Picture-of-the-Day

2013-05-23 New and Future Baysider by Hall

2013-05-22 Grad-of-the-Day Sara Stalla Yale University

2013-05-21 Grad-of-the-Day Trisha Kerr - Bridgewater State University

2013-05-17 Hideaway Hiatus, photographed by Walter Barnard. “At breakfast Thursday morning, Doris (Moran) informed us she was closing her doors today, May 16th, for ‘cleaning and reassessment’ for at least two weeks.

2013-05-16 Gang’s All Here, photographed by Maureen O’Keefe. No, the harbor doesn’t look like this yet, but it won’t be long…

2013-05-15 Dice Head Lighthouse in Castine, photographed by Susan Barnard.

Recent POTDs are shown above. Visit the archives through the Photos option in the menu.

Upcoming Events

5/25/13 (Sat)	Penobscot Marine Museum Opens (Searsport; Mon-Sat 10-5, Sunday 12-5) For more information, visit www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org.
5/25/13 (Sat)	Northport Yacht Club Board Meeting (NYC Clubhouse; 9 AM)
5/25-26/13 (Sat-Sun)	Owl’s Head Spring Antique Auto & Aeroplane Show (Owl’s Head Transportation Museum, Owl’s Head) Old cars, trucks & planes kick off the new season. Pre-1993 vehicles of any make or model are welcome to exhibit. Clubs welcome. Vehicle demonstrations, Model T rides, family activities and more. For more information, visit www.ohtm.org.
5/26/13 (Sun)	Bayside Centennial Celebration Committee Planning Meeting (Community Hall; 10 AM) Come participate in a planning meeting for the Bayside Centennial Celebration (2015) Committee. Download the agenda here. For further information, contact Denis Wang at (207) 338-3866 or drdeniswang@gmail.com.
5/26/13 (Sun)	Northport Yacht Club Kick-Off Celebration (Belfast Boat House; 6 PM) Contact Greg Bauer (bh_bb@hotmail.com) for information.
5/27/13 (Mon)	Memorial Day
5/31/13 (Fri)	Friday Night Art Walk (Belfast; 5:30-8 PM) See "Recurring Events.”
6/1/13 (Sat)	Northport Municipal Elections (Town Hall; 8 AM-8 PM) For more information, contact the town office at 207-338-3819 or visit www.northportmaine.org.
6/1/13 (Sat)	Northport Yacht Club Work Party (NYC Clubhouse; 9 AM) Come out and help ready the fleet and the clubhouse! Contact Gordon Fuller (kgfuller@roadrunner.com).
6/3/13 (Mon)	Northport Select Board Meeting (Town Hall; 6 PM) Contact the town office at 207-338-3819. Subject to change.
6/3/13 (Mon)	Northport Annual Town Meeting (7 PM) Everyone is welcome to attend. However, ONLY registered voters of the Town of Northport are entitled to vote. Contact the town office at 207-338-3819 or visit www.northportmaine.org.

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News

Belfast Downtown Revitalization Project Proceeds (5/23/13)
Welcome back to Belfast, snowbats! (5/20/13)
Video: Around the World in Maine: Belfast (5/15/13)
Belfast’s Lost Kitchen closes for good; The Gothic to open in its place June 7 (5/14/13)
Latest and largest Shipyard building gets Belfast public review (5/13/13)
UMaine unveils unique base for floating wind turbine that could provide glimpse into future (5/8/13)
Chef Melissa Kelly (Primo in Rockland): 'It just all felt very surreal' (5/7/13)
A man's job? Not anymore; Six women hold harbormaster posts in Maine (5/7/13)
Belfast Harbor Walk Drawings (5/3/13)
Belfast Harbor Walk taking shape (5/1/13)
Emotional meeting ends with drastic cuts to Belfast-area school budget (5/1/13)
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad to restart operations April 27 (4/23/13)
Second community meeting on Camden Riverwalk, Public Landing project tonight (4/22/13)
Middle school sports, teaching positions, extracurriculars on RSU 20 cutting block (4/19/13)
‘Overwhelming’ school budget news for Belfast taxpayers (4/17/13)
10 Coolest Small Towns: Belfast (4/14/13)
Officers amazed at ‘hermit’ burglar’s survival in Maine woods for 27 years (4/10/13)
Black ice crash injures Belfast city councilor (4/4/13)
Developer says will withdraw Searsport tank application (4/2/13)
Developer withdraws proposed Searsport tank application (4/2/13)
The Spring 2013 Newsletter of the Bayside Historical Preservation Society is available for download now by clicking here (5 MB).
Remembering: Fred McPheters (Northport Golf Club) (4/1/13)
Nature's Mutiny: Why did a fragile wooden replica of the HMS Bounty set out into the Atlantic during Hurricane Sandy? (WSJ ebook review; 3/29/13)
Searsport LPG terminal misses first hurdle in planning board review (3/28/13)
Searsport planning board votes against tank in first decision of long deliberation process (3/27/13)
Lawmakers look to Belfast, Bangor as models of revitalization (3/25/13)
Proposal for New Public Facilities in Downtown Belfast (3/25/13)
Groups threaten to sue Army Corps of Engineers unless permit for Searsport propane tank is withdrawn (3/24/13)
Maine Maritime Academy students buy, aim to restart Goose River Hydro (3/23/13)
Video: Ned Lightner Recognized by Belfast City Council (3/19/13)
Belfast public access TV channel wins northeast award for excellence (3/19/13)
The last moments of the Bounty, the ship with Maine ties that fought Sandy and lost (3/16/13)
Video: Belfast, Maine Harlem Shake: Short Version or Long Version
Camden chooses designer for Riverwalk, Town Landing (3/5/13)
‘It’s never going to end’: Maintaining historical, structural integrity at Fort Knox (3/3/13)
Big, heavy and yellow happenings on the Belfast waterfront (2/28/13)
Man who helped build Bangor Auditorium (Bayside's Ed Lovejoy) shares rich history — from location change to female urinals (2/27/13)
Searsport LPG hearings end with a bang (2/26/13)
Massive barge and crane arrive in Bucksport to aid demolition of Waldo-Hancock Bridge (2/26/13)
Belfast principal honored with statewide award (2/26/13)
A Proposal for a Propane Tank Looms Large Over a Maine Coastal Town (2/22/13)
Sunk: The Incredible Truth About a Ship That Never Should Have Sailed (2/11/13)
'Bounty' hearings continue (2/18/13)
WSJ: A House by Any Other Name (2/15/13)
Belfast Looking to Provide Financial Assistance to Small Businesses (2/14/13)
Worst case scenario focus of Good Harbor testimony at Searsport LPG hearing (2/12/13)
Counterterrorism adviser misses Searsport meeting; others question town’s readiness for fires, explosions (2/11/13)
Wobbly storm track has weather experts casting wary eyes (2/6/13)
Video: Maine Insiders: Windjammer Capt. Barry King (1/30/13)
Belfast business gives farmers, food processors space to succeed (1/27/13)
One winter’s day in the six New England states (incl. "Shifting Winds in Belfast, Maine") (1/27/13)
Belfast shipyard named 2013 Boatyard of the Year by national group (1/26/13)
Arctic blast in Maine will mean nearly 75-degree temperature drop in one week (1/21/13)
Moonbat Kingdom (Down East Magazine article about Belfast) (December 2012)
Council winnows options for rail trail conversion (1/16/13)
Belfast to air plans for pedestrian trail on railroad bed on Tuesday (1/12/13)
Maine's Hard Sell: Island Life (1/10/13)
Hamilton Marine, Maine’s largest marine supplier, started in a Searsport garage (1/12/13)
Maine's Hard Sell: Island Life (1/10/13)
Down East sardine history lands in Searsport museum (1/9/13)
Baysider Ken Lopez featured in a front-page Wall Street Journal article titled “As Trash Goes, Authors' Clutter in the Right Hands Is Very Bankable (1/3/13)
Video: Mainah Style (Gangnam Style Parody) (12/5/12)
Belfast: What went right? Investment in downtown, promotion and cooperation could pay off in other communities (12/12/12)
2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap (6/6/12)
Cruel new fact of crustacean life: lobster cannibalism (12/3/12)
Video: The Lobster Scenes from Annie Hall
Shipyard love mutes criticism of Belfast expansion plan (12/5/12)
Belfast Maskers, a theater company without a building, to perform in towns with no theater companies (11/29/12)
Proposed Searsport propane tank could have ‘significant’ effect on property values, expert says (11/28/12)
Ouster of elderly man from Searsport tank meeting sparks discord (11/28/12)
Front Street Shipyard talks expansion, use of city land (11/28/12)
Front Street Shipyard’s proposed expansion pleases some, worries others (11/28/12)
New Searsport restaurant Route One RoadHouse seeks to attract local clientele (11/27/12)
Boos, laughter heard as DCP Midstream testifies about Searsport tank project (11/27/12)
Waldo County moves to redevelop old jail, jailer’s house (11/27/12)
At Home at Sea (Winslow Homer Exhibits in Portland and Philadelphia) (11/26/12)
Opponents given ‘interested party status’ in Searsport tank review (11/26/12)
Video: Stringing lights in Belfast (11/25/12)
Luxury yacht undergoing work in Belfast saved British soldiers in Dunkirk evacuation (11/23/12)
Take this job and shove it: Fed-up Bangor TV anchors quit on air (11/20/12)
Maine’s tourism boss brings ‘insider’ perspective (11/12/12)
Midcoast community TV station that captured HMS Bounty collecting footage for state archives (11/11/12)
Belfast Harbor Walk start delayed by contaminated soil (11/9/12)

2013 Archive

2013 archives will appear here

2012 Archive

Belfast auction offers the unusual and unique (10/31/12)
Belfast, Camden, Rockland area prepares for wind, power outages, minor flooding (10/29/12)
Video: Bayside Storm report (10/29/12)
Two crew missing from movie ship in Sandy (10/29/12)
Maine Prepares -- for Sandy (10/26/12)
Officials deny connection between transportation ballot question and controversial Searsport gas project (10/24/12)
Coastal Maine inns lure high-end travelers willing to pay up to $1,000 per night (10/24/12)
A Breath of Fresh (Sea) Air (10/19/12)
Remembering: Charlie Packer (1912-2012)
Police question why Belfast council tabled request for drug-free safe zones (10/19/12)
Earthquake with center in Maine shakes residents all over Northern New England (10/16/12)
Cruise ships also bringing tourist dollars to smaller Maine ports (10/10/12)
Searsport LPG proposal all there, awaits review (10/9/12)
Searsport board expected to rule on controversial giant tank project application (10/7/12)
Waldo-Hancock Bridge demolition to start in November (10/1/12)
Remembering: Donald S. Patten (1925-2012)
A Family Affair: An article from PassageMaker magazine on the Samway families yearlong cruise of the Great Loop (October 2012)
Wheels up: Food trucks go gourmet from Rockland to Belfast (9/20/12)
Northport resident completes Appalachian Trail hike (9/18/12)
Retirees head to unconventional destinations (9/17/12)
Why does everyone want to get their hands on Jay Sawyer's 'balls'? (9/16/12)
Where art and commerce meet: Midcoast’s diverse downtown galleries are a tourist draw (9/12/12)
Belfast Boatyard’s Alex Turner witnessed harbor’s rising tide (9/12/12)
Welcome to the Penobscot Bay Pilot! (9/10/12)
Coolest Small Towns 2013 Nominations (9/10/12)
Belfast city janitor not planning life changes after lottery win (9/10/12)
26th Annual Around Islesboro Race (AIR 2012) Results: Download
Local food celebration MaineFare returns to Belfast on Friday (9/5/12)
Maine lobster catch drops off early after going gangbusters for months, prices begin falling (9/4/12)
Slow Down, It's Maine (LA Times) (8/26/12)
Video: Front Street Shipyard Celebrates the Year (8/23/12)
She's No Man; She's A Lobsterman (8/19/12)
Video: Why is lobster so cheap? (8/15/12)
Video: Ned Lightner interviewing the captain of the Bounty (8/10/12)
Ship replica used in ‘Mutiny on the Bounty,’ ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ opens to visitors in Belfast (8/8/12)
36 Hours in Midcoast Maine (8/2/12)
Front Street Shipyard poised to buy Belfast Boatyard (7/30/12)
Frenzy descends on Belfast restaurant daily for fresh, local produce (7/29/12)
‘Tank you,’ Searsport planners, for playing by the rules (7/29/12)
Belfast gig rowing crew ‘the team to beat’ in the northeast (7/27/12)
Video: The Tents, the Pretty Girls and the Homemade Gingerbread at Northport (7/24/12)
Belfast’s Bell the Cat moves, expands (7/24/12)
New Belfast-area superintendent brings military experience to beleaguered district (7/24/12)
WSJ: Lobster Glut Slams Prices (7/16/12)
21-Pound Lobster Caught Off Cape Cod Beach (7/15/12)
Maine Celtic Celebration to bring music, cheese and more to Belfast waterfront (7/15/12)
WSJ: In Search Of…Lobster Rolls That Really Rock (7/13/12)
Frozen funding worries city officials in Belfast and beyond (7/7/12)
Northport medium builds a big business (7/6/12)
Belfast council decides not to post signs targeting motorcyclists (7/3/12)
Belfast merchants strike back against perceived anti-motorcycle sentiment (6/29/12)
Community pitches in to help expand Belfast fire station (6/26/12)
SS Belfast, occupying a concrete wall, is underway (6/22/12)
Belfast natives create community for local ‘strangers’ on Facebook (6/21/12)
Film’s finale inspires nostalgia, fundraising at Colonial Theatre in Belfast (6/20/12)
Balloon test will help show height, visibility of controversial proposed Searsport tank (6/20/12)
Summer art installation allowing folks to sit in style in Belfast (6/16/12)
Plotting her way: Belfast mapmaker combines art and functionality (6/15/12)
Northport returns incumbent RSU 20 board member (6/14/12)
Nearby Towns Take a Stand on Proposed Searsport Mega-Tank (6/13/12)
Temple Heights: Seances by the Sea in Northport, Maine (6/13/12)
RSU 20 budget passed (6/13/12)
Belfast wins downtown improvement grant (6/11/12)
A catch straight out of the deep blue sea (6/11/12)
School budget for Waldo County’s RSU 20 faces validation vote (6/7/12)
Northport returns incumbent RSU 20 board member (6/5/12)
Coastal Mainers defended and betrayed key front in War of 1812 (5/30/12)
Several midcoast communities to vote on leaving RSU 20 (5/29/12)
Experts warn against loan scam by company claiming to be based in Belfast (5/24/12)
2,200-mile canoe trek leads Minnesota couple to Belfast for good (5/23/12)
New theater company debuts in Belfast (5/23/12)
Bayside residents warned about giant hogweed (5/21/12)
Belfast: Parking scofflaws need to find another community (5/18/12)
New Belfast restaurant has roots in one of city’s oldest (5/13/12)
Eaglecam shows two chicks have hatched in Hancock County nest (5/4/12)
Rockport man summoned for theft of metal from Belfast home (5/3/12)
‘Turn here for Belfast’ signs win approval (5/1/12)
The Spring 2012 Newsletter of the Bayside Historical Preservation Society is available for download now by clicking here (7 MB).
Belfast pub is growing up, owners say (5/3/12)
Seasonal surprise: copper pipes found ripped out of Bayside summer homes (5/1/12)
Searsport bookstore moving to Belfast (4/27/12)
New RSU 20 superintendent selected (Prospect of a huge property tax increase) (4/24/12)
Changes afloat: Belfast readies for a busy summer at the harbor (4/18/12)
Show goes on for theatreless troupe in Belfast (4/15/12)
Everybody’s heard about the (Maine) words (4/13/12)
Towns that lose newspapers lose a gift of democracy (4/12/12)
Colonial Theatre marking 100th birthday (4/11/12)
New federal flood maps could raise waves along coast (4/7/12)
Cardboard art makes up ‘Corrugation Nation’ (4/6/12)
Remembering: Kathy Crowley Fuller (4/4/12)
MMA training cruise to visit SC, Texas, Bermuda, Curacao (4/3/12)
Wood Prairie Farm featured in ‘Rural Harvest’ in Belfast (4/3/12)
Belfast’s Colonial Century (4/1/12)
Waldo County man makes sidewalks out of old toilets (3/30/12)
Belfast triathlon to blend competition, family fun (3/28/12)
Searsport seaport connects Maine to world of commerce (3/28/12)
Maine Department of Transportation ad poking fun at Islesboro mistakenly published in BDN? (3/28/12)
Belfast triathlon to blend competition, family fun (3/28/12)
Courier Publications coming April 5 (3/27/12)
Maine Humor: Maine Marches On – But to Where? (3/22/12)
Flight instructor credited with saving lives of himself and his student in Belfast plane crash (3/21/12)
Belfast-based athenahealth expanding search for 80 employees to Bangor (3/15/12)
Belfast Maskers celebrate 25 years (3/14/12)
Belfast seeking slum and blight funds (3/15/12)
Belfast, Searsport area school board mulling radical plan to address $2.2 million shortfall (3/14/12)
Businessman hopes to resurrect Midcoast papers (3/12/12)
10 meals worth the mileage (including Chase's Daily) (3/10/12)
All Village Soup publications cease operations (3/9/12)
Maskers open 25th season (3/9/12)
Diane Whitten Memorial Garden project gains approval from city (3/5/12)
Recipe yields thesis project (2/26/12)
Mr. Paperback stores to close, Magazines Inc. to be sold, 120 to lose jobs (2/24/12)
Video: A shrimp trawler catches a 27-pound lobster five miles off shore (2/24/12)
Carbon Ocean Yachts of Rhode Island, to relocate to Front Street Shipyard in Belfast (2/24/12)
Maine-made movie comes to Midcoast (2/15/12)
Another Shipyard building on the way; Council to request federal review of Searsport tank proposal (2/22/12)
Food storage and processing company looks to open by July (2/22/12)
Soup to Nuts: Maine Restaurant Week - Mystery! Intrigue! Food! (2/22/12)
Historic & Booming, Downtown Belfast Has Something For All Of Us (2/15/12)
Demolition of 86-year-old Penobscot River bridge to begin this fall (2/14/12)
Mystery Valentine’s Day cards make Belfast residents smile (2/14/12)
Toboggan enthusiasts from around the country converge at Camden races (2/11/12)
Landmark Belfast theater celebrates 100 years with free movies (2/9/12)
Mid-winter New Vaudeville Revue (2/7/12)
Meet Kimberly Callas, Belfast's new Creative Economy Coordinator (2/7/12)
Belfast officials determined to build trail (2/7/12)
Celebrating 125 Years at the Belfast Free Library (2/3/12)
Remembering: Angela Field (5/28/18-1/26/12)
Grants for eight Maine coastal projects awarded (1/27/12)
Bangor Savings Bank donates to local food pantries (1/26/12)
Belfast McDonald's manager wins rare company award (1/13/12)
Northport Select Board Meeting Minutes for December 5, 2011 (All minutes here)
Belfast McDonald's manager wins rare company award (1/13/12)
More than $10,000 raised in a night to aid paralyzed man (1/10/12)
Permanent solutions elusive for chronic traffic congestion on Route 1 (1/8/12)
Maskers get Theater Fund grant (1/6/12)
The famous faces of Maine (1/6/12)
U.S. Airways to offer daily nonstop flights from Bangor to Reagan National (1/4/12)
Bass Harbor lighthouse, Acadia to appear on new quarter (1/1/12)

2011 Archive

Planned Belfast Harbor Walk will be major city attraction (12/30/11)
Darby's plans benefit dinner, silent auction for local man (12/28/11)
Council signs off on Harbor Walk big picture (12/22/11)
Belfast council says no to fireworks (12/20/11)
McFadden top pick for Belfast police chief post (12/19/11)
Belfast gets grant to boost its Arts Community (12/15/11)
A study of shortening days (12/15/11)
Remembering: Tom Gavin (12/15/11)
Hampton Falls duo [including Tim Samway] embody the spirit of giving (12/11/11)
Public offered last chance to weigh in on Belfast Harbor Walk (12/9/11)
25 things to do this holiday season (11/25/11)
Auction in Belfast features dozens of experiences that money can’t buy (11/23/11)
New eateries spice up downtown Belfast (11/22/11)
Mainland students pulled to island school (11/18/11)
Free outdoor ice rink to be installed in Belfast (11/17/11)
George Mitchell cheers unique housing development in Belfast (11/15/11)
Rubberized walk caps Route 1 pedestrian improvements (11/10/11)
Reliable ice skating coming to Belfast (11/9/11)
After defeat, Maine casino backers vow to be back (11/9/11)
Belfast re-elects Mayor Walter Ash (11/8/11)
Celebrities find Maine does offer life the way it should be (11/6/11)
Fireworks in Belfast? Council may need more research (11/1/11)
Opponents of 138-foot-tall propane tank in Searsport to hold meetingst (11/1/11)
Waldo County taxes may increase 8 percent (10/31/11)
Maine’s 2011 cruise ship season winds down (10/28/11)
Main Streets and Back Roads of Belfast, Maine (Video): Segment One, Segment Two and Segment Three (10/27/11)
Come Boating! takes first place in rowing championships (10/21/11)
Opposition growing to 137-foot-tall propane tank in Searsport (9/28/11)
Belfast Harbor Walk may be usable next summer (9/23/11)
Food storage group signs lease on Moss building (9/23/11)
David Hurley sees a boat: New mural to appear on side of Belfast shopping plaza (9/23/11)
Northport Village Corporation Annual Report (Download)
Bayside Safety & Regulations Handbook (Download)
Northport residents evacuated due to fuel truck accident (7/15/11)
20 things to do on the midcoast this summer (7/3/11)
Bayside Recycles Video
Swarm of tiny earthquakes stretches from Belfast to Bucksport (5/3/11)
A Tank Away: Belfast, Maine (Boston Globe) (4/20/11)
In My Footsteps: Camden, Maine (4/7/11)

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