Art prompts spur community to get creative during Artists & Makers Week Mon, 04/12/2021 - 11:30am
Photo courtesy Archipelago
Color Walk Art Prompt. Photo collage courtesy Kim Bernard
Arrangement of household items prompt. Photo collage courtesy Kim Bernard
Doodles submitted to Bernard that she turned into pins and is sending back to the participants. Photo collage courtesy Kim Bernard
ROCKLAND As mud season is full underway, little pops of color in nature are turning up on roadsides and gardens. As part of Artists & Makers Week hosted by the Island Institute’s retail store Archipelago, little pops of color also appeared in artist Kim Bernard’s email inbox the result of daily art prompts she put out to Maine’s communities and beyond last week.
BELFAST Despite another round of discussion at the Belfast Zoning Board of Appeals March 12 meeting as to whether the nonprofit Upstream Watch attained standing to contest the city’s permitting of Nordic Aquafarms project permits, the board’s decision remained a firm ‘no.’ But Upstream plans to take its arguments, as it procedurally can do, to Waldo County Superior Court.
“We absolutely are filing an appeal,” said Amy Grant, a cofounder of Upstream Watch, and a staunch opponent of the Norwegian company’s effort to build a $500 million indoor salmon raising and processing facility near the Little River in Belfast. “We plan on doing so around April 1.”
Lodging: $61
Each visiting yacht directly supports 11 full-time jobs, the company said, and each yacht produces nearly $150,000 of state and local tax revenue.
Lyman-Morse told the board that the company anticipates hiring 25 to 35 more employees with the development, and said there could an additional 20 to 30 non-Lyman-Morse jobs created.
Project elements: Harborwalk, new pier, dock
With the proposed harbor construction, Lyman-Morse hopes to relieve boat congestion in the inner harbor, and address climate change effects, including the better protection of the public Steamboat Landing launch.
It will, in collaboration with Camden, aim to build:
148-foot piling supported fixed pier with an 80-foot ADA-compliant gangway. The pier would be owned by the town and operated by Lyman-Morse;
ROCKPORT After months of closed door meetings, consultations with attorneys and finally, mediation with Duward Parkinson, the towns of Camden and Rockport, along with School Administrative District 28, have come to an agreement over the $1.5 million district assessment error that over-taxed Rockport and under-taxed Camden for more than a decade of public education costs.
In short, and with details still pending, the agreement as outlined Tuesday night, March 9, arranges for $750,000 to be paid by Camden to SAD 28 over eight years. SAD 28, in turn, will give that money back to Rockport. Additioanlly, SAD 28, which educates Camden and Rockport students in grades K-8, is to give Rockport another $150,000.
ROCKPORT After months of closed door meetings, consultations with attorneys and finally, mediation with Duward Parkinson, the towns of Camden and Rockport, along with School Administrative District 28, have come to an agreement over the $1.5 million district assessment error that over-taxed Rockport and under-taxed Camden for more than a decade of public education costs.
In short, and with details still pending, the agreement as outlined Tuesday night, March 9, arranges for $750,000 to be paid by Camden to SAD 28 over eight years. SAD 28, in turn, will give that money back to Rockport. Additioanlly, SAD 28, which educates Camden and Rockport students in grades K-8, is to give Rockport another $150,000.