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Monday, September 9, 2019
  • Notes from Lime City: Public Space in Downtown Rockland

    Notes from Lime City: Public Space in Downtown Rockland

    On a recent Sunday afternoon, Nate was sitting with a friend outside of Rock City Cafe discussing local affairs. He enumerated some of the wonderful things in his field of vision: a bicycle rack holding a pair of bicycles; LED streetlights ...
  • Notes from Lime City: The Politics of the Lobster Festival’s “Non-Political” Parade

    Notes from Lime City: The Politics of the Lobster Festival’s “Non-Political” Parade

    In 2018, for the first time in its 70-year history, the Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland banned “politics” from its Big Parade. Rumors spread that this was partly done because festival organizers wanted to find a way to prevent Midcoast ...
  • Notes from Lime City: Will They Stay or Will They Go?

    Notes from Lime City: Will They Stay or Will They Go?

    We’re interested in what young people think about Rockland, the midcoast, and Maine in general, and whether they want to stay or leave. Nate grew up in a small town in New Hampshire and doesn’t remember many of his peers aspiring ...
  • Notes from Lime City: Rockland’s Private, Gated Harbor?

    Notes from Lime City: Rockland’s Private, Gated Harbor?

    What happens when private for-profit companies have far more money and flexibility than the communities they operate in? Yachting Solutions, a company based in Rockport, whose Shopify page proudly proclaims ...

  • Notes from Lime City: Yes in Our Backyards

    A three-person (plus one house manager) sober re-entry home named Unity House has been proposed to occupy a house on Talbot Avenue in Rockland. From what we understand, neighbors discovered this from a real estate ...

  • Notes from Lime City: Happy Pride!

    It’s Pride month! Since June 1970, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender-non-conforming, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual people, allies and more (LGBTQIA+) have been officially embracing Pride with public defiance and ...

  • Notes from Lime City: Is Rockland a Walkable City?

    We have been pleased to see Rockland — both the city government and the community at large — increasingly take the needs of pedestrians, as well as bicyclists, skateboarders and wheelchair users, into account. But it’s worth discussing ...

  • Notes from Lime City: It’s Time to Get Serious About Climate Change in Rockland

    This could be an exciting moment for Rockland! On Monday, May 20, at 5:30 p.m. at Rockland City Hall, the city’s Energy Advisory Committee will present its proposed Climate Action Plan, along with a workshop hosted by ...

  • Notes from Lime City: What’s So Bad About Dandelions?

    It’s that time of year. Flyers arrive advertising 2-for-1 Roundup deals, and stores strategically position the herbicide front and center. People will soon be trying to eradicate any trace of dandelions from driveway or lawn. And yet, on March 27 ...

  • Notes from Lime City: Amazon Got a Tax Rebate of $129 Million. How About You?

    We’re not opposed to taxes. Theoretically, the idea that we as a society pool our resources and get to decide what our priorities are is pretty positive. But between the way for-profit corporations are paying less and less — as they get richer ...

  • Notes from Lime City: Who’s afraid of cannabis (and why) —

    Many Rocklanders use recreational drugs. There is, in fact, a drug so widely consumed in Rockland that some local commercial establishments exist primarily to serve its users. This substance is psychoactive and neurotoxic, and countless ...

  • Notes from Lime City: In favor of an ambitious living wage for Rockland

    We propose that the Rockland City Council consider a living wage — of at least $15/hour — to take effect soon, perhaps in January 2020. The people of the state of Maine get it. It was wonderful when we voted for raising the state minimum ...

  • Notes from Lime City: Towards a More Participatory Governance

    Speaking from the podium during the public comment portion of a Rockland City Council meeting can be a harrowing and surreal experience. You speak on your cause and perform on live TV for up to five minutes. You and your gaffes ...

  • Notes from Lime City: A New Free Press Column

    A good friend recently mentioned that part of why she loves living in Maine is that you can really feel the bones of this place. Maybe she meant the way the old buildings rise up, the disintegrating lime kilns overgrown with grass ...
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