Nordic Aquafarms, along with two other industrial aquaculture projects, has received "final or…
Letter to the editor: Deb Dodge
The following is quoted from the stated purpose of the proposed addition to our Town’s Police Ordinance:
“…The…
The following is a transcript of a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills:
Seventeen years ago Maine people overwhelmingly voted to require the State to fund 55 percent…
opinion
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…
OP-ED: Future of music education in local schools lies on shoulders of MSAD 28 board
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. …
Letter to the editor: MarIka Kuzma Green
This is a hard letter to write. It s about a my life, lived in a village that I love and how that village is changing and making feel less welcome.
My husband and I lived in our home,…
Letter to the editor: Phil Crossman
Last year, embarrassed on the one hand, broken -hearted and despondent on the other, I abandoned Donald Trump, his astonishing tribe of supplicants and my 50-year-old Republican allegiance and…
Letter to the editor: Sarah Ruef-Lindquist
Loved reading all of this (Welcome back to the Camden area, Snow…
Letter to the editor: Deborah L. Crabtree
I am writing this letter today for the wonderful, kind, nurturing people I grew up with in the tiny yet big-hearted community of South Hope.
We just had two huge losses back to back,…
Letter to the editor: Barbara Mogel
The dots don’t connect for the Habitat for Humanity project on Talbot Ave., Rockland. We ask for transparency on the HfH contracts with the Knox County Homeless Coalition, meaning disclosure of…
Letter to the editor: Phyllis Merriam
There has been much talk around the country and even here in Rockland about defunding police departments. I do not agree with defunding, rather I believe cities and towns need to offer their law…
The following is a transcript for a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills:
By encouraging small business growth, research and development, investing in working families…
The following is a transcript of a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills:
Some years ago there was a young woman who dated a man who was handsome, charming, and she was…
Poem: Kendall Merriam
For Joan
This moon, notoriously pink
big and close
casts its silver light
across Snow’s Shipyard
where Captain Ahab’s whaler
is abuilding
…
Earth Day 2021
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…
Letter to the editor: Marsha Steinglass
Well, here it is the tail end of April, with a town vote slated for June. Still absolutely no response from the Town Manager regarding my pleas to keep the information on…
Letter to the editor: Haunani Wallace
With reference to the article about state and federal unemployment and pandemic relief funds, isn’t it a shame that there are hundreds of thousands receiving unemployment and pandemic relief…
The following is a transcript of a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills:
Spring has come to Maine, believe…
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…
Letter to the editor: Peter Hall
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…
opinion
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…
Dear friends,
The work of a Representative is always predicated on representing the people and the towns that they live in. That’s why I wanted to write to you to share an update about some…
Letter to the editor: Nancy and Billy Ottaviano
We are writing as the owners of a non-owner occupied short term rental in Rockport.
Our first visit to Rockport was in 2016 as short term renters. We instantly fell in love with Rockport…
Letter to the editor: Marsha Steinglass
On February 7, 2021, I alerted the Town Office staff that the search engine on the Town website for the search “short term rentals” was nonfunctional. The Town Manager’s response was…
We are working around the clock to get as many people vaccinated against COVID-19 as quickly as possible.
Right now, more than…
Letter to the editor: Trudy Miller
I am delighted to endorse Breanna Pinkham Bebb in her candidacy for a seat on the Northport Select Board. Breanna is a lifelong Mainer who has been deeply involved in her local community since…
Letter to the editor: Annette Naegle
A Pledge to Rewild. What does this mean? Imagine yards with native grasses, road medians in town with flowers growing and bees and butterflies stopping to eat and rest, the elimination of…
opinion
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)…
Letter to the editor: Steve Byers
The truth is revealed. In 2019, when Nordic Aquafarms discovered it lacked permission to push its effluent discharge pipe through the Belfast intertidal zone, Maine Turnpike Executive Director…
Letter to the editor: Mark Salwasser
I'm writing as a new Belfast resident and an abutter to the proposed Nordic Aquafarm.
I'm disappointed at the adversarial position of both parties as a newcomer to town; people are dug in…
As you may know, at the last Rockport Select Board meeting, three members of the Board agreed that the Board would go back on its most recent decision to table the issue of…
Why don't we see comments on Nordic Aquafarms from folks with graduate degrees in marine ecology?
If NAF were above-board, they'd have tried first in Rockland, which has year-round rail…
The following is a letter from the newsletter of Representative Bill Pluecker, who represents House District 95 of Appleton, Hope, eastern Union, and Warren.
Dear friends,
…
opinion
On March 8, the Select Board of Camden heard from the citizens of Camden regarding the proposed redevelopment of the…
Letter to the editor: Seth Thayer
I am writing with great enthusiasm in support of Breanna Pinkham Bebb’s run for select person for the Town of Northport.
I first met Bre about…
Poem: Kendall Merriam
For Kathleen Harper, MD
She considers every angle
every beat
topped by lovely curly silver hair
over ridiculous pink sneakers
she changed my meds
…
Letter to the editor: Rodney Lynch
I would like to take this opportunity to response to Belfast City Councilor and former Mayor Mike Hurley’s March 3, 2021 letter in the Penobscot Bay Pilot in which he provides advice to the City…
Letter to the editor: Todd Hall
I’m thrilled to offer my support to Breanna Pinkham Bebb for the Northport Board of Selectmen. As a Northport resident I’ve seen Bre’s enthusiasm and creativity in action many times and it is…
