Editorials — The Camden Herald
Weekly editorials from the staff of The Camden Herald.
Every week, The Camden Herald Editorial Board collaborates on an editorial regarding a topic of interest or community concern. Often, the subject of the editorial is related to a story or event that has been published in print or online at Knox.VillageSoup.com.
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229 years ago, America became . . . America
By Ken Paulson - Dec 17Today marks a hidden holiday, as uncelebrated as it is unappreciated. It was 229 years ago today that the United States ratified the Bill of ...
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Rockport leaders overstepping with school board
Nov 12It was painful to watch Rockport Select Board Chair Debra Hall grilling local school board members recently in a public meeting about why the ...
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Editor’s Note: Election Letters Cutoff
Oct 12The Courier-Gazette and The Camden Herald will not be accepting or publishing letters related to the election for the Oct. 29 editions. As the ...
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Developing Tannery Park
By The Camden Herald ... - Aug 27Town government and volunteers in Camden have proven ability, seen over many decades, in developing, operating and maintaining a park, namely the ...
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Select board gets it right supporting sailing community
Jul 30The Camden Select Board showed strong and thoughtful leadership this week in agreeing to do what they can to support local windjammers and ...
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The Camden Herald is back!
Jun 18Some of you have likely noticed over the past month or so that The Camden Herald and The Courier-Gazette have been one and the same. This week we ...
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Invest in broadband to create opportunities
Jan 04We are pleased to read that leaders in Lincolnville are exploring ways to expand high-speed internet service to all residents of the community. The...
Empowering women to speak out
Oct 24Patrisha McLean deserves a lot of credit for her traveling exhibit, "Finding Our Voices," which speaks out on the issue of domestic abuse. The ...
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A nation in need of integrity
Apr 25The rollout of the long-awaited Robert Mueller report has been another sad chapter of the Trump era. The American people were treated to a ...
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Support library parking, Rockport
Mar 21The time for debate over the proposed library and its parking is over. The town has spent years discussing and planning the new library. We have ...
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Regulation is not a dirty word
Nov 19Every town in Midcoast Maine should either have a short-term rental ordinance or be working on one. It is true that we have a long tradition of ...
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Don't forget to vote
Oct 29Editor's Note: Due to our tight deadlines for print, we will not run election voting results in the Nov. 5 edition of The Camden Herald. We will ...
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Community reaches milestone with completion of new middle ...
Sep 03A new Camden-Rockport Middle School building now sits at the end of a long road, which has been paved with the perseverance, persistence and ...
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New tools empower community
Aug 13The Aug. 5 joint school board meeting with more than 100 participants was the largest public Zoom meeting held in Camden, Rockport, Hope, Appleton ...
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Voting on local issues soars with paper ballots
Jul 23Last week Camden and the surrounding towns made history, as the time-honored tradition of the annual town meeting was replaced by a large vote at ...
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Case yet to be made for term limits
Mar 05Although we have asked the question multiple times, the Camden Charter Commission has not explained why it is seeking term limits for select board ...
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Dam project needs more study, public input
Nov 07Selectmen and town government staff have not made the case for a change as radical as removing the Montgomery Dam in the downtown. This proposal ...
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Unite to support library project
Jun 13It was a tremendous milestone reached to see ground broken last Friday for the new Rockport Public Library, but there is still a lot of work to be ...
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Celebrating 150 years of The Camden Herald
By The Editorial Board - Mar 28This year marks the 150th anniversary of The Camden Herald, first published in 1869. There was a time, not too long ago, when we were not sure we ...
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We support added accountability for gun owners
Jan 24New state Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, is to be commended for putting forth a bill that would hold gun owners accountable for safe storage of ...