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ROCKLAND — “I think we’ve all acknowledged that ‘at all times’ isn’t practical and sort of defies common sense,” said Councilor Sarah Austin during the May 10 Rockland City Council meeting. “If you are walking down Main Street at 4 in the morning, and you are the only person in sight, having to wear a mask, at this point, really doesn’t make a lot of sense.” Austin proposes to follow Maine mask-wearing guidelines as they evolve at the State and national levels, and to rescind last year’s Rockland-specific mandate, effective July 26, 2020, that requires mask-wearing in t...

Sarah Thompson (Photo by Sarah Thompson) ROCKLAND — “I’m running out of options,” said Rockland Police Chief Chris Young. “I’ve tried everything that I can think of as far as advertising different media that we’ve never used before – A cross section including several police-related websites, The International Association of Chiefs of Police – and this is the only other thing that I can really come up with and plan, to try to get at least a couple of these officers on board.” With the local department down four officers, and a nationwide shortage of law enforcement agents,...

Sarah Thompson (File photo by Sarah Thompson) ROCKLAND – “I know some people are seeing this as an opportunity to revamp the whole entire department, and some people see this as an opportunity for us to take apart a department,” said Mayor Ed Glaser, during the Monday, May 3 agenda-setting meeting of Rockland City Council. “I don’t see it as either one of those things. I see this as an opportunity for us to look at what we have as a police department. Celebrate their strengths, look at their weaknesses, and see how we can aid them to fit Rockland and do a better job for us.”

Sarah Thompson Mon, 04/12/2021 - 6:00pm ROCKLAND (4/13/2021) – “I would like to take a moment to briefly point out the irony that we’re now passing an order to close a portion of Winter Street,” said Councilor Ben Dorr, “but I’m stoked to go to this party for CMCA, and I’m glad that they are a member of our Downtown community. On April 12, Rockland City Council approved a closure of Winter Street for June 27, when Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) holds an outdoor party. The vote comes days after CMCA went before Council in protest of an ad hoc recommendation t...

Jersey barriers, parklets and pocket parks: Rockland Downtown Traffic Committee makes recommendations Sarah Thompson Downtown Rockland, in 2016. (File photo by Ron Hawkes) ROCKLAND — “It does not have to be a tourist town that we sell to others but avoid ourselves,” said Connie Hayes, Rockland resident and member of the 2021 Planning Committee for Downtown Rockland. On Wednesday, April 8, the 22-member committee, facilitated by Rockland Main Street’s David Gogel and City Councilor Louise MacLellan-Ruf, presented recommendations to Council regarding a plan for road and sidewalk use in...