BELFAST - If it weren’t for the giant, toxic goldfish and the tangle of growth at the bottom of the lake, The Muck could be a decent place for kids to fish.…
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Game warden says reclamation would fill need in Waldo County
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Aug. 15-22 An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 10 (late…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Department reported the following activity Aug. 12-22. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 7 (late entry)
Glenn…
BELFAST — Not to be outdone by their more serious rowing counterparts, participants in this year's Cardboard Boat competition Aug. 16 battled intermittent showers and uncooperative creations to…
BELFAST — As summer in the Midcoast winds to an end, so too do the many summer events that have become ubiquitous with the region's summer season.
Last weekend brought the fifth annual…
Big boxes and economic development themes of councilors tenure
BELFAST - Two years ago, City Councilor Roger Lee tried to recruit a candidate to run in his place but found no takers. Given the demands of the job, he said,…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Aug. 7-15. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Aug. 7
Jesse L. Fuller, 32, of Belfast,…
Wards 1, 2 and 5, two RSU 20 seats up for grabs in November
BELFAST - Nomination papers for a total of five seats on the City Council and RSU 20 board of directors are due by the end of the month. As of Friday, only one candidate had officially thrown his…
New owners aim to catch Canadian harvest
BELFAST - Blueberry juice.
On Tuesday, telltale beads of the stuff trickled from under a garage door into the parking lot next to the Coastal Farms and Foods building on Route 1. Nearer to…
Searsport and Stockton Springs hold off, await outcome of November vote
BELFAST - Plans by five municipalities to simultaneously leave Regional School Unit 20 have been approved by district officials and are a few technical details shy from approval by the state…
Council hires new city clerk, promotes two police officers to sergeant
BELFAST - Belfast City Clerk Denise Beckett and two other staff members from the clerk’s and treasurer’s offices submitted resignation papers in late spring. As of August 2, only Deputy Clerk/…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity July 13 – July 25. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
July 4 (late entries)
Timothy…
Proprietors determined to reopen damaged Belfast business
BELFAST - Kyle and Helen Skinner had already planned two weekends of barbecues at Goose River Grocery in August when a fire forced them to close the store earlier this month. On Friday, Kyle…
Interview: Village of Spaces’ Amy Moon and Dan Beckman
BELFAST - Dan Beckman and Amy Moon looked at some 70 homes before settling on a fixer-upper on Mill Lane in 2006. Perched above a bend in the road, the old…
BELFAST — More than 50 vendors set up shop July 12 and 13 on Belfast's waterfront as the city's 18th annual Arts in the Park festival took over the seaside with an impressive array of unique wares…
Landmark business standing but badly damage after blaze
BELFAST - A fire on Tuesday night caused significant damage to the interior of Goose River Grocery on Swan Lake Avenue. As of Wednesday morning, the exterior and roof of the East Side fixture…
New planters put veggies within reach of ... just about anyone
BELFAST - A new handicap-accessible garden at the Starrett Children’s Center has yet to receive a single visitor in wheelchair. B…
Other driver first to see flames
BELFAST - A little smoke under the hood turned into a blaze that ultimately engulfed the car of a Morrill woman Saturday night. No one was injured in the fire, which temporarily closed an onramp…
Six towns aim for moving Department of Education deadline, now 10 days away
BELFAST - The Regional School Unit 20 Board of directors had planned vote Tuesday on withdrawal plans from six towns seeking to leave the district. However, the members pushed the vote back a week…
Council gives green light to slate of bike lanes and crossing upgrades
BELFAST - After several passes, committee recommendations for pedestrian improvements and bike lanes on a section of Main Street that has historically been kinder to cars and trucks got the green…
An eye-catching new business with a view
BELFAST - For several years, a “for sale” sign by a sloping field on Route 3 called attention to the “million dollar view” across Penobscot Bay.
Today the sign is gone and the property has…
New feature shows, and doesn’t, how much the city has changed
In the early 2000s I worked for an Internet startup that owned a massive database of photos showing street-level views of traffic intersections in and around New York City.
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Last-minute request draws wide range of opinions, resolves in split vote
BELFAST - School’s out in RSU 20, but advocates from six towns seeking to withdraw from the district are making a final push to get their agreements approved by district and state officials.
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BELFAST — More than 2,000 bicyclists rolled into Belfast Sunday, June 15, bringing an end to the American Lung Association's 2014 Trek Across Maine.
The trek, which began June 13, traverses…
Property owners want dead-end street to remain residential
BELFAST - In a city filled with ornate old homes, many of which have been restored in recent years, Seaview Terrace has become an unlikely battleground for preserving the historic character of a…
BELFAST — More than 200 people visited Colonial Theatre Friday, June 13, to watch friends, family, and sometimes themselves, dance in Belfast's ode to the popular Pharrell Williams' song, …
Informational event produces no firm plans, but offers some clarity
BELFAST - A group of 25 people met at the former Crosby School on Wednesday under the general premise of discussing the future of the building. The event was organized by representatives of the…
BELFAST - Disturbances in the narrow dirt strip between Miller Street and Kirby Lake (a.k.a. The Muck) suggested that around a half-dozen turtles recently laid eggs there. In fact, on Tuesday…
BELFAST — Revelers young and old gathered at Steamboat Landing Saturday in Belfast for the first annual Ukulele Picnic.
The event kicked off at noon and included performances by The MidCoast…
Council waives fees for ‘Lynx,’ talks video cameras for Harbor Walk
BELFAST - Privateer Lynx, a replica of an 1812 Baltimore Clipper ship, will be spending most of the month of July in Belfast. The City Council rolled out the welcome mat on Tuesday…
Front Street Shipyard’s travel lifts take all sizes
BELFAST - Much has been said about the capacity of the two travel lifts at Front Street Shipyard. The smaller, 160-ton hoist was heralded as the largest of its kind north of Newport, Rhode Island…
Modest turnout a marked contrast from last year
BELFAST - “A clean budget.”
That was how Regional School Unit 20 Superintendent Brian Carpenter described draft…
Money to be used at former railroad property and sheriff’s office sites
BELFAST - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that Maine will receive $3.8 million in grant funding for environmental assessment and…
Bowling, fancy ketchup, frozen yogurt, underwear, mini golf and more ...
BELFAST - Whether you’re stretching your legs after a long winter’s hibernation or riding in from somewhere warmer, you’ve likely noticed some new businesses around the city. We visited a few of…
BELFAST — Observers young and old gathered to watch Belfast’s annual Memorial Day Parade. The holiday, which originated just after the American Civil War, was formerly known as Decoration Day, and…
Inside the bypass zones subject of June, July meetings
BELFAST - In the future, smaller lot sizes and backlot flexibility could allow more houses to spring up in the dense residential areas of the city located within the bypass. Setback rules could…
Rebuilt pier will come with major rate increase for some boaters
BELFAST - After sending the advisory Harbor Committee back to the drawing board earlier this month, the City Council on Tuesday approved a new fee schedule for slips at Thompson’s Wharf pier. The…
Thompson’s Wharf pier rates remain in limbo
BELFAST – For years the city has charged a nominal rate for slips at Thompson’s Wharf pier with priority given to renters from previous years. Last week both of those practices came under scrutiny…
Sale of blueberry processing business may be in the works
BELFAST – Last month Coastal Farms and Foods representatives announced …
Somewhere over Waldo County
NORTHPORT- Recently Belfast Community TV Station Manager Ned Lightner and Mark Kuzio, a regular contributor, were brainstorming about what to do with their new…
Manager focuses on city’s share at start of budget process
BELFAST - Even before Regional School Unit 20 hit major budget troubles, City Manager Joe Slocum regularly took pains to remind Belfast residents that only a fraction of their property tax bills…
For Tyler Cross volunteering comes naturally, recognition less so
BELFAST - In a time when high school students are encouraged to pad their college applications with eye-catching acts of community service, Tyler Cross, the…
BELFAST - Organizers of the Free Range Music Festival scaled back the successful citywide event this year, opting instead for a concert and party to raise money for next year’s festival and tide…
BELFAST - They came bearing branches adorned with paper flowers, dressed as puffins, polar bears, bees and humans of all stripes. Residents and visiting activists on Tuesday staged a festive…
Overhauled space offers comforts, computers, a little privacy
BELFAST - The funky risers and bean bags are gone from the second-floor room in the Belfast Free Library once reserved for small children. Also gone are the model trains and miniature puppet…
Is the city missing the boat or taking the high road on parks fees?
BELFAST - Members of the City Council on Tuesday sparred over whether to waive the rental fee for two groups hoping to use of the Belfast Boathouse for educational events. The requests…
Accumulations, approaches vary in other Midcoast municipalities
BELFAST - After a week of warm weather, brush and organic debris from winter has been piling up curbside, here.
Thanks to the ice storm, those piles are significantly bigger than usual…
Coastal Farms and Food Processing to shut doors after two years
BELFAST - After two years in business, Coastal Farms and Food Processing will be closing its doors at the end of the month.
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$3.8 million project expected to benefit Shipyard, McCrum, create 110 jobs
BELFAST - The U.S. Economic Development Administration on Tuesday awarded Belfast $1.9 million for a major overhaul of Front Street.
The grant would cover half the cost of the estimated $3.8…
