Rockland News

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.

She was somewhat a youngish teenager, inasmuch as her age could be estimated at all.

Abby Fitzgerald, co-owner of Blueberry Farm Alpacas, first saw the furry cousins to the camel - alpacas - at Common Ground Fair about 10 years ago.

You'd expect Rockland to be about graceful schooners, craggy coast lines and lobstermen.

Santa's elves are busy making toys in the workshop; the reindeer are eating crops of carrots and resting up for a night of deliveries; and all the jolly old elf needs is a wish list - from you.

During the summer of 1940, a small caravan of Gypsies appeared on Thomaston Street next to the Curtis Wright airport.

On Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Dr. Colin P. Amundsen will discuss the archaeological excavations in the eastern half of the North Atlantic, specifically in Norway.

The Rockland area school board agreed Monday night to postpone a meeting it had scheduled with a facilitator hired to help it work through problems and to hold the session in public session.

Christopher Fahy, Midcoast author of "The Christmas Star," will sign books Saturday, Dec. 14, from noon to 3 p.m. at Beyond the Sea, Route 1 at Lincolnville Beach.

Ground has been broken and work has begun on the 675-square-foot building that will house public restrooms in downtown Rockland.

The Kiwanis Club of Rockland has kicked off its annual Christmas Tree sale with the delivery of the first batch of fresh-cut Maine trees.

Sundays 10pm-11pm "Late Night Groove," with Kyle Swan. Join Kyle in a serendipitous walk through great sounds from the past.

Teachers submitted a letter to the school board and Superintendent Lew Collins, dated Nov. 19, saying they had a "complete lack of confidence in the ability of the superintendent to lead us forward in a positive manner that is beneficial to the students of RSU 13." On Nov. 25, 12 administrators within RSU 13 sent another letter to the board ... (more)