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Sweet Celebrations: Third Annual Rockport Donut Festival Packed With Flavor

Rockport, Maine · Rockport

Sweet Celebrations: Third Annual Rockport Donut Festival Packed With Flavor

ROCKPORT — Get ready to indulge, because Rockport’s most delicious summer tradition is back!Read Article

6.1 to 6.30/Pride Walk

Rockport, Maine · Rockport

6.1 to 6.30/Pride Walk

Sunrise to sunsetErickson Field Preserve, 164 West St., Rockport Read Article

Alice M. Frye, service

Rockport, Maine · Rockport

Alice M. Frye, service

ROCKPORT — A celebration of life for Alice M. Frye, who passed away April 26, 2025, will be held Sunday, June 22, 2025 at 2:00 p.m., at the St. George Grange, 32, Wiley’s Corner Road, St. George. To share a memory or condolence with the Frye family, please visit their Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com.See the Story

Rockport approves budget, comp. plan; faces a tie between two school board candidates

Two candidates competing for one open seat on the SAD 28 and Five Town CSD school boards received a tie vote, with the outcome remaining up in the air. Both Stacey Contakos and Brieanna Gutierrez each received 165 votes. The third candidate, Ellen Reynolds, received 160 votes.Rockport, Maine · Rockport Read Article

Ashley Mychak joins MaineHealth Podiatry Rockport, brings 3D bunion correction procedure

ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital welcomes Ashley Mychak, DPM, FACFAS, to its Podiatry team. Dr. Mychak specializes in the Lapiplast 3D Bunion Correction Procedure, a procedure that MHPBH will now be able to offer for the first time.Rockport, Maine · Rockport Read Article

Merryspring talk: Ancient History of the Gulf of Maine

Dr. Katherine Allen will lead an indoor presentation on the Ancient History of the Gulf of Maine, Tuesday, June 17, at 12 p.m., at Merryspring Nature Center.Rockport, Maine · Rockport Read Article

Rockport’s budget process needs an overhaul

This week, Rockport residents received the newest edition of the town’s Rockport Resource newsletter, which always provides a helpful indication of what the Rockport Select Board wants the town’s voters to do. If the Board wants voters to adopt a series of restrictions on short-term rentals, for example, we’re treated to pages of arguments making that case. If the Board would like to spend millions on a new wastewater system, we’re encouraged, i…Rockport, Maine · Rockport Read Article

MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals launch accessible drug take-back program

ROCKPORT and BELFAST — MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo hospitals announce the launch of a secure and convenient medication take-back program on their campuses. Both hospitals have installed new take-back kiosks within their main lobbies, offering year-round, no-cost disposal for residents of Knox and Waldo counties. The kiosks provide a place for community members to safely discard unused, expired or leftover prescription and over-the- counter med…Rockport, Maine · Rockport Read Article

Urge each and every voter to vote NO on Rockport's Question 3 on June 10

What Does the Proposed New Rockport Comprehensive Plan Say? Well, first of all, it says A LOT. Most probably more than busy residents have time to read — all 249-plus pages of it! And we must be informed because so much is at stake for our little town. In fact, on Page 6, the Plan states: "The 2025 Plan will serve as an informative guide for land-use decision making over the next decade." If you would like to read the whole plan, go to the…Voter · Rockport Read Article

What Does the Proposed New Rockport Comprehensive Plan Say?

' ... only a few years ago, our voters, by a 70% majority, said NO to vacation rental regulation.'Rockport, Maine · Rockport Read Article

Learn about, and celebrate 'Land Return' in the Midcoast

Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Land Return and Access Committee and the co-directors of Niweskok invite the community to a gathering on June 4 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Pascal Hall, 86 Pascal Avenue, in Rockport. Attendees will hear about a recent land return project in the Midcoast and learn how community members can support this work.Rockport, Maine · Rockport Read Article