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Sarah Thompson Photo of the Feb. 23 Summit Gas proposal meeting with Rockland City Council. ROCKLAND – Rockland, Rockport, and Camden fire departments recently worked together on a home safety program. If the fire departments can team up, why not municipalities? Select Board members from surrounding towns recently attended a Rockland Zoom meeting, Feb. 23, regarding a now-defunct Summit Gas application. One unintentional result of the meeting was a sensation of multi-municipality cooperation that Rockland now aims to continue with other regional issues. “We don’t live in a silo, as they...

Sarah Thompson Photo of the Feb. 23 Summit Gas proposal meeting with Rockland City Council. ROCKLAND – Rockland, Rockport, and Camden fire departments recently worked together on a home safety program. If the fire departments can team up, why not municipalities? Select Board members from surrounding towns recently attended a Rockland Zoom meeting, Feb. 23, regarding a now-defunct Summit Gas application. One unintentional result of the meeting was a sensation of multi-municipality cooperation that Rockland now aims to continue with other regional issues. “We don’t live in a silo, as they...

To our readers, Natural gas plan sparks opposition at Rockland forum By Stephen Betts | Feb 23, 2021 Photo by: Stephen Betts More than 100 people turned out for a virtual meeting of the Rockland City Council concerning a proposal to extend a natural gas pipeline to the Midcoast. Rockland — A proposal to extend a natural gas pipeline to the Midcoast was met with a huge online turnout Feb. 23 with the overwhelming sentiment in opposition to the project. More than 100 people logged on to the Feb. 23 meeting, where Summit Natural Gas made a presentation on its proposal. This was ...

ROCKLAND — A new Rockland ad hoc committee will hold its first meeting this Thursday, Feb. 11, as a preliminary step toward balancing the needs of downtown restaurants during the pandemic with the frustrations of access-weary residents. Officially voted into order during the Monday, Feb. 8, City Council meeting, the Ad Hoc Downtown Traffic Pattern Study Committee was devised as a central hub to sift through opinions and options that many residents have been posting individually to Facebook, news outlets, and directly to City Councilors. “This order is not about doing the same thing tha...

Thursday, October 1, 2015 February 10, 2021 update: The McLain School Building will be turned over to the City of Rockland on Dec. 31, 2022. RSU 13 provided this date during a Monday, Feb. 8 meeting attended by councilors Sarah Austin and Nate Davis, City Manager Tom Luttrell, Supt. John McDonald, RSU 13 Business Manager Peter Orne, School Board Chair Loren Andrews, and Vice Chair Tom Peaco.  According to Luttrell, during the February Rockland City Council meeting later that day, the school district gave the 2022 date with a feeling of confidence that they’ll be able turn the building over...