SWANVILLE — Maine State Police are looking for assistance from the public in a hit-and-run crash in Swanville Feb. 25.
Troopers from Troop D responded to a pedestrian struck on Oak Hill…
Swanville
Maine State Police seeking public’s help to identify driver
SWANVILLE — A New York man was killed in a late-night crash that involved the building that houses Swan Lake Grocery, according to a media report from the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office.
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SWANVILLE — A Morrill man has been arrested and charged with murder following a fatal shooting that occurred in Swanville Friday around 4:45 a.m., according to Maine…
SWANVILLE — A Swanville man was arrested and charged with operating under the influence following a Sept. 30 crash that left a neighborhood without power, according to a media report from the…
SWANVILLE — A confrontation between neighbors turned violent at a Swanville residence July 26, resulting in one arrest.
Jeffrey Stump, 37, of Swanville, was arrested and…
SWANVILLE — A Bucksport teen sustained serious injury following a single vehicle crash just before 11 a.m., June 9.
Garrett Smith, 18, was traveling south on Oak Hill Road in Swanville…
SWANVILLE — A Frankfort man was arrested Dec. 7, following a report to law enforcement that he was causing a disturbance.
Austin Hannington, 23, reportedly drove to a residence in…
SWANVILLE — Waldo County Sheriff’s Deputies received a report of a vehicle rollover on Swan Lake Avenue in Swanville Nov. 4.
Deputy Merl Reed responded to the scene where he…
Mobile home succumbs to fourth residential fire in seven days
SWANVILLE - Twelve hours after tending the smoldering remains of a house fire on Chandler Road, Belfast firefighters were back in Swanville to put out a blaze in a mobile home.
Fire Chief…
Wind, low temperatures slow firefighting efforts
SWANVILLE - Firefighters from a half-dozen towns worked through the night into early hours Tuesday morning to contain a house fire on a rural road north of Swan Lake.
The fire at 109…
Under pressure to get moving, school board gives Mailloux the nod
BELFAST - Under pressure to get through a laundry list of obligations in a short time, the RSU 71 board of directors hired former RSU 20 leader Bruce Mailloux as interim superintendent until the…
Mailloux likely pick for interim superintendent
BELFAST - The board of directors for the newly-created Regional School Unit 71 met for the first time Tuesday. The unofficial “organizational meeting” included discussion of everything from when…
Interest varies in surrounding towns; elections on Jan. 13
BELFAST - In special elections next Tuesday, voters in five towns will choose members for the inaugural Regional School Unit 71 board of directors.
Several contested races in the new…
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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Modest turnout a marked contrast from last year
BELFAST - “A clean budget.”
That was how Regional School Unit 20 Superintendent Brian Carpenter described draft…
Origin of odor reported by lakeside residents unknown
SWANVILLE - Several residents on the northwest side of Swan Lake caught wind of a gas smell Wednesday morning. After a visit from the Belfast Fire Department, the source remained a mystery.
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Town meeting ‘Super March’ kicks off this weekend
Town meeting season starts this coming weekend. Saturday marks the beginning of a run of annual town meetings in March. Many municipalities hold elections prior…
Former SAD 34 town considers new bid in changed landscape
SWANVILLE - Selectmen on Thursday set a date of Dec. 17 for a municipal referendum on whether to seek withdrawal from Regional School Unit 20.
Swanville is the last of six towns from the…
Searsmont and Northport support withdrawal bid; budget passes on third try
Voters from the eight towns of Regional School Unit 20 collectively approved the school district’s 2013-14 budget on Tuesday by a vote of 914-749. The validation ended a stalemate between district…
Will third time be the charm?
BELFAST — RSU 20 Superintendent Brian Carpenter opened Tuesday night’s public budget meeting with a plea to the 150 voters in attendance: accept that the 2013-14 budget will result in a property…
Referendum results send school officials back to the whiteboard
Voters from the eight towns of Regional School Unit 20 rejected the district’s proposed school budget for the second time in a referendum on Tuesday.
Turnout at the polls was low across the…
Referendum, Tuesday, July 30
BELFAST – Voters in the eight towns of Regional School Unit 20 will take a second shot at the district's 2013-14 budget in a referendum Tuesday, July 30. The $…
Art and extracurriculars out again, library and secretaries in again
SEARSPORT - Regional School Unit 20 voters trimmed the district's draft 2013-14 budget by just over $360,000 at a public budget meeting at Searsport District High School, July 22.
Monday…
Belfast sets referendum date, Belmont and Northport to come
BELFAST – After a fraught loss at the polls in June, activists from six Waldo County municipalities are launching a second campaign to withdraw from Regional…
Public meeting July 22, referendum July 30
BELFAST - In a split vote, the Regional School Unit 20 board of directors approved a revised 2013-14 budget that goes lighter on staff cuts than those that prompted a backlash in May, and easier…
Apparent landslide victory for six-town movement fails on technicality
BELFAST - An ambitious bid by six Waldo County towns to secede from Regional School Unit 20 was approved by an overwheming majority of voters in a June 11 referendum. The vote won't count, however…
Town meetings
SEARSPORT - A vote Saturday on what was arguably the biggest item on the warrant at Searsport's annual town meeting — an allocation of up to $762,000 for a new North Searsport fire station — had…
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,…
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…
