SEARSPORT - Selling handmade Christmas wreaths for $5 a pop out of the back of a truck parked alongside Route 1 could be a real grind, but for Larry Carrozzo of Searsport it's relaxing — fun,…
Belfast
Belfast's newest poet laureate continues that journey
(Editor's note: This is an edited version of the article to correct the location for the New Year's Eve inauguration of the new poet laureate. The ceremony will be held at the Playhouse…
Belfast City Council
BELFAST - Front Street Shipyard detailed a major proposed expansion of its waterfront complex to the City Council on Tuesday night. The plan, which would call for the construction of the largest…
City Council preview:
BELFAST - Front Street Shipyard will be laying out a proposal for a major expansion of its waterfront complex at the Belfast City Council meeting tonight. Below is a brief preview of this and…
Wake up and shop local
BELFAST - Do you really have to drive an hour to find decent holiday shopping? According to Jean Watts of Glenburn, who came from the Bangor suburb with a friend to shop for stocking stuffers in…
Bigger lift, bigger building, bigger boats
BELFAST - Following recent closed-door discussions with city officials, Front Street Shipyard went public Wednesday with a proposed expansion of its waterfront complex that would include a new…
Can a bridge be a memorial and booster both?
BELFAST - In an episode reminiscent of last summer's boycott of downtown businesses by motorcyclists, a passing comment at City Hall provoked another proud group. This time it was military…
Adaptive reuse
BELFAST - Creative conversions of 100-plus-year-old buildings is nothing new. The spacious, character-filled factories of the second industrial revolution, chicken barns and even big box stores…
At the V.F.W. and Waterfall Arts
BELFAST - With the parades and other public celebrations of Veterans Day passed, the Monday holiday offered some in Belfast — veterans and nonvets alike — a chance to quietly be with their people…
Why Belfast took days to release official election results
BELFAST - At the close of polls on Election Night, workers at the city's three polling places printed out tallies from the optical ballot readers, posting those unofficial results for the benefit…
Notes from abroad: BELFAST—BELGIQUE
PARIS - Roadside plaques are all that delineate national borders within the EU. Thus, we were in France for about an hour before I realized we had left Belgium. This was two Saturdays ago, and I…
The brownfield you know
BELFAST – From downtown revitalization, to transportation-related projects, the city of Belfast has been increasingly successful at getting grant money. But in a somewhat ironic turn of events,…
Lee and Hamilton unopposed, are reelected
BELFAST - Mary Mortier edged out Chris Knight in the only contested Belfast City Council race, winning the Ward 1 seat vacated by two-term Councilor Marina Delune.
Delune opted not to run…
A wayward baler, unknown stockpiles conspire for perfect plastic storm
BELFAST - Outside the office of the transfer station it was raining. Inside, Steve Roberts was talking about which kind of trash goes to PERC.
"MSW," he said.
PERC is Penobscot Energy…
Shipyard to be beneficiary; new spray booth, rehab of Boatyard on tap
BELFAST – Maine's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Economic Development Program has awarded the City of Belfast and Front Street Shipyard a grant of $200,000.
The money will be used…
Downtown Demonstration
BELFAST — Members of the John Birch Society were in downtown Belfast on Wednesday with banners urging residents to “Kick ICLEI Out of Town.”
Belfast is…
Former SAD 34 towns planning post-election pitch
BELFAST – Representatives of the six towns making a pitch to leave Regional School Unit 20 expect to present a plan to the school board shortly after the elections.
Voters in Belfast,…
'It effectively eliminates downtown Belfast ...'
BELFAST – How do you know if you're within 1,000 feet of a city-operated park? And does that place have anything to do with the park itself?
Variations on these questions led city councilors…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Superior Court from Oct. 8 through Oct. 12, 2012.
Brian E…
CONTACT SHEET
BELFAST — White Pines are some of the fluffiest conifers you'll find. But as Christmas trees, they're less than ideal. The needles shed easily, and in contrast to the Balsam's ornament-ready limbs…
Notes from abroad: BELFAST—BELGIQUE
BELGIUM — This past Sunday I found myself standing outside my house at 7:30 in the morning, wearing a jacket and winter hat against the morning chill. I was waiting for my Rotary counselor's…
The following cases were closed in Belfast District Court from Oct. 1 through Oct. 5, 2012.
Louis Ares, 36, of Searsport, operating a vehicle without a license in Belfast July 23, $250 fine…
HOLY COW! IT'S THE CHURCH STREET FESTIVAL
BELFAST – Bella the Big Pink Elephant, icon of the annual Church Street Festival, is in her second incarnation. So maybe it's fitting that the theme of the 2012 festival parade, happening this…
LOCAL SKATEBOARD COMPANY THROWS FESTIVAL IN BELFAST
BELFAST - Brennan Moore wants to get gnarly. He and his newly founded skate company, GNARK, have been hard at work designing merchandise, shooting videos, and planning their “End of Summer…
Council LEANS LIGHTLY, AND A LITTLE RELUCTANTLY, ON ITS NEIGHBOR
BELFAST — Two-dozen opponents of a proposed liquefied petroleum gas terminal in Searsport turned up at a Belfast City Council meeting Tuesday to ask officials to help put the brakes on the project…
Longley of Waldo County Probate hits Belfast on two wheels
BELFAST – Waldo County Judge of Probate Susan Longley said she was nervous about campaigning for reelection for the first time since she took the bench in 2004. So she took the advice of someone…
City signs off on plan for 200-year-old Admiral Pratt House
BELFAST – The Belfast Planning Board on Wednesday approved a plan that would convert a historic Primrose Hill residence into a daycare and preschool.
The Children's Voice Preschool, as it is…
Belfast moves ahead with withdrawal plan, too confidently for some
SEARSPORT – Voters in Belfast, Belmont, Morrill, Northport, Searsmont and Swanville have approved pursuing withdrawal from Regional School Unit 20. But have they voted to withdraw or simply to…
The following cases were closed in Belfast District Court between Sept. 17 and Sept. 24, 2012.
Timothy J. Adkins, 38, of Swanville, criminal mischief, $250 fine; criminal trespass, $250…
The following case was closed in Belfast District Court between Sept. 10 and Sept. 14, 2012.
Arnold Thompson, 43, of Bangor, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, 48 hours in jail.
WORKING IN VACATIONLAND
“Many people think of bats as vicious animals that carry diseases and get tangled in hair. Others consider them to be friendly, cuddly animals that need only…
EXIT INTERVIEW
When John Loxterkamp left Belfast in August to attend college in New York City he had already been recognized as a filmmaker. The Fly, a four-minute short he coproduced with classmate Wes…
High School Golf
Here are the recaps of the Midcoast opening day golf matches.
Golf
The Windjammers opened the season with a solid 8-1…
