Tue, 02/23/2021 - 8:15am
Debra Hall
What are the prospects for expanding broadband access in Mid-Coast Maine? And what would be the advantages of doing so? The Camden Rotary Club hosted a recent meeting on this topic, one of many the club is examining to learn about local economic challenges and foster potential solutions.
The guest speaker, Mid-Coast Broadband Coalition Chair Debra Hall, described the successful installation in 2014 of a 1.5-mile municipal fiber-optic broadband network in Rockport. She then talked about the more recent establishment of the coalition, which aims to expand internet access throughout the region.
The coalition is raising funds for a feasibility study and design of a system that would bring the advantages of fiber-optic cable and other technologies to towns and rural areas. It includes select board members, technology consultants and citizens from Camden, Rockport, Hope, Lincolnville, Northport, Rockland, South Thomaston, and Thomaston. Rep
Marsha is correct that the Rockport short-term rental ordinance as written is a disaster.
There are short-term rental regulations in place all over the world now. Most cities and towns popular with them, have good regulations in place. I was in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, recently where they have very little safety incidents from short-term rentals because they have smart rules in place. So does Austin, Texas, so does Asheville, North Carolina. And on and on.
Rockport’s is not written to make rentals safer as it is now and goes too far off track to prohibit them, which should never happen. I did an economic impact study on short-term rentals for the Chamber back in 2014. My research showed that short-term rentals brought more money to the Midcoast economy than hotels or inns did.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
A reader in Rockport recently wrote a letter to the editor of the PenBay Pilot and mentioned “the exorbitant increase in my sewer bill.” Maine Water would like to take the opportunity to explain to customers in Camden and Rockport the relationship between your water usage, your water bill, your sewer service and your sewer bill.
The simplest explanation is that water and sewer are two separate services.
Maine Water delivers fresh, clean drinking water. We bill you for that water based in part on how much water you use. The towns provide your sewer service and set the rates for all sewer bills, also based in part on how much water you use.
Courtesy photo/Rockport Police Department featured
By Michael Cronin Staff Writer   Dec 17, 2020
Dec 17, 2020
Mary Fountain will become Rockport s first female police sergeant next month. Courtesy photo/Rockport Police Department
ROCKPORT â A Rockport Police officer is making history.
Mary Fountain of Peabody is the town s first female police sergeant. She was appointed to the position Tuesday night by selectmen, and is slated to start in her new role on Jan. 10.
She will replace Sgt. James Hurst, who is expected to retire by the end of the year.
Fountain has been with the Rockport Police Department since April 2017, starting as an intermittent officer and later brought on full-time. She is best known around town as the department s elder affairs officer in addition to being a patrol officer.
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