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Searsport art banner reborn, slightly simpler
Carolyn Hearne has gone to great lengths to avoid looking at the fireworks shop near her home. The 250-foot-wide, 17-foot-tall fabric screen she erected last year was ripped to pieces by the wind....
View ArticleCity awarded $400,000 Brownfields grant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced May 20 it has awarded the city a $400,000 Brownfields assessment grant. City officials authorized Economic Development Director Thomas Kittredge in...
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Islesboro educator named Waldo County Teacher of the Year
Islesboro Central School language arts teacher Kristen Kelley is one of 15 teachers around the state being recognized as a 2016 County Teacher of the Year. More than 300 teachers were nominated for...
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Tubines leaving Mack Point bound for inland wind farms
State police stopped traffic on Route 1 for a short time May 19 to give a convoy of trucks bearing massive sections of wind turbine towers space to make the sweeping turn from Trundy Road onto the...
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Waldo County students named to Colby-Sawyer Dean's List NEW LONDON, N.H. — Colby-Sawyer College has named three students from Waldo County to its Dean's List for the spring semester. They are: Kylee...
View ArticleGrand jury indicts 26
The following indictments were handed down by a Waldo County grand jury May 11 and 12: Ira H. Bailey, 33, of Northport, failure to comply with duty under Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act...
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Tech Center students of the quarter
The following students from the afternoon session at Waldo County Technical Center have been named students of the quarter: Back row, from left: Hayden Sobey-Bradford, automotive technology; Westley...
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Tech Center students of the quarter
The following students from the morning session at Waldo County Technical Center have been chosen as students of the quarter: Back row, from left: Caleb Larrabee, auto collision repair; Samantha...
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Turbines leaving Mack Point bound for inland wind farms
State police stopped traffic on Route 1 for a short time May 19 to give a convoy of trucks bearing massive sections of wind turbine towers space to make the sweeping turn from Trundy Road into the...
View ArticleWaldo County Registry of Deeds
The following deed transfers were recorded at Waldo County Registry of Deeds between May 13 and May 19: Belfast: Belfast Pines LLC to Brian Horne and Cathy Horne Mary Anne Allenwood Estate to Bonnie...
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Turbines leave Mack Point bound for inland wind farms
State police stopped traffic on Route 1 for a short time May 19 to give a convoy of trucks bearing massive sections of wind turbine towers space to make the sweeping turn from Trundy Road into the...
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Driver in two-vehicle Route 1 crash dies
A Penobscot man died early in the morning of May 24 at a Bangor hospital following a two-vehicle crash the day before on East Main Street (Route 1) that forced emergency personnel to shut down the...
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Journal Focus: burning bush
Belfast Fire Department responded to extinguish some shrubbery that was ablaze on Belmont Avenue near Camden National Bank the afternoon of May 23.
View ArticleWith new contract, teachers agree to drop merit pay complaint
A complaint filed by a teachers union against Regional School Unit 22 accusing the district of failing to make payments under terms of a merit system will be withdrawn now that a new contract has been...
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Driver in fatal crash allegedly speeding 80 mph
Police said the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a fatal crash on Lincolnville Avenue (Route 52) was traveling at least 80 mph when she lost control of the car. Shortly after midnight May 14,...
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Belfast police blotter
Law enforcement officials with Belfast Police Department reported the following recent activity: May 22 Christina M. Perkins, 23, of Swanville, operating under the influence. Christopher M. Jacobs,...
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Kids Unplugged reconnects with low-tech fun
Lee Parent makes no bones about trying to get young people away from their game consoles, phones, tablets and TVs for a dose of old-fashioned play. The name of her new business, Kids Unplugged, which...
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Quilters work to provide foster children comfort
One woman has taken on the mission of aiding foster children during times of transition and she's recruited a quilting group to help. Janice Capano of Stockton Springs said she was at a meeting of...
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Journal Focus: Feel the Bern
A vehicle parked on Church Street in Belfast May 19 sports an image of Sen. Bernie Sanders on the hood.
View ArticleJune 10 deadline nears for fall Pre-K registration
There is still time to register youngsters for fall prekindergarten classes at Nickerson and East Belfast schools. Anyone with a child who will be 4 years old on Oct. 15 may pick up a registration...
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