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ROCKPORT — Three Rockport residents have stepped forward to run for an empty seat on the Rockport Select Board. Their nomination papers are now circulating, and they have until 4 p.m., July 22, to return them to the Rockport Town Clerk. Dana Jackson...

ROCKPORT — Annual Town Meeting in Rockport drew approximately 70 people to the Rockport Opera House June 15; some were ready to defend certain lines in the budget, others to question and comment, which they did. Still, the town approved 22 warrant...

A man was arrested Wednesday after attempting to rob two banks and making off with an undisclosed amount of money from one of the locations.

Mooring rental fees in Rockport Harbor are set to rise in the coming year, with the base mooring fee for residents set at $150, up 50 percent or $50 from the previous year; the base fee for non-residents will remain $225. These and other changes to...

ROCKPORT — On Dec. 13 members of the Rockport Select Board voted to table a motion asking that they approve the “mission” of the Town’s Parking Task Force, citing a lack of communication or progress reports from the task force. A new committee...

ROCKPORT — With a request of $35,000 from taxpayers to have a Portland-based firm conduct market research and develop a site plan for the former Rockport Elementary School (RES) site appearing before Rockport voters on the November ballot, the RES...

Rockport Select Board gets organized Share Rockport Select Board members reappointed town officials and committee members in what was mostly an organizational meeting June 28. Appointments are done annually for 18 town officials. These include Linda Greenlaw who is town clerk, tax collector, deputy treasurer and assistant general assistance administrator; Megan Brackett, finance director; Michael Young, public works director and Scott Bickford, code enforcement officer and local plumbing inspec...

ROCKPORT — At a June 9 organizational meeting of a newly configured Rockport Select Board, Michelle Hannan was elected to serve as the board’s Chair for the remainder of her term, which expires in 2023. Hannan replaces outgoing Chair Debra Hall in...

ROCKPORT — A town meeting warrant article asking Rockport voters if they favored crafting a municipal ordinance regulating short-term rentals was defeated June 8. While 194 ballots were cast in favor of the warrant article, 407 were opposed to it...