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09/20/2019

BAHS students joined the Global Climate Strike this morning. The corners of Main and High streets in Belfast are currently packed with protesters as well.

07/11/2019

Belfast — City Manager Joe Slocum released a statement today he calls “the truth about how the City of Belfast addresses the issue of homelessness.”

06/05/2019

“It’s all about saving babies’ lives,” Cynthia Cohen said during the WCGH milk depot grand opening May 29. “Every ounce a mom donates can feed multiple babies in a neonatal ICU.”

Belfast — Waldo County General Hospital and Pen Bay Medical Center are putting a contemporary spin on the ages-old practice of wet-nursing. In partnership with Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast, the two hospitals have opened milk depots where nursing mothers can donate their excess milk to benefit fr...

05/10/2019

The administrative offices of Penobscot McCrum LLC in Belfast were destroyed by fire Thursday evening, despite the efforts of firefighters from Belfast, Morrill and Searsport. The office building sits on a hillside above the McCrum potato processing plant, which fronts on Belfast Harbor.

Belfast — A fire, discovered by a late afternoon cleaning crew, by 9 tonight had destroyed the office building of Penobscot McCrum LLC at 28 Pierce St.

04/01/2019

Starting in the 1980s and continuing today, you can buy a T-shirt with the face of Iran’s former leader, the Grand Ayatollah Khomeini, and the words "Ayatollah Assahola." Even in more sophisticated circles, Iran is still essentially a blank spot on the map. If not "Here be monsters," then at least "Terra incognita."

Belfast — For decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran — a country about twice the size of Texas, or 18 Maines — has held an outsized place in the American imagination, almost exclusively as an enemy. Starting in the 1980s and continuing today, you can buy a T-shirt with the face of Iran’s form...

03/27/2019

The story of the old schoolhouse took another sharp turn March 23 when an ad seeking roommates for the building appeared on Facebook Marketplace. The post, by Christopher Williams, included photos of the interior and a long description of his plans for the building that began, "I'm buying this badass old elementary school, the Pierce School, and looking for awesome folks to love (sic) with."

Belfast — A plan to convert the former Peirce Elementary School to apartments is off, but the developers behind it say they aren't done just yet. In the meantime, a Belfast man has come forward claiming he is buying the building to start a shared living space.

03/17/2019

After the vote, Ward walked out of the meeting. In the muddy parking lot of the town office, he said, "I got cows to feed."

Thorndike — A standing-room-only crowd of more than 100 voting residents cleaned house on March 16, replacing all three selectmen and starting a municipal fire department in an effort to rein in the town's embattled independent fire company.

03/07/2019

It's that time of year again!!!

02/22/2019

Hannaford in Maine is among the supermarkets that have stopped carrying the imperfect fruits and vegetables.

02/21/2019

Firefighters walked out of a meeting with Thorndike Selectman last night.

Thorndike — A majority of Thorndike Fire Department stormed out of a Select Board meeting on Wednesday night, effectively shutting down department operations and resigning.