Rockland, Maine

Rockland, Maine Welcome to the Rockland, Maine community page. Keep up to date here with the Rockland community. Rockland is a small coastal city in Knox County, Maine.

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. Today, Rockland is an officially designated micropolitan area. Rockland is the commercial center of the midcoast Maine region, with many historic inns, a coffee roaster, a food co-op, a community radio station WRFR-LP, the larg

est annual lobster festival in the world, and the Farnsworth Art Museum. Abenaki Indians called it Catawamteak, meaning "great landing place." In 1767, John Lermond and his two brothers from Warren built a camp to produce oak staves and pine lumber. Thereafter known as Lermond's Cove, it was first settled about 1769. When in 1777 Thomaston was incorporated, Lermond's Cove became a district called Shore village. On July 28, 1848, it was set off as the town of East Thomaston. Renamed Rockland in 1850, it was chartered as a city in 1854.

04/26/2024

The 2024 Show Poster! The design features a painting by downeast Maine artist Philip Frey, who is known for his colorful and light-filled images of the coast.

12/08/2022

Francine Laporte of St. George was reported missing on Wednesday, Dec. 7.

08/25/2021

Such a pretty blue lobster in our tank today! 😍🦞💙

10/26/2020

Celebrating 45 years and counting! Some of you may have heard the news that our sister store in Searsport will be closing later this year. You may not realize that for the past 30+ years, all of the Grasshopper Shops have been separately owned and operated by various members of the family. We will miss our counterparts, but wish my aunt and uncle a very happy retirement. In the meantime, we are still going strong in Rockland with no plans to close. I'm proud to represent the second generation in business and perhaps one day we'll be on to the third.

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