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  • Planning Board to start considering Nordic’s permits in ...

    By Kendra Caruso - Dec 06
    Belfast Planning Board will enter the next phase of evaluating Nordic Aquafarms' five permit applications for its land-based fish farm after ...

  • Prosecutor: Punishments ‘got out of hand’ before 10-year-old ...

    By Kevin Miller, staff ... - Dec 06
    Sharon Carrillo confessed to participating in what amounted to months of torture leading to the death of her 10-year-old daughter, Marissa ...

  • Midcoast Forecast - December 6, 2019 PM

    By Meteorologist Tyler ... - Dec 06
    A round of light snow is moving through the Midcoast Friday as a clipper system moves through with a trace to up to 1" of snow possible late in ...

  • Republican Journal holds open house Dec. 18

    By Staff - Dec 06
    The community is invited to meet the staff of The Republican Journal and share holiday refreshments Wednesday, Dec. 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the ...

  • Waldo town news

    By Tom Seymour - Dec 06
    Here's a hearing aid update. That inexpensive hearing aid I mentioned recently still works fine. In my review, I mentioned a bad experience with ...

  • Morrill town news

    By Brenda Harford - Dec 06
    wisdomlady44@yahoo.com Reminder: Holiday hours for Morrill General Store for Christmas Eve are 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Christmas Day from 9 a.m. to 5 ...

  • Unity town news

    By Penny Sampson - Dec 06
    The Christmas cards are ready to mail and the house is decorated. However, I've decided against putting up a tree this year. I'll be going to the ...

  • Waldo County deed transfers

    Dec 06
    The following deed transfers were recorded from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5 at the Waldo County Registry of Deeds. BELFAST Guy A. Hamlin, Vickie Hamlin and ...

  • Canadian Pacific to buy Central Maine & Quebec railway

    By Fran Gonzalez - Dec 06
    Canadian Pacific, a transcontinental railway in Canada and the United States, announced in late November its intention to purchase the Central ...

  • Stockton Springs town news

    By Ellen Holland - Dec 06
    Stockton Springs Community Library Tai Chi continues throughout December on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:30 to 11 a.m. weekly. The library will be ...

  • Brooks town news

    By Melissa McDonald - Dec 06
    melissav57@fairpoint.net 207-323-9347 Greetings. Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful snow! Calendar of Events: Thursday, Dec. 12, ...

  • Hauling lobster traps for the season

    By Kendra Caruso - Dec 06
    TJ Faulkingham, David Black and Lucky Skidgell helped each other load up their lobster traps in Belfast Harbor Dec. 4 to be taken home and stored ...

  • Christmas pony delights kids

    By Fran Gonzalez - Dec 05
    Gretchen Lush said she bought her mellow miniature horse, Merrybell, on her birthday in November. “I bought her sight unseen,” she said, using her ...

  • Former Broadreach building under contract

    By Fran Gonzalez - Dec 05
    The former Broadreach office building at Stephenson Lane and Route 1 has been sold at auction, and Tranzon listing agent Ruth Lind expects the ...

  • Knox News

    By Rita Doughty - Dec 05
    knoxtownnews@yahoo.com 382-6783 Hello All, After we got about 6 inches of snow it seems to have been pretty nice outside. All shoveled out, and ...

  • Monroe News

    By Ashlie Stubbs - Dec 05
    ashliestubbs13@gmail.com 592-0336 Hello from snowy Monroe! Though I can't quite get out like I'd like to right now with my growing 4-month old, ...

  • Waldo County sheriff's blotter

    Dec 05
    Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported one inspection violation, one inadequate tire violation and the following recent activity: Nov. 23 Tina M. ...

  • Belfast police blotter

    Dec 05
    Belfast police reported four inspection violations, two registration violations, two insurance violations, two speeding violations, two failure to ...

  • Belfast yacht designers dream up a modern classic

    By Fran Gonzalez - Dec 05
    Local yacht designers at Stephens Waring announced last week their collaboration on a 68-foot vessel with Washington state shipbuilders James ...

  • Waldo County closed cases

    Dec 05
    Calvin D. Evasius, 26, of Palermo, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, priors; operating after habitual offender revocation, $500 fine; ...

  • Public invited to Wreaths Across America welcome Sunday at ...

    By Carolyn Zachary - Dec 04
    Wreaths Across America's 2019 Escort to Arlington will make its way down Route 1 through Waldo County Sunday, Dec. 8, stopping for an early ...

  • Firsthand experience drives man's passion to help homeless

    By Kendra Caruso - Dec 04
    First of two parts. Matthew Bolduc asked the audience, “What is the price of life?” during a discussion Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist ...

  • Midcoast lens: Belfast's first winter storm

    By Kendra Caruso - Dec 04
    Belfast received its first winter storm. What started out as freezing rain overnight Monday turned into snow for most of the day Tuesday. There ...

  • Midcoast Forecast - December 4, 2019 PM

    By Meteorologist Tyler ... - Dec 04
    After some sunshine early Wednesday, clouds have moved back in as a weak area of low pressure moves by to the north that will bring some light ...

  • Searsmont News

    By Joyce and Mickey Sirota - Dec 03
    Wood and oil and electricity, oh my! City renters may not appreciate that most of us Searsmonters are responsible for heating our abodes. Heat ...

  • News Feature - Penobscot Regional Chamber of Commerce Person ...

    Dec 03
    The Penobscot Regional Chamber of Commerce has named Gordon Page the 'Person of the Year' for 2019.

  • Jury selection set to begin for mother charged with fatally ...

    By Kevin Miller, staff ... - Dec 03
    Jury selection is expected to begin this week in the trial of a Stockton Springs woman accused of killing her 10-year-old daughter in an abuse ...

  • Slocum to retire in March; has positive reflections on ...

    By Kendra Caruso - Dec 02
    In 1967, when Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum was 13, he found himself unexpectedly caught in the middle of a race riot in Poughkeepsie, New York. ...

  • Local tattoo studio: County’s largest Toys for Tots site

    By Kendra Caruso - Dec 02
    Joshua Ard has been accepting Marine Corps Toys for Tots gifts at his Permanent Expressions tattoo studio in Belfast for 10 years. He's become the ...

  • Belfast holds 14th candlelight AIDS vigil

    By Kendra Caruso - Dec 02
    Fewer than a dozen supporters braved 25-degree temperatures in front of the Belfast post office to remember AIDS victims during World AIDS Day ...

  • UMaine offers tuition-free early college courses

    Dec 01
    Through a partnership between the Maine Department of Education and the University of Maine, tuition is waived for all qualified high school ...

  • Knox News

    By Rita Doughty - Dec 01
    knoxtownnews@yahoo.com 382-6783 Hello All, It sure has been windy, and cold out there today. I guess this is just to get us ready for what's ...

  • BAHS announces Q1 Honor Roll

    Nov 30
    Belfast Area High School announced the following students have made the Honor Roll for the first quarter of the 2019-20 school year: Grade ...

  • Morrill News

    By Brenda Harford - Nov 29
    wisdomlady44@yahoo.com 322-4534 Hello to all my family and friends. Is everyone ready for Christmas? I know I am, it's my favorite time of the ...

  • Waldo News

    By Tom Seymour - Nov 29
    tomgseymour@gmail.com 338-9746 The Thanksgiving storm did little to hamper attendance at the annual, free Thanksgiving Dinner hosted by First ...

  • Thorndike News

    By Linda Dixon - Nov 29
    lindix67@uninets.net I hope your Thanksgiving was a happy time for you and yours. I served old-fashioned baked macaroni and cheese, tossed salad, ...

  • Brooks News

    By Melissa McDonald - Nov 29
    melissav57@fairpoint.net 323-9347 Greetings. I want to take this opportunity to thank all those who made the community Thanksgiving dinner ...

  • Monroe News

    By Ashlie Stubbs - Nov 29
    ashliestubbs13@gmail.com 592-0336 And just like that, Monroe, we've arrived in December. Which for us means no more deer! Our freezer is full! ...

  • Stockton Springs News

    By Ellen Holland - Nov 29
    ezachary18@gmail.com 567-8067 Sandy Point Ladies Aid Society Don't forget to attend the Ladies Aid Christmas Fair on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9 ...

  • Woman devotes retirement to aging out of place

    By Fran Gonzalez - Nov 29
    Like an astronaut on a deep space mission, Betsy Marsano writes in an email to The Journal, "I am further from home than I have ever ventured on ...

  • Waldo County deed transfers

    Nov 29
    The following deed transfers were recorded from Nov. 22 through Nov. 28 at the Waldo County Registry of Deeds. BELFAST Diane Dorbin and Diane D. ...

  • Searsmont News

    By Joyce and Mickey Sirota - Nov 29
    mickeysirota@gmail.com 207 322-5671 Hope your holidays were, and will, be thankful, happy and healthy. Are we the only ones still recovering ...

  • Waldo County closed cases

    Nov 28
    The following cases were closed in Waldo County criminal courts between Nov. 15 and Nov 21. William L. Kelley, 62, of Northport, OUI (drugs or ...

  • Waldo County sheriff's blotter

    Nov 28
    Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported one inspection violation and the following recent activity: Nov. 21 Jeanne M. Leboeuf, 55, of Benton, ...

  • Belfast police blotter

    Nov 28
    Belfast police reported two proof of insurance violations, two registration violations, one inspection violation, one speeding violation and the ...

  • Hemp farmer compares CBD market to 'Wild West'

    By Fran Gonzalez - Nov 28
    Hemp grower Bill Horton says cannabidiol, the main ingredient in the oils, soaps and salves he produces, and plants containing tetrahydrocannabinol...

  • Trooper shoots Thorndike man in confrontation

    Nov 27
    State Police say a state trooper shot and wounded a Thorndike man Tuesday night in an armed confrontation outside the man's home. Eric Fitzpatrick...

  • Local officers graduate from Criminal Justice Academy

    Nov 27
    Maine's 62 newest police officers have graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, among them officers with Belfast Police, Bucksport ...

  • Piping change leads to questions over Nordic lease ...

    By Kendra Caruso - Nov 27
    Nordic Aquafarms' lease application with the Bureau of Parks and Lands to run pipelines into the bay for its land-based fish farm hit a snag when ...

  • Social Security launches a new tool for seniors to fight ...

    Nov 27
    The Social Security Administration and its Office of the Inspector General have launched a new tool to combat the Social Security scam, Sen. Susan ...

  • Heroes 4 Hunger fills 850 boxes with Thanksgiving meals

    By Fran Gonzalez - Nov 26
    The line of volunteers to help the Heroes 4 Hunger annual campaign zigzagged all throughout the Troy Howard Middle School gym Saturday morning, ...

  • VFW donates school supplies

    Nov 25
    Kindergarten and first-grade students at Edna Drinkwater School are pictured with school supplies donated at a school assembly Nov. 15 by members ...

  • Four essay winners honored at Troy Howard

    Nov 25
    Members of Randall-Collins VFW Post 3108 presented awards to four winning Troy Howard Middle School students in the annual VFW Patriot's Pen Essay ...

  • Holiday season kicks off Dec. 7 with Early Bird Sale, tree ...

    Nov 25
    The annual sale for early risers sets Belfast holiday events and festivities in motion Saturday, Dec. 7, beginning at 6 a.m., followed in late ...

  • Waldo County deeds

    Nov 25
    The following deed transfers were recorded from Nov. 15 through Nov. 21 at the Waldo County Registry of Deeds. BELFAST Donald R. Lemieux to ...

  • Two win baskets in WCEA-R scholarship fundraiser

    Nov 24
    The Waldo County Education Association-Retired recently drew winners of its annual scholarship basket raffle. Darci Bradstreet of Penobscot, left, ...

  • Knox News

    By Rita Doughty - Nov 24
    knoxtownnews@yahoo.com 382-6783 Hello All, Here we go again. I cannot believe lately how fast the weeks seem to fly by. The Knox Historical ...

  • Airport co-managers hired for Belfast

    By Fran Gonzalez - Nov 23
    The City Council voted unanimously Nov. 5 to hire Kenn Ortmann and Scott Story as co-managers of the Belfast Municipal Airport, a role previously ...

  • Montville News

    By Fran Gonzalez - Nov 22
    MontvilleTownNews@yahoo.com 380-9020 Growing up in my Cuban-American family in central New York, I remember having a basement filled with ...

  • Morrill News

    By Brenda Harford - Nov 22
    wisdomlady44@yahoo.com 322-4594 Good afternoon, everyone, I hope you all have a very wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy all the good food and ...

  • Thorndike News

    By Linda Dixon - Nov 22
    lindix67@uninets.net Deepest condolences are being sent to the Costa family on the loss of Chuck Costa, husband and father. He was a wonderful man ...

  • Brooks News

    By Melissa McDonald - Nov 22
    stellapearl320@gmail.com 323-9347 Happy Thanksgiving! Hope to see you at the Community Dinner beginning at 1 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. The holidays ...

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    By Atlantic Baking Co - Dec 06

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    By Rockport Diner Family ... - Dec 05

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    By West Bay Rotary Club - Dec 04

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