Rockland is a city in Knox County,Maine,in the United States. As of the 2020 census,the town population was 6,936. It is the county seat of Knox County. The city is a popular tourist destination. It is a departure point for the Maine State Ferry Service to the islands of Penobscot Bay:Vinalhaven,North Haven and Matinicus.
Belfast is a city in Waldo County,Maine,in the United States. As of the 2020 census,the city population was 6,938. Located at the mouth of the Passagassawakeag River estuary on Belfast Bay and Penobscot Bay. Belfast is the county seat of Waldo County. Its seaport has a wealth of antique architecture in several historic districts,and remains popular with tourists.
Edmund Sixtus Muskie was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter,a United States Senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980,the 64th Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959,and a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1946 to 1951. He was the Democratic Party's candidate for Vice President of the United States in the 1968 presidential election.
The Penobscot River is a 109-mile-long (175 km) river in the U.S. state of Maine. Including the river's West Branch and South Branch increases the Penobscot's length to 264 miles (425 km),making it the second-longest river system in Maine and the longest entirely in the state. Its drainage basin contains 8,610 square miles (22,300 km2).
The University of Southern Maine (USM) is a public university with campuses in Portland,Gorham and Lewiston in the U.S. state of Maine. It is the southernmost of the University of Maine System. It was founded as two separate state universities,Gorham Normal School and Portland University. The two universities,later known as Gorham State College and the University of Maine at Portland,were combined in 1970 to help streamline the public university system in Maine and eventually expanded by adding the Lewiston campus in 1988.
The Maine Central Railroad Company was a U. S. Class I railroad in central and southern Maine. It was chartered in 1856 and began operations in 1862. By 1884,Maine Central was the longest railroad in New England. Maine Central had expanded to 1,358 miles (2,185 km) when the United States Railroad Administration assumed control in 1917. The main line extended from South Portland,Maine,east to the Canada–United States border with New Brunswick,and a Mountain Division extended west from Portland to St. Johnsbury,Vermont and north into Quebec. The main line was double track from South Portland to Royal Junction,where it split into a "lower road" through Brunswick and Augusta and a "back road" through Lewiston,which converged at Waterville into single track to Bangor and points east. Branch lines served the industrial center of Rumford,a resort hotel on Moosehead Lake and coastal communities from Bath to Eastport.
Penobscot Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean in south central Maine. The bay originates from the mouth of Maine's Penobscot River,downriver from Belfast. Penobscot Bay has many working waterfronts including Rockland,Rockport,and Stonington,and Belfast upriver. Penobscot Bay is between Muscongus Bay and Blue Hill Bay,just west of Acadia National Park.
Knox County Regional Airport is a county-owned,public-use airport in the town of Owls Head,Knox County,Maine,United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Rockland,Maine. The airport serves the residents of midcoast Maine with commercial and charter aviation services. Scheduled airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. It is also a major hub of freight and mail service to Maine's island communities including Matinicus,North Haven and Vinalhaven.
Sears Island,known as Wassumkeag or shining beach by the indigenous Wabanaki tribes of northern New England,is located off the coast of Searsport in Waldo County,Maine,at the top of Penobscot Bay. The island is the largest undeveloped,uninhabited,causeway-accessible island on the eastern coast of the United States. It is 940 acres (3.8 km2) in area. It is part of the Town of Searsport.
The University of Maine at Augusta is a public college in Augusta,Maine. It is part of the University of Maine System. UMA provides baccalaureate and select associate degrees for residents of Central Maine. The university has campuses in Augusta and Bangor,and courses offered online and across the state.
The Penobscot Narrows Bridge is a 2,120-foot-long (650 m) cable-stayed bridge that carries US 1/SR 3 over the Penobscot River. It connects Verona Island to Prospect,in the U.S. state of Maine. It opened in December 2006,replacing the Waldo–Hancock Bridge,built in 1931.
Penobscot Island Air is a small regional airline based at Knox County Regional Airport,Maine,United States (RKD) operating from a private terminal. The airline operates scheduled service to the islands in Maine's Penobscot Bay and offers private charter land and seaplane flights throughout the region.
Leigh Ingalls Saufley is the dean of the University of Maine School of Law and former Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Saufley grew up in South Portland,Maine and attended the University of Maine and the University of Maine School of Law. She was first appointed to the Maine District Court in 1990,and to the Supreme Judicial Court in 1997. She was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court in 2001,becoming both Maine's first woman and the youngest person ever to serve in the position. She served as chief justice until 2020 when she was hired as the eighth Dean of the University of Maine School of Law.
The Passagassawakeag River is a 16-mile-long (26 km) river in Waldo County,Maine in the United States. From the outlet of Lake Passagassawakeag in Brooks,it runs south and east to its estuary in Belfast,Maine. The river empties into Belfast Bay,an inlet of Penobscot Bay,where it passes under US Route 1.
U.S. Route 1 in the U.S. state of Maine is a major north–south state highway serving the eastern part of the state. It parallels the Atlantic Ocean from New Hampshire north through Portland,Brunswick,and Belfast to Calais,and then the St. Croix River and the rest of the Canada–US border via Houlton to Fort Kent. The portion along the ocean,known as the Coastal Route,provides a scenic alternate to Interstate 95 (I-95).
Glenn A. Cummings was a Democratic member of the Maine House of Representatives,representing the state's 115th district. He served from 2000 to 2008,including one term as the Speaker of the House,and was termed out of office in 2008. In 2000,when he first ran for the District 115 seat,Cummings became the first candidate in Maine history to qualify for public financing under Maine's new "Clean Elections" law. In 2009,Cummings was appointed deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Vocational &Adult Education. Cummings worked for the Goodwill Hinckley School in Fairfield,Maine as president and executive director.
Emily Ann Cain is an American politician from Maine and Executive Director of EMILY's List. A member of the Democratic Party,Cain served in the Maine Senate from 2012 to 2014,representing the 30th district which includes part of Penobscot County. She was previously a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 2004 to 2012,where she served as Minority Leader from 2008 to 2010 and as House Chair of the Appropriations &Financial Affairs Committee from 2010 to 2012.
Michael D. Thibodeau is an American politician and businessman from Maine. He was a Republican State Senator from Maine's 23rd District,representing all of Waldo County. He graduated from Hampden Academy in 1984. He was first elected to the Maine State Senate in 2010 after serving from 2006 to 2010 as state representative. He also served on the board of selectmen of Winterport.
David Miramant is an American Democratic politician and pilot from Maine. He represents Senate District 12,Knox County,in the Maine Senate. Miramant served in the Maine House of Representatives from 2006-2008 and was first elected to the Senate in 2014. Miramant is a career pilot:He flew commercial Boeing 767s at Delta Air Lines and has owned and operated a glider ride service on coastal Maine since 2005.
