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Thomaston road closures on July 4, 2024
Thomaston PD has posted the following 2024 Fourth of July road closures to its Facebook page. On Thursday July 4, 2024, the following road closures will occur due to Independence Day festivities:. 7:30AM Beechwood Street from Valley St. to Erin St. 8:15AM until completion of road races:. Beechwood Street from...
Rockland forms Collaborative Land Use Review Subcommittee
ROCKLAND — The Comprehensive Planning Commission of Rockland, along with the Planning Board and City staff, has formed a subcommittee to review the city’s land use and zoning regulations for simplicity and consistency. Their work is in response to a vision outlined and described in the Comprehensive Plan for Rockland that was adopted in 2022, and comes at a time when cities and towns all over the United States are taking on similar work to clarify and modernize land use regulations.
Regulating pesticides and herbicides under Camden ordinance to be discussed July 2
Camden’s Select Board will open a discussion July 2 at its regular scheduled meeting about initiating an amendment to the town ordinance that would regulate herbicide and pesticide use. The illegal herbicide applications to Camden Harbor waterfront property in 2021 that poisoned trees and leached toxins onto the publicly...
Beekeepers at Union Fair July 7-10
The Knox Lincoln County Beekeepers (KLCB) is pleased to announce that we will have a booth at the upcoming Union Fair at 1 Fairgrounds Lane, Union, during the agricultural fair days July 7 to 10. Our booth is number BC29 located in Blueberry Commons, which is to your immediate left as you enter the fair grounds. We will have an observation bee hive on display as well as information on becoming a beekeeper, beekeeping books and free information packets. We will also have local raw honey for sale for $15 per one pound jar and free honey tasting.
Crafts receives National Social Worker of the Year award
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) named Rep. Lydia Crafts, D-Newcastle, as the 2024 National Social Worker of the Year. This national recognition follows Crafts’ earlier honor as Maine’s Social Worker of the Year by the NASW Maine chapter. "I am deeply honored by this recognition and...
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