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• 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...
  
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  Empowering women to speak out

  Oct 24
  Patrisha McLean deserves a lot of credit for her traveling exhibit, "Finding Our Voices," which speaks out on the issue of domestic abuse. The ...
  

• A nation in need of integrity

  Apr 25
  The rollout of the long-awaited Robert Mueller report has been another sad chapter of the Trump era. The American people were treated to a ...
  

• Support library parking, Rockport

  Mar 21
  The 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 ...
  

• Midcoast residents embody spirit of community in face of ...

  By The Camden Herald ... - Dec 27
  The end of December is a time we normally set aside for celebration and family, but this December found the town of Hope in mourning. The death ...
  

• Revenue-sharing better than local sales tax

  Nov 29
  There has been discussion on and off for years about whether municipalities should be able to charge their own sales tax to offset the costs of ...
  

• In support of Rockport Library project

  By The Camden Herald ... - Oct 04
  Residents of Rockport have an opportunity Nov. 6 to approve a bond referendum for a new, improved 7,000-square-foot library in the same site it ...
  

• Keep our harbors clean

  By The Camden Herald ... - Aug 02
  An incident reported last week in which a schooner discharged sewerage into Rockport Harbor illustrates the environmental impact that even a ...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Unite to support library project

  Jun 13
  It 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 ...
  

• Celebrating 150 years of The Camden Herald

  By The Editorial Board - Mar 28
  This 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 ...
  

• We support added accountability for gun owners

  Jan 24
  New 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 ...
  

• Parents, educate yourselves about teen vaping

  By The Camden Herald ... - Dec 13
  It was disappointing to learn that while we have made great strides in discouraging young people from smoking cigarettes, they have been caught in ...
  

• Congratulations and thank you to agencies protecting watershed

  By The Camden Herald ... - Oct 11
  Coastal Mountains Land Trust and its partners, including Maine Water Co., deserve congratulations and gratitude from the Midcoast community upon ...
  

• School leaders, don't circle the wagons

  By The Camden Herald ... - Aug 16
  The $28 million middle school construction project is barely getting started and already the school board is talking about a change order to dip ...
  
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  Wisdom from the young

  By The Camden Herald ... - Jun 21
  Last week nearly 30 students from the area participated in a "die-in" demonstration in Camden Harbor Park to bring attention to the problem of ...