Rockland Debates Charter Changes: Modernization vs. Tradition

Select Board votes to advance charter revisions to town meeting despite concerns over governance changes

ROCKLAND - April 15 - The Rockland Select Board votes 3-2 to advance proposed charter changes to the May town meeting, following extensive debate about modernizing the town's 55-year-old governing document.

Karen Ripley, representing the Charter Review Committee, presents the culmination of a seven-year effort to update Rockland's charter, which hasn't b…