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• Guest column

  Rockport needs, deserves new library

  By Bob Holtzman - Apr 18
  Rockport needs a new library. This is obvious to anyone who uses the current one, as I do. There are virtually no quiet places to read or study; ...
  
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  By the numbers

  By G. Gordon Guist - Apr 05
  The National Institutes of Health (NIH) keep statistics on diseases in the United States. NIH reported that heart disease is the leading cause of ...
  
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  What should be done with foreclosure dollars

  By Rep. Elizabeth Dickerson - Mar 14
  LD 851 (HP 602) "An Act To Require the Return of Excess Funds by a Municipality That Forecloses on Real Estate" Sponsored by Representative ...
  
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  View from the center — The act of serving

  By Shawn Adams - Feb 26
  For this week's topic I would like to talk about community service and what it means to me. But before I do so, I would like to point out the ...
  

• We all support the team

  By Bane Okholm - Feb 13
  It was nigh impossible trying to explain the Toboggan Nationals to my now-husband Ryan in our early days of dating. We were living in Los ...
  

• So you think you want to be a farmer?

  By Jenna Lookner - Dec 05
  It seems these days that everyone wants to live on a working farm. Well, everyone in my generation, or at least everyone who doesn't already know ...
  
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  The end of the world as I know it

  By Jenna Lookner - Oct 31
  For three consecutive nights somewhere near the end of June I had the same conversation with my dad. It was time, he had deduced, to sell his half ...
  
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  Gray matters — Just this side of the hill

  By Tanya Mitchell - Oct 02
  It's sneaking up on me much sooner than I ever thought was possible, and I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. In a couple of weeks, I'll be ...
  

• Never a distant memory

  By Jenna Lookner - Sep 12
  As I was driving into Camden from a meeting in Lincolnville Tuesday morning I passed Lincolnville Fire Department. Four fire engines were parked ...
  

• There's no place like home

  By Jenna Lookner - Jul 04
  There are few finer places to grow up than Maine, I remember the first time I was cognizant of that as I stood on the bow of a sailboat entering ...
  

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  School scoop -- In March, we're all mad here

  By Mariah Albanese - Apr 08
  March Madness hits Searsport On Friday, March 29, students and teachers of Searsport District High and Middle School scrambled together in the gym ...
  
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  North East Mobile Health Services also offers exceptional care

  By Dennis Simmons - Mar 19
  As the Rockport Division Commander for North East Mobile Health Services, I would like to respond to Samantha Clark's guest column. My name is ...
  
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  Camden First Aid a special part of the community

  By Samantha Clark - Mar 14
  Many of you reading this don't know me. I am not from "around here." My name is Samantha Clark. I am a nationally registered paramedic, with an ...
  
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  Over at Goodnow's

  Feb 22
  Fred Leslie Goodnow Jr., sits at the lunch counter in 1995. He passed away at the age of 64 in April 2001. He had worked at the family business ...
  
• A response to Reade Brower

  Teach a man to fish

  By Vance M. Wells - Jan 31
  The following is a response to "Keep it simple stupid," written by Publisher Reade Brower, which appeared in the Jan. 10 edition of The Camden ...
  

• My thoughts on signs

  By R. Marc - Nov 17
  I was reading the Curmudgeon Times the other day and came across this in the editorials: Dear Editor: The gateway to Camden is littered with ...
  

• Working together is key to Camden's success

  By Martin Cates - Oct 12
  Camden is widely recognized as a wonderful place to visit. One of Camden’s many reasons for that is our downtown. Earlier this year, with the help ...
  
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  Always on my mind

  By Jenna Lookner - Sep 26
  I was driving out to the Common Ground Country Fair on the morning of Friday, Sept. 22, when I found myself captivated by the familiar countryside....
  
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  Fear and loathing with backyard hens

  By Jenna Lookner - Jul 18
  I recently joined the growing number backyard chicken owners in Midcoast Maine. It seems trite to be excited about the addition of a small brood ...
  

• The best-laid plans...

  By Jenna Lookner - Jun 20
  When I was presented with the opportunity to work at The Camden Herald I was elated. Then my father decided to run for the Camden Select Board. ...