10:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Rockin’ Storytime with Miss Katie (Online)
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Ret Talbot
The Camden Conference and Rockland Public Library host Ret Talbot in a Zoom presentation. He will be discussing “Melting Ice, Vanishing Fish — How Climate Change in the Arctic is Affecting Maine’s Fishery.”
As the once well-established borders between the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans become blurred by warming waters, a massive fisheries resource shift is underway. Valuable species like halibut, pollock, snow crab, and cod are appearing in larger numbers in the north as their populations diminish across more traditional fishing grounds to the south. In some cases, this means that valuable fish stocks are moving out of the territorial boundaries of one country and into those of another. In other cases, stocks are moving into international waters that are now (or soon will be) free of ice in the summer, providing a new opportunity for international commercial fishing vessels to exploit them. While some management measures, including a moratorium on fishing in the central Arctic Ocean, are in place, there are still many unknowns. This talk will discuss these issues largely through the lens of the valuable cod fishery. From the collapse of the northwest Atlantic cod fishery and the recent closure of the Gulf of Alaska cod fishery to the dramatic rise of the cod fishery in Russia with its most valuable markets in China, we’ll look at how climate-induced ecosystem changes in the Arctic are affecting global fisheries.
Ret Talbot is an award-winning journalist with over two decades of experience covering stories from some of the more remote corners of the globe. Since 2007, Talbot has worked as a full-time freelance writer and photographer, penning stories for magazines and working on book-length projects. His current work focuses largely on marine ecosystems and the myriad interactions between humans and those ecosystems. From the artisanal fisheries of the developing island nations of the Pacific to the heavily politicized commercial fisheries of Hawaii and the Gulf of Maine, Talbot spends much of his time interviewing fishers, fisheries managers, politicians, scientists, environmentalists, and other stakeholders about fisheries issues at the intersection of sustainability and science.
Talbot’s most recent project is the Beyond Data Podcast, an hour-long podcast that takes deep dives into mostly fisheries related topics. You can listen here and like the show’s Facebook page here.
Ret and his wife Karen Talbot, an artist and scientific illustrator known for her work with fishes, live on the coast of Maine. They frequently collaborate on projects and love to invite guests into their home-based gallery and studio in Rockland, Maine.
The program will be hosted on the Zoom platform. Please email sbillings@rocklandmaine.gov to request a link to attend.
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ATTACHED PLEASE FIND THE NOTICE HERE
FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
ROCKLAND CITY COUNCIL WHICH WILL
BE HELD ELECTRONICALLY ON ZOOM
ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 BEGINNING AT 5:30 P.M.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO VIEW THIS MEETING
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PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN BY REGULAR MAIL,
EMAIL, OR IN-PERSON ON ZOOM.
COMMENTS CAN BE MAILED TO CITY MANAGER TOM LUTTRELL
AT 270 PLEASANT STREET, ROCKLAND, MAINE 04841
OR EMAILED TO tluttrell@rocklandmaine.gov PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.
COPIES OF THE COMPLETE AGENDA ARE AVAILABLE
AT THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AT ROCKLAND CITY HALL,
270 PLEASANT STREET, ROCKLAND, MAINE
AND ON THE CITY’S WEBSITE AT
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Katie Owen
Rockland Public Library will host a Virtual Talk by Katherine Owen, the new Park Ranger at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge. The program will provide an overview of what the US Fish and Wildlife service does, and specifically, the preservation and protection work being performed by Maine Coastal Islands NWR. Owen will also discuss the natural history of seabirds and the cultural history that lead to the need of conservation, along with some current issues affecting our environment.
Katherine Owen is an Illinois native, who attended the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, where she studied fish and wildlife conservation. After graduating from college, she started a long journey of seasonal work doing outdoor education and interpretation up and down the East Coast of the United States. Owen accepted her first federal job with the National Park Service in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where she spent 4 years. She followed this with a spring season in Yellowstone National Park, before finding her way to Maine and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Owen loves to educate the public on what is in their own back yards.
Proceeds of the sale will support the Friends of Rockland Public Library’s severely impacted 2020 budget that funds library cards for Knox County students, all children’s and young adult books, computers and computer maintenance, interlibrary loan services, Thursday evening adult programming, elimination of overdue fines and more.
Due to the pandemic, the book sale will be held outside. The downstairs of the library, including the Book Stop, is still closed to the public. Masks and social distancing norms are required for this sale.
The sale will run from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Cost is $10 per bag, (bring your own bag). Members of Friends of Rockland Public Library are invited to shop first, from 8:30 until 9 a.m. Anyone interested in joining or renewing their Friends membership may do so at a table set up outside of the sale tent.
“We are so excited to finally have a book sale! Our summer sale is one of our biggest fundraisers. More importantly, I miss seeing my community of library friends. I hope you stop by on Saturday and Sunday, pick out some books, and say hello,” says President of the Friends of Rockland Public Library Rebecca Albright.
In case of rain, the sale will be postponed until Oct. 3 and 4.
For more information or questions, contact friendsofrocklandpubliclibrary@gmail.com.
Proceeds of the sale will support the Friends of Rockland Public Library’s severely impacted 2020 budget that funds library cards for Knox County students, all children’s and young adult books, computers and computer maintenance, interlibrary loan services, Thursday evening adult programming, elimination of overdue fines and more.
Due to the pandemic, the book sale will be held outside. The downstairs of the library, including the Book Stop, is still closed to the public. Masks and social distancing norms are required for this sale.
The sale will run from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Cost is $10 per bag, (bring your own bag). Members of Friends of Rockland Public Library are invited to shop first, from 8:30 until 9 a.m. Anyone interested in joining or renewing their Friends membership may do so at a table set up outside of the sale tent.
“We are so excited to finally have a book sale! Our summer sale is one of our biggest fundraisers. More importantly, I miss seeing my community of library friends. I hope you stop by on Saturday and Sunday, pick out some books, and say hello,” says President of the Friends of Rockland Public Library Rebecca Albright.
In case of rain, the sale will be postponed until Oct. 3 and 4.
For more information or questions, contact friendsofrocklandpubliclibrary@gmail.com.
270 Pleasant Street
Rockland, Maine 04841
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE
September 11, 2020
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF THE ROCKLAND CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ELECTRONICALLY VIA ZOOM ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 AT 6:00 P.M. FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE(S):
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______Stuart H. Sylvester____
STUART H. SYLVESTER
CITY CLERK
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David Yarborough
Rockland Public Library will host David Yarborough, PhD. Emeritus Blueberry Specialist and Emeritus Professor Horticulture, University of Maine, for a virtual presentation on Maine’s wild blueberry industry. Yarborough will describe the establishment of the wild blueberry plants as the glacier receded 10,000 years ago and discuss the beginnings of the blueberry industry in the 1800’s. Blueberry production in Maine has progressed from less than 1 million pounds produced in 1896 to the bumper crop of over 110 million pounds produced in 2000. Changes in harvest techniques from hand-picking to hand-raking to the current practice of machine harvesting will also be discussed. Additionally, the talk will cover the research and development-integrated pest management techniques and health-research that have allowed the wild blueberry industry in Maine to prosper and compete with cultivated blueberries in a world market.
David E. Yarborough is the Emeritus Wild Blueberry Specialist with Cooperative Extension and Emeritus Professor of Horticulture in the School of Food and Agriculture at the University of Maine, where he worked for 40 years. He has worked with wild blueberry growers in Maine and Canada to educate them on best management practices that enabled them to increase their efficiency of production and profitability, so that this industry continues to remain competitive in the world marketplace. He was recognized by the IR-4 program when he received the Meritorious Service Award in 2006
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Rain date: Thursday, 9/24, from 1-3 PM.
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Sing and sway along with new and familiar nursery rhymes and songs. This storytime is for little ones and music lovers, with lots of songs and one short story at the end. New every Thursday! Just go to our YouTube Channel or Facebook page.
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Aimsel Ponti
Music journalist Aimsel Ponti will discuss the local music scene in Portland, Maine, as well as the impact of the Coronavirus on live music performances this year. She will also give an overview of her own career as a music journalist and radio host, and talk about some of her favorite albums of 2020. The talk will take place via the Zoom platform.
Aimsel Ponti is a music journalist and content producer at the Portland Press Herald. She started as a freelancer in 2003 and has been full-time since 2011. Her weekly Face the Music column has been running in the Press Herald magazine section since August of 2003. Aimsel also does artist interviews, show reviews, event previews and food reviews for the Press Herald. Aimsel has been appearing monthly for the past five years on the Newscenter Maine show 207, where she previews upcoming live music performances.
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The City of Rockland has always benefited from a unique combination of geography and economics that has made it one of the most beautiful and practical destinations on the coast of Maine. Its nearly 8,000 residents live at the heart of Midcoast Maine, an area world famous for its mountainous and rocky shore with hundreds of harbors and inlets, and for some of the best cruising waters anywhere for sailing and boating for pleasure or sport. A nearly mile-long granite breakwater protects Rockland Harbor and lighthouse making it one of the finest shipping and recreational boating harbors on the East Coast of the United States.
Learn more about Rockland, the History of Rockland or Doing business here.
You can contact the City of Rockland using the online contact form or details below. You can also contact a department or the City Council.
info@rocklandmaine.gov
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270 Pleasant Street Rockland, ME 04841
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