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• American Legion thoughts on Memorial Day 2021

  May 27
  Camden - Thirty years ago, America engaged in a new war in a volatile region. Iraq had invaded the sovereign nation of Kuwait. It was an act of aggression ...
  

• Camden and Rockport voters can bring cheaper, faster and ...

  By Debra Hall and Robert ... - May 20
  The voters in Camden and Rockport can take the first step in creating a community-owned municipal utility for affordable, high-speed internet ...
  
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  Reviewing the Back-to-Basics Budget

  By Sen. Dave Miramant - Apr 15
  Last month, I gathered once again in the Augusta Civic Center with my colleagues in the House and Senate to take up the biennial budget, among ...
  
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  Remembering and welcoming our Vietnam Veterans home

  By Jeff Sukeforth - Mar 18
  The U.S. Department of Defense counts between 2,709,918 and 3,173,845 American soldiers serving in Vietnam and its surrounding waters between the ...
  

• Our politics isn’t broken, it’s fixed

  By Des FitzGerald - Feb 25
  Rockport - Last year I attended a presentation on the state of our political system by Michael Porter and Katherine Gehl. My comments summarize Gehl/Porter's ...
  
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  Supporting our small businesses in the midst of the pandemic

  By Sen. Dave Miramant - Feb 18
  The COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to anyone, and it's no secret that it's hit our small businesses hard. Many have had to completely shift ...
  
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  A record-breaking election for Maine

  By Sen. Dave Miramant - Nov 19
  This election, Mainers showed up to make their voices heard in overwhelming numbers. Whether they took advantage of absentee voting or early ...
  

• A Veterans' Day poem

  By William Burgess ... - Nov 12
  Blackberry Picking A woods road draws late summer afternoon Down through kaleidoscopic green; the sun Lounges in hazy patches on the ground. Abando...
  

• Recognizing a new hero

  By Patrick McCaffery and ... - Nov 05
  The contract to renovate the Mary E. Taylor building was recently awarded to the low bidder, Ledgewood Construction, who was also the contractor ...
  
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  Saving the Post Office — again

  By Rep. Vicki Doudera - Sep 03
  Thirty years ago I was among a group of Camden residents who fought to save our historic Chestnut Street Post Office. At the time, postal officials...
  

• Cut the CDC some slack

  By John Fitzgerald - May 27
  Recent news is all about the confusing messages from the CDC regarding masking, social distancing, etc. To an untrained ear, it can sound like ...
  
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  Where Has All the Music Gone?

  By Nancy Rowe - May 17
  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 ...
  
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  Increasing gun safety in Maine

  By Rep. Vicki Doudera - Apr 01
  Incidents of gun violence, such as the mass shootings that killed 18 people this past week in Colorado and Georgia, horrify all Americans, no ...
  

• Theo Hedstrom, an amazing human being

  By Alex Plummer - Mar 04
  Camden - We are often told throughout our lives that life itself, through its many twists and turns, can be cruel, unforgiving, and simply unfair. In the ...
  

• Let us all celebrate Postmaster Culpovich this Thursday, ...

  By Todd Field - Feb 19
  Rockport - Our beloved Rockport Postmaster Stephen M. Culpovich will be retiring next week. Steve served in the U.S. Airforce before serving the State of ...
  

• Finally — STR sanity

  By Ralph Wallace - Feb 18
  Rockport - Finally, the Rockport Board of Selectmen (four out of five) did the right thing. They listened to both sides of the issue and tabled the unnecessar...
  
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  Thoughts on the Rockport Short-term Rental Ordinance

  By John Viehman - Nov 19
  The following letter was sent to the Rockport Select Board Chair and the other Select Board members following this week's meeting on a draft ...
  

• Honoring our veterans during COVID-19

  By Rep. Vicki Doudera - Nov 11
  November 11 is designated as Veterans Day, a federal holiday to honor the 19.6 million men and women who have served in the military. (Memorial ...
  
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  Help! I bought a very large kayak and I have a very small car

  By Kay Neufeld - Oct 01
  It was a week after I had gotten my COVID-19 unemployment backpay. I had already gone through the necessities - rent, laptop charger, therapy. I ...
  
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  Why we need to return to Augusta, now

  By Sen. Dave Miramant - Jul 30
  When the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Maine in March, the Legislature made the bipartisan decision to adjourn to protect the health and safety ...