As a 19-year-old in the Coast Guard, I lived on junk food, drove too fast and spent nights ashore at dance halls or roller skating rinks.
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Rockland foundation offers $20,000 award to composers
It’s the third year the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation has offered the commission.
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Former Rockland police officers sentenced to jail for cruelty to animals
The two men acknowledged killing porcupines with their retractable batons several times while on duty.
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Driver crashes after yelling at demonstrators in Rockland
A juvenile from Hope was driving a vehicle past the demonstration, yelled out the window at the protesters and crashed into the back of a parked van.
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Rockland gallery makes way for the shapes of David Row
The artist, who splits his time between New York and Cushing Island, gets his first show in his home state at 71.
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Knox County couple charged after 3-year-old found alone in ferry parking lot
Police say they searched for the child’s parents or guardians on April 27 before finding the couple in a motel room with ‘a large amount’ of cocaine and fentanyl.
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U.S. Coast Guard responds to fishing vessel disabled off Maine coast
The Boston-based Padre Pio, a 65-foot-long dragger, reported engine trouble Saturday evening 50 miles southeast of Vinalhaven and will be towed to Rockland.
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Maine-built schooner is back on the water for 150th season
The Lewis R. French was launched Wednesday and will soon carry passengers from its homeport in Camden.
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State launches ferry built in East Boothbay shipyard
The new vessel, named after Capt. Richard G. Spear, a Maine Maritime Academy graduate, will transport passengers and motor vehicles between Rockland and Vinalhaven for the Maine State Ferry Service.
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Rockland ferry terminal closed after COVID-19 case
The terminal will stay closed until Friday morning while officials notify close contacts and clean the building after a staff member tested positive for the virus.