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• Closing disparities in health care critical to Maine’s ...

  By Portland Press Herald ... - Apr 22
  When COVID-19 hit Maine early last year, it didn't hit everyone the same — by June, Black residents represented 27 percent of all cases while ...
  

• Talk to your kids about bullying

  Mar 25
  Parents and teachers should have frank conversations with children and teens in the community about bullying. One important message is to put ...
  

• There is no such thing as a non-binding vote

  Mar 04
  Maybe there is, but citizens should be wary of these ballot questions. Two local towns have been talking about these lately, being Waldoboro and ...
  

• 229 years ago, America became . . . America

  By Ken Paulson - Dec 17
  Today marks a hidden holiday, as uncelebrated as it is unappreciated. It was 229 years ago today that the United States ratified the Bill of ...
  

• Rockport leaders overstepping with school board

  Nov 12
  It was painful to watch Rockport Select Board Chair Debra Hall grilling local school board members recently in a public meeting about why the ...
  

• Editor’s Note: Election Letters Cutoff

  Oct 12
  The Courier-Gazette and The Camden Herald will not be accepting or publishing letters related to the election for the Oct. 29 editions. As the ...
  

• Developing Tannery Park

  By The Camden Herald ... - Aug 27
  Town government and volunteers in Camden have proven ability, seen over many decades, in developing, operating and maintaining a park, namely the ...
  

• Select board gets it right supporting sailing community

  Jul 30
  The Camden Select Board showed strong and thoughtful leadership this week in agreeing to do what they can to support local windjammers and ...
  

• The Camden Herald is back!

  Jun 18
  Some 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 ...
  

• Invest in broadband to create opportunities

  Jan 04
  We are pleased to read that leaders in Lincolnville are exploring ways to expand high-speed internet service to all residents of the community. The...
  

• Editorial: Government will not police itself

  Apr 08
  Here we go again. Every few years we end up with a bill before the Legislature aimed at getting rid of requirements for government to post notices ...
  

• Attorney General should investigate Hope election

  Mar 11
  The Attorney General's Office should launch a full investigation into the July 14, 2020, election in Hope. For seven months, the Select Board and ...
  

• Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

  Jan 21
  Monday, Jan. 18 was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For more than half a century this dynamic civil rights leader, preacher and martyr has served as ...
  

• Regulation is not a dirty word

  Nov 19
  Every 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 ...
  

• Don't forget to vote

  Oct 29
  Editor'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 ...
  

• Community reaches milestone with completion of new middle ...

  Sep 03
  A new Camden-Rockport Middle School building now sits at the end of a long road, which has been paved with the perseverance, persistence and ...
  

• New tools empower community

  Aug 13
  The Aug. 5 joint school board meeting with more than 100 participants was the largest public Zoom meeting held in Camden, Rockport, Hope, Appleton ...
  

• Voting on local issues soars with paper ballots

  Jul 23
  Last 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 ...
  

• Case yet to be made for term limits

  Mar 05
  Although we have asked the question multiple times, the Camden Charter Commission has not explained why it is seeking term limits for select board ...
  

• Dam project needs more study, public input

  Nov 07
  Selectmen and town government staff have not made the case for a change as radical as removing the Montgomery Dam in the downtown. This proposal ...