ROCKPORT With several Rockport firefighters running up one trail, and the fire chief and a paramedic riding a side-by-side all terrain vehicle up another trail, the rescue of an injured mountain biker high on the northwest side of Ragged Mountain.
ROCKPORT Stacey and Jonas Contakos, of Rockport, are hoping the town will approve their idea of building a new 120-foot by 140-foot youth and community movement education facility on land most recently used as a car lot for Herrick’s Garage, on.
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.