Lawsuit against Belfast construction business dismissed
A Lincolnville man's lawsuit alleging a Belfast-based construction firm violated the Fair Labor Standards Act while it employed him as a carpenter has been dismissed. In a March 1 filing, Ross A....
View ArticleCharges dismissed against Rockland man for City Park incident
Charges lodged against a Rockland man who was found in a Belfast park in the summer of 2015 with a woman he was prohibited from having contact with have been dismissed. Theodore Berry, 24, of...
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Nature preserve sports student-crafted picnic tables
Heavy. That's how ninth-grader Dustin Tucker, a student in Waldo County Technical Center's STRIVE program, described the picnic tables he and other students crafted through a partnership with Belfast...
View ArticleTransparency concerns prompt board to address budget contingency funds
Regional School Unit 22 officials delayed adopting a proposed $30 million budget for 2016-17 on May 4 to further consider the numbers while members of the public beseeched them to be more transparent...
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Waldo County Sheriff's blotter
Law enforcement officials with Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following recent activity: May 7 Todd A. Howe, 50, of Northport, arrested for disorderly conduct. April 19 Luke Wessely, 18,...
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Online poll: To spray, or not to spray?
Participation in On The Line polls is free and anonymous. You must visit waldo.villagesoup.com to take our latest On The Line poll. Results appear in The Republican Journal and are published online...
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Habitat for Humanity expands eligibility for fourth home build
Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County is expanding its search for a family as the organization plans its fourth build, and giving applicants their choice of three communities. After wrapping up...
View ArticleStudents win new rides through Bikes for Books program
Members of Belfast Masonic Lodge No. 24 visited Captain Albert Stevens School May 6 to draw names of students to win a new bicycle as part of the organization's Bikes for Books program. Bikes for...
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LePage role in Trump presidency would land Thibodeau in Blaine House
Gov. Paul LePage has floated the idea he could play a role in a Donald Trump presidency, a move that might benefit the state’s Senate president, a fellow Republican with whom he has had a tepid...
View ArticleMobile home fire remains under investigation
Fire marshals continue their investigation into a blaze that heavily damaged a mobile home in Troy the evening of May 4. Sgt. Ken Grimes said investigators determined the fire started in the kitchen...
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State biologists dry run Sears Island spill scenario
Teams of biologists in hazmat suits scoured the beaches around Sears Island May 12 for stuffed animals and orange flags. The occasion was a simulated oil spill. The toys were stand ins for oil-slicked...
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Couple to reopen shuttered Prospect convenience store
Prospect will have a convenience store again. The business, on the ground floor of the Community Center, had been a mainstay of the town under various names — most recently Th'Pit — for more than a...
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Historic photo, May 2016
A freak electrical storm and tornado damaged houses in both Belfast and Searsport in 1921. The Republican Journal article described the May 22 storm: “Searsport was visited Sunday afternoon by a...
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Longtime 'first responder' gets the call
The term "first responders" is often given to police, firefighters and paramedics. Waldo County Regional Communications Center Director Owen Smith said emergency dispatchers — the operators who take...
View ArticleWaldo County Registry of Deeds
The following deed transfers were recorded at Waldo County Registry of Deeds between May 6 and May 12: Belfast: Elaine S. Kennedy Living Trust to Steven J. Hintz and Tina M. Hintz Robert J. Ronan and...
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Driver uninjured after truck rolls onto roof
A Stockton Springs man avoided injury the morning of May 16 when his vehicle rolled over on Route 1A. Twenty-year-old Kyle Grant was driving north on Route 1A near Winterport Discount Mattress &...
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Searsport man dies from injuries suffered in weekend rollover crash
One person died and three others were injured in a crash on Lincolnville Avenue over the weekend. Police said 19-year-old Christopher Wiley of Searsport died from injuries he suffered when a vehicle...
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Islesboro Public Safety blotter
The Islesboro Department of Public Safety reported the following activity from April 19 to May 6. May 6 Public Safety Director Fred Porter received a report of a theft on Main Road. The incident is...
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City to demolish derelict home next to rail trail
As work continues on Belfast's Passy Rail Trail, City Manager Joe Slocum asked Planning Board members to allow the city to demolish a dilapidated building that sits on land the city purchased nearly a...
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Driver hits, breaks utility pole
A Monroe man was taken to the hospital the afternoon of May 15 after crashing his pickup truck into a utility pole in Swanville. Waldo County Sheriff's Deputy Merl Reed, Belfast Fire Department and...
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