Belfast, Morrill preparing to submit withdrawal plans to RSU 20 board
Withdrawal efforts continue to move forward as Belfast votes to send a plan to the school board by early April. The plan that Belfast voted to submit, while not yet finalized, is largely the same as...
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Jonathan Fulford qualifies for Waldo County’s state senate seat
Monroe resident Jonathan Fulford turned in more than 200 notarized signatures from registered voters in Waldo County, securing his place on the November ballot running as a Democratic state senate...
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Belfast student wins citizenship award
Curtis Warren, a Senior at Belfast Area High School, was awarded the DAR Good Citizenship Award on March 11. The DAR Good Citizens Award was created in 1934, and is intended to encourage and reward...
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The Blue School celebrates Dr. Seuss's birthday
The week of Dr. Seuss’s birthday, the Blue school, a preschool in Belfast, celebrated every day by making hats that looked like The Cat in the Hat, made a mask that looked like the Lorax. The children...
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All-girl trio to represent WCTC at national cook-off
The kitchen in the culinary arts wing at Waldo County Technical Center is always a busy place to be, but in the coming weeks, three of Chef Mark Hannibal's students will be perfecting their skills to...
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Poor advice to alleged drunk driver prompts dash from crash scene
A Belfast woman who police say took the advice of a bystander who reportedly told her to leave the scene after backing into a vehicle at a local pub Friday night, March 21, is now facing charges that...
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Searsport police blotter
Law enforcement officials with the Searsport Police Department reported the following recent activity. March 23 Carla Lambeth, 44, of Stockton Springs, inspection sticker violation. Ryan Daugherty,...
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Belfast police blotter
Law enforcement officials with the Belfast Police Department reported the following recent activity. March 23 Michael Robbins, 45, of Belfast, inspection sticker violation. March 21 Alicia Kinney, 30,...
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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 23 Tyler Winter, 52, of Lincolnville, operating after suspension. Roger Lajoie, 60, of...
View ArticleCity officials briefed on airport runway extension study
City councilors were briefed on the first phase of an update to the Belfast Municipal Airport (BMA) Master Plan to consider the feasibility of potentially extending the runway and making other...
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Fifth District Court
The following cases were closed at Fifth District Court between the dates March 10-14: Laurent G. Bailey, 56, of Liberty, operating an unregistered snowmobile, $200 fine. Teresa Barnes, 26, of...
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Man accused of selling guns, then stealing them back from new owner
A Belfast man was arrested on accusations that he stole three firearms from a Waldo man after selling the same firearms to that individual in recent months. Lyle Littlefield, 28, of Belfast, was...
View ArticleSearsport officials approve reduced Town Office hours
The Searsport Board of Selectmen approved closing the Town Office at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, but chose to keep the general assistance office hours the same. Town Clerk Deborah Plourde said she...
View ArticleCity to hire inner harbor plan consultant in early April
City Manager Joe Slocum told the Harbor Advisory Committee the city will be hiring Gartley & Dorsky Engineering and Surveying as its inner harbor design consultant April 1. Slocum said the...
View ArticleRSU 3 anticipating reduction in state subsidy for 2014-2015 school year
Officials in Regional School Unit 3 expect to see a decrease in state subsidy for the 2014-2015 school year. The district received a total of $$11,544,409 for the 2013-2014 school year and initial...
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Special town meeting agrees not to borrow for Town Office
Voters at a special town meeting Monday, March 24, approved the single warrant article asking them to appropriate $220,000 from the unassigned fund balance to complete renovation and expansion of the...
View ArticleTroy town warrant passes with only minor amendments
Approximately 30 people attended Troy's annual town meeting where residents approved a 26-article warrant that included the final payment of a 10-year road bond. Article 9 asked residents if they...
View ArticleWaldo County natives named to Unity College honors list
Several area residents have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester 2013 at Unity College. Waldo County residents on the dean’s list are: Julia Clapp ’14, an environmental writing and...
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Freedom votes to keep 200 acres of foreclosed land for public use
More than 50 Freedom residents met for their annual town meeting March 22 and discussed budget items, changes to trash pickup and what to do with a large parcel of land the town had foreclosed on....
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Unity debates, approves nonprofit donations, TIF study at town meeting
At the annual town meeting, about 75 Unity residents approved most of the articles in the town warrant as written, with amendments to the placement and wording of the article pertaining to property...
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