Rockport News

ROCKPORT : The Rockport Select Board met with the town manager in a work session on Tuesday to review and set goals for the coming year.

ROCKPORT : Rockport has received $10,000 to help establish a philanthropic and endowment fund.

Fire crews from three towns spent more than five hours fighting a fire and cleaning up from that blaze in Rockport Wednesday.

ROCKPORT : Town All meetings are held at the town office unless otherwise stated.

ROCKPORT : Tim Fogg of Rockport said he had just sat down after getting home from work Wednesday night when he heard an explosion in the barn behind his house at 130 Gurney St.

ROCKPORT : On Saturday, July 25, from 1:00 - 5:00pm, the Total Health Alliance will offer "Neo-Shamanic Energetics," with Marc Felix, Ph.D. The course will take place at Lily Pond House in Rockport.

ROCKPORT : Gretchen Heilman, Clinical Herbalist and Holistic Health Counselor with Alive and Awake Healing Arts, will offer two popular and effective programs at Lily Pond House in Rockport, on July 16 and July 19.

CAMDEN : A 25-year-old Rockport man is behind bars after being arrested early Saturday for setting a boat ablaze in Camden.

CAMDEN : Many qualified sea captains were born in Islesboro and later moved to Camden by the sea.

Police received a report of a noise complaint at Mount Pleasant Street at 10:22 p.m. Thursday.

ROCKPORT : Beginning the weekend of July 10, the Total Health Alliance will present guided, affordable weekend packages for local residents, area inns, and visitors that focus on health, vitality, and creativity.

ROCKPORT : Town All meetings are held at the town office unless otherwise stated.

The Maine Sea Goddess will be crowned Wednesday, July 29 at the coronation ceremony beginning at 8 p.m. at Harbor Park in Rockland.

ROCKPORT : Whether you're looking for steak, seafood, vegetarian options, or something that just plain tastes good, we offer all of the above at Prism Glass and The Gallery Cafe during lunch.

ROCKPORT : Maine Media Workshops and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art will collaborate with New Media Artists Maine to present screenings of experimental films Saturday afternoon, June 27.

ROCKPORT : The Rockport Select Board agreed June 22 to form a pest management advisory committee after fielding public complaints about the appearance of town properties and the eruption of poison ivy.

ROCKPORT : Town All meetings are held at the town office unless otherwise stated.

ROCKPORT : The Midcoast is gaining national attention. First, because local teens have engaged in excessively high rates of inhalant abuse in recent years; and second, because efforts to address and prevent the problem - as well as other problem behaviors - are having significant impact.

One really cool thing that happened in Maine last week was the lighting of Robert Indiana's EAT sign atop the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland Maine.

The new Disney movie "The Proposal" opens in theaters nationwide this weekend. The film stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds and is set in Sitka.