BELFAST — Several middle school cross country programs gathered Monday, Oct. 20 at Belfast’s Troy Howard middle school in hopes of leaving with the championship crown.
The course was 2.1…
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Video interviews with Betty Johnson and Donald Berry
BELFAST - If it were a boxing match, this year’s race for Waldo County Commissioner, District 1, would be worthy of a nickname like The Thrilla in Manilla.
For starters, Betty Johnson (D-…
‘We’ve got power, apparently, in this district and we’re still getting whacked.’
BELFAST - Augusta has shifted expenses to cities and towns. This is what municipal, county and school district officials say when they aren’t tearing each other limb from limb over rising property…
‘Power Purchase Agreement’ would pass on some benefits of federal tax credits to city
BELFAST – Last week, the City Council approved a deal with ReVision Energy to install a 180-panel, 45.9 kilowatt solar energy…
Council OKs temporary fix for trestle river crossing
BELFAST - Workers pulled up much of the old track from a two-mile section of the former Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad corridor last week, clearing the way for a new a pedestrian and biking…
Social services, healthcare organizations and police band together to lift stigma from substance addiction
BELFAST – Pat Kaplan wants to bring the problem of drug and alcohol addiction out in the open.
How much out in the open?
“I can picture a sign, ‘Our town Belfast: a…
Tennesee-based company says mill ceased to turn a profit
BUCKSPORT - Verso Paper Corp. announced Wednesday that it would close its Bucksport mill at the end of the year, laying off more than 500 workers.
Verso Chief Executive Officer Dave…
Fallen limbs, close calls, and the city’s strange relationship with marginal woods
BELFAST - In front of 81 Pearl Street, there’s an unremarkable horse chestnut tree.
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Local ballot will feature one name per Council ward
BELFAST - The lone contested City Council race recently became a one-candidate affair. Kassie Merrill withdrew her name earlier…
Aviation scene commissioned for hangar at Belfast Airport
BELFAST - It's hard to imagine David Hurley being intimidated by a request to paint a mural.
In downtown Belfast, his depictions of cats poised in windowsills and…
On the fisheries, small business, marketing Maine, marijuana
When independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler came by Knox Mill in Camden recently …
Pride Sports would add toy to roster of golf tees and cigar tips
BURNHAM - Inside Pride Sports manufacturing plant, thousands of wooden dowels rolled off an internal assembly line. Dowels are the basic unit of Pride Sports’ wood products and most were milled…
Residential, commercial and waterfront areas to be addressed at Boathouse session
BELFAST - The City Council will hold a public hearing Wednesday night on a slate of proposed zoning changes that would apply to all properties inside the bypass. The hearing, to be held at the…
Rep. Brian Jones reportedly found with woman in van at Park-and-Ride
FREEDOM — Democratic House Rep. Brian Jones of Freedom was arrested Monday night after a state trooper found him in a sexual…
What is it going to be?
BELFAST - What’s being built next to Dunkin Donuts on Starrett Drive?
It’s sort of a trick question.
Over the past…
Fifty-minute discussion started with the the topic of marijuana and ended with sneakers for U.S. military
OWLS HEAD — In political contests, multi-term incumbents are often derided as “career politicians,” but U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud doesn’t shy away from his long tenure in government. If anything, he’…
Small surplus and big projects expected to sap cash flow
BELFAST - For over 20 years, the city has kept enough money in reserve to pay salaries, bills and other expenses during the gap between the end of the fiscal year and the arrival of the first tax…
Alcohol suspected in Sunday night crash
FRANKFORT - A local woman was reportedly “shook up,” but not seriously injured, after her car went off the road and hit a utility pole Sunday night around 10 p.m.
According to firefighters…
Hoffman comes by way of NYC, Alaska and plenty of stops between
SEARSPORT - The Searsport District High School/Middle School has had a string of dynamic principals in recent years, and Kent Hoffman, who signed on at the beginning of August seems likely to…
Injuries to drivers, passengers deemed non life threatening in both incidents
BELFAST - A pair of motor vehicle accidents Wednesday afternoon kept local emergency crews busy. Police said there were no life-threatening injuries despite damage to the vehicles that suggested…
‘Pizza! Pizza!’ chain sees market, seeks operator
DETROIT, Mich. — Little Caesars, the restaurant chain that turned a pint-sized plutocrat repeating the word “pizza” into one of the more memorable ad campaigns of the 1980s, is looking to…
Work session on citywide drainage issues to be held Tuesday
BELFAST - On Tuesday, the City Council is scheduled to hold a work session on “various drainage issues in Belfast.” Behind the innocuous name, the meeting is bit of vindication Seaview Terrace…
Game warden says reclamation would fill need in Waldo County
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.…
See the fair like never before
UNION — As the Union Fair continues, we take a look at some of the people who make it happen. Two such people are Keith Deschambeault and Sean Toomey. They operate Acadian Seaplanes out of…
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,…
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…
The tents are up and the flags are out; this year, tribute to Herreshoff
ROCKLAND – No sooner did the Lobster Festival tents come down than preparations began for the 12th annual Maine Boats, Homes and Harbors Show, August 8-10.
The show is put on by the …
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/…
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…
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.
…
Day 2
TOOTHACHER BAY — Tuesday aboard Mary Day was welcomed with blueberry pancakes and crispy bacon, and word that a saw-whet owl had called nearly all night Monday from the shore of Marshall…
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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Bay advocates seek cleanup near longtime chemical company site
SEARSPORT - Federal authorities have initiated an investigation into potentially hazardous conditions along the coastline at Kidder Point. The cove just east of Sears Island has been the focus of…
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 grandchildren ask her what it’s all about
BELFAST - On Monday afternoon Deborah Walters parked at the west end of the Armistice Bridge and unloaded a modestly-sized sea kayak. Her husband Chris Percival wheeled it down to the pier at…
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…
Bryant, Berry prevail, voters approve RSU 20 budget, fireworks rules in Lincolnville
In Waldo County primaries, June 10, Benjamin Bryant beat fellow Belfast Republican Thomas Burpee by a margin of 230-92 in the only contested…
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…
Class of 2014
THORNDIKE - A list of “future plans” for Mount View High School’s Class of 2014 included in Saturday’s graduation ceremony program showed a wide range of interests, from unspecified employment and…
Cause of head-on collision under investigation
STOCKTON SPRINGS - A head-on collision Sunday afternoon has left two people dead and three injured.
According to a statement from the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, a green Dodge…
Industrial arts
On a warm and sunny Saturday evening, surrounded by a harbor calm as a millpond — so calm, in fact, that I overheard somebody observe how the boats weren't even all pointing in the same direction…
