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  • Prepare bags and say goodbye to polystyrene, May 1

    As of May 1, 2019, plastic single use carry-out bags will no longer be permitted at stores and restaurants in Camden. Stores selling staple foods in Camden can offer paper, biodegradable, or compostable carryout bags for a fee of 10 cents.

  • letter to the editor: Josiah R. Wilson

    LD 798 is the wrong way to treat fellow citizens and children of tomorrow

     To The People: I write you today as an educator, a lobster-fisherman, and most of all, a parent.  There’s a real bad bill up in Augusta.  No, it’s not more taxes you might detest.  It’s about denying specific students access to education, because of their religious or philosophical beliefs. 

  • Letter to the editor: Olivia Pennington

    Wellness vending machines could expand access to basic healthcare for all Mainers

    “It was two o’clock in the morning when I woke my parents up with a cough that would rival a thunderstorm.

  • Letter to the editor: Beverly Roxby

    Sanctuaries

  • In their own words

    Problems revealed as Waldo Theatre replaces roof; restoration begins, fundraising continues

    WALDOBORO — The Waldo’s much needed new roof is on. The crew from Coastal Copper and Slate, Inc. did a thorough and fine job of replacing rotten sheathing, sealing up, and preparing the theatre for a weather-tight future.  

  • Letter to the editor: Ira Mandel

    A Vision for Recovery – Building 50 Recovery Houses in the next five years

    These are hopeful times for people who’ve been struggling for years from addiction to drugs. Our new governor has assembled a team who are promoting needed changes to help those who have been ignored for too long.

  • Congressional, state representatives assist

    Vinalhaven residents take on 1950s federal ferry rule that hinders common sense

    Last fall, the Maine State Ferry Service (MSFS) proposed a reduced winter schedule to Vinalhaven. The proposal met with a lot of opposition, including an ultimately fruitless petition to then Commissioner David Bernhardt, signed by virtually every one of

  • Letter to the Editor

    Summer Activities Fair Directory now available

    ROCKPORT — Summer Activities Fair Directory now available. The Camden-Rockport PTA now present the 2019 Summer Activities Fair Directory – a complete listing of every organization who participated in the Summer Activities Fair on April 3, as well as several new ones.

  • Dedicated staff at Knox County Regional Communications Center deserve our praise

     Please join us in thanking our Public Safety Dispatchers for the very important role they play in ensuring we all get the right help in the most expeditious manner.

  • Letters

    Frost Heave Fondo draws more than 100 riders

    SEARSMONT — The Midcoast Maine Chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association partnered with One Community Many Voices to host the first annual Frost Heave Fondo (big bicycle road ride) on Sunday, April 7, beginning and ending at Threshers Brewing Company in S

  • Letter to the editor: Helen Shaw

    How did we end up with fewer parking spaces for new Rockport Library?

    Congratulations to the Rockport Select Board for reducing the number of parking spaces surrounding the 1 Limerock library site to one less than what is presently available. What happened you may ask?

  • This week in Lincolnville... errh.... Louisiana

    Building a camper

    “Well folks, we made it.” That was our pilot speaking as our plane taxied to a stop on the runway, wind-driven rain lashing at the windows. The past hour’s “turbulence” had left us all a bit tense.

  • Letter to the editor: Ira Mandel

    Time to celebrate, finalize plans for 63 Washington Street

    After the amazing community support to successfully purchase 63 Washington Street as a future residence for women in recovery and their children, it is time to celebrate and to finalize plans to open the house to its first residents this summer.
     

  • Opinion: Data Shows Two of Maine’s Poorest Counties Have Higher-Than-Average Audit Rates

    Sen. Angus King tells IRS to stop targeting Maine low income earners

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today – one week before Tax Day – U.S. Senator Angus King, I-Maine, sent a letter to top officials at the Internal Revenue Service challenging the IRS to refocus its limited resources away from disproportionately auditing lower-income households.

  • In the North

    In the north
    above every flower
    spruce & pine
    For Virginia Thomas
    a World Song
    Pine & Spruce

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