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Board approves withdrawal proposals for all former SAD 34 towns
The Regional School Unit (RSU) 20 Board of Directors approved proposals from the six former School Administrative District 34 towns Tuesday night, March 26, moving the process that much closer to...
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Driver escapes injury after vehicle strikes tree, rolls over
A teenage girl escaped serious injury after losing control of her vehicle on Harriman Road in Swanville and striking a tree Tuesday, April 2. Ben Seekins of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office said the...
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DCP withdraws tank application, no plans to reapply
DCP spokeswoman Roz Elliott announced Tuesday, April 2, that the company's application that was undergoing review by the Searsport Planning Board has officially been withdrawn. Elliott released a...
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Maine State Police blotter
Law enforcement officials with Troop D of the Maine State Police responded to the following incidents in Waldo County between March 24 and March 31. Anyone with information regarding ongoing...
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Ex-teacher accused of giving kids drugs allowed to serve alcohol at new job
A former Jobs for Maine Graduates teacher who was arrested on two occasions on charges of furnishing drugs to students and throwing an underage drinking party at a local hotel was successful in...
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Searsport police blotter
Law enforcement officials with the Searsport Police Department reported the following recent activity. March 22 Cory Brown, 33, of Ellsworth, failure to provide proof of insurance. March 23 Garrett R....
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Waldo County sheriff's blotter
Law enforcement officials with the Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following recent activity. March 28 Joseph A. White-Stanley, 19, Thorndike, criminal mischief and assault. Dylan Haight,...
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Belfast police blotter
Law enforcement officials with the Belfast Police Department reported the following recent activity. March 26 Amy L. Adriance, 34, of Belfast, theft. March 30 Michael S. Handzel, 24, of Yarmouth, was...
View ArticleRSU 3 to hold suicide prevention forum
Regional School Unit 3, in partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (N.A.M.I.), and other community leaders and parents from within RSU 3 will be hosting a Public Forum on Thursday,...
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Porter, Thompson accept agreements in exchange for guilty pleas
The Jackson man accused of the shooting death of a Florida firefighter and the Belfast man facing charges of threatening an officer with gun pleaded guilty Wednesday, April 3, in exchange for a deal...
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Deer cause accidents in Morrill and Northport
Waldo County Sheriff’s deputies responded to two separate accidents after deer ran into the road in Northport and Morrill, respectively. The first accident was reported Tuesday, March 26, while...
View ArticleMechanical failure likely cause of single-vehicle crash
A mechanical failure was the likely cause of single-vehicle accident at an apartment complex in Belfast Tuesday, April 2. Belfast Police Chief Mike McFadden said Edith Phillips, 74, of Belfast heard...
View ArticleBoard continues reviewing tank application despite company's withdrawal
The Searsport Planning Board voted Wednesday, April 3, to continue reviewing the application of DCP Midstream LLC to install a 22.7-million-gallon Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tank at Mack Point,...
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Waldo voters elect officers, approve raising money for town accounts
After an informal chat/coffee session with selectmen, the annual Waldo Town Meeting for 2013 began promptly at 9:30 a.m. First Selectman Kathy Littlefield opened proceedings with a pledge of...
View ArticleCity councilor avoids serious injury after truck hits black ice
Belfast City Councilor Mike Hurley and his wife avoided serious injury after their pickup truck hit black ice on Route 3 and crashed into a ditch Wednesday, April 3. Hurley said he was driving his...
View ArticleProspect sails through warrant in under two hours
Voters breezed through a 53-article warrant during the annual town meeting Saturday, March 30, and approved budget items totaling just over $316,600 for the coming year. In the elections held Friday,...
View ArticleVoters reject settling wind energy lawsuit
More than 300 Frankfort residents packed into Frankfort Elementary School's gymnasium for their annual town meeting Friday, March 29, and defeated a warrant item that would have allowed landowners to...
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Emotions run high at Montville town meeting
For the first time in Montville’s history, the annual town meeting was held in a neighboring municipality, as a result of a decision by town officials to close two community buildings because of...
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Islesboro police blotter
The Islesboro Police Department reported the following activity for the period March 26 and March 30: March 26 Senior Officer Fred Porter investigated a complaint on Main Road. He advised the...
View ArticleWaldo County deed transfers
The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds between March 28 and April 3, 2013. BELFAST Broadreach Family & Community Services and Waldo County Preschool &...
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