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Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
March 29, 2018
Six amazing raffle baskets filled with things to do and see up and down the coast of Maine were raffled off that evening. ... Steam Museum, 16 Bay View Hotel, Rockland Harbor Hotel, Owls Head Transportation Museum, Amtrak Downeaster, Farnsworth Art Museum, Bay Chamber Concerts, Samoset Resort,Ãâà...
NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZ
March 29, 2018
(NEWS CENTER Maine) -- "The need is constant, the gratification is instant, give blood." That was the message volunteers and donors saw Wednesday on Red Cross boxes filled with supplies at the NEWSCENTER Maine Red Cross blood drive. It was hosted at five locations across the state. Every twoÃâà...
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
March 29, 2018
Local Democratic and Independent lawmakers are to be commended for helping defeat a bill that would have rolled back the minimum wage. The Maine House voted 81-69 to reject LD 1757, which would have reduced the minimum wage from $10 to $9.50 as of June 1. Then there would be 50-centÃâà...
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
March 28, 2018
Damariscotta — The statewide Maine Media Women will gather for a roundtable Saturday, April 7, from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. at River Arts, 241 Route 1 (just north of N.C. Hunt Lumber). Maine Media Women meetings are informal, informative, interesting and free. Roundtables invite attendees to bring creativeÃâà...
WMTW Portland
March 28, 2018
ROCKLAND, Maine —. Officials say a man injured at a Rockland bar over the weekend jumped and did not fall as initially reported. Rockland police said witnesses told them the 31-year-old man, who was under the influence, intentionally jumped from the deck of the Time Out Pub early Sunday morning.
U.S. News & World Report
March 28, 2018
Downeaster Pilot Program to Rockland Is a No-Go This Summer. Amtrak's Downeaster won't be running this summer to Rockland. March 28 ... The passenger rail service started between Boston and Portland, Maine, in December 2001. Service expanded northward to Freeport and Brunswick in NovemberÃâà...
Press Herald
March 28, 2018
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority Board voted on Feb. 26 to proceed with a three-week pilot program for passenger train service between Brunswick and Rockland in 2018. The trains were expected to run for three weekends, including during the Maine Lobster Festival and the MaineÃâà...
Bangor Daily News
March 27, 2018
The man is in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Young said. Police are not yet releasing the name of the individual who fell. The Courier-Gazette reported that the individual is a 30-year-old man from Old Town. In June 2015, a Rockland man died from his injuries after falling from theÃâà...
Bangor Daily News
March 22, 2018
Fish remnants and sardine cans sit in a dumpster at the former SeaPro Inc. fish rendering plant in Rockland in this 1974 photo. ... ROCKLAND, Maine — If you live in Maine's midcoast or at the very least Knox County, then you've likely heard the adage: “Camden by the sea, Rockland by the smell.”.
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
March 15, 2018
The headline looks wonderful: "Rockland bans single-use plastic bags, polystyrene foam" with a unanimous council vote (VillageSoup, March 12, 2018). ... Here in Maine, we have one of the highest rates of asthma in the United States, much of which is caused by being the "tailpipe of the country.
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
March 15, 2018
Maine artist Sue Aripotch will bring one of her mandala creation classes to the Belfast Breeze Inn Friday evening, March 23, and again in April. ... Art Museum, 16 Museum St. Admission $15; $13 senior citizens; $10 students older than 16; free younger than 17, museum members and Rockland residents.
Rockland County Times
March 15, 2018
It happens 2.9 billion times each month. All across this nation, citizens are being pestered by privacy-invading telephone calls from either live or tape-recorded telemarketers, spammers and scammers even though there are state and federal laws against such unwanted calls. Think about this: 2.9 billionÃâà...
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
March 14, 2018
In "Is Mozart in Maine?", W.A. Mozart is mysteriously transported into the future where he is adopted by a coastal village at the height of tourist season. He saves the local music festival, falls for a beautiful diva and leaves everyone changed forever. But the universe demands balance … even betweenÃâà...
Bangor Daily News
March 14, 2018
Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, single-use plastic bags and carryout polystyrene foam containers will no longer be permitted in Rockland. The City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve a ban on these materials, based on concerns about their environmental impacts. The move adds to a trend in MaineÃâà...
WABI
March 13, 2018
ROCKLAND, Maine (WABI) - A family pet died in a fire at a house on Melrose Circle in Rockland Monday afternoon. Officials say firefighters responded to the scene around 1 O'clock. Heavy fire was coming from the back of the house and the basement before extending to the second floor. A quick knockÃâà...
Bangor Daily News
March 13, 2018
Police arrested a Warren man accused of making threats against Oceanside High School on social media. Thomas Sawyer, 20, was charged with terrorizing in connection to the alleged threats. Sawyer was taken by Rockland police to Knox County Jail on Sunday morning. He was released later that day onÃâà...
WABI
March 12, 2018
ROCKLAND, Maine (WABI) - Officials say there will be an increased police presence at Oceanside High School in Rockland Monday after threatening statements were made over the weekend. Rockland police have not released details as to who made the threat. RSU 13 officials took to Facebook SundayÃâà...
Press Herald
March 12, 2018
The threat at the Rockland school is the latest in a series of threats made against Maine schools in the wake of the school massacre in Parkland, Florida, in February. More than a dozen Maine schools have responded to threats of violence and at least 13 students have been charged with terrorizing theirÃâà...
Bangor Daily News
February 13, 2018
No one was injured in Rockland apartment fire that displaced seven people Monday night, authorities said. Rockland firefighters responded to a 911 call around 6:28 p.m. that the 175 Rankin St. building was on fire, according to Rockland Fire Chief Chris Whytock. When they arrived, the seven people livingÃâà...
