By Tanya Mitchell - May 19
Marie Underwood said it's important to document many eras in the town's history, and the latest undertaking of the Searsport Historic Preservation ...
By Tanya Mitchell - May 18
After serving the town as its interim fire chief since last summer, the Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to appoint Andy Webster as the town's ...
By Tanya Mitchell - May 18
Brandon "The Cannon" Berry is off to a good start in his fledgling career as a professional boxer.
Berry notched his first win as a pro Saturday ...
By Tanya Mitchell - May 17
The Waldo County Grand Jury rose Thursday, May 16, and handed up the following indictments:
Victor M. Amaro, 31 of Belfast, domestic violence ...
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By Ben Holbrook - May 17
The federal Environmental Protection Agency selected the city of Belfast to receive a $200,000 community-wide assessment grant.
The grant is ...
By Ben Holbrook - May 17
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Maine Department of Transportation a $120,897 grant, which will go to Front Street Shipyard to make ...
May 17
The State Fire Marshal’s Office reported the body of a Monroe man was recovered from the rubble of a burned out house on Jackson Road early Friday ...
By Tanya Mitchell - May 16
The second son in a Monroe family accused of conducting an $800,000 pot-growing operation in their Swan Lake Avenue home pleaded guilty Tuesday, ...
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By Ben Holbrook - May 16
A study by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) found that Waldo County is on par with other areas in the state in terms of the average ...
By Ben Holbrook - May 16
Two kindergarten classes and two first grade classes paid a visit to the Dan Rich Public Safety Building Friday, May 10, to learn more about what ...
By Tanya Mitchell - May 15
Town Manager James Gillway told selectmen Tuesday night, May 7, that the retaining wall at the town wharf was in such disrepair it posed a danger ...
By Tanya Mitchell - May 15
A Belfast woman could breathe easier Monday afternoon, May 13, after learning that police recovered the cash that was stolen when her Marsh Road ...
By Ben Holbrook - May 14
The position of school resource officer at Belfast Area High School may be restored if the district is able to secure grant funding.
Regional ...
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May 14
Contractors for Central Maine Power Company (CMP) will transport a 286-ton electrical transformer over the road from Searsport to the Company’s ...
By Tanya Mitchell - May 14
Regional School Unit (RSU) 20 Superintendent Brian Carpenter said the district's proposed $33.5 million budget is a combination of declining ...
By Ben Holbrook - May 14
City councilors signed off on a change order request for the construction of a ramp that connects the Harbor Walk to the Armistice Bridge Tuesday, ...
By Tanya Mitchell - May 14
An evening that began with a Dresden man threatening and assaulting Unity College security staff ended at a Waterville hospital, where the man ...
By Ben Holbrook - May 13
Representatives of Front Street Shipyard unveiled three-dimensional renderings for the newest building the company is proposing to construct on ...
May 13
Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education students Jasmine Harriman, left, and Aleahnah Pomeroy pull weeds alongside the walkway at the ...
May 13
Police say a Frankfort man who was partially ejected and pinned beneath his car as a result of an accident on Swanville Road Sunday night, May 12, ...
May 13
Law enforcement officials with the Searsport Police Department reported the following recent activity.
May 4
Robert Johnson, 50 of Searsport, ...
May 13
If anyone recognizes this dog call Blake Veterinary Hospital at 789-5700. He will be available for adoption if unclaimed on May 14.
May 11
The third annual Maine Student Acting Competition was held Saturday, May 4, at Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast.
More than 70 students from ...
By Ben Holbrook - May 10
Firefighters from Stockton Springs responded to a brush fire that got out of control Friday, May 10.
The fire was reported at about 1 p.m. at 448 ...
By Dwight Collins - May 10
May is National Bike Month and on May 8 students from Lincolnville Central School participated in the National Bike to School Day Rally.
The rally ...
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May 10
At 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 8, Searsport Emergency Management performed a test of the Searsport Mass Notification System. More than 2,600 calls ...
By Ben Holbrook - May 10
After suffering a stroke in January that paralyzed his right side, Mark Weaver is back at work in his bakery.
Weaver got out of bed at about 5:30 ...
By Tanya Mitchell - May 09
A proposal that would expand the entrance channel at Searsport Harbor and make way for larger ships with heavier loads has some people concerned ...
By Ben Holbrook - May 09
A new bookstore has sailed into downtown Belfast with a flair for all things nautical.
Nautical Scribe Books is owned and operated by Joe Mosier ...
By Ben Holbrook - May 09
The city is prepared to file a request to bank about two miles of the rail corridor that stretches from Penobscot McCrum to Oak Hill Road, as well ...
By Ben Holbrook - May 08
Belfast is preparing to offer Front Street Shipyard the chance to lease, with an option to purchase, city-owned property, in response to the ...
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By Ben Holbrook - May 07
Residents attending a public hearing to discuss the terms of the withdrawal agreement between Regional School Unit (RSU) 20 and the six towns ...
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By Ben Holbrook - May 07
The Belfast Cooperative is opening the City Park concession stand Sunday, May 12.
City Councilors signed off on the proposal from the Co-op to ...
By Tanya Mitchell - May 07
An Albion man is being charged in connection with a February assault at a Belfast pub that police say involved a beer bottle and left one man with ...
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May 07
Public Hearing #1
A public hearing will be held May 7, 2013 at 7 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter in the council chambers of Belfast City ...
By Tanya Mitchell - May 06
A teenage driver was treated for minor injuries after swerving to avoid hitting a portable toilet that tumbled off the back of a truck on Route ...