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…

An excellent PenBay Pilot article by reporter Sarah Thompson, with vivid photos, documented Rockland Public Works employees grinding away with our town’s heavy equipment to provide free labor,…

Camden’s Monday-evening pandemic town meeting, under the lights at the Snow Bowl, was historic for several reasons—the socially distant, drive-in-theater aspect being just one. Another was the…

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…

Dear Town Manager and Select Board,

My name is Jan Fish, I have lived in Rockport for 60-plus years. Our small community has always had a warm caring feeling, people caring about their…

Along with millions of Americans, I was moved by the historic Inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris this week.

Among other things, for the first time, children across…

Nearly sixteen years ago to the date, a much younger version of myself traced a homemade poster of Tom Brady ahead of Super Bowl XXXIX.

Behind the colored pencil shavings and oak tag paper…

I am in an interesting position. Having not been involved in any Executive Sessions (ES) discussing the cell tower I am not bound by any confidentiality agreement. That may change this Wednesday.…

Have you asked yourself, 

…

Dear Community,

My name is Chloe Maxmin, and I am the new State Senator representing almost all of Lincoln County, plus the towns of Washington and Windsor in the Maine Senate. I spent the…

 Racism has reared its ugly head at the siege of the United States Capitol, and some are shocked and some, black Americans in particular, are not.

Life goes on, violent, sweet

your son, like my brother, Parker

took his own

unaware of the approaching storm

that threatened the Union

my head aches

My fundamental goal throughout this pandemic has been to save lives, plain and simple. With the introduction of vaccines last month, we received a welcome, critical new tool, and we were ready to…

To the honorable Mayor and fellow city council members: I want to give my complete support to Rockland's Planning Board and its chairman, Erik Laustsen, and applaud his position to not sign off on…

I am writing here so that my neighbors can get to know me better, as they consider how to cast their vote in the special election to the Northport Select Board on April 14.

As your Sheriff here in Waldo County, I want to share with everyone that we are committed to developing committee partnerships and programming for the betterment of our community.

Over the…

Nobody wants this tower, except the third party real estate developer, Bay Communications, who is suing us because our Planning Board rightly rejected…

For more than 50 years I have understood that humans need to reduce their fossil fuel consumption, and that green technology, giving us solar, hydro, and wind power, are great alternative options…

State government cannot be all things to all people all the time. Nor can it solve all the problems or address all the needs of the people of the state. But during emergencies such as the current…

It is my understanding that the Rockland Planning Board did not grant approval for the cell tower to be built on Camden Street. This action comes after a public report by the City Manager of…

On January 6, 2021, people of our nation watched with horror as the U.S. Capitol was overtaken during an attempted insurrection spurred on by the President of this country.

We saw images of…

At this time of year, it's good to reflect. 2020 is on its way out, thankfully, and we are ushering in 2021, but somethings don't change and that is the mission of the Knox County Sheriff's Office…

In December the Maine Climate Council launched its four-year action plan, “Maine Won’t Wait,” a comprehensive vision for addressing the climate crisis.

The plan was developed by a broad,…

This article offers an inside view of organizational structures in Regional School Unit 71. 

I often refer to the…

Well, it has happened: after two decades of writing about this place, and seeing people still react as though life on an unbridged, offshore island is indeed peculiar, and that full-time island…

A year ago we counted down from ten and watched the ball drop, fireworks explode, and confetti fall. We wished our closest friends and family Happy New Year and, with great expectations, we…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills issued Thursday a video statement urging Maine people to be safe tonight heading into the New Year. The video is attached at the end of the post and a transcript is…

Let’s be clear about this. Short-Term Rentals (STRs) are businesses operating without regulation, usually within residential zones. That wouldn’t happen with other types of businesses, because…

A reader in Rockport recently wrote a letter to the editor of the PenBay Pilot and mentioned “the exorbitant increase in my sewer bill.” Maine Water would like to take the opportunity to explain…

Last Monday marked the winter solstice in Maine — the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Every day that follows from now on we slowly regain light until the seasons change.

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Waldo County Technical Center’s annual, “Tis the Season,” an event that provides students of WCTC with food, clothing, and toiletries before the holidays, has been a roaring success due to the…

It is with profound respect and gratitude that we offer our deep appreciation to essential workers.  Thank you, one and all. For your endless months of…

Black Road south in Searsport. The Searsport Chief of Police came to my home to inform me he had three complaints about my sitting in a car on the Black Road.

He said it…

I am writing regarding the exorbitant increase in my sewer bill. I have lived at the same address in Rockport Village for approximately 20 years. For whatever reason, over the past couple of years…

Dear Editor:

After 30 years, the time has come to leave my position as education director for the Department of Marine Resources. I am grateful to past and present administrators for the…

On its website, the Belfast Water District says it is recognized by the State of Maine for protecting its water resources. Well, that's no surprise, given the state's recent endorsement of the…

On Tuesday morning, …

Like so many other nonprofits, our team looked with trepidation at our typical fall fundraiser, the Community Auction, as we decided to make it virtual. Would supporters still bid? Would…

During the uncertainty of a challenging pandemic,  members of the Rockport Select Board have launched an unjustified attack on residents’ property rights that will adversely impact our local…

The following letter was distributed Sunday, Dec. 13 by Islesboro Central School Head of School Charles “Chuck” Hamm. 

Dear ICS Community, 

Islesboro Central School, like so…

I think the COVID thing might be getting to me.  Not that I was ever right, but now I feel like I’m on the fringe more than ever.

Since I don’t…

There is hope on the horizon as we prepare to enter a new year with the COVID pandemic. Three vaccines have been proven safe and effective in numerous clinical trials and they are making their way…

At the request of Belfast City officials, the Black Lives Matter protest from the corner of High and Main Street on Sunday, 12-12:30 p.m. in Belfast has agreed to temporarily move to Post Office…

I’ve owned two houses in Rockport Village, one for 40 years, and have had a magnificent view for 40 years.

Now the Smith family from Camden is planning a huge ugly hotel, which will plug…

With a deadly virus raging across our state and across our nation, we cannot also forget the effects of this pandemic on our economy and on the long-term health and safety of our communities.…

On November 19, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection said it's fine with them if Nordic Aquafarms' proposed industrial fish farm spews 7.7 million gallons of effluent a day into Belfast Bay…