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Rockland is a city in Knox County,Maine,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.
Rockport is a town in Knox County,Maine,United States. It is thirty-five miles southeast of Augusta. The population was 3,644 at the 2020 census. Rockport is a popular tourist destination and art colony.
Chellie MariePingree is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maine's 1st congressional district since 2009. Her district includes most of the southern part of the state,including Portland and Augusta.
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.
Down East:The Magazine of Maine is the principal general interest monthly magazine covering the U.S. state of Maine. It is based in Rockport,Maine,with a second office in Yarmouth,Maine. Down East was founded in 1954 by Duane Doolittle and loosely modeled on The New Yorker. It covers a range of topics including travel,food,the arts,the environment,politics,business,and lifestyle in the state of Maine.
Lewis R. French is a gaff-rigged topsail schooner sailing out of Camden,Maine as a "Maine windjammer" offering 3 to 6 night cruises to tourists. Built in 1871,she is the oldest known two-masted schooner in the United States,and one of a small number of this once-common form of vessel in active service. The ship was designated a US National Historic Landmark in 1992.
Stephen Taber is a two-masted schooner,built in 1871,operating as a "windjammer" in the tourist trade out of Rockland,Maine. A National Historic Landmark,she is one of a small number of surviving schooners originally built for the Atlantic coasting trade,and one of only three with a centerboard,allowing access through shallow channels and to shallow landing points. She is named for New York lawyer and politician Stephen Taber,and has a well-documented history of continuous service since her construction.
The Owls Head Light is an active aid to navigation located at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head,Knox County,Maine. The lighthouse is owned by the U.S. Coast Guard and licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation. It is the centerpiece of 13-acre (5.3 ha) Owls Head State Park and was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Owls Head Light Station in 1978.
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Elizabeth H. Mitchell is an American politician from Maine. Mitchell,a Democrat,represented Vassalboro,which is part of Kennebec County in the Maine Senate from 2004 to 2010. Mitchell was also the Democrats' 2010 candidate for the office of Governor of Maine. She finished in third place behind Republican Paul LePage and unenrolled attorney Eliot Cutler. She is the only woman in United States history to have been elected as both speaker of her state house of representatives and president of her state senate.
Edward 'Coach' J. Mazurek was an American schoolteacher and politician from Maine. Mazurek served as a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 22nd District,representing much of Knox County,including Thomaston and his residence in Rockland.
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.
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Nicole Grohoski is an American cartographer,naturalist,and politician from Maine. She is a Democrat representing District 7 in the Maine Senate. Grohoski was born in Ellsworth,Maine and attended Ellsworth High School,the Maine School of Science and Mathematics,and Middlebury College,earning degrees in chemistry and environmental science. She served two terms in the Maine House of Representatives before running for the Maine Senate in a special election in June 2022. Grohoski was re-elected to Senate District 7 in November 2022 and is currently serving her second term.
Michael Vincent Lawler is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 17th congressional district since 2023. From 2021 to 2022,he was a Republican member of the New York State Assembly from the 97th district in Rockland County.
Glenn "Chip" Curry is an American Democratic politician and youth advocate currently serving as the Maine State Senator for District 11. He has represented Waldo County in the State Senate since 2020 and is the student services coordinator at the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA)'s Rockland center. Curry earned an MS in College Student Personnel Services from Miami University in 1994 and worked in student services at Unity College and the University of Southern Maine (USM)'s Muskie School of Public Service before joining UMA.
Genevieve Kurilec McDonald is an American Democratic politician,lobster boat captain,and fisheries advocate from Maine. In 2018,she was the first female commercial fisherman to be elected to the Maine House of Representatives. McDonald represented House District #134:Cranberry Isles,Deer Isle,Frenchboro,Isle au Haut,North Haven,Southwest Harbor,Stonington,Swan's Island,Tremont,Vinalhaven,and Marshall Island. In 2013,she successfully led a social media campaign to prompt fishing gear producer Grundéns to produce commercial fishing gear for women. In June 2014,McDonald became the first woman to serve on the Maine Department of Marine Resources Lobster Advisory Council (LAC). McDonald resigned her House seat effective on May 10,2022,the day after the last Legislative Day of the Second Regular Session of the 130th Maine Legislature.
Valli D. Geiger is an American politician and nurse serving as a member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 93rd district. Elected in November 2020,she assumed office on December 2,2020.
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