News Archives
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Less specific news is posted to the BaysideMaine.com Facebook page rather than emailed. You’ll find our archives of stories below.
2024 Archive
- Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer (Belfast Water District) (11/26/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 12/3/24 Infrastructure Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 11/22/24 Utilities Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 10/18/24 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 11/23/24 Governance Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- Bayside and Temple Heights (11/8/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 11/10/24 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 10/13/24 Overseers Meeting
- Feds reject Maine’s request for $456 million to build proposed wind port at Sears Island (10/22/24)
- Going their separate ways: Belfast and Northport jurisdictions diverge at the mouth of the Little River (10/16/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 10/18/24 Utilities Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 9/20/24 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 10/13/24 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 9/8/24 Overseers Meeting
- Maine lobster fisherman reveals why the crustaceans she catches taste ‘sweeter,’ ‘better’ (9/25/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 9/20/24 Utilities Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 8/16/24 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 9/8/24 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 8/11/24 Overseers Meeting
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 4-15, 2024
- Video: Passy Pete: Belfast lobster predicts whether we’ll have an early winter (9/2/24)
- Northport news: Excelsior Lodge has car show, turkey supper coming up (8/31/24)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 28-September 8, 2024
- Northport news: Town gets $133,000 state award for Kelly Cove shoreline work (8/23/24)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 21-September 1, 2024
- My Perfect Day: Belfast poet laureate [Bayside’s Maya Stein] would drink in Midcoast beauty and 2 cups of coffee (8/19/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/16/24 Utilities Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- State gives tense presentation on Sears Island wind port project (8/14/24)
- Searsport information session addresses questions about offshore wind port (8/13/24)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 14-25, 2024
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/11/24 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 7/14/24 Overseers Meeting
- Northport news: Village Corp. dedicates Annual Report to Judy Metcalf (8/12/24)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 7-18, 2024
- NVC Document: Bayside Safety Bulletin for August 1, 2024
- NVC Document: 2024 NVC Overseer and President Nominee Personal Statements
- NVC Document: 2024 Annual Report of the Northport Village Corporation
- Northport news: Church sold; Turkey Supper Saturday (8/5/24)
- Belfast property once part of potato processing facility for sale (8/2/24)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 31-August 11, 2024
- Northport news: Town staff will need temporary quarters during new Town Office/Community Center construction (7/29/24)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 24-August 4, 2024
- Northport news: Zoning and Planning board volunteer members needed (7/22/24)
- NVC Document: Bayside Safety Bulletin for July 18, 2024
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 17-28, 2024
- Offshore wind port siting raises new conflicts for coastal Mainers, environmental activists (7/14/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 7/14/24 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 6/9/24 Overseers Meeting
- Northport news: Trash stickers stay $3; demo debris disposal fee increases (7/8/24)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 10-21, 2024
- NVC Document: Minutes for June 8, 2024 NVC Parks and Trees Committee Meeting
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 3-14, 2024
- Maine’s tiny coastal cottages are turning into million-dollar properties (6/27/24)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 26-July 7, 2024
- Northport news: Give & Take stand is for everyone (6/25/24)
- Waldo County General Hospital mulls future of labor and delivery services (6/25/24)
- A coastal Maine tip: Don’t bypass Belfast (6/20/24)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 19-30, 2024
- NVC Document: June 23, 2024 Public Hearing Notice (Revision of NVC Fire Ordinance)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 12-23, 2024
- Belfast food co-op finishes $6.4M redo, adding space and upgrades (6/12/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 6/9/24 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 4-16, 2024
- Browntail Moth in Maine Seem Extra This Year? That’s Because it is… (6/2/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 6/5/24 Safety Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 6/4/24 Finance Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- Company behind controversial $500 million fish farm in Belfast suing city (5/30/24)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: May 25-June 9, 2024
- MMA training ship set to sail again after repairs (5/21/24)
- Northport news: Donate used clothing in drop-off bin at Bayside Store (5/21/24)
- Northport news: Ryan Eldridge, BAHS Esports team win state championship (5/14/24)
- Browntail moth caterpillars may be facing ‘zombie’ apocalypse in Maine (5/13/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 5/12/24 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- Northport news: Cleanup Day a success (5/7/24)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 4/14/24 Overseers Meeting
- Northport News: Roadwork on Shore Road expected to take several weeks (4/30/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 5/1/24 Northport Climate Resilience Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 4/23/24 Infrastructure Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- Northport news: Grab a trash bag for Town Cleanup Day May 4 (4/22/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 4/19/24 Utilities Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Minutes for 3/15/24 Utilities Committee Meeting
- Belfast decision puts future of controversial salmon farm in jeopardy (4/17/24)
- Fate of Belfast fish farm uncertain after city reverses a key decision (4/17/24)
- City vacates eminent domain order on property taken for Nordic (4/16/24)
- Letter to Editor: Belfast’s eminent domain train wreck (4/15/24)
- Belfast City Council will hear public comments on latest court order in Nordic Aquafarms project (4/15/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 4/14/24 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 3/10/24 Overseers Meeting
- Northport news: March got it backwards this year (4/2/24)
- Belfast City Council hosts meeting to establish boundary (4/3/24)
- NVC Document: Sewer Connections Moratorium Extended Through October 6, 2024
- The End of The Great American Century (3/27/24)
- NVC Document: 2025 Budget Draft Posted Ahead of NVC Overseers’ Workshop on 3/16/24
- NVC Notice: Overseers to Meet in Joint Budget Workshop with Northport Select Board on March 18
- NVC Document: Agenda for 3/15/24 Utilities Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Minutes for 2/16/24 Utilities Committee Meeting
- The Scone Goddess’ kingdom expands thanks to $100k grant, collaborations” (3/11/24)
- Maine Ski Hill Closes For The Season “Effective Immediately” (3/7/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 3/10/24 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 2/11/24 Overseers Meeting
- Midcoast restaurant back afloat after January storms (3/6/24)
- Northport news: Swans Island Blankets wins $75k grant (3/5/24)
- Video: Weather At Your School: Edna Drinkwater School (2/29/24)
- 2024 Belfast Ice Festival brings thousands to Midcoast (2/24/24)
- Maine’s plan to site wind power port on Sears Island draws swift response, with support and opposition (2/20/24)
- NVC Document: Job Posting for Summer 2024 Lifeguard
- NVC Document: March 15, 2024 Public Hearing Notice (Extension of Sewer Connection Moratorium)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 2/26/24 Infrastructure Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 2/16/24 Utilities Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 2/17/24 Overseers 2025 Budget Workshop (with Attachments)
- Northport news: Thanks to Richie Taylor for taking charge at the transfer station (2/13/24)
- Sears Island comes into focus as likely site of Maine’s offshore wind port (2/12/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 2/11/24 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 1/14/24 Overseers Meeting
- Northport news: No simple answers on housing (1/29/24)
- Northport news: Local storm damage disheartening; good opportunity to join town’s Climate Resilience Committee (1/23/24)
- Northport news: Good turnout for special town meeting (1/15/24)
- Belfast citizen committee proposes retaining Hutchinson Center as a community, educational, cultural resource (1/18/24)
- Video: Maine’s coast sees record breaking water levels in Saturday’s storm (1/14/24)
- Video: Coastal community recovering after back-to-back storms (1/14/24)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 1/19/24 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 1/18/24 Infrastructure Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 1/14/24 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- Video: Belfast Waterfront experiences Saturday storm flooding (1/13/24)
- Video: Belfast’s harbor endures flooding, damages, and debris washed ashore (1/10/24)
- Northport news: A fast year it was! (1/2/24)
2023 Archive
- Northport news: Special town meeting coming up Jan. 11 (12/23/23)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 12/10/23 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 12/10/23 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 12/8/23 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 11/12/23 Overseers Meeting
- Northport news: Fire Department receives $20,000 grant (12/11/23)
- Northport news: Waldo County Woodshed has wood for those in need (12/4/23)
- Northport news: Bayside Store collecting Toys for Tots (11/26/23)
- Northport news: Volunteering builds community connections (11/17/23)
- Northport news: 180 households now connected to GWI’s fiber-optic network (11/13/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 11/12/23 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 10/22/23 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 10/8/23 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 8/11/23 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 7/7/23 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 6/9/23 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 5/12/23 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 4/29/23 Public Hearing and Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 4/14/23 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 3/10/23 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 2/10/23 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 1/6/23 Utilities Committee Meeting
- Northport news: The Hoot restaurant is for sale (11/7/23)
- Presidential Yacht Sequoia arrives in Cambridge (10/30/23)
- Northport news: Moose attracts attention (10/30/23)
- Video: Formal Presidential Yacht departs from Belfast (10/25/23)
- Northport news: Kids win rides to school on fire trucks (10/24/23)
- Northport news (10/17/23)
- Northport-based scone mix brand goes national (10/16/23)
- Maine’s Oldest Cinema Saved Through Philanthropic Purchase (10/2/23)
- The return of cruise ships to Belfast Bay (10/2/23)
- Northport news: Business Alliance will be back in action this month (10/8/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 10/8/23 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 9/10/23 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 10/5/23 Governance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 10/4/23 Finance Committee Meeting (with Attachment)
- Northport news: Waldo County Woodshed needs site coordinator (9/18/23)
- Hurricane Lee: Boats and docks get pulled, Central Maine Power leery of tree stress (9/13/23)
- Video: Belfast gets prepared for Hurricane Lee (9/13/23)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 13-24, 2023
- NVC Document: Notice of 9/30/23 Public Hearing on Extension of Sewer Connection Moratorium
- NVC Document: Agenda for 9/16/23 Infrastructure Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 9/14/23 Governance Committee Meeting
- Northport news: Reminder that taxes are due Sept. 30 (9/11/23)
- Two Nordic Aquafarms leases rescinded for proposed land-based fish farm in Belfast (9/10/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 9/10/23 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 8/13/23 Overseers Meeting
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 6-17, 2023
- Belfast’s lobster Passy Pete predicts early winter (9/4/23)
- Northport news: Town applies for $100,000 Community Development Block Grant (9/4/23)
- Northport news: Car Show coming Sept. 9 (9/2/23)
- Recipe for success! Northport bakery donates thousands to Belfast Soup Kitchen (8/31/23)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 30-September 10, 2023
- This year there are 3 mysterious ‘Joy’ ducks in Belfast (8/28/23)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 23-September 3, 2023
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 16-27, 2023
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/21/23 Governance Committee Meeting (with Attachment)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/18/23 Parks and Trees Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/13/23 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/11/23 Governance Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/6/23 Governance Committee Notes (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 7/15/23 Overseers Special Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 7/9/23 Overseers Meeting
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 9-20, 2023
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/11/23 Governance Committee Meeting (with Attachment)
- Belfast Harbor Fest 2023 highlights include boats, shipyard tours, food, music, auctions and more (8/7/23)
- Northport News (8/7/23)
- NVC Document: 2023 Annual Report of the Northport Village Corporation
- NVC Document: Clerk’s Report of the 2022 Annual Meeting of the NVC
- Court deals another blow to proposed Belfast fish farm (8/3/23)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 2-13, 2023
- ‘Authentic Maine Town’ sign beckons Bar Harbor tourists to Bucksport (7/31/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/6/23 Governance Committee Meeting (with Attachment)
- NVC Document: Notes from 7/16/23 Governance Committee Meeting
- Northport news: Opportunities abound to get involved in the community (7/29/23)
- Investigation underway after fire at Belfast event venue (7/29/23)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 26-August 6, 2023
- Northport news: Bobcat Book Bus coming to town Aug. 3 (7/22/23)
- Members of Wind Port Advisory Group express different site preferences (7/18/23)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 19-30, 2023
- NVC Document: Notice of NVC Voter Registration Opportunities on 7/22/23 and 8/8/23
- Northport news: Northport news: Mark Lynch discusses school security (7/17/23)
- Colonial Theatre still looking for new owners (7/17/23)
- Northport news: Point Lookout is back on the market for $6.775 million (7/11/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 7/15/23 Overseers Special Meeting
- A historic Maine movie theater is for sale for $13. million. Will anyone save it? (7/12/23)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 12-23, 2023
- NVC Document: Agenda for 7/16/23 Governance Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 7/9/23 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Minutes for 6/26/23 Finance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Draft Minutes for 6/11/23 Overseers Meeting
- Northport news: New start time for Select Board meetings (7/5/23)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 4-16, 2023
- NVC Document: Agenda for 7/5/23 Parks and Trees Committee Meeting (with Attachment)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 28-July 9, 2023
- Northport news: Pete Simpson honored at town meeting (6/27/23)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 23-July 2, 2023
- Northport News: Candidates Night almost standing room only! (6/20/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 7/11/23 Waterfront CommitteeMeeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 6/26/23 Finance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 6/25/23 Infrastructure Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 6/24/23 Parks and Trees Committee Meeting
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 14-25, 2023
- NVC Document: Agenda for 6/11/23 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Minutes for 5/20/23 Infrastructure Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Draft Minutes for 5/10/23 Safety Committee Meeting
- Northport Document: 2023 Town of Northport Annual Report
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 7-18, 2023
- Town of Northport June Newsletter (June 2023)
- Northport News: Town to host workshop on grant writing (6/3/23)
- Belfast Police to begin summer traffic detail in effort to increase safety, reduce crashes (6/1/23)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: May 31-June 11, 2023
- NVC Document: 2023 NVC Donuts & Dialog Dates Announced
- NVC Document: Notice for 6/12/23 Bayside/Northport Community Resilience Workshop
- Welcome back to the Belfast area, Snow Bats 2023! (5/24/23)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: May 25-June 4, 2023
- Northport News: Flags are going up for Memorial Day; you can help! (5/22/23)
- Maine Town Looks to Emerge as New Cruise Port (5/17/23)
- Northport News: Public hearing audience favors continued recycling (5/15/23)
- Maine Maritime Academy training ship departs for summer cruise (5/10/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 5/20/23 Infrastructure Committee Meeting (with Attachment)
- NVC Document: Notice for 5/28/23 Public Hearing on Zoning Ordinance Changes (with Attachment)
- NVC Document: Minutes for 5/11/23 Finance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 5/14/23 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Minutes for 5/6/23 Parks and Trees Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 4/16/23 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 3/12/23 Overseers Meeting
- Belfast Historical Society talk: Up the Not So Lazy River, Life at Head of the Tide and City Point (5/11/23)
- A wind port for Searsport? Public meeting planned for May 20 (5/10/23)
- Belfast Garden Club holds annual plant sale May 27 (5/7/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 5/11/23 Finance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 5/10/23 Safety Committee Meeting
- Northport News Column: Send your best Cleanup Day photos to Town Office (5/7/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 5/6/23 Infrastructure Committee Meeting (with Attachment)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 5/6/23 Parks and Trees Committee Meeting (with Attachment)
- NVC Document: Minutes for 2/11/23 Parks and Trees Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: NVC 2020 Audited Financial Statements
- New committee gears up to reopen Colonial Theater in Belfast (4/27/23)
- Northport News Column: Town cleanup May 6 (4/25/23)
- Annual Spring Sports Day offers indoor, outdoor activities in Belfast, May 7(4/22/23
- Inaugural Rockport Donut Festival planned for June 2-3(4/22/23
- Waterway Guide: Visit Belfast, Maine, & Front Street Shipyard
Along This Fairy Tale Coastline - Northport News Column: Nomination papers are available (4/11/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 4/16/23 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 3/12/23 Overseers Meeting
- Belfast’s new poet laureate moved to city for the creative scene (4/6/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 4/4/23 Finance Committee Meeting
- Northport News Column: Maya Stein named poet laureate (4/3/23)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 3/2/23 Finance Committee Meeting
- Northport News Column: Help VFW buy new flags for Route 1 display (3/27/23)
- One year later: family announces Belfast potato processing plant will not be rebuilt (3/24/23)
- Northport News Column (3/21/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 3/27/23 Governance Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 3/12/23 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 3/5/23 Governance Committee Meeting
- Northport News Column (3/6/23)
- NVC Document: February 2023 Notice of Wastewater Fee Increase
- NVC Document: Agenda for 3/5/23 Governance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 3/2/23 Finance Committee Meeting
- The fight is not over concerning Belfast salmon facility (2/20/23)
- Belfast Ice Festival to kick off downtown this weekend (2/20/23)
- Northport News Column (2/19/23)
- Maine Supreme Judicial Court remands dispute concerning intertidal zone, Nordic Aquafarms interests, back to Waldo County Court (2/16/23)
- Maine Supreme Court ruling deals potential blow to Belfast fish farm (2/16/23)
- Belfast Ice Festival signature events return to Belfast (2/9/23)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 1/12/23 Overseers’ Special Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 1/8/23 Overseers’ Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 2/10/23 Utilities Committee Meeting
- Extreme cold in forecast pushes Camden toboggan races to Sunday, only – but they will go on (1/31/23)
- Video: MaineLife Season 8, Episode 1 – Belfast (1/25/23)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 2/1/23 Finance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 1/6/23 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 1/12/23 Overseers’ Special Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 1/8/23 Overseers’ Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 1/6/23 Utilities Committee Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 1/4/23 Finance Committee Meeting
2022 Archive
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 12/11/22 Overseers’ Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 11/13/22 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 10/9/22 Overseers Meeting
- New Years by the Bay cancelled and unlikely to continue in the future (12/30/22)
- Chase’s Daily will close after almost 22 years in downtown Belfast (12/29/22)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 12/9/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 11/11/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 10/7/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- That’s a wrap: Bayside Store collects a boatload of Toys for Tots (12/20/22)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 12/11/22 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 11/13/22 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 11/11/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 10/7/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- The Only Doughnut gives sneak peek into its operation in Belfast (10/28/22)
- Officials chase mysterious giant duck off US coast as ‘Greater Joy’ floats loose (10/29/22)
- Holy Crap There’s a Giant Rubber Ducky on the Loose in Belfast Harbor! (10/27/22)
- Massive duck returns to Belfast Harbor with an updated message: Greater Joy (10/23/22)
- NVC Document: FAQ for Extended Moratorium on New Sewer Connections Through 4/7/23
- NVC Document: Agenda for 10/9/22 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 10/7/22 Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Moratorium on New Sewer Connections, and Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 9/11/22 Overseers Meeting
- Why the Camden Hills Should Be Your Fall Foliage Getaway (10/3/22)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 21-October 2, 2022
- Maine lobstermen, their livelihoods threatened, push back against California aquarium’s ‘red listing’ (9/20/22)
- New, bigger State of Maine being built (9/20/22)
- Belfast’s Colonial Theatre closes its curtain after 110 years (9/19/22)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 14-25, 2022
- Belfast’s Heritage Park goes technicolor as chalk artists take over (9/10/22)
- Nordic Aquafarms wins one court victory, faces another legal battle in Maine (9/9/22)
- Fall Foliage Prediction Map (9/9/22)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 9/11/22 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 9/9/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 7-18, 2022
- Maine’s forecasting lobster predicts an early winter (9/6/22)
- Midcoast movie makers shoot local author’s debut novel (9/3/22)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 31-September 11, 2022
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 26-September 5, 2022
- Belfast Harbor Fest kicks off (8/19/22)
- Work on Sequoia expected to begin in spring (8/17/22)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 17-28, 2022
- NVC Document: Draft Minutes for 8/12/22 Governance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/14/22 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Documents: August 13, 2022 Public Hearing on NVC Zoning Ordinance Modifications (available under “Governance Committee”)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 9-21, 2022
- Midcoast couple abandons 3-apartment proposal after ‘ugly’ pushback (8/9/22)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 2-14, 2022
- Belfast authors debut new books at Bayside (8/4/22)
- NVC Document: 2022 Annual Report of the Northport Village Corporation (with Attachments)
- Northport approves mill rate, broadband funds (8/2/22)
- Welcome to Bayside, Maine’s Storybook Village (7/31/22)
- ‘Honey, I Shrunk Bayside!’ (7/28/22)
- Grasshopper Shop comes full circle with latest store opening in Belfast (7/28/22)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 27-August 7, 2022
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/1/22 NVC Governance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Summary of Material Proposed Changes to NVC Zoning Ordinance
- NVC Document: Draft NVC Zoning Ordinance (v7-28-22)
- Sweet Monkey Business micro-bakery takes off in Belfast (7/25/22)
- Maine Celtic Celebration This Weekend in Belfast (7/21/22)
- Have a seat in Belfast, and support local artists (7/21/22)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 20-31, 2022
- Discover Belfast history on walking tour (7/19/22)
- Pinette to discuss changes to harbor, waterfront with demise of poultry industry (7/19/22)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 13-24, 2022
- NVC Document: Agenda for 7/10/22 Overseers Meeting
- AJ Meerwald, New Jersey’s Official Tall Ship Returns Home (7/7/22)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 06-17, 2022
- Top Executives at Nordic Aquafarms’ U.S. Operations Mysteriously Part Ways With the Company (7/4/22)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 6/26/22 Overseers Budget Workshop
- NVC Document: Notice of NVC Public Hearing Regarding Zoning Ordinance and By-Laws on 6/25/22 (with Attachments)
- Belfast City Council to discuss adding seating to downtown, 2022-2023 budget (6/21/22)
- The Scone Goddess: How a kitchen business turned into a Northport brick-and-mortar shop (6/10/22)
- Steep lobster price fall represents a return to normalcy – for now (6/8/22)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 6/12/22 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 6/11/22 Overseers Budget Workshop
- NVC Document: Agenda for 6/10/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- Belfast City Council to discuss Route 1/Route 52 intersection, junior firefighting program, award recipients (6/6/22)
- Saturday in the Cove, you’d think it was the Fourth of July! (5/26/22)
- Future of Penobscot McCrum facility to be determined (5/26/22)
- In Northport, a Couple’s Purple Shipping-Container Compound Stops Traffic (5/26/22)
- Press Release: Claims Raised to Block Nordic Project are Dismissed (5/18/22)
- Scone Goddess to host grand opening celebration in Northport (5/16/22)
- NVC Document: Minutes for 3/25/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 5/15/22 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- Welcome back to the Belfast area Snow Bats! (5/9/22)
- Belfast Chamber of Commerce seeks summer volunteers (5/9/22)
- Video: Belfast soup kitchen fills the body and the spirit (5/5/22)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 5/5/22 Overseers Special Meeting
- Man tries absurd disguise to elude Maine cops. ‘Is this an episode of Scooby Doo’? (5/3/22)
- ConnectMaine awards $15 million in broadband grants (5/2/22)
- Invasive ‘Jumping Worms’ Threaten Trees in Maine and Elsewhere (4/26/22)
- Downtown entrance to Belfast trail is a surprise casualty of the Penobscot McCrum fire (4/21/22)
- Much of Maine’s $191M Pandemic Relief Funds Still Unspent (4/18/22)
- Students at Edna Drinkwater School raise money for Ukraine with penny race (4/15/22)
- Newsletter: Bayside Historical Preservation Society Spring 2022 Newsletter
- NVC Document: Draft 2023 Budget for 4/16/22 Overseers Budget Workshop
- The Dramatic Details Of The Fire That Destroyed The Potato Plant In Belfast (4/13/22)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 4/10/22 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 3/27/22 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 4/8/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 3/25/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 2/11/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- New Thai restaurant, Fon’s Kitchen, soon to open in downtown Belfast (3/27/22)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 3/26/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 2/11/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- Blaze destroys Belfast potato processor plant (3/24/22)
- How officials kept Belfast safe when the potato plant burned (3/24/22)
- NVC Document: Notice for 3/26/22 Public Hearing on Proposed Sewer Moratorium (with Attachment)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 3/27/22 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 2/13/22 Overseers Meeting
- Major Fire at McCrum Potato Processing Facility in Belfast (3/24/22)
- Idaho Needs Potatoes, So Maine Is Chipping In (3/23/22)
- NVC Document: Bayside Seeking Lifeguard for Summer 2022
- The Best Places to Live in Maine Right Now (3/17/22)
- Belfast hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinic April 1 (3/17/22)
- Belfast Senior College Spring courses announced, will begin soon (3/14/22)
- Offshore (Winter Lobstering in Maine) (3/12/22)
- “It’s almost embarrassing”: Lobster price shock hits restaurants (3/12/22)
- NVC Document: Notice of 3/13/22 Finance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Notice of 3/13/22 Governance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Bayside Playground Fund Auction Flyer (March 3-17, 2022)
- Co-owner of derelict house wants to redeem, repair it (3/2/22)
- Northport voters support spending all ARPA funds on broadband (3/1/22)
- NVC Document: Notice of 3/5/22 Governance Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Notes of 2/9/22 Safety Committee Meeting
- The pandemic is forcing Maine towns to rethink the traditional town meeting (2/28/22)
- It was a chilly and fitting day for the Belfast Ice Festival Saturday (2/26/22)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 3/26/22 Overseers Budget Workshop
- NVC Document: NVC Seeking Part-Time Office Manager (2/22/22)
- Maine Attorney General dismisses complaint against City of Belfast (2/19/22)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 2/19/22 Overseers Budget Workshop
- Town to vote on dedicating ARPA funds to broadband (2/15/22)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 2/6/22 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 1/16/22 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes for 2/11/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes for 1/14/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 2/13/22 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 2/11/22 Utilities Committee Meeting
- Belfast’s most enthusiastic rowers embrace the cold (2/6/22)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 2/6/22 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 2/5/22 Governance Committee Meeting
- British firm delays plans for salmon farm at Millinocket mill site (2/2/22)
- Board to set special town meeting on broadband expenditure
(1/29/22) - Rail company proposes connecting Rockland to Amtrak in Brunswick (1/25/22)
- Maine Emergency Management Agency urges citizens to plan ahead for cold streak (1/20/22)
- No plans for Belfast City Council to institute indoor mask mandate (1/18/22)
- Ice Festival returns, this year to include Maine Ice Carving Championship (1/18/22)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 1/16/22 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- National Guard members to deploy to Rockport, Belfast hospitals (1/14/22)
- City to work with AG’s Office to draft conservation easement for disputed property (1/6/22)
- New technology nips toxic moth webs (1/5/22)
- Smoke on the Water: Maine’s Most Photogenic Winter Phenomenon (1/5/22)
2021 Archive
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes of 12/15/21 Ad Hoc Playground Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 12/8/21 Ad Hoc Playground Committee Meeting
- Maine’s Attorney General files civil action against Belfast and Nordic Aquafarms (12/31/21)
- Legal wrangling continues in Belfast salmon farm case (12/29/21)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes of 12/8/21 Ad Hoc Playground Committee Meeting
- Public gets first look at New Jersey tall ship under renovation (12/20/21)
- Belfast Flying Shoes’ 2021 Sing Along concerts viewable on television, internet (12/14/21)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 12/12/21 Overseers Meeting and Workshop
- Sears Island identified as potential hub for the state’s offshore wind industry (12/10/21)
- NVC Document: Minutes of 11/30/21 Ad Hoc Playground Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 11/17/21 Ad Hoc Playground Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 11/10/21 Ad Hoc Playground Committee Meeting
- GWI closer to securing funds for Belfast broadband expansion (12/7/21)
- 300 long-missing historic photo negatives have come home to Maine (12/4/21)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 11/14/21 Overseers Meeting (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes of 10/10/21 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 11/12/21 Utilities Committee Agenda
- NVC Document: Minutes of 11/3/21 Ad Hoc Playground Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 10/27/21 Ad Hoc Playground Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 10/20/21 Ad Hoc Playground Committee Meeting
- Maine lobsterman scores 1-in-100 million catch: an ultra-rare cotton candy lobster (11/9/21)
- Judge finds in favor of Nordic in court case over ownership of Belfast mudflat (10/29/21)
- Curbside seating now a permanent fixture in Belfast (10/29/21)
- Coastal Mountains nature talk: From Greenville to Belfast, a 300-mile Paddling Journey (10/26/21)
- NVC Document: October 31, 2021 Governance Committee Notice (with Attachments)
- NVC Document: Minutes of 8/13/21 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 7/9/21 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 6/11/21 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 12/11/20 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 8/14/20 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 7/3/20 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 6/12/20 Utilities Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: DRAFT Minutes of 9/26/21 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 10/10/21 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of 9/10/21 Utilities Committee Meeting
- Belfast gave land to a controversial fish farm by eminent domain. Now Maine’s attorney general is stepping in (10/1/21)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 10/8/21 Utilities Committee Meeting
- Maine AG’s office: Nordic can’t lay pipes until the court gives approval (9/29/21)
- NVC Document: Agenda for 9/26/21 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Draft Minutes of the 8/15/21 Overseers Meeting
- The official tall ship of New Jersey is in Maine for crucial restoration (9/23/21)
- The DoryWoman of Belfast turns rowing passion into career during pandemic (9/23/21)
- Big-Hearted Lobstermen Give 600-lb Tuna To Belfast Soup Kitchen (9/21/21)
- NVC Document: Minutes of the 7/31/21 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Minutes of the 7/11/21 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 9/10/21 Utilities Committee Meeting
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 4-12, 2021
- A Nonprofit agency to buy only land in Belfast zoned for big-box development (9/1/21)
- Tiny Doors in Belfast a whimsical celebration of art (8/31/21)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 25-September 5, 2021
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 18-29, 2021
- A Giant Rubber Duck Appeared in a Maine Harbor — and No One Knows Why (8/10/21)
- NVC Document: Notes for 7/20/21 Safety Committee Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/15/21 Overseers Meeting
- NVC Document: Agenda for 8/13/21 Utilities Committee Meeting
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 11-22, 2021
- Maine CDC investigates outbreaks at Maine Med and Belfast hospital (8/10/21)
- Citizen’s Notes: Citizen’s Notes from the August 7, 2021 Public Meeting to Discuss the NVC Budget
- NVC Document: Updated NVC 2022 Proposed Budget
- Eminent domain action in Belfast can be a ‘nuclear blast,’ law school professor says (8/9/21)
- NVC Document: Flyer Summarizing the NVC Parking Ordinance
- Belfast Councilors Look To Eminent Domain To End Fish Farm Dispute (8/4/21)
- How To Spend A Perfect Day In Coastal Belfast, Maine (8/4/21)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 4-15, 2021
- NVC Document: Northport Village Corporation 2021 Amended Warrant Published
- NVC Document: Northport Village Corporation 2021 Annual Report Published
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 28-August 8, 2021
- Belfast gears up for Summer Street Party 2021, invites food vendors (8/2/21)
- Northport maritime historian Charles Lagerbom chronicles ‘world’s most dangerous voyage’ in new book (8/1/21)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 21-August 1, 2021
- Northport hires new town administrator (7/14/21)
- Here Is the Ultimate Belfast Maine Must-Dos & Must-Sees List (7/14/21)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 14-25, 2021
- City wades into intertidal dispute on behalf of Nordic Aquafarms (7/13/21)
- Maine cities make outdoor dining permanent (7/7/21)
- Ban on boiling lobsters alive under plans to boost welfare rights of crustaceans and molluscs (7/7/21)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 7-18, 2021
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 1-11, 2021
- Big Band Sounds at Belfast Summer Nights (6/30/21)
- Friendly business rivalry underway in Belfast with sign war (6/24/21)
- Nordic Aquafarms trial continues with more witness testimony (6/23/21)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 23-July 4, 2021 (6/22/21)
- Tall Ships return to Penobscot River 4-Point Loop next month (6/23/21)
- New Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Belfast should eliminate group’s need for fundraising (6/22/21)
- Nordic Aquafarms trial opens with trip to mudflat in Belfast (6/22/21)
- Maine native Harry Homans progresses to Wave 2 at US Olympic Trials (6/15/21)
- Allison Schmitt, 31, qualifies for fourth Olympic swimming team (6/16/21)
- Belfast Shaved Ice & Provisions offers nostalgic touch to Belfast City Park (6/17/21)
- Belfast holds 25th annual Arts in the Park, June 26 and 27 (6/17/21)
- Maine Residents Fend Off Poisonous Caterpillars (6/13/21)
- Mainers are breaking out in painful rashes caused by the browntail moth caterpillar (5/30/21)
- Northport residents to vote on proposed school budget June 8 (5/30/21)
- Northport to vote on municipal officials June 5, hold town meeting June 7 (5/29/21)
- Belfast Maskers feature Maine playwrights in ‘An Evening of One-Act Plays’ (5/27/21)
- Inspired by his father’s WWII experience, Belfast stonemason repairs Maine POW/MIA memorial (5/26/21)
- ‘Ugly’ bagels and lobster grilled cheese sandwiches among the food truck options at Belfast’s waterfront this summer
(5/22/21) - Mother and daughter accuse Belfast residents of spreading rumors that they run a brothel (5/18/21)
- Maine Dropping Indoor Mask Mandate for Fully Vaccinated People (5/14/21)
- A number of new, old seasonal events returning to Waldo County (5/13/21)
- Welcome back to the Belfast area, Snow Bats 2021! (5/10/21)
- “Keeping Belfast Maine Beautiful” holds 4th annual roadside cleanup Saturday (5/8/21)
- Belfast gardeners join forces to plant a million daffodils in the city (5/2/21)
- MaineHealth opens COVID-19 vaccination clinics to walk-ins (4/30/21)
- Video: Belfast Economic Development Update (4/27/21)
- Starting Saturday, people from all other states can travel to Maine without quarantining (4/27/21)
- Councilors approve more permanent Curbside Belfast program (4/13/21)
- Belfast Maskers outdoor performances to return (4/13/21)
- Bill would impose new fees on vacation homes, short-term rentals (4/12/21)
- Belfast’s The Green Store tackles plastic waste with dispense-your-own soap (4/7/21)
- On the issues: Northport Select Board Candidate Breanna Pinkham Bebb (4/7/21)
- On the issues: Northport Select Board Candidate Ann Frenning Kossuth (4/7/21)
- Maine Voices: Faulty arguments pressed against Belfast land-based salmon farm (4/5/21)
- Maine’s vaccine supply picking up again with unfilled appointments across the state (4/1/21)
- Maine Voices: Regulators should question large-scale aquaculture (3/29/21)
- Delta Airlines adding 3 flights at Bangor International Airport (3/19/21)
- Mainers 50+ eligible for COVID-19 vaccines starting Tuesday (3/19/21)
- Belfast to make changes to noise ordinance (3/17/21)
- Aquafarm opponents allege political pressure tainted permitting process in new court filing (3/16/21)
- Maine’s Housing Market Upended By New Residents Arriving During Pandemic (3/16/21)
- Is Maine Ready for an Influx of Homebuyers From Away? (March 2021)
- Why Maine Became a State (And Not a Commonwealth) (March 2021)
- After four decades, store owner retires from ‘dream’ to focus on health (3/8/21)
- The Resurrection of Marshall Wharf Brewing Co. (3/7/21)
- Belfast artist’s Apollo coin wins international award (3/6/21)
- Janet Mills says reopening plan gives ‘clear idea of what to expect’ ahead of tourism season (3/5/21)
- Ice sculptures and ice bars, the two main attractions in Belfast Saturday (2/27/21)
- Our Town Belfast seeks proposals for crosswalk art (2/26/21)
- Selectman candidates agree broadband is high priority (2/22/21)
- One man’s initiative results in fiber-run internet to Bayside, Northport road (2/4/21)
- The internet just discovered Sea Shanties; Mainers discovered them centuries ago (2/16/21)
- City hires company to assess browntail moth infestations downtown (1/25/21)
- Cartoonist chronicles Belfast’s evolution from its gritty past (2/3/21)
- More than 200 vaccinated on first day of COVID-19 clinic in Belfast (1/27/21)
- Belfast mourns doctor who cared for community’s kids for past 40 years (1/26/21)
- Some Belfast crosswalks to get makeover (1/25/21)
- New art glassblowing studio to open in June in Belfast (1/23/21)
- MaineHealth schedules Belfast and Rockport COVID-19 vaccine clinics (1/22/21)
- New coffee shop becomes a Belfast fixture, even though no one has stepped inside (1/22/21)
- MaineHealth announces COVID-19 vaccine rollout for Mainers 70 and older (1/19/21)
- Belfast’s 25th Arts in the Park planned for June (1/14/21)
- ‘The Golf Boy’ is Northport’s youngest online entrepreneur (1/11/21)
- Northport artist Jason Thurston crafts ‘Shell Ink’ ornaments (1/4/21)
2020 Archives
- Belfast community sings in the new year (12/31/20)
- Maine kayaker rescues escaped goat that swam into the ocean (12/30/20)
- State approval of Belfast salmon farm is appealed; city Planning Board OKs project (12/25/20)
- Belfast fish farm clinches final local permits (12/24/20)
- Nordic gets all permits approved from Planning Board (12/23/20)
- Penobscot Bay Virtual Holiday Concert 2020 to air this week (12/21/20)
- Belfast VFW takes part in “Wreaths Across America” ceremony (12/20/20)
- Penobscot Bay trash spill reignites debate over importing out-of-state waste (12/16/20)
- New solar farm nearly ready to offer electricity discounts to 1,200 customers (12/15/20)
- Our Town Belfast to light the way into the new year with the Luminaries Project (12/13/20/20)
- More Than 2 Tons Of Plastic Bound For Incinerator Spills Off Searsport (12/11/20)
- Belfast aquaculture project puts intertidal ownership into question (12/7/20)
- Nordic Aquafarms receives three state permits for Belfast salmon operation (12/4/20)
- Volunteers to clean up plastic trash from escaped baled waste on Searsport shoreline (12/9/20)
- BEP approves all Nordic permits (11/19/20)
- Seven Additional Maine Towns Found to Have Emerald Ash Borer (11/19/20)
- 2 more cases of COVID-19 detected at Belfast-area schools (10/18/20)
- Trick-or-treating will look different this Halloween on Belfast’s Cedar Street (10/13/20)
- Adult-use marijuana stores open in Maine, immediate supply remains a concern (10/9/20)
- Nordic ramps up public presence as it receives DEP draft permit decisions (10/6/20)
- Performers of all kinds welcome at new space in Belfast (10/8/20)
- After nearly 3 years of scrutiny, the fate of a Belfast fish farm could come down to a judge (9/29/20)
- Jimmy Fund Walk to take place virtually, group plan walk in Northport (9/27/20)
- Marijuana shop in Northport prepares to open to adult-use sales next month (9/11/20)
- Maine Historical Society adapts Bicentennial presentations for remote audience (9/9/20)
- Maine awards 1st active recreational marijuana licenses ahead of October retail sales (9/8/20)
- Controversial Belfast fish farm won’t exceed pollution standards, regulators find (8/25/20)
- Calendar: The Week Ahead in Bayside: August 19-30, 2020
- Calendar: The Week Ahead in Bayside: August 14-23, 2020
- McCrum just opened North America’s newest fry processing plant (8/14/20)
- Cruise line scraps visits to Maine for 2020 (8/13/20)
- Belfast Free Library begins collaboration to document life during COVID-19 pandemic (8/10/20)
- Calendar: The Week Ahead in Bayside: August 5-16, 2020
- In coastal Maine, the perfect pace for self-quarantining (7/31/20)
- Shark may be making its presence known in Penobscot Bay, as cruise boat monitors injured seals (7/31/20)
- Calendar: The Week Ahead in Bayside: July 30-August 9, 2020
- Parts of former midcoast corporate retreat to be sold at auction (7/28/20)
- As more members cancel amid pandemic fears, YMCAs face uncertainty (7/23/20)
- Calendar: The Week Ahead in Bayside: July 22-August 2, 2020
- Waterfall Arts receives $100,000 Jane’s Trust Grant towards renovations, operations (7/20/20)
- As Belfast fish farm awaits final OKs, environmental scientists explain what’s at stake (7/6/20)
- For Maine Lobstermen, a Perfect Storm Threatens the Summer Season (7/3/20)
- Mills administration exempts 3 more states from quarantine, testing requirements (7/1/20)
- Belfast Art Market returns with a no-fee model for vendors (6/23/20)
- Belfast Museum opens with ‘Becoming Belfast, Maine 1770 -1820’ (6/20/20)
- Crash in Belfast closes Route 1 for several hours Wednesday (6/17/20)
- Exterior fire spreads quickly through former Northport diner (6/15/20)
- Local pilots flyover Belfast Area Regional High School graduation ceremony (6/15/20)
- Fire demolishes former Route 1 diner in Northport (6/15/20)
- Find a nearby COVID-19 test center (6/22/20)
- Keep Maine Healthy FAQs
- Questions and answers about tourism quarantines and testing (6/8/20)
- Testing option not enough to save Maine tourism industry, groups say (6/8/20)
- Maine eases quarantine rule for visitors as virus testing expands (6/8/20)
- Browntail Moth Information: Maine Health Alert Network (HAN) System Public Health Advisory “Health Risks from Browntail Moths” (4/29/20)
- Browntail Moth Information: Maine CDC “Browntail Moth Caterpillar Fact Sheet”
- Browntail Moth Information: Maine CDC “Browntail Moths” Presentation (3/5/19)
- Browntail Moth Information: Maine Forest Service “Browntail Moth History, Background, Conditions in ME” (February 2018) (February 2018)
- Opponents’ lawsuit trips up Nordic Aquafarms’ land-based salmon farm plans (6/9/20)
- With restrictions on large gatherings, Maine’s annual town meetings won’t be happening as planned (6/11/20)
- Mills’ new ‘COVID passport’ plan could help out-of-staters avoid 14-day quarantine (6/2/20)
- Judge upholds Maine’s 14-day quarantine, for now, as Justice Department joins challenge (5/29/20)
- Justice Department Says Maine’s 2-Week Quarantine Rule Discriminates Against Tourists (5/29/20)
- DOT announces paving work along Route 1 in Northport, Belfast and Searsport (5/29/20)
- Belfast Free Library to reopen June 1 (5/29/20)
- This notorious weed is among ‘the worst invasive’ species in Maine (5/29/20)
- BEP deliberates about Nordic’s application and licensing criteria (5/27/20)
- The Sky Is Rising in Belfast (5/25/20)
- Belfast Area High to hold graduation at Belfast Municipal Airport (5/23/20)
- Plan for large salmon farm going ahead in Belfast, Maine (5/22/20)
- Belfast city council approves plan allowing restaurants, retailers to conduct business in outdoor public spaces (5/20/20)
- Cloudy days ahead for hard-hit vacation rentals (5/13/20)
- Belfast Harbor Fest cancels 2020 event (5/18/20)
- Am I allowed to go grocery shopping while under quarantine, and other answers to your questions (5/14/20)
- Island citizens, businesses propose cutting edge passenger ferry service for Penobscot Bay (5/14/20)
- Belfast’s annual clean up event still a go despite pandemic (5/13/20)
- Maine CDC reaches “epidemiological milestone” at Tall Pines in Belfast (5/12/20)
- Tee time: (A)typical Sunday morning on course for Northport GC members (5/4/20)
- Maine CDC clarifies quarantine rules for out-of-staters (4/30/20)
- Tourism industry rails against quarantine mandate in Janet Mills’ plan to reopen economy (4/29/20)
- Event organizers change plans, look to the future: Read list of impacted events here (4/29/20)
- Councilors and Naron reach easement agreement (4/28/20)
- Situation dire at Belfast facility that’s become an epicenter for coronavirus (4/28/20)
- Mills expected to unveil reopening plan Tuesday, as Maine records another death (4/27/20)
- Janet Mills teases loosening of virus restrictions, but tells Maine to ‘stay the course’ (4/27/20)
- Kirstie Alley sells Islesboro home (4/24/20)
- How a Coldplay-quoting doctor became the face of Maine’s coronavirus response (4/22/20)
- National Guard comes to aid of Belfast senior community (4/20/20)
- Midcoast paramedics, EMTs brainstorm, sew their own PPE, using shower curtains and socks (4/19/20)
- Maine Celtic Celebration won’t happen this summer (4/19/20)
- Morning update: 42% powerless in Waldo County, 15% powerless in Knox County (4/12/20)
- Belfast to tackle annual Big Litter Pickup in mid-May (4/11/20)
- 10 residents, 3 staffers test positive for COVID-19 at Belfast retirement community (4/9/20)
- Gov. Janet Mills orders all travelers coming to Maine quarantine for 14 days (4/3/20)
- Trending: Brewer man’s ‘Quarantine Karaoke’ Facebook group goes global (3/25/20)
- Swabs, Stat! (3/25/20)
- What you can and cannot do under the stay-at-home order (4/2/20)
- Browntail moths: Snip those webs. Now. (4/1/20)
- Notice: City of Belfast response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) – April 1, 2020 (4/1_/20)
- Janet Mills orders Mainers to stay home through April (3/31/20)
- Armed ‘vigilantes’ on Maine island ‘cut down a tree and use it as a roadblock to quarantine’ three men from New Jersey (3/29/20)
- Unseasonal Symbiosis (3/29/20)
- Fishermen offer fresh seafood right to the customer amid Coronavirus concerns (3/29/20)
- Renys closes all stores due to coronavirus concerns (3/24/20)
- Waldo County General Hospital nurse tests positive for COVID-19 (3/24/20)
- Janet Mills orders many nonessential Maine businesses to close to fight coronavirus (3/24/20)
- Maine CDC counts 107 coronavirus cases – 12 in York County (3/23/20)
- How a Coldplay-quoting doctor became the face of Maine’s coronavirus response (3/21/20)
- Belfast Free Library suspends all programs, events, meeting room usage through March (3/15/20)
- Nordic shoots itself in both feet (3/14/20)
- Belfast Maskers transform former church into community gathering spot (3/6/20)
- It’s been 200 years since Maine left Massachusetts and celebrations abound (3/5/20)
- Based on feedback, Maine Dept. of Marine Resources extends Nordic salmon farm comment period (3/3/20)
- Dozens weigh in on proposed land-based salmon farm in Belfast (3/2/20)
- ‘Becoming Belfast Maine’ exhibit celebrates 250 years of settlements (2/27/20)
- Calling all artists for Celtic poster contest (2/27/20)
- DMR hearing on Belfast fish farm (2/23/20)
- Maine objections to Nordic’s RAS farm (2/19/20)
- 175 years ago, they ‘argued and drank’ before agreeing to name their town Searsport (2/12/20)
- Belfast Residents Express Concerns About Environmental Impacts Of Proposed Land-Based Salmon Farm (2/12/20)
- Public Hearings Open On Controversial Belfast Salmon Farm (2/11/20)
- BEP to Hold Public Hearing in Belfast on Nordic Aquafarms (2/4/20)
- Judge orders Belfast activists to stop filing lawsuits to stall fish farm project (2/1/20)
- Couple buys Belfast brewery in last-minute deal that could reopen Three Tides by spring (1/28/20)
- Discussion continues surrounding Nordic Aquafarms’ permit application (1/15/20)
- Group releases report in opposition to proposed Belfast salmon farm (1/15/20)
- This is the last chance to share public comment on Nordic’s proposed fish farm (1/15/20)
- Belfast brewery will be auctioned unless last-minute deal is struck (1/10/20)
- Video: Belfast Planning Board meeting to consider Nordic project (1/8/20)
- Dozens weigh in on proposed land-based salmon farm in Belfast (1/8/20)
- Calendar: The Week Ahead in Bayside: January 7, 2020
- This nonprofit helped keep 130 Maine homes warm with wood last year (1/3/20)
2019 Archives
- Belfast to kick off New Year’s Eve traditions Tuesday afternoon (12/30/19)
- Maine Lets Drivers Loose With CRZY Vanity Plates (12/27/19)
- Planning Board discusses Nordic project’s air emissions, visual impacts (12/23/19)
- Belfast Hospital Earns Top Marks From Leapfrog Group (12/20/19)
- Wreaths Across America makes a stop at Belfast High School (12/8/19)
- Point Lookout’s new owners say effort to keep resort open has failed (11/23/19)
- Small US town’s election goes Nordic Aquafarms’ way again (11/6/19)
- Belfast welcomes sushi restaurant Satori to historic Gothic building (10/21/19)
- Video: Presidential Yacht Sequoia Docks at Maine Harbor for Restoration (10/21/19)
- ‘Floating White House’ arrives in Belfast (10/21/19)
- Belfast police chief believes a foul campsite is connected to group that gave out tents to homeless people (10/14/19)
- The presidential yacht, or ‘floating White House,’ may dock in Belfast for restoration (10/11/19)
- The shape of things to come (10/11/19)
- Video: Belfast Through The 1980s, Harold Higgins Slide Collection (10/1/19)
- How a battle between Belfast neighbors over a mudflat could change plans for Nordic Aquafarms (9/26/19)
- Despite warning from traffic engineers, Belfast wants to keep its quirky ‘jughandle’ (9/20/19)
- Critics accuse Belfast of becoming ‘nanny state’ over plans to ban smoking on sidewalks (9/19/19)
- Don’t believe everything you hear about Belfast’s proposed salmon farm. Here’s what you need to know. (9/16/19)
- The Lobster’s Coat of Many Colors (8/1/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 10-22, 2019
- Second annual Waldo County Emergency Preparedness Fair (9/7/19)
- NOAA’s Plan to Save the Whales Has Maine Lobstermen Boiling (9/6/19)
- How a plan to develop Belfast’s waterfront is coming together (9/5/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 4-15, 2019
- Bayside Author: Reading With the Stars of Old Hollywood (9/4/19)
- 5th annual Airport Open House and Fly In to take over Belfast tarmac (9/3/19)
- Belfast’s Passy Pete makes prediction on if summer weather will continue (9/2/19)
- Nordic’s visual impacts, buffers explained (8/28/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 28-September 8, 2019
- Belfast’s high school used to have rats and rust. Check out the transformation. (8/28/19)
- Former MBAN Building in Belfast Going up for Auction (8/23/19)
- DOT proposes elimination of Route 1 jughandle (8/22/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 21-September 1, 2019
- Residents argue Nordic is ‘too young’ a company for Belfast project (8/21/19)
- Belfast mayor takes a job 4 hours away but holds tight to her gavel (8/17/19)
- 7th Annual Islesboro Crossing fundraising for LifeFlight of Maine (8/16/19)
- New 4-way stop sign in Belfast induces an immediate car crash (8/14/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 13-25, 2019
- Belfast planners take up fish farm proposal despite lawsuit (8/9/19)
- Belfast Shipyard To Build Prototypes Of Small High-Speed Boat For Navy (8/7/19)
- Maine to hold public hearing in Belfast on proposed ferry ticket rates (8/7/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 6-18, 2019
- More discussion surrounding Nordic Aquafarms permitting process (8/5/19)
- Belfast Summer Street Party brings out dozens (8/5/19)
- Proponents cite tax relief and Maine jobs as benefits of fish farm at Belfast forum (8/1/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 30-August 11, 2019
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 24-August 4, 2019
- Northport crowds in for Upstream Watch meeting (7/18/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 17-28, 2019
- Nordic neighbors take legal action at local, state levels (7/17/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 10-21, 2019
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/05/toxic-caterpillars-spark-health-scare-across-germany (75/19)
- Browntail Moth Brochure
- This season may be the worst yet for browntail moths in Maine (5/12/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 4-14, 2019
- Group Forms To Support Proposed Belfast Salmon Farm (7/1/19)
- 36 Hours in Camden and Rockport, Maine (and Environs) (6/27/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 26-July 7, 2019
- The Town Less Traveled (6/21/19)
- Belfast’s controversial Mayor Samantha Paradis will not seek a second term (6/19/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 19-30, 2019
- Mainers Work To Give Historical Sea Chanties New Life (6/18/19)
- US state of Maine satisfied Nordic Aquafarms has necessary property rights (6/14/19)
- Belfast continue to clean up old buildings, brownfield sites for economic development (6/12/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 11-23, 2019
- Voters agree to enter marijuana market (6/5/19)
- Belfast has markets, festivals and history overlooking the bay (6/8/19)
- Nordic Aquafarms isn’t acting like a good neighbor to Belfast residents (6/7/19)
- Before taking on Nordic’s RAS site, builder led Mexican beermaker expansion (6/5/19)
- Point Lookout hospitality/event center to shutter in December (6/5/19)
- Couples scramble as popular Maine wedding venue says it will close by year’s end (6/4/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 4-16, 2019
- When Maine became Vactionland (6/3/19)
- How Maine became a magnet for land-based fish farms (6/3/19)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: May 30-June 9, 2019
- From family-friendly trails to challenging climbs, these Maine hiking hotspots are worth the trek (5/25/19)
- Belfast jumps into controversy over Native American names (5/24/19)
- Calendar: The Weekend Ahead in Bayside: May 24-27, 2019
- A call for honest, open, civil discourse (5/23/19)
- Intertidal intrigue (5/22/19)
- Nordic Aquafarms: Maine salmon farm ‘not toast’ over intertidal zone dispute (5/17/19)
- Decoding a 1946 land sale agreement poses the latest twist in Belfast’s fish farm fight (5/17/19)
- A decision limiting access to seaweed has renewed a debate over access to the shore (5/16/19)
- All Roads kicks off festival season (5/14/19)
- Opponents accuse Nordic of misleading state, public (5/14/19)
- Belfast salmon farm opponents hope a new regulatory twist can thwart the project (5/8/19)
- Job cuts expected at major Belfast employer (4/23/19)
- After clearing more than 4 tons last year, Belfast’s trash army is ready for a new campaign (4/21/19)
- Why is a local green-architecture firm getting into industrial manufacturing? Buying the Whole Mill (4/18/19)
- Sidewalks, parking dominate Route 1 rebuild talks (4/18/19)
- Belfast rethinks its big summer street party after organizers opt out (4/11/19)
- Belfast company plans to buy former Madison paper mill for insulation production, employing 110 (4/10/19)
- Creative makers: Belfast Free Library now gives you the tools with new Makerspace
(4/9/19) - Farmers’ Market moves to High Street location (4/7/19)
- Bait crisis could take the steam out of lobster this summer (4/1/19)
- A fight that could block Belfast’s Harbor Walk appears to be headed to a nasty showdown (3/29/19)
- Public meeting on proposed Belfast salmon farm draws large crowd (3/26/19)
- Proposed salmon farm still raising concerns for Belfast residents (3/26/19)
- New owners, managers for Point Lookout property and Conference Center (3/19/19)
- Ice cream shop helping pets in need (3/18/19)
- A bright new Maine courthouse opens with the goal of giving folks inside ‘a bit lighter spirit’ (3/12/19)
- Belfast Library’s new makerspace combines high, low technology for modern creativity (3/12/19)
- A roadside attraction that delivers (pizza) (3/6/19)
- Belfast councilors accused of ‘gaslighting’ young, queer mayor (3/6/19)
- Maine fish farm foes ask legislators to let agriculture commissioner kill projects (3/1/19)
- Belfast Police search for owner of a decorative ball used to smash a windshield (2/28/19)
- Belfast Area High School shows off upgrades (2/28/19)
- Broadband or bust: Why poor access to high-speed internet is leaving Maine in the dust (2/27/19)
- Audio: Panel discussion held on Nordic Aquafarms in Camden (2/21/19)
- Broadband progress: Consolidated Communications increases internet speeds in rural Maine (2/23/19)
- What a switch in state permitting oversight means for proposed Belfast fish farm (2/14/19)
- Waterfront access becomes the latest cause for conflict in Belfast (2/11/19)
- Company behind proposed Belfast salmon farm planning a 2nd facility in California (2/10/19)
- Beloved Belfast brewery that helped launch Maine craft beer craze goes up for sale (2/8/19)
- Maine lobstermen’s group to take position on waiting list (2/4/19)
- Belfast hosts annual Winter Whoopla (2/3/19)
- Belfast fish farm developers change course in their bid for permits (2/1/19)
- The world is watching while Maine argues over coastal development (1/23/19)
- There’s a lot of money in mussels, and this Bucksport business wants to cash in (1/18/19)
- Eight-Player Football and a Single Cheerleader: School Sports Adapt to Fewer Students (1/18/19)
- The world is watching while Maine argues over coastal development (1/23/19)
- Developer: Belfast woman has no standing to challenge $250M Bucksport salmon farm (1/12/19)
- ‘Development disease’ fears don’t stop Tractor Supply from moving closer to building in Belfast (1/9/19)
2018 Archives
- Belfast resident challenges permit issued to Bucksport salmon farm (12/29/18)
- Unconventional developer has big plans to expand Belfast waterfront (12/22/18)
- Video: A visit to the Aquaculture Research Center (12/21/18)
- Maine’s schooner ‘Bowdoin’ undergoing hull restoration at Bristol Marine, in Boothbay Harbor (12/20/18)
- Belfast neighbors: Apartments in former school are a no-go (12/20/18)
- Frayed tempers on display at fish farm meeting (12/18/18)
- This Maine city proudly displays an odd-looking light-up Santa Claus (12/18/18)
- Video: Nordic Aquafarms Public Meeting (12/17/18)
- Postal elves ensure Christmas’ wishes make it to the North Pole (12/17/18)
- Downtown Belfast shops deck out windows for friendly competition (12/17/18)
- Our View: Aquaculture wrong target for protests (12/16/18)
- Another big development may be coming to Belfast, but it does not involve fish (12/15/18)
- Company responds over its planned Maine salmon farm (12/13/18)
- Nordic pipe permits paused as state reviews tidal zone crossing (12/11/18)
- A massive salmon farm in Maine would mean cash and jobs, but it’s sparking protest (12/6/18)
- Belfast City Council, Mayor make amends (12/4/18)
- Nordic skeptics, supporters come out for ‘community dialogue’ about controversial fish farm (11/29/18)
- Belfast City Council votes to silence mayor (11/28/18)
- Video: Following OpEd by mayor with accusations bigotry Belfast City Council takes action (11/27/18)
- Before the acquisition, athenahealth put its resort up for sale — What happens now? (11/28/18)
- How a Maine town pays tribute to its lobster fishing heritage during the holidays (11/27/18)
- Christmas comes early for Waldo County Sheriff K-9 officer (11/21/18)
- Belfast man’s new ‘happy birthday’ ditty wows BBC (11/21/18)
- Salmon farm foes all lose council races in Belfast (11/7/18)
- Belfast Water District’s Public Statement to Its Customers and the Residents of the City of Belfast (11/1/18)
- Nordic Aquafarms’ $150M project faces key test in Belfast’s Tuesday elections (11/1/18)
- More people moving to Maine than leaving (10/26/18)
- Mainers Get Ready to Use Ranked-Choice Voting System (10/24/18)
- Delta drops service between Bangor and New York’s JFK (10/18/18)
- Nordic Aquafarms wins town approval for salmon RAS farm’s zoning changes (10/22/18)
- Video: Nordic Aquafarms’ Public Informational Meeting (10/4/18)
- Video: Main Streets and Back Roads: Belfast, Maine (10/17/18)
- Video: Nordic Aquafarms’ 3-D Video of the Proposed Little River Development (10/4/18)
- Belfast gets its first hint at how proposed salmon farm could affect bay (10/5/18)
- Maine’s Mill Towns Search for New Life (10/2/18)
- Fish farm foes make a late splash in Belfast city council race_ (10/4/18)
- Maine restaurant to get lobsters high off marijuana smoke before killing them: ‘It is more humane’ (9/18/18)
- Video: Tucked away off Penobscot Bay, the magical little village of Bayside (9/4/18)
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: September 6-16, 2018
- Moby and Me by Suzanne Rico (September 2018)
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: August 26-September 9, 2018
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: August 15-26, 2018
- Belfast residents file suit against city over salmon farm zoning process (8/13/18)
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: August 8-19, 2018
- Maine National Guard Leaves Belfast Armory (8/2/18)
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: August 1-12, 2018
- What a Maine millennial mayor has learned during her first year on the job (7/27/18)
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: July 25-August 5, 2018
- Video: Interview with NYC Sailing School Head Instructor Ben Webster (7/3/18)
- Belfast shipyard lands maritime grant (7/21/18)
- Maine Celtic Celebration underway in Belfast over the weekend (7/21/18)
- ‘The Last Lobster’ Review: Deer Isle in Twilight (7/19/18)
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: July 18-29, 2018
- The Moby Dick of lobsters caught off the coast of Phippsburg (7/11/18)
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: July 11-22, 2018
- The mayor and City Council on July 3 continued to clash over a request by Mayor Samantha Paradis to hold a special facilitated meeting about how the city’s elected officials interact with each other and the public. (7/7/18)
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: July 3-15, 2018
- Calendar: The Day (or So)Ahead in Bayside: July 3-4, 2018
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: June 28-July 8, 2018
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: June 20-July 1, 2018
- Trek Across Maine brings cyclists from Maine and beyond together to benefit American Lung Association (6/18/18)
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: June 13-24, 2018
- Islesboro lawsuit seeks to void ferry rate increase (6/12/18)
- Developer buys more belfast waterfront property with plans for redevelopment (6/11/18)
- ‘1 In 30 Million’ Orange Lobster Discovered At Supermarket (6/6/18)
- Nordic Aquafarms to host forum on aquaculture and Maine seafood (6/6/18)
- Rowers travel from Maine to the Isles of Scilly for championship races (5/29/18)
- Islesboro’s request for delay in ferry rates denied (5/17/18)
- Trek Across Maine announces new route for 35th anniversary (5/15/18)
- Hundreds of volunteers pitch in for citywide trash pickup (5/15/18)
- Belfast, Lincolnville, Rockport support Islesboro in appeal of new state ferry tariffs (5/15/18)
- Belfast shipyard starts work on $4.6 million expansion (5/11/18)
- The Blackfly Survival Guide/ (5/11/18)
- How the world’s second largest indoor salmon farm could take shape in Maine (5/10/18)
- Here’s an early look at what a giant Belfast salmon farm could look like (5/7/18)
- Belfast Rowers Off to England (5/1/18)
- How a poker game inspired an environmentally-focused business that became a Belfast institution (4/29/18)
- Maine transportation chief warns that ferries to Islesboro will stop if threats don’t (4/27/18)
- Northport voters agree to let Belfast purchase riverfront land (4/26/18)
- Northport voters to decide on Little River parcel purchase (4/19/18)
- Popular Belfast restaurant Chase’s Daily to make some changes (4/20/18)
- Belfast salmon farm clears first hurdle despite pleas to ‘slow down’ (4/18/18)
- Giant Maine indoor salmon farm approaches first obstacle (4/14/18)
- Maine Ocean School Prepares for Its Maiden Voyage (4/8/18)
- Boston couple pays $1.8M for Belfast inn with ‘wow’ factor (4/2/18)
- Popular midcoast restaurant destroyed in early morning blaze (4/1/18)
- How developers plan to convert a dead Maine paper mill into 1 Salmon Point (3/21/18)
- ‘Good Morning, Belfast!’ presents variety of guests (3/19/18)
- Historic Belfast inn sold to Boston couple (3/16/18)
- How one firm helped a Maine city recover from the loss of its biggest employer (3/15/18)
- Nor’easter clips Maine, knocking out power, flooding roads and canceling flights (3/2/18)
- Nordic Aquafarms Information Page (3/1/18)
- Switzerland becomes the first country to make boiling live lobsters illegal ‘because they feel pain’ (2/17/18)
- Town of Belfast Hosting First Ever Winter Whoopla (2/14/18)
- Islanders object to proposed ferry rate increases (2/10/18)
- Police charge man in connection with 20 local burglaries (2/7/18)
- How Belfast sweetened the deal to win a $150 million salmon farm (2/7/18)
- MatureationLand (2/3/18)
- Norwegian company to build large, land-based salmon farm in Belfast (1/30/18)
- Norwegian aquaculture company plans new salmon facility in Belfast, first in U.S. (1/30/18)
- The Swiss Consider the Lobster. It Feels Pain, They Decide. (1/12/18)
- Maine feels blizzard’s blast with heavy snow and high winds (1/4/18)
- A disastrous battle in Maine nearly destroyed Paul Revere’s legacy (1/1/18)
- A Steep Hike in Acadia (January 2018)
2017 Archives
- Belfast Rings In New Year With “By The Bay” (12/31/17)
- One of Maine’s last DVD rental stores is closing after 15 years (12/27/17)
- Celebrity vegan chef’s debt pushes historic Belfast building to brink of foreclosure (12/18/17)
- In Maine’s much-loved national park, once an aristocratic enclave, the prospect of a dramatic fee increase resonates a bit louder. (12/15/17)
- Maine parody site is far from fake news, and enough readers get the joke (12/10/17)
- Another classic Maine theater aims to secure its future by going nonprofit (12/10/17)
- Santa arrives in Belfast by boat for Holiday on the Harbor (12/9/17)
- Bangor airport to add new flights in 2018 to three cities (12/1/17)
- Oceanographer Tracks Tiny Boats Across Ocean (11/23/17)
- Hidden for 50 years, famed photographer’s images of rural Maine’s ‘guts’ revealed (11/22/17)
- 16 Things You Must Do in Maine This Winter (11/21/17)
- Meet the man behind Maine’s version of The Onion (11/20/17)
- Video: My little House Series by Ned Lightner (11/19/17)
- This once low-key fishing city could become Maine’s next big cruise ship destination (11/18/17)
- Remembering: Jo Pendleton (11/15/17)
- Remembering: Nate Hobgood-Chittick — Allen grad, Super Bowl champion Nate Hobgood-Chittick dies at the age of 42 (11/12/17)
- Belfast is now hip. That brings new challenges. (10/16/17)
- The enigma behind America’s freak, 20-year lobster boom (10/6/17)
- Remembering: Betty Wilson (10/6/17)
- 40-Year-Low for Maine Mussel Harvest (10/12/17)
- Little boat built by students in Kennebunk completes Atlantic crossing (6/27/17)
- Demolition crews start to clear way for new $17 million Belfast courthouse (10/3/17)
- Spreading the local love at Ondine, new Belfast restaurant (9/26/17)
- How This Small Maine Town Quietly Became The Coolest Place In New England (9/26/17)
- Remembering: James ‘Skip’ Pendleton (9/24/17)
- Remembering: Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Colley Shibles (9/20/17)
- Multi-Million Dollar Upgrade Project at Belfast Area High School (9/19/17)
- Belfast Municipal Airport Hosts Annual Fly-In (9/16/17)
- Belfast: a quintessential view of Maine (9/7/17)
- Mackerel and vinegar helped make this Maine man a Brooklyn cooking sensation (9/7/17)
- Calendar: The Week (or So)Ahead in Bayside: September 6-17, 2017
- Video: Maine lobster named ‘Passy Pete’ predicts longer summer (9/4/17)
- Maine Observer: Baseball just more agreeable in sun, by John Spritz (9/3/17)
- Remembering: Katherine M. Gerrity (8/28/17)
- Podcast: The Maritime Spirit Of Searsport (9/1/17/17)
- Three generations of Maine sailors tackle the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, a race for wooden boats (8/30/17)
- Remembering: Scott Ladd Mills (8/24/17)
- Former China fire chief dies in Searsmont collision (8/21/17)
- Historic roadside attraction Perry’s Nut House is for sale (8/18/17)
- Belfast bans single-use plastic bags, Styrofoam containers (8/16/17)
- The heavy lifting behind a Maine summer festival (8/10/17)
- Every stain, loose hair and crumb: What it’s like to clean cottages for tourists (8/8/17)
- Remembering: Scott A. Mills (8/2/17)
- Buy EB White’s Maine home that inspired ‘Charlotte’s Web’ for $3.7M (8/2/17)
- More Women Move Into Maine’s Rough And Risky World Of Lobstering (8/2/17)
- Belfast salmon smoker planning $5 million expansion to meet boosted demand (8/2/17)
- Maine Employers Coax Former Residents Home to Fill Jobs (7/31/17)
- Pen Bay must adapt to stop financial losses (7/31/17)
- Hospital board unification forums set for Camden, Belfast (7/28/17)
- Controversial Belfast documentary returns to local screens (7/26/17)
- ‘Back Over There’ author and WWI historian featured speaker Aug. 1 at Belfast library (7/19/17)
- Beware of the beautiful weed that can cause blindness, burns (7/18/17)
- 13 Phrases That Will Make You Swear Mainers Have Their Own Language (7/16/17)
- Classic Coastal Charm (7/15/17)
- Belfast Getting New $16M Courthouse (7/12/17)
- Arts in the Park takes over Belfast’s Steamboat Landing (7/11/17)
- Welcome to the Lost Kitchen, the best Maine restaurant you may never be able to eat at (7/2/17)
- Maine’s Best Breakfasts (6/26/17)
- Lobster Weighing Over 20 Pounds Spotted In Logan Luggage (6/26/17)
- Railcycles are rolling in Belfast (6/20/17)
- ‘Louie’ lobster, 132 years old, pardoned and released (6/16/17)
- Belfast case on ’48 Hours: NCIS’ June 13 (6/12/17)
- A C.S.A. for Books (6/11/17)
- The Blackfly Survival Guide (DownEast Magazine (6/9/17)
- Maine Maritime’s training schooner in Belfast for paint (6/6/17)
- You’ll Love This Restaurant Hiding In The Heart Of A Maine Fishing Village (5/31/17)
- 7 Restaurants In Maine That Are Totally Unexpected But Awesome (5/28/17)
- Mainers seeking local goods get special new farmer’s market in Belfast (5/27/17)
- A Seafood Lover’s Road Trip in Coastal Maine (5/26/17)
- Sailing the Maine Coast (5/24/17)
- Great Maine Scavenger Hunt (5/19/17)
- Rail Trail: Belfast, Maine (5/10/17)
- Notes from the Belfast waterfront (5/8/17)
- A Maine Artist Inspires 15 Authors’ Tales (4/28/17)
- State releases design for new $17 million Belfast courthouse (4/27/17)
- New courthouse sketch recalls local landmarks (4/21/17)
- Hills-to-Sea, a 47-mile walking trail from Unity to Belfast, to open in June (4/20/17)
- Moose on a mission ties up traffic on busy Maine bridge (4/19/17)
- Hideaway Diner sold at auction (4/18/17)
- Hideaway Diner lost to foreclosure, headed to auction (4/15/17)
- Shipyard looks to finalize loan for Building 6 by summer (4/14/17)
- ROAD TRIP WORTHY: House of Fudge, Nuts, and Taxidermy in Belfast, Maine
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(4/12/17) - Inspired by Bernie Sanders, Phish drummer runs for local office in Lincolnville (4/12/17)
- Former midcoast mansion owner sues auctioneer who sold it for mere $1.4 million (4/11/17)
- The Foiling Optimist You Wish You Had as a Kid (4/10/17)
- Constructing Community At American Camp Meetings (4/3/17)
- Frederick Wiseman: The Filmmaker Who Shows Us Ourselves
(4/6/17) - 10 Hidden Places In Maine Only Locals Know About (4/5/17)
- Hashtag Hometown of the Week: Belfast (4/3/17)
- Only in Maine: Lombardi Trophy, on its way north, involved in crash with deer (4/1/17)
- A chilly day for the Cardboard Box Derby and one epic slow-mo wipeout (3/13/17)
- Massive storm expected to dump foot or more across the state (3/13/17)
- Winter storm ‘Stella’ to bring up to 18 inches of snow, blizzard conditions Tuesday (3/13/17)
- Central Maine Power, the oncoming storm, outage alerts and safety advice (3/13/17)
- With mills struggling, a Maine lumber firm is building a biomass plant (3/11/17)
- Maine mogul buys, plans to reopen iconic midcoast lobster pound (3/9/17)
- Family of ‘Make Way for Ducklings’ author donates Maine island (3/8/17)
- 35 of the World’s Best PLaces to Travel in 2017 (3/6/17)
- Best Places to Live in Maine (3/2/17)
- Belfast to Host Regional Job Fair March 7 (2/28/17)
- Iconic midcoast eatery going up for auction (2/24/17)
- Floating homes aren’t houseboats and a Maine town will vote on banning them (2/22/17)
- Darby’s, Cardiac Rehab team up to raise funds (2/22/17)
- Healers in the Sky (LifeFlight) (2/21/17)
- 12 Maine chefs and restaurants named semi-finalists for 2017 James Beard Awards (2/15/17)
- Waves transform Russian seaside from a dumping ground for alcohol bottles into a colourful ‘pebble beach’ (1/30/17)
- Midcoast Maine dressage rider, instructor and coach trains in Florida (1/27/17)
- Belfast official hopes someone will save 190-year-old house from destruction (1/27/17)
- Maine’s hidden gem (1/20/17)
- Remembering: Zelma Huntoon (1/5/17)
- Who knew? Six unexpected food finds in eastern Maine (1/16/17)
- The 10 Places You Should Go In Maine In 2017 (1/12/17)
- 9 Unforgettable Road Trips To Take In Maine Before You Die (1/11/17)
- Former midcoast Mexican restaurant getting major makeover (1/4/17)
- Belfast stalls marijuana sales, social clubs as it awaits regulations (1/4/17)
2016 Archives
- Belfast resident purchases Crosby building (12/31/16)
- Video: CBS News Segment on Broken Heart Syndrome Featuring Bayside Couple (12/31/16)
- Video: What does it take to be a diehard polar plunger? Some brave Mainers tell all (12/29/16)
- Why swimming in the sea is good for you (12/28/16)
- Midcoast pair accused of stealing hundreds of pieces of mail (12/26/16)
- Belfast weighs delay on marijuana sales, social clubs (12/23/16)
- Bittersweet end of the season on the Christmas tree farm (12/23/16)
- Iconic Maine Photos: A Flash of Joy, Captured at Sea (12/22/16)
- Ebantide, Camden’s newest restaurant, takes ‘working class comfort food’ to Knox Mill (12/22/16)
- Maine Holds The Record For Largest Snowman Ever Built… And It’s Massive (12/22/16)
- Former Crosby High School under contract (12/20/16)
- Bankruptcy ends Lobster Pound Restaurant’s 90 years in business at Lincolnville Beach (12/13/16)
- Wreaths Across America cofounder issues challenge during heartfelt ceremony (12/11/16)
- Panama City couple married 66 years die 1 day apart (12/11/16)
- Video: Poland Spring Ad Shoot in Belfast Maine (12/11/16)
- Book review: ‘Maine on Glass’ uses historic photos to explore a foggy part of state history (12/11/16)
- Lobster Pound shutters, ending long run for midcoast ‘icon’ (12/8/16)
- Belfast food truck owners moving up to full-scale downtown restaurant (11/22/16)
- Belfast’s new radio station to start broadcasting (12/2/16)
- It’s Not Christmas In Maine Until You Do These 13 Enchanting Things (11/27/16)
- The 10 Weirdest And Strangest Things That Have Ever Happened In Maine (11/26/16)
- Mt. Battie’s bright, shining star again to rise over Penobscot Bay (11/22/16)
- Bottling Maine (11/17/16)
- Ocean planning in the classroom (11/14/16)
- Family Ties: Belfast Shoe Store Celebrates 184 Years (10/26/16)
- What Life Is Like Inside The Tiny Island In Maine With No Cars (10/25/16)
- 10 Prettiest Coastal Towns In Maine (10/24/16)
- Indoor farmers market grows in Belfast (10/23/16)
- Remembering: Fred Kelly (10/20/16)
- Fall foliage on the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad (10/17/16)
- Belfast’s Front Street Shipyard hopes to expand again in spring (10/12/16)
- What the heck is Molybdenum? Belfast exhibit uses pop art to explain science (10/12/16)
- Your Maine driver’s license soon might not be accepted as ID to board a plane (10/12/16)
- 10 Unassuming Restaurants To Add To Your Maine Dining Bucket List (10/10/16)
- Belfast shipyard cares for luxury yachts steeped in history (10/6/16)
- Quirky parade a labor of love for Belfast woman (9/30/16)
- Emergency drill planned in Belfast (9/29/16)
- National Lobster Day 2016 (9/26/16)
- In a Roundabout Way, a Maine Town’s Future May Turn on a Traffic Issue (9/24/16)
- A Walk In The Park, Belfast That Is (9/21/16)
- New Robinson Ballet director’s dance career began with Elvis (9/21/16)
- This Spooky Small Town In Maine Could Be Right Out Of A Horror Movie (9/16/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 7-18, 2016
- Do You Know What Purple Paint On A Fence Post Means in Maine? (9/8/16)
- New recreational trail connects the ‘jewels’ of Belfast (9/6/16)
- You know you were a kid from Belfast in ’50s and ’60s if your world revolved around chickens (8/31/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 31-September 11, 2016
- 12 Small Towns In Maine That Offer Nothing But Peace And Quiet (9/1/16)
- Ocean swimmers crossing from Northport to Islesboro raise more than $160,000 (8/25/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 24-September 5, 2016
- Video: Cardboard boat races a hit at Belfast Harbor Fest (8/21/16)
- Car rolls into Belfast harbor during Harbor Fest celebration (8/20/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 17-28, 2016
- An Island in Maine, Four Sisters, Four Houses (8/12/16)
- McCrum tries to avoid eminent domain, offers to build a trail and lease it to Belfast (8/4/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 10-21, 2016
- The Definitive Oral History of the Lobster Roll (8/12/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 3-14, 2016
- Small — but not tiny — houses right size for many (8/1/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 27-August 7, 2016
- Video: What This Drone Footage Caught In Maine Will Drop Your Jaw: Part 2 (7/25/16)
- Video: What This New Drone Footage Caught In Maine Is Breathtaking (7/21/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 20-31, 2016
- ‘It’s the fastest growing sport’: Belfast to gain permanent pickleball court (7/21/16)
- Frustrated Belfast council proceeds with eminent domain to cross McCrum land (7/20/16)
- DMR closes more of Penobscot Bay to lobster, crab fishing (7/20/16)
- Eminent domain again on Belfast City Council agenda (7/18/16)
- Video: Belfast Hosts Maine Celtic Celebration (7/17/16)
- Belfast gets ready for 10th — and maybe last — year of the Maine Celtic Celebration (7/15/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 13-24, 2016
- Maine firm aims to bring new life to old dams (7/13/16)
- 8 Must-Visit Flea Markets In Maine Where You’ll Find Awesome Stuff (7/13/16)
- 14 Once-In-A-Lifetime Adventures You Can Only Have In Maine (7/12/16)
- Northport Golf Club celebrates It’s 100th Year (7/11/16)
- Video: Bayside Stories: Don Webster (7/8/16)
- Video: Bayside Stories: Gordon Fuller (7/8/16)
- These 11 Unique Houses In Maine Will Make You Look Twice…And Want To Go In (7/8/16)
- 16 Bizarre Roadside Attractions In Maine That Will Make You Do A Double Take (7/7/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 6-17, 2016
- 13 Undeniable Reasons Why Maine Will Always Be Home (7/6/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 29-July 10, 2016
- Here Are 15 Jokes About People In Maine That Are Actually Funny (6/23/16)
- These 8 Scenic Overlooks In Maine Will Leave You Breathless (6/28/16)
- Children paint fantastic, colorful sea creatures on Belfast mural (6/27/16)
- Video: Mercury levels close portions of Penobscot River to lobster and crab fishermen (6/24/16)
- Here Are 15 Jokes About People In Maine That Are Actually Funny (6/23/16)
- Public weighs in on eminent domain dispute in Belfast (6/22/16)
- More fishing grounds closed after mercury contamination found (6/22/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 22-July 3, 2016
- Video: A battle over Belfast company’s land (6/21/16)
- 13 Things You Can Only Find In Maine (6/20/16)
- Video: This Rare Footage In The 1950s Shows Maine Like You’ve Never Seen Before (6/19/16)
- Video: Trek Across Maine Finishes in Belfast (6/19/16)
- Video: Trek Across Maine Finishes in Belfast (6/19/16)
- 14 Thoughts Everyone From Maine Has When Growing Up (6/17/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 15-26, 2016
- TV crew visits Belfast for episode on infamous 1980s murder for hire case (6/11/16)
- Penobscot McCrum offers Belfast other easement, $25,000 in response to eminent domain threat (6/10/16)
- Belfast to pursue eminent domain to get across Penobscot McCrum land (6/9/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 8-19, 2016
- 17 Things Everyone In Maine Should Avoid At All Costs (6/7/16)
- Belfast road project will turn ‘glorified cowpath’ into complete street (6/6/16)
- Everyone Should Explore These 12 Incredible Places In Maine At Least Once (6/5/16)
- Belfast plant to pay $140,000 to settle case over ammonia use (6/3/16)
- 12 Extremely Weird Things Only People From Maine Do (6/3/16)
- Welcome back to the Camden-Rockport area, Snow Birds 2016 (6/2/16)
- Fate of old Waldo County jailer’s house remains uncertain (6/2/16)
- These 10 Beautiful Byways In Maine Are Perfect For A Scenic Drive (6/2/16)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 1-12, 2016
- The 13 Best Places In Maine For An Epic Marriage Proposal (6/1/16)
- ‘Shoot with your heart’: This photographer has captured 40 years of images of Maine (6/1/16)
- 15 Places In Maine You Thought Only Existed In Your Imagination (5/31/16)
- State plans $17 million courthouse project in Belfast (5/31/16)
- City of Belfast is booming (5/27/16)
- Garden Splendor in Acadia (5/27/16)
- Here Are 10 Museums In Maine That Are Just Too Weird For Words (5/27/16)
- Emotions run deep as Vietnam War Moving Wall arrives in Thomaston (5/26/16)
- Video: Longtime Robinson Ballet artistic directors step down (5/25/16)
- 10 Shocking Things You Had No Idea Happened In Maine (5/23/16)
- The 15 Best Decisions You Can Make In Maine (5/22/16)
- 10 Epic Outdoorsy Things In Maine Anyone Can Do (5/21/16)
- Study finds ocean views are linked to better mental health (5/1/16)
- Bangor’s Wild Cow Creamery to open Belfast storefront (5/19/16)
- 9 Undeniable Reasons Why The World Wouldn’t Be The Same Without Maine (5/19/16)
- Video: Movie filmed in Maine by former congressman gets nationwide exposure (5/18/16)
- 10 Reasons Why Maine Is The Most Underrated State In The US (5/18/16)
- Vacationing in Maine c. 1965 (5/18/16)
- These 11 Restaurants Serve The Best Lobster Rolls In Maine (5/16/16)
- 10 Things People From Maine Will Never Ever Admit (Out Loud) (5/14/16)
- He Is Not the Champion, My Friend (5/13/16)
- These 5 Epic Waterparks In Maine Will Take Your Summer To A Whole New Level (5/13/16)
- Time, tides require replacement of unique Belfast art (5/12/16)
- 20 Things Mainers Do Better Than Anyone Else (5/11/16)
- These 3 Road Trips In Maine Will Lead You To Places You’ll Never Forget (5/10/16)
- Will the Gazetteer survive its techie new owners? (5/10/16)
- Belfast’s Book Festival draws typewriting enthusiasts from Maine and beyond (5/9/16)
- The Gothic in Belfast to have new concept restaurant (5/9/16)
- 14 Reasons Living In Maine Is The Best – And Everyone Should Move Here (5/9/16)
- Not Many People Realize That These 7 Things Are Actually Illegal In Maine (5/6/16)
- This Epic Mountain In Maine Will Drop Your Jaw (5/5/16)
- These 10 Churches In Maine Will Leave You Absolutely Speechless (5/2/16)
- Another Islesboro mansion tops Maine’s house market (5/1/16)
- 10 Fascinating Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Acadia National Park In Maine (5/1/16)
- These 12 Hysterical Pictures Taken In Maine Will Have You Laughing Out Loud (4/30/16)
- These 12 Photos Of Maine In The 1970s Are Mesmerizing (4/29/16)
- Book Excerpt: Read an excerpt about Bayside from Carol Leonard’s book, The Diva’s Bad Beaver Fever (4/28/16)
- 10 Enchanting Spots In Maine You Never Knew Existed (4/28/16)
- Maine native Matthew Kenney plans new restaurant in Belfast (4/26/16)
- Abandoned Things and Places You See in Maine (4/25/16)
- Sweden Complaint Over Lobsters Has Maine Leaders Boiling (4/24/16)
- Belfast seeking easement to connect Rail Trail with downtown (4/22/16)
- Belfast Councilors Try to Quell Anxiety Over Trees Near Airport (4/22/16)
- Here Are 8 Islands In Maine That Are An Absolute Must Visit (4/21/16)
- These 13 Unique Attractions In Maine Are An Absolute Must-Visit (4/20/16)
- The 15 Types Of People You’ll Meet In Maine – Which One Are You? (4/19/16)
- These 11 Perfectly Picturesque Small Towns In Maine Are Delightful (4/18/16)
- Video: Steamships of Penobscot Bay (5/15/16)
- These 10 Incredible Farmers Markets In Maine Are A Must Visit (4/15/16)
- 20 Reasons Why My Heart Will Always Be In Maine (4/14/16)
- 13 Secret Spots In Maine Where Nature Will Completely Relax You (4/13/16)
- 12 Things That Make People From Small Town Maine The Best People (4/12/16)
- Downtown Belfast in ‘good health’ as longtime businesses expand (4/11/16)
- Video: Midcoast storytime show airs local talent nationwide (4/6/16)
- These 9 Burger Joints In Maine Will Make Your Taste Buds Explode (4/3/16)
- Filming underway in Camden area for horror flick based on Tess Gerritsen screenplay (3/27/16)
- Here Are 14 Things Everyone In Maine Absolutely Loves (3/26/16)
- Driver injured after plowing into Belfast’s Gothic building, other cars (3/26/16)
- These 10 Cities In Maine Are Best Prepared For Doomsday (3/24/16)
- Video: Maine Maritime celebrates founding by Maine Legislature (3/23/16)
- Video: Belfast Sings “Irish Eyes” (3/17/16)
- A good day for Friends of Mt. Battie Tower (3/16/16)
- Camden chef Brian Hill named 2016 James Beard Best Chef-Northeast nominee (3/15/16)
- Young gardener lauded for growing giant cabbage (3/13/16)
- Notice: Route 1 Work This Summer (3/10/16)
- 15 Things You Have To Do Before You’re An Official Mainiac (3/8/16)
- 10 Restaurants You Have To Visit In Maine Before You Die (3/6/16)
- Maine’s lobster catch could peak early due to warmer ocean (3/3/16)
- The best, funniest and weirdest Cappy’s moments over the years (3/3/16)
- Remembering: John Facey (3/2/16)
- Longtime Camden restaurant Cappy’s Chowder House closes (3/1/16)
- Behind the surreal melting eggs murals of Traci’s Diner (2/29/16)
- Remembering: Jim Santerre (2/24/16)
- Former Mathews Bros. showroom eyed for indoor farmers market (2/22/16)
- Belfast-area communities work to divide $2.98 million windfall (2/17/16)
- Harp playing helping ease patients during their last hours (2/15/16)
- Lobsters Have the Craziest Sex You’ve Never Heard Of, and Yes, It Involves Urine (2/13/16)
- Snow, bitter cold – Bring pets inside, watch the pipes don’t freeze (2/13/16)
- German shepherd dog missing after car accident in Northport (2/13/16)
- GPS firm Garmin to buy iconic Maine mapmaker DeLorme (2/11/16)
- This group spends the Maine winter ‘messing about with boats’ (2/6/16)
- Scientists Made the Perfect Skipping Stone and Skipped It Across Their Lab (2/4/16)
- Belfast firm closes, idles 70 workers with disabilities (2/4/16)
- China Lake, Waterville landmarks to get national TV exposure (1/29/16)
- ‘Location and loyalty’ is how Belfast’s newest restaurant is thriving (1/28/16)
- Here are BDN commenters’ picks for the prettiest towns in Maine (1/26/16)
- Lobster Stew (175 Recipes from Down East Kitchen) (1/22/16)
- Maine police offer mid-Atlantic advice on how to handle a snowstorm (1/22/16)
- Remembering: Jeanette Tardif (1/21/16)
- Ship Building in Belfast: Connecting the Past With the Present (1/22/16)
- Smoke on the Water (1/22/16)
- Magazine names Maine inn one of world’s best boutique hotels (1/16/16)
- Video: Horses, rollers and dynamite: 200 years of Maine snow removal in one video (1/12/16)
- Sailor turns talent for ropework into Belfast business (1/9/16)
- Bell the Cat reopens with new owner, new look (1/6/16)
- ‘She’s overcome a lot’: Matinicus airplane crash survivor learns to fly (1/4/16)
- Camden and Lincolnville selectmen to talk about Route 1 rebuild plan (1/3/16)
- Belfast begins to consider creating ‘green’ cemetery (1/3/16)
2015 Archives
- Belfast may convert basketball court to pickleball court (12/31/15)
- It’s Christmas and 50 degrees out. What to do? Go water skiiing (12/25/15)
- ‘Everybody loved Jerry’ (12/24/15)
- A Classic American Lighthouse Is Looking Glamorous This Christmas (12/24/15)
- Scores of eastern U.S. cities to shatter Christmas Eve warm weather records (12/23/15)
- Rev. Rick Curry, 72, Dies; Used Stagecraft to Help the Wounded and Disabled (12/21/15)
- Norwegian deal could mean more jobs at Belfast shipyard (12/21/15)
- Essay Contest to Determine New Ownership of Maine Movie Theater (12/16/15)
- Community mourns loss of Belfast entrepreneur (12/15/15)
- Pending deal with Norwegian ferry maker would expand workforce at Belfast shipyard (12/15/15)
- Northport approved to hire construction manager for school renovation (12/15/15)
- Vote for Maine’s Best Place to Live! (12/15/15)
- Video: Interview with Jerry Savitz
- Remembering: Jerry Savitz (12/14/15)
- Santa welcomed to Belfast (12/13/15)
- Belfast’s First Church getting new entrance (12/11/15)
- New businesses moving in to Renys Plaza in Belfast (12/10/15)
- In Belfast, senior women rock a national curling championship (12/9/15)
- Demolition begins on Belfast parcel targeted for development (12/7/15)
- Revelers gather in Belfast for annual Christmas tree lighting (12/5/15)
- Crowds pack downtown Camden for annual Christmas by the Sea parade (12/5/15)
- Wreaths Across America convoy to roll through Midcoast Dec. 6 (12/4/15)
- 12 Undeniable Ways You Know You’re From The State Of Maine (12/4/15)
- Power outage leaves nearly all Islesboro without electricity (12/3/15)
- Auction of Belfast’s former Crosby High School called off (12/2/15)
- Belfast Wendy’s shuttered after lease expires (11/30/15)
- $3.8 million reconstruction of Belfast’s Front Street to start in 2016 (11/30/15)
- The Places We Go to Take Stock of Our Lives_ (11/29/15)
- Funds, volunteers sought to get Belfast radio station on air (11/23/15)
- Family, friends mourning MBNA co-founder, philanthropist Charles Cawley (11/18/15)
- Crosby school goes to auction Dec. 2 (11/6/15)
- Belfast City Council race heats up (10/26/15)
- Crosby School redevelopment off indefinitely, Belfast official says (10/24/15)
- Travelin’ Maine(rs): Delvino’s Grill and Pasta House (10/22/15)
- Belfast brothers recall father’s Cold War role as ‘Bridge of Spies’ opens (10/17/15)
- Belfast restaurant to move into vacant Weathervane space (10/16/15)
- Maine is probably going to get some snow this weekend (10/16/15)
- Demolition to start on former Belfast Maskers’ building (10/12/15)
- Community kitchens learn from Belfast’s Coastal Farms and Foods collapse (10/12/15)
- Hit the road for a tour of farms, art studios (10/3/15)
- Remembering: Bob Stein (10/2/15)
- Maine road crews work to repair damage from storm (10/2/15)
- Rainstorm swamps boats, closes roads; harbormasters urge boaters to check vessels (9/30/15)
- Visit Maine: Fall in Maine
- 10 Places Every Stephen King Fan Must Stop While in Bangor (9/19/15)
- Lobby of Belfast post office, lampshade business closed after safe damages ceiling (9/17/15)
- Fly-in planned for Belfast airport (9/15/15)
- This 9-year old Belfast girl is critically ill, and she just helped write a book (9/14/15)
- Race Results: Results of the 2015 Around Islesboro Race, held September 12, 2015
- Crowds line street for Belfast’s Hometown Heroes Parade (9/13/15)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 10-20, 2015
- Passy Pete predicts six more weeks of summer (9/7/15)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 4-13, 2015
- Order a brick for the Bayside Centennial Walkway here. Click here for a brochure.
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 26-September 7, 2015
- Major renovation on tap for Northport school this year (8/26/15)
- WSJ: Goodbye to a Family Summer House (8/25/15)
- Lobstermen haul burning boat away from Lincolnville Beach, other boats (8/24/15)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 19-30, 2015
- Belfast officials grapple with traffic, boathouse questions (8/19/15)
- Dine Out Maine: Meanwhile in Belfast (8/16/15)
- Belfast, once home to chicken processing plants, undergoes a green renaissance (8/16/15)
- New York Yacht (8/13/15)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 12-23, 2015
- Belfast considers solar project at landfill (8/12/15)
- Belfast Water District: Low levels in reservoir temporary (8/10/15)
- Video: Bayside Group Photo at the Centennial Lobster Bake & Picnic (The Wave) (8/9/15)
- Voters approve Belfast-area school budget (8/6/15)
- Video: Centennial Production of “100 Summers in Bayside” (8/5/15)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 5-16, 2015
- Belfast, Islesboro, Rockport get grants to manage waterfront paths, plan for storm surge, clean Goodie’s Beach (8/4/15)
- Remembering: Nathaniel J. Crowley Sr. (7/31/15)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 29-August 9, 2015
- Expanded Belfast Street Party Offers More Family Fun August 3rd (7/28/15)
- 10 Things To Do In Belfast, Maine With Kids
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 22-August 2, 2015
- New home of athenahealth ready for job growth in Belfast (7/23/15)
- Belfast tax rate to rise less than half a percent (7/21/15)
- Video: Steamship Cangarda Moored Off Bayside (7/18/15)
- Roll the cheese: Ninth Celtic celebration to kick off in Belfast (7/15/15)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 15-26, 2015
- Video: VSTV Segment on Bayside’s Centennial (7/7/15)
- Bayside marks 100 years with summer-long celebration (7/11/15)
- More time, studies requested before Searsport dredging project (7/7/15)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 8-19, 2015
- Maine artist recalls making iconic Burt’s Bees logo (7/6/15)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 1-12, 2015
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 24-July 5, 2015
- Iconic Belfast theater up for sale (6/26/15)
- Voters turn down Belfast-area school budget (6/25/15)
- Reported burglary closes Northport store while police investigate (6/22/15)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 17-28, 2015
- Belfast-area school budget passes initial test, despite tax hike (6/17/15)
- Video: Banner Year for Maine Tourism? (6/12/15)
- Video: Hamilton Learning Center Boat Launch (6/10/15)
- Searsport Harbor dredging opponents speak at public hearing (6/9/15)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 9-21, 2015
- Fine pottery at Arts in the Park, Belfast (6/7/15)
- Belfast to buy 2-acre riverfront parcel next to the rail trail (6/5/15)
- Islesboro gives overwhelming approval to Gigabit Internet plans (5/30/15)
- Video: (Mis)Pronouncing Maine: From Anasagunticook to St. Agatha (5/29/15)
- The Heartbreaking Story Behind The Lost Kitchen, an Incredible New Restaurant in Freedom, Maine (2/25/15)
- Paying it forward: Prom happens in remote Alaska with help from Mainers (5/28/15)
- Belfast still benefiting from defunct MBNA (5/26/15)
- Lucky Duck Steven Dailey won the first prize at the 2015 Duck Derby (5/24/15)
- Remembering: Russ Handler (5/9/15)
- Tree controversy growing near Belfast Municipal Airport_ (5/15/15)
- New life for an old Belfast church as theater group stages English drama in it (5/14/15)
- Islesboro battles woods fire with help from Lincolnville Wednesday night (5/14/15)
- Belfast City Park to get grand entrance (5/13/15)
- MMA vessel to make four cross-Atlantic trips on cruise (5/5/15)
- Woods fire in Northport, Red Flag warnings prompt calls for caution or to just not burn (5/5/15)
- Camden’s Smiling Cow celebrates 75 years of business (4/26/15)
- Belfast Curling Club seeks funds for new ice-making equipment (4/23/15)
- Deadline Approaching: Bayside Centennial 2015 Bricks – Order by June 1
- Free screening of “Growing Local” in Belfaston May 5 (4/224/15)
- Remembering: Amy W. Spollett (4/13/15)
- ‘People were honking like crazy’: Belfast man brings giant Wally bobblehead to Fenway (4/13/15)
- Last call for 207: Maine is on track to max out area code’s numbers by 2019 (4/12/15)
- Video: Bayside – More than 100 Years – Instructor Beverly Crofoot (Part 1) (4/9/15)
- Belfast philanthropist left dolls, $2 million to benefit charities (4/9/15)
- Army Corps decision squeezing commercial moorings out of Belfast Harbor (4/8/15)
- Belfast shipyard expansion would create jobs (4/6/15)
- Belfast shipyard working toward $500K expansion (4/4/15)
- The Lost Belfast Beacon (3/28/15)
- Remembering: Bob MacArthur (3/27/15)
- Remembering: Alice Stein (3/24/15)
- Belfast man charged with arson of his Goose River Grocery_ (3/27/15)
- Video: Belfast Maine’s going Hawaiian! (3/23/15)
- Meanwhile in Belfast, new wood-fired pizza restaurant opens in Belfast (3/21/15)
- ‘It’s frustrating’: Sticker shock strikes again for Belfast project (3/20/15)
- Truck hauling 30,000 pounds of live lobster crashes on I-95 (3/18/15)
- Video: Belfast to clean up “slum and blight” area (3/11/15)
- Remembering: Andrew “Andy” Granston (3/8/15)
- Mainers don’t “hurry,” they “book it”: travel site helps translate Maineglish (3/6/15)
- An Hour in Belfast (3/7/15)
- Belfast councilors favor downtown project despite sticker shock (3/6/15)
- Belfast hospital planning to build new office space (3/4/15)
- Friendship fisherman photographs deer floating on ice in Muscongus Bay (2/27/15)
- Belfast Water District wins Outstanding Water Operation Award (2/26/15)
- Rock Coast Rollers presents Coastal Chaos Tournament (2/19/15)
- Old-timers still remember when Penobscot Bay froze (2/19/15)
- Remembering: Alice Strong (2/19/15)
- Belfast woman accused of embezzling thousands from family business has case dismissed (2/19/15)
- In Belfast, last call for former theater, railroad building (2/18/15)
- Barbara Dyer: Snow more (2/14/15)
- What? Another blizzard? Watch for narrower roads; better yet, stay off the roads (2/13/15)
- Obituary: Carolyn Grace, at 77; left law to found blanket company (2/9/15)
- ‘It’s hard for disabled people to have a job’: Belfast factory struggling with workforce layoff (2/6/15)
- Cost overruns mean slim to no chance of Snow Bowl lodge being built in 2015 (2/2/15)
- Next storm could bring a foot of snow (or more) to coastal Midcoast (1/29/15)
- Massachusetts company may bring 50 jobs to Belfast (1/28/15)
- Three Weathervane Restaurants in Maine to close (1/26/15)
- Blizzard warning in effect Monday to Wednesday morning, 18-24 inches of snow possible (1/25/15)
- Music Video: “We Are Bangor” (1/21/15)
- Harrison Homans Ready For Challenges In New Age Group (1/20/15)
- Video: Good lobster year helps boat builders (1/19/15)
- Belfast, surrounding towns have new board for new school district (1/15/15)
- The Maine Cottage II: Living History (1/10/15)
- The Belfast Operation (DownEast Magazine) (1/11/15)
- Flu widespread in Maine, state CDC reports (1/8/15)
- Belfast resident lauds city employees for rescuing trapped cat on New Year’s Eve (1/7/15)
- 60 people to be laid off at Belfast manufacturer that employs people with disabilities to make combat gear (1/5/15)
- Hearty Mainers defy winter, raise money for friend (1/1/15)
2014 Archives
- Choose a city anthem? Unusual, but Belfast, Maine, likes the sound of it (12/23/14)
- St. Negritude picked to be Belfast’s poet laureate (12/17/14)
- Camden Snow Bowl delays opening, looks to post-Christmas start (12/16/14)
- Visiting Hope Elephants Rosie and Opal in Oklahoma (12/14/14)
- Belfast woman continues giving back, long after retiring from Navy (12/8/14)
- Belfast Curling Club finds competition, camaraderie in the winter cold (12/8/14)
- Biologist catches monster 70-year-old lobster in California (12/3/14)
- One by one, 20 chairlift towers went up at the Camden Snow Bowl (12/1/14)
- Video: Visit Belfast for the Holidays! (12/4/14)
- Name that park: Belfast encourages name submissions for new Main Street pocket park (12/3/14)
- Belfast ‘Muck’ to be dredged to eliminate rogue goldfish, harbor to be rearranged (12/3/14)
- Belfast floats plans for uncrowding harbor, de-mucking ‘The Muck’ (12/1/14)
- Helicopter to help raise, place 23 chairlift towers at Camden Snow Bowl (12/1/14)
- Belfast Opera House makes Maine Preservation’s ‘Most Endangered Properties’ list (11/26/14)
- Town of Northport Election Results (11/4/14)
- Central Maine Power gets ready for another storm; State Police urge caution on the roads (11/25/14)
- 39 Reasons Living In Maine Ruins You For Life (11/14/14)
Friends help publish first novel of former Maine copy editor suffering from ‘incredibly cruel’ disorder (11/13/14)- Six towns vote to withdraw from RSU 20 (11/5/14)
- Northport overwhelmingly supports leaving RSU 20 (11/4/14)
- After two-and-half years in police lost and found, Facebook helped find a camera’s owners (11/3/14)
- USDA gives Belfast shipyard $10 million loan to support boat construction, marina operations_ (11/3/14)
- Storm rages on with treacherous driving, dangerous winds, downed wires… stay home (11/2/14)
- Video: A case for RSU 20 Withdrawal (Belfast) (11/1/14)
- Video: Kelly’s Cove Bridge Ribbon-Cutting (11/1/14)
- Front Street Shipyard picked for $10 million federal loan (10/28/14)
- Video: Front Street Shipyard receives $10 million loan (10/28/14)
- Video: Northport School Withdrawal (10/26/14)
- ‘The happiest day of my life’: Two Maine Maritime Academy students generating power at Belfast dam (10/28/14)
- Two men save life of woman who drove into Belfast Harbor (10/23/14)
- Nor’easter brings hard rain to Maine, disables offshore lobster boat (10/22/14)
- Up to 6 inches of rain expected as storm causes problems for mariners_ (10/22/14)
- Fall nor’easter expected to soak much of Maine (10/20/14)
- Belfast police seeking owner of duck nabbed waddling around city (10/20/14)
- Come Boating! wins three races (10/17/14)
- WSJ: Preparing for Sailing’s ‘Everest’ (10/3/14)
- Rail trail progress happening fast this fall in Belfast (10/15/14)
- Belfast approves deal to install solar panels on fire station (10/14/14)
- Canadian Fishermen See Red in Fight Over Lobster Size (10/12/14)
- Loud boom heard in Camden could have been a frost quake (10/12/14)
- Massive betrayal of trust rattles a Maine community (10/8/14)
- Belfast to Discuss Fuel Dispensation at Municipal Airport (10/3/14)
- Islesboro police assist Canadian Space Agency in retrieving wayward research balloon (9/28/14)
- You think you know the correct way to say ‘ayuh’? (9/20/14)
- Camden Snow Bowl on target for Dec. 20 opening, weather willing (9/19/14)
- 10 Prettiest Coastal Towns in New England (9/17/14)
- Camden standoff ends with hostage freed, suspect found dead (9/16/14)
- Hope Elephants co-founder dead after falling, being stepped on by elephant (9/9/14)
- Waldo County towns’ plans to withdraw from RSU 20 moving forward (9/4/14)
- Giant goldfish in Belfast’s Muck? The state says that has to change (9/2/14)
- Aerial FootageA peek at Camden Harbor, aloft on the mast of schooner Mary Day (8/30/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: September 3-14, 2014
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 27-September 7, 2014
- 10 Prettiest Coastal Towns in New England (8/27/14)
- Video: Belfast Man Builds Houseboat Out of Shipping Containers (8/27/14)
- A Tank Away: Belfast, Maine, a coastal gem, minus the crowds (8/19/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 20-31, 2014
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 13-24, 2014
- Cardboard Boat Race Coming to Belfast (8/7/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: August 6-17, 2014
- Focus of RSU 20 withdrawal shifts to details of what would come next (8/6/14)
- Proposed reorganization at Belfast City Hall follows wave of resignations (8/6/14)
- Belfast woman serves up unique hot dogs at The Moody Dog (8/5/14)
- Lobster Dishes With Mass Appeal (WSJ) (8/1/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 30-August 10, 2014
- Rockland Lobster Festival, 67 years and running, begins this week (7/30/14)
- North Haven Casino wins Red Jacket Youth Sailing Regatta (7/27/14)
- Ready for that lobster dinner? First, a lesson on lobster sex (7/23/14)
- Lobstermen spend nine hours in raft, in pea soup fog, before rescue off Vinalhaven (7/21/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 23-August 3, 2014
- Potentially dangerous storms heading to Maine; Emera preparing for possible outages (7/22/14)
- Lobstermen spend nine hours in raft, in pea soup fog, before rescue off Vinalhaven (7/21/14)
- Withdrawal negotiations for Belfast-area school district raise more questions (7/18/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 16-27, 2014
- Belfast’s Goose River Grocery gutted in Tuesday night fire (7/16/14)
- Arts in the Park – more than an art show (7/11/14)
- Garden Muses – beautifully carved by father and son team (7/7/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 9-20, 2014
- Camden fireworks canceled; Searsport, Thomaston fireworks now Saturday (7/4/14)
- High Surf Advisory for Saturday (7/3/14)
- Video: Marinas prepare for Hurricane Arthur (7/3/14)
- Belfast’s Seahorse Stables makes hay at Route 3 landmark (7/1/14)
- RSU 20 board OKs speedy review of withdrawal plans (6/24/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: July 2-13, 2014
- 10 Things To Do With Kids In Belfast, Maine (6/26/14)
- Columbus’ ‘Nina’ and ‘Pinta’ dock in Camden Harbor (6/25/14)
- Our Town Belfast prepares for the best Belfast Street Party yet; call for vendors and entertainers August 5th (6/15/14)
- Eat Your Way Through the State of Maine
Read more: http://www.tastingtable.com/entry_detail/national/17330/Where_to_Eat_on_the_Maine_Coast.htm
(6/18/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 25-July 6, 2014
- The 25 Best Parts About Being From Maine (6/25/14)
- Judge sends schooner ‘Timberwind’ to public sale (6/19/14)
- Belfast brewery tapping into seaweed venture to create kelp beer (6/19/14)
- Belfast named top small town destination for 2014 (6/17/14)
- Increasing expenses, decreasing state revenue causes tax hike in Belfast (6/17/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 18-29, 2014
- Power outage hits Belfast during Trek Across Maine cycling event (6/16/14)
- Video: Belfast Maine, We are Happy (Long Version)
- Video: Belfast Maine, We are Happy (Short Version)
- Belfast’s ode to ‘Happy’: Watch it here! (6/16/14)
- Belfast residents brainstorm ideas for future of empty school (6/13/14)
- Coast Guard finds ill-fated ship Bounty avoided tighter safety standards, repair warnings by Maine shipyard (6/13/14)
- Our Town Auction (on June 27) is a Celebration of All Things Belfastian (6/12/14)
- Maine lobster roll vies for title of best food in nation (6/12/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 11-22, 2014
- RSU 20 voters pass proposed $35.5M budget (6/10/14)
- Belfast premiers homegrown ‘Happy’ video June 13 (6/9/14)
- Rockport-built clipper ship coming to Belfast (6/5/14)
- Calendar: The Week (or So) Ahead in Bayside: June 4-15, 2014
- Video: Pick it up PSA (6/4/14)
- Belfast rail trail gaining steam after federal OK to pull up tracks (6/4/14)
- Belfast police want video surveillance system for new Harbor Walk (6/2/14)
- 160-year-old window manufacturing firm opens new showroom in Belfast (5/30/14)
- Six Selected to Hall of Athletic Honor (including Bayside’s Chip Rossi) (5/28/14)
- Cold, wet spring means slow start for farmers, gardeners (5/26/14)
- ‘Most everybody’s fairly optimistic:’ Tourism outlook good, experts say (5/25/14)
- Millions of bees in Delaware accident were headed for Maine (5/21/14)
- Northport couple startled by wandering pig (5/20/14)
- Want to buy a lighthouse? Bidding opens on two landmark beacons (5/16/14)
- Residents-only cove in Northport? Maybe not for much longer (5/13/14)
- RSU 20 school district girds for budget approval process_ (5/6/14)
- Rockport schooner seized for nonpayment (5/5/14)
- Video: Flying through Bayside: Spring (5/4/14)
- After 44 years in business, Liberty Tool Co. is up for sale (5/3/14)
- Belfast Community TV producers seek out new angles, with a drone (4/30/14)
- 10 Things Only People From Maine Will Understand (4/21/14)
- Ice storm windfall supersizes spring clean-up in Belfast (4/14/14)
- Verona Island sailor returns to Maine after 5,000-mile journey ‘for fun’ (4/11/14)
- Former Belfast restaurant employee accused of cooking the books (4/11/14)
- Coastal Farms and Foods in Belfast to shut its doors, forcing tenants to relocate (4/11/14)
- Belfast receives $1.9 million federal grant to upgrade Front Street (4/9/14)
- Air Force veteran sets sights on transforming former Belfast restaurant into bowling alley (3/20/14)
- Northport artist turns to online fundraising to help pay back taxes (3/20/14)
- Homage to Camden’s Big-T (3/16/14)
- Video: Super-yachts may create new jobs in Maine (3/15/14)
- TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Darby’s Restaurant (3/14/14)
- Skiing Cadillac Mountain (3/13/14)
- New group aims to promote, market 3 midcoast Maine towns to increase business traffic (3/12/14)
- Buzzfeed: ‘You absolutely need to visit’ these four Maine towns (3/11/14)
- Get ready to Run For Your Life again, May 24, at Camden Snow Bowl (3/7/14)
- Skateboard enthusiasts trying to keep in-town Belfast park open (3/6/14)
- State gears up to address looming lobster problem: the high number of inactive lobstermen (3/2/14)
- Against the Wind: One of the Greatest Comebacks in Sports History (WSJ) (3/1/14)
- Video: Belfast’s new “Streetband” (2/24/14)
- Schooner ‘Nathaniel Bowditch’ going to public auction Feb. 14 at Camden’s Sharp’s Wharf (2/13/14)
- Is Belfast becoming gentrified? Locals hope it won’t lose its gritty spirit (2/12/14)
- Federal Transportation Board issues report on sinking of tall ship Bounty (2/11/14)
- Remembering: Lloyd Stover (1/27/14)
- United Airlines coming back to Bangor, offering seasonal flights to Chicago (2/10/14)
- Crew of super-yacht finds warm welcome in Belfast (2/10/14)
- Report: Maine shipyard workers warned about rotted hull, inadequate caulking weeks before tall ship Bounty sank (2/10/14)
- Toboggan results are in: Fastest times, best costumes, oldest team (2/10/14)
- From clever to naughty-who wore it the best? (2/9/14)
- Get your sled on: Camden Snow Bowl toboggan championships coming down the chute (2/1/14)
- 2014 U.S. National Toboggan Championships (2/7/14)
- State law prevents Maine bars, brewers from posting alcohol by volume content (2/1/14)
- Terrible weather brings out terrific people (1/29/14)
- Get your sled on: Camden Snow Bowl toboggan championships coming down the chute (2/1/14)
- State law prevents Maine bars, brewers from posting alcohol by volume content (2/1/14)
- Belfast’s White House may go to auction later this month (1/20/14)
- Remembering: Jody Vlodek Berren (1/17/14)
- Video: Everyday Athlete: Curling (Featuring Belfast Curling Club) (1/16/14)
- Remembering: Priscilla E. Ryan (1/15/14)
- Belfast woman accused of embezzling $83,000 from family’s furniture store (1/15/14)
- Craft beer taps to flow at Lincolnville Beach with new local brewery (1/14/14)
- Amid conflicting RSU 20 plans, Northport rises above the fray (1/11/14)
- Trailer: 1000 Feet and Below
- Story of Belfast dog ‘found wandering’ on Christmas has a plot twist and a happy ending (1/10/14)
- Belfast shipyard to build high-performance patrol boats (1/10/14)
- Seafood takeout in business park gets preliminary nod from Belfast Council (1/8/14)
- Blizzard warning in Midcoast until 10 a.m. Friday (1/2/14)
- Video: New Year’s Day Polar Bear Dip 2014, Belfast, Maine (1/1/14)
- Video: How to make community TV shows (featuring Bayside’s Ned Lightner)
2013 Archives
- Waldo County emergency official: ‘All disasters are personal’ (12/31/13)
- Penobscot Narrows Bridge to reopen Monday night, close for ice removal over weekend (12/30/13)
- Seventeenth Annual New Year’s By the Bay in Downtown Belfast
- Camden restaurants closing: Graffam’s Harborside for good; Fresh until May, sign says (12/30/13)
- Wind Farms in Maine Stir a Power Struggle (12/29/13)
- Midcoast added to winter storm warning (12/29/13)
- Falling ice closes Penobscot Narrows Bridge overnight (12/29/13)
- ‘Like something out of a Stephen King movie’ — line workers restore power to rural Mainers (12/27/13)
- Hundreds of out-of-state crews helping Maine turn the lights back on (12/26/13)
- New York, New Hampshire line crews help CMP restore power; all 1,000 employees working through Christmas (12/24/13)
- Belfast area school board renews superintendent’s contract (12/19/13)
- Support Community Vibrancy: Donate to Our Town Belfast (12/17/13)
- Group of residents working to solve problems in Belfast-area school district (12/18/13)
- From four buildings to one: Bank of America expected to consolidate Belfast operations (12/17/13)
- Camden Snow Bowl set to open for the season Dec. 20 (12/16/13)
- North Pole explorer’s Maine home nominated as National Historic Landmark (12/9/13)
- World’s Largest Collection of Lobster Recipes
- Video: Wreaths Across America begins trek to Arlington National Cemetery (12/8/13)
- Belfast residents, officials hash out ideas for redesigned street downtown (12/5/13)
- Councilors vote to rebuild crumbling Belfast wharf (12/4/13)
- Live Webcam at Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse
- Secretary of State John Kerry flies to Maine to pick up new dog (11/27/13)
- Property sales on Route 3 trigger questions about what’s next for Belfast (11/26/13)
- Waldo County baker opens new business (11/22/13)
- Camden’s Mt. Battie Christmas Star ready to shine again Thanksgiving Day (11/17/13)
- ‘A labor of love for the Lord’ — Ship inspired by man’s faith in God finally sets sail (11/11/13)
- Belfast councilors mull dimming controversial streetlights (11/7/13)
- Lawmakers, activists urge Army Corps of Engineers to slow down Searsport dredging project (11/6/13)
- Incumbent Ash wins Belfast mayor seat again (11/5/13)
- Camden Snow Bowl plans upgrades, improvements (10/26/13)
- Foliage Report
- Camden Snow Bowl plans upgrades, improvements; report touts economic benefits of recreation area (10/26/13)
- Three-way Belfast mayor race provides slate of candidates (10/22/13)
- Ahoy, mateys! US to stop printing nautical charts (10/22/13)
- Chemical spill in pharmacy closes Belfast Hannaford (10/11/13)
- Belfast council inks deal with railroad group for planned 2.2-mile trail (10/2/13)
- Foliage Report for October 9, 2013 (10/9/13)
- New travel lift means new potential for Belfast shipyard (9/27/13)
- Belfast mill rate rises, city manager points to rising school costs (9/20/13)
- Front Street Shipyard Begins 130-foot Superyacht Refit (9/18/13)
- Voters approve RSU 20 budget, withdrawal in two towns (9/18/13)
- ‘Loss of the night sky’ along Belfast Harbor Walk causes some to request relief — and darkness (9/17/13)
- Belfast ready to send tax bills with or without school budget approval (9/13/13)
- As Northeast ages, states such as Maine are feeling the squeeze (9/12/13)
- RSU 20 budget runs the public meeting gauntlet, exits untouched (9/11/13)
- Belfast-area residents send third school budget to referendum (9/10/13)
- BikeMaine ride to showcase tiny communities, spur economic development during 400-mile tour of Maine (9/6/13)
- ‘Lobster Wars’ six-clawed specimen to reside in Boothbay (9/5/13)
- Belfast celebrates local food and farms on Sept. 6-7 (9/5/13)
- Belfast-area regional school district to send third budget proposal to voters (8/27/13)
- Camden Windjammer Festival offers family fun, fireworks and more (8/14/13)
- Belfast struggles with unwanted role as wedding planner (8/6/13)
- A sweet tooth leads to a sweet deal for midcoast chocolate entrepreneur (8/2/13)
- RSU #20 Single-Question Budget Survey (8/2/13)
- Great white shark sighting (8/2/13)
- Voters reject RSU 20 budget for second time (8/1/13)
- For second time, Belfast area voters reject school budget (7/31/13)
- Congrats Jake Kelly, Jr. National Daysailer Champion! (7/22/13)
- Belfast, Maine’s unique cheese roll competition at the Celtic festival (7/23/13)
- Spiritualists gather in Northport to receive messages from the beyond (7/18/13)
- Waldoboro couple rolls out plan to bring bowling to shuttered Belfast restaurant building (7/17/13)
- Maine Smackdown: Belfast vs. Rockland (7/13/13)
- Got a great midcoast photo? Upload here to win (7/11/13)
- Belfast Bulging with Arts (7/11/13)
- Northport Golf Club awards scholarships (7/10/13)
- Planned Belfast rail trail to have terminus, bathrooms (7/3/13)
- Belfast-area school board adds positions back into budget (7/2/13)
- In Competitive Stone-Skipping Circles, A Rocky Debate Over Equipment (7/1/13)
- Incidentally oriental: an eye-catching boat in Belfast (6/26/13)
- Food truck brings authentic Mexican to Belfast (6/20/13)
- Lojek named Triton’s Ironman (6/14/13)
- Withdrawal woes plague Belfast area schools (6/14/13)
- UMaine’s floating prototype becomes first offshore wind turbine to provide power to US (6/13/13)
- Belfast-area school budget heads back to the drawing board (6/12/13)
- Low voter turnout kills RSU 20 withdrawal bid (6/12/13)
- Belfast’s The Gothic makes ‘health food for everybody’ (6/11/13)
- RSU 20 withdrawal effort and budget both fail (6/11/13)
- Art takes a seat in downtown Belfast (6/10/13)
- ‘We can’t take it’: School budget increase causes worries among Belfast-area officials (6/3/13)
- Hit the road with Robert Indiana? Could happen with new plate (5/5/13)
- First floating wind turbine in North America hits the water in Brewer (5/31/13)
- School district withdrawal efforts heating up in midcoast towns (5/30/13)
- $856,000 restored to Belfast-area school budget at emotional meeting (5/30/13)
- Residents gear up to vote on controversial RSU 20 school budget (5/29/13)
- 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)
2012 Archives
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap (6/6/12)
- 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 Archives
- 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)