Neighbors Growing Together | Jul 30, 2010
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Scuffle over raking rows results in puncture wound
By Lynda Clancy - Jul 30
Rockport police responded to an altercation at a blueberry field on Mill Street July 30 that sent one man to the ...
Ragged Mountain wind project remains on agenda
By Staff - Jul 30
The Camden Energy Committee will meet Monday, Aug. 2 for an agenda that includes a discussion of ideas for suggestion...
A downtown project born of love for Rockland
By Stephen Betts - Jul 30
Rick Rockwell is showing his love for Rockland in a big way. Rockwell is the owner of the Hewett Block at 491 Main ...
Child dies in overheated car
By Stephen Betts - Jul 30
A young child died July 29 in Rockland after apparently getting in a car that overheated due to the hot temperatures....
SAD 40 board looks to school year with votes on stipends, staff, buses
By Andrew Benore - Jul 30
The days are still long and there are several more weeks of summer vacation, but the Maine School Administrative 40 ...
Sixth District Court news
By Staff - Jul 30
The following cases were completed in 6th District Court in Rockland from July 19 to July 23. Brent E. Black, 33, ...
Rockland police blotter
By Staff - Jul 30
An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent ...
Man gets 15 years for assaults against children
By Stephen Betts - Jul 29
A 35-year-old Union man has begun a 15-year prison sentence for repeatedly sexually assaulting two children. Richar...
Maine State Police blotter
By Staff - Jul 29
An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent ...
South Thomaston tax rate edges up
By Stephen Betts - Jul 29
Tax bills, which will be 3 percent higher than a year ago, have been sent to South Thomaston property owners. The...
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Community Happenings

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Celebrating literacy at the learning center
Jul 30
An excited crowd gathered June 17 at the Mid-Coast Adult Learning Center in Rockland to celebrate Literacy Volunteers...
Jul 30
Artie Sprowl, Camden Rotary Club speaker chairman, announced the following speakers for August 2010. • Aug. 3: Andrew and Ben Hazen, Andrew's ...
Finnish Heritage House T-shirts travel to Finland
Jul 30
The new T-shirts at the Finnish Heritage House in South Thomaston made their way to Finland this summer. Arthur and ...
Jul 29
The 27th annual Friendship Day will include a parade, lots of food, road races and games, auctions, karaoke, and more. The schedule includes: Fri...
Jul 29
Jewish stories from Maine ROCKLAND — Professor David Freidenreich of Colby College will lead an interactive program of stories depicting Jewish ...
Midcoast Ridefinder links people to transportation
Jul 29
The Midcoast RideFinder is a user-friendly print and online (midcoastridefinder.com) directory that profiles all the ...
Janice Kasper honored
Jul 29
About 70 present and former Farnsworth Art Museum volunteers honored Janice Kasper, for 18 years the much beloved ...
Bagnall earns membership in Million Dollar Round Table
Jul 29
Rick Bagnall, voluntary benefits specialist at Allen Insurance and Financial, achieved membership in the Million ...
Jul 29
The Island Institute announced that, thanks to a $50,000 grant from Time Warner Cable, students at North Haven Community School and Vinalhaven ...
By Stephanie Kumble - Jul 29
One of the best We're blessed in the Midcoast with a plethora of great nonprofits that provide a gamut of services and (thanks to the hard work ...
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Do You Bother to Check Your Contractor's References? - by Daggett Builders, Inc
By Daggett Builders, Inc - 07/30
Simple Steps to Help You Get the Information You Need From Your Contractor’s References Many homeowners ...
Camden Hills FAT TIRE FESTIVAL
By Camden Snow Bowl - 07/30
Rides, Races, & Fun Events for riders of all ages and abilities SATURDAY: 9am-3pm Registration 9am-4pm Lift ...
2009-10 a Year of Growth for CRL Chamber
By Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber of Commerce - 07/30
As the Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber of Commerce membership year draws to a close, the board and staff of the ...
An Evening of Glamour & Relaxation to Benefit the Farnsworth Art Museum
By Skin Klinic & Day Spa - 07/30
Join us for an evening of great company and conversation in the luxurious environment of the Skin Klinic & Day Spa. ...
ALLPLaY - KIDS BOWL FREE - UPDATE!
By ALLPLaY Family Entertainment - 07/30
KIDS ARE BOWLING FREE EVERY DAY THIS SUMMER at ALLPLaY! ONLY 4 WEEKS LEFT - GET IN ON THE ACTION UPDATE as of ...
Dynamic New Center Coordinator
By Spectrum Generations - 07/30
Spectrum Generations is pleased to announce the arrival of Dave Brown as the new Center Coordinator for its Southern ...
By Downeast School Of Massage - 07/30
The Downeast School of Massage, Waldoboro, is holding its' biannual Pregnancy Massage Clinic for women in all stages of pregnancy on August 17, ...
By Bay Chamber Concerts - 07/30
Bay Chamber Concerts and Community Music School's gala benefit for education will take place Saturday, July 31 at 8 pm at the Rockport Opera ...
"Green Drinks Rockport" at Farmers Fare featuring a FREE Permaculture Talk this coming Sunday August 1st!
By Farmers Fare - 07/30
Sunday August 1st 1pm to 4pm Eco-networking with:2pm Free Talk about Permaculture with Jesse Watson Everyone ...
By Jody McKee, VillageSoup - 07/30
Tired of seeing your old newspapers just lying around piling up but hate the idea of throwing them away? Here's a way to recycle them into fire ...
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Religion

By Chestnut Street Baptist Church - 07/30
Join us Sunday at 10:45 a.m. for our Worship Celebration and Pastor Adam's sermon from Joshua 23: "Dying Well, Living Well." Sunday School is at ...
Caring for Creation
By St. Margaret's Episcopal Church of Belfast - 07/30
On Saturdays throughout the summer, St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Belfast, will explore the theme of "faith and ...
By Owl's Head Baptist Church - 07/30
Sunday, August 1: Rev. Paul Munro's sermon is titled, "When It's Good Not to Believe", with scripture from Jeremiah 23: 9- 40 and 1 John 4: 1- ...
By St. Thomas Episcopal Church - 07/29
St. Thomas' Parish Pancake Breakfast will take place this Sunday, Aug. 1st, from 8am-9am in the Parish Hall. Please bring your friends and your ...
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Politics

TIME FOR A NEW SHERIFF
By Jeff Gallagher for Sheriff - 07/22
I was in Union on Saturday the 17th for the Union Founders Day Parade. It was good to see enthusiastic parade ...
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Member Stories

By Dawn Furbush - Jul 30
The annual Stockton Springs American Legion Yard Sale will be held Saturday and Sunday August 7-8 at the Legion Hall, 5 Sandy Point Road from 8 AM ...
By Ruth Moran - Jul 30
Ellingwoods Corner United Methodist Church is having an Indoor yard and food sale : Mission Fundraiser, Aug.6th from 3-6 pm/Aug 7th from 9-12 am ...
By Kari Hunt - Jul 30
There will be English Country Dancing at the Masonic Hall - 60 Gordon Hill Rd. - on August 11 (and the second Wed. of each month) from 7:00-9:30 ...
By Sonia Antunes - Jul 30
IN MY WORLD We bought a new wood stove from Finest Hearth and Home in Augusta. I was super excited ... until I realized the hearth we had ...
By Barbara A. Tilley - Jul 30
Prospect News Barbara A. Tilley 567-3267 bgemini@fairpoint.net I keep this up and they will fire me. It is Vaughn Thibodeau 11, known as ...
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Opinion

Jul 30
Editorial cartoon The July 21 editorial cartoon depicting the KKK visiting Tea Party Headquarters and asking for a "cup of hate" was a gross ...
By Staff - Jul 29
An interesting phenomenon developed in local politics last week when members of the Tea Party in Union were able to turn the tide of a vote on a ...
Black cat
By Staff - Jul 29
Purple footprints Patrick Corcoran of Rockland started ...
By Al Diamon - Jul 28
It’s the message most Democratic legislative candidates don’t want to find on their voice mail: “Hi, it’s Libby Mitchell. I’ll be in your area ...
Jul 25
Rockland library book sale The board of the Friends of the Rockland Public Library would like to thank all those who worked so hard to make our ...
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Blogs

Home Energy Savings as Easy as ABC
By Dan Bookham - Jul 30
Did you know that you could get up to $3,000 in rebates ...
By Charles J Rumsey - Jul 28
Last Wednesday the National Academy held Flag Night, which is an opportunity for NA attendees and for new agents in the FBI and DEA to meet others ...
Cheap at a Tenth the Price
By Kit Hayden - Jul 27
The recent extension of jobless benefits, by congress, ...
By Sandra Sylvester - Jul 26
Two Tin Cans and a String Remember when we used to make a telephone out of two tin cans and a piece of string? If we were lucky, we might even ...
A Fabulous Destination/Baden-Baden in the Black Forest
By Linda Reynolds McIntire - Jul 26
A Fabulous Destination/Baden-Baden in the Black Forest ...
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By angel poland - Jul 30 - 2 Comments
My heart and thoughts go out to his mom. Its such a tragic loss due to something so preventable. It needs to be stressed more on how hot cars can ...
By Andrew Carpenter - Jul 30 - 1 Comments
It's the equal sharing of misery.
By Ronald Horvath - Jul 29 - 3 Comments
"Somewhere, George W. Bush must be laughing. Amid 9.5% unemployment, Democrats must deal with the expiration of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. Laugh...
By Steve Waterman - Jul 29 - 1 Comments
I guess we are really getting our money's worth on that education thing, aren't we?
By Sumner Kinney - Jul 29 - 1 Comments
It is really disappointing news that Pen Bay Media is leaving our area and going to Brunswick. This company has a very promising future and let us ...
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Charlie Rangel: Do as I say, not as I do
By Andrew Carpenter - Jul 30 - 0 Comments
Do as I say, not as I do By Aaron Gee at American ...
By Ronald Horvath - Jul 29 - 0 Comments
Now even Israelis citizens aren't safe in this so-called democracy. Ethnic cleansing in the Israeli NegevThe razing of a Bedouin village by ...
By Ronald Horvath - Jul 29 - 0 Comments
Friends of business? Yeah, BIG business. GOP Filibusters Small Business Bill After Criticizing Dems For DelaySam Stein, 07-29-10For several ...
By Ronald Horvath - Jul 29 - 0 Comments
Iowa GOP Embraces Plan To Strip Obama's Citizenship For Accepting Nobel Prize [UPDATE]Jason Linkins, 07-29-10As we've already seen in Maine, some ...
By Justin Sanderson - Jul 29 - 1 Comments
The ER Myth By Marc Siegel, USA Today One of the major myths attached to the new health reform law is that it will lead to fewer emergency room ...
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Gabriel Zacchai Trio at Billy's
Jul 30
The Gabriel Zacchai Trio will perform hard-driving folk and blues Saturday, Aug. 7 beginning 8 p.m. at Billy's ...
Rock For Life benefit tunes in amphitheater
Jul 30
Local teen bands will gathering in the downtown Camden Amphitheatre to Rock For Life, a multi-band benefit concert ...
Buffet brings her bio to town
Jul 30
Philanthropist and frequent Rockport visitor Doris Buffett will meet and speak with people about her new biography, ...
Fox shows at Ocean View Grange
Jul 30
Artist Kathleen Fox will display paintings of fishermen, lobster boats and scenes of the St. George Peninsula at the ...

Terra Diddle offers its latest
Jul 30
Terra Diddle Collective invites the community to be swept away into an enchanting dream world of magic, large ...
Celtic harper plays the Farmers' Market
Jul 30
Celtic harpist Mildred Crocker will perform Saturday, Aug. 7 during at the Camden Farmers' Market. The market runs ...
Annual studio open house for Hotchkiss
Jul 30
Old Point Comfort Gallery will hold its annual studio open house from Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 7 and 8 from noon to ...
Fiber Arts Tour Weekend
Jul 30
More than 50 studios and farms statewide will open their doors to the public Friday through Sunday, Aug. 6 through 8 ...

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Obituaries

Donald C. Fowles
Jul 30
Donald C. Fowles, 78, died at his home on Pleasant Street, Sunday, July 25, 2010, after a period of declining ...
Beverly Mae (Miller) Hancock
Jul 29
Beverly M. (Miller) Hancock, 83, died peacefully July 28, 2010, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. She was ...
Jul 26
There will be a memorial service for Aurolyn "Pepper" Rines Downing, 81, who died Nov. 26, 2009, on Saturday, July 31 at 2 p.m. at the First ...
Jul 22
Bradford R. Turnbull, 79, of Camden died July 14, 2010, at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport. Born in Massachusetts on May 28, 1931, he was ...
Michael A. Peterson
Jul 21
Michael A. Peterson, 60, died July 19, 2010. He was born Nov. 20, 1949, in Monmouth, Ill., a son of Beauford and ...

Jul 29
Phyllis K. Peters, 81, died at her home surrounded by her family July 28, 2010, following a brief illness. Born in Rockland on Jan. 23, 1929, ...
Devon R. Stewart
Jul 27
Devon R. Stewart, 16, died while swimming in Lake Megunticook in Lincolnville, Friday, July 23, 2010. Born in ...
Jul 23
Richard E. Moore, 63, of Westboro, Mass., died April 30, 2010, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a heroic battle with cancer. He ...
Jul 21
Marion (Vinal) Johnson Cousens, 90, died July 20, 2010, at Penobscot Bay Medical Center, surrounded by her family. Born in Rockland on July 8, ...
Morris B. Perry, II
Jul 21
Morris B. Perry, II, 82, died Monday, July 19, 2010, after a long illness, at his daughter's home, surrounded by his ...

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Colby Thomas Simmons
Jul 27
Colby Thomas Simmons was born July 14, 2010, at Miles Memorial Hospital to Heather and Keith Simmons Jr. of Friendshi...


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Little League baseballBangor East nips C-R to force final state crown battle
By Mark Haskell - Jul 30
Camden-Rockport had an opportunity to clinch the state Little League 11- and 12-year-old baseball all-star title ...
By Staff - Jul 28
The deadline for paper applications for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's any-deer permit lottery is Friday, July 30 at 5 ...
'Spaceman' touches down for youth baseball clinic
By Staff - Jul 28
Former Boston Red Sox great Bill "Spaceman" Lee landed in Thomaston July 22 to help out in a local baseball clinic ...
By Staff - Jul 27
The race for the first Maine Late Model championship began July 25 at Wiscasset Raceway. Twenty-four Late Models from all over the state lined ...

Little League baseballC-R defeats Bangor East to secure spot in state championship
By Staff - Jul 28
After winning the District 2 title last week, the Camden-Rockport Little League 11- and 12-year-old baseball ...
Four Midcoast boys make trek to Duke hoop camp
By Mark Haskell - Jul 28
Many youngsters dream about an opportunity to play basketball at Duke University, but for four Midcoast boys, that ...
By Staff - Jul 28
The 17th annual Friendship Day Long Haul 5-Kilometer road race and Short Haul one-mile fun run will be Saturday, July 31. The fun run starts at 7 ...
By Staff - Jul 27
Barrett's Cove was a bustle of people and boats the morning of July 25 as canoers and kayakers readied their crafts for the 35th annual Megunticook...

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