Columns

Time marches on

By Kris Ferrazza - Jul 14
Our daughter officially graduated from middle school the other night. There was no marching, no pomp, no circumstance. Instead of dressing up, we ...
July 15 - 31 Astrology's planetary wisdom shared by Ananur ...

Jul 13
July 14 pay attention to your intuition while the Moon is conjunct Uranus from 8:15 until 10:15 a.m. it will come in a blast of clarity and ...
The name's band...broadband

By Emma Testerman - Jul 13
It's the big week we've been waiting for! That is, until November. During this week, many citizens across the state will be casting their vote on ...
When Wells met Pal and Welles

By Tom Von Malder - Jul 12
The War of the Worlds (1953, Criterion Collection, Blu-ray or standard DVD, NR, 85 min.). The granddaddy of all alien invasion movies, based on ...
Beach reads of substance

By Daniel Dunkle - Jul 10
Christine and I like nothing better this time of year than to sit outside on sunny days under the apple tree here in Rockland and read. After ...
Astrological fact: Jupiter is in a highly inspired aspect ...

Jul 10
Jupiter is in a positively wondrous aspect with Neptune and has inspired me to suddenly write this to you. This aspect is with us until August 5 ...
Courier-Gazette Letters to the Editor July 9

Jul 09
Our neglected street I was sad to read that Granite Street in Rockland is still not listed among the streets that are scheduled for improvement ...
The perfect tomato: Part II

By Lynette L. Walther - Jul 09
This week we return to one of the most popular choices for home vegetable gardens — tomatoes, how to grow them successfully and increase the ...
Artillery in the parking lot

By David Grima - Jul 09
The concrete towers at the foot of Mechanic Street, where I am forced to live: it seems you either love them or you hate them. Every now and then ...
Spanish Wedding Cake at the circus

By Cece King - Jul 09
One of my favorite spaces was the stale, chalk-filled air that circulated in Circus Warehouse, where I'd suspend from dance trapeze, silks, and ...
Trapped in a Tropical Paradise - Part 5

By Eleanor Motley Richardson - Jul 09
A gaggle of prosperous middle-aged women passed the time in expensive chairs on the beach, while I sunned on a towel nearby. My curiosity was ...
Historical Photo - Hoboken School House in Rockport

Jul 09
The Hoboken School was built just prior to the Civil War and was in service as a school house until about 1950. Note the trolley tracks in the ...
Camden Herald Letters to the Editor July 9

Jul 09
Why we all endorse Betsy Sweet for Senate We heartily endorse Betsy Sweet for the U.S. Senate. It is long past time that Mainers be represented by ...
A conservative gets it right

By Reade Brower - Jul 09
I cede my column to Portland Press Herald conservative columnist Jim Fossel. Reasonable people from both parties know it's time to return to ...
Thoughts on Independence Day

By Rep. Vicky Doudera - Jul 06
Last summer I was in Charlottesville, Va., for a legislative leadership conference that included a visit to Thomas Jefferson's stately home, ...
‘Come and See’ the horror of genocide

By Tom Von Malder - Jul 05
Come and See (Russia, 1985, Criterion Collection, Blu-ray or standard DVD, NR, 143 min.). The title comes from the Revelation of St. John the ...
This is the hard part: staying the course

By Sarah E. Reynolds - Jul 03
One of the nice things about my job is that I don't actually have to be doing it ... to do it. Because I am always working ahead, by the time you ...
Walk about

By Daniel Dunkle - Jul 03
The other day I was out walking in a green T-shirt, and a fairly good-sized bee decided I was a pretty, pretty flower, albeit a large one and one ...
Where’s our empathy for asylum-seeking children?

By Cece King - Jul 02
Last summer, my mom and I traveled to a small town in Texas, just north of the U.S. - Mexico border and set up camp in a Day's Inn motel. Aside ...
Early businesses in Camden

By Barbara F. Dyer - Jul 02
Shortly after the Civil War, the Maine coast began building wooden vessels with more capacity and durability than the Clipper Ships. Among the ...