Rockland News

Bixby & Co., LLC, makers of Bixby Bars, will be moving from its current location in the Coastal Farms food hub and incubation facility in Belfast to expand its operations in Rockland, effective March 1, 2014, according to a press release issued Dec. 9. The company will be leasing the former ice factory space from O'Hara Corporation at 1 Sea Street ... (more)

Sweet ranch - short walk to town. Wood floors. Full basement can be converted to playroom or third bedroom.

Not just from a national or global perspective but primarily the intent is to examine how our local culture is molded by what's being talked about in the world around us.

Atlantic Ballet Company will bring its extravagant "Nutcracker" production to Medomak Valley High School, Manktown Road, Sunday, Dec. 15. The show will begin 3 p.m. in the Ronald Dolloff Auditorium.

"The Late Night Groove" tonight on WRFR, 93.3 Rockland; 99.3 Camden; and WRFR.org will feature the music and words from a true troubadour, Jesse Terry.

Hearts and minds were filled with the spirit of the holiday following the fourth annual Jingle Bell Express sponsored by Rockland Kiwanis Dec. 6 and 7. The two-day, five-trip event took believers of all ages from Rockland's Maine Eastern Railroad to visit Santa, Mrs. Claus and their team of elves at the North Pole.

Portland-based Lebish and Grinnell perform; Cafe Miranda, In Good Company, Bricks and Steven Dumas Catering serve up hearty hors d'oeuvres and desserts; raffle; and photos with Santa at The Landings, 1 Commercial St., Rockland.

Sunrise photographs by Tim Sullivan of Rockland are on view through Jan. 4 in the Cafe Gallery of the Good Tern Natural Foods Co-op, 750 Main St. There will be a reception with wine tasting and live music Thursday, Dec. 19, from 3 to 5 p.m. Twenty years ago, Sullivan thought he wanted to be a photographer, playing with light and color, but the ... (more)

Hours of operation are 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM on weekends, and 11-7 on weekdays, every day until all trees are sold.

The television channel has whittled them down to eight one-on-one matchups. Competitions include the singing choir Christmas tree of Muskegon versus the Christmas lobster trap tree from Rockland, Maine.

American Legion Post No. 1 and Southend Grocery sponsor benefit evening for Pope Memorial Humane Society of Knox County at the legion hall, 335 Limerock St., Rockland.

Contemporary styled cape on a privately set waterfront cove with pleasant views over Simonton Cove.

Young Garrett Belmas and his mother Brandy from Hope admire Rockland's 38-foot-tall Lobster Trap Tree, which was assembled Nov. 22 with the help of 50 community volunteers.

Jessica Arsenault, no age listed, of Rockland, was arrested for assault, operating under the influence and domestic violence criminal mischief.

The proposed 2014 Knox County budget, totaling $9.6 million, is slated for a vote by the Knox County Commission and budget committee Thursday, Dec. 5. The budget is 1 percent less than last year's approved figure, down about $84,000, and will require a slightly lower tax commitment from county municipalities.

Fourth annual rain ride to North Pole and Santa's Workshop, departing 5 and 6:30 p.m. from, and returning to, the Maine Eastern Railroad depot, 4 Union St., Rockland.

Regional School Unit 13 chairman Esther "Tess" Kilgour refused to comment about why an agenda item to decide on the Superintendent Lew Collins' contract was removed from the Dec. 5 meeting.

Holly Smith, well known artist and wonderful teacher in Midcoast Maine, will begin teaching a watercolor class at Winding Way Watercolors Art Gallery January 2, 2014.

The new building would replace the existing one on property at 21 Winter St., which the arts organization announced in May it had signed an agreement to buy.

James R. Ellis, 23, of Bangor, failure to register vehicle, dismissed; attaching false plates, 24 hours in Knox County Jail.