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Not much can be done about racist signs just outside Belfast

Belfast, Maine · Belfast

Not much can be done about racist signs just outside Belfast

Coverage: 2 sources

The messages have been up for several weeks outside a home at 824 Waterville Road in the town of Waldo.See the Story

Unpropitious Weather for the Fourth; Thieves Escape Debtor's Rooms; Dancing Bear Scares Horses

Belfast, Maine · Belfast

Unpropitious Weather for the Fourth; Thieves Escape Debtor's Rooms; Dancing Bear Scares Horses

Compiled from Republican Journal archival holdings by Sharon Pietryka, Reference & Special Collections Librarian at the Belfast Free Library.Read Article

Belfast Hoop Coach Gets 'Cool' Perspective on Cooper Flagg Watch Party

Belfast, Maine · Belfast

Belfast Hoop Coach Gets 'Cool' Perspective on Cooper Flagg Watch Party

Ryan Cowan, owner of Wild Cow Creamery, provides free ice cream for attendees at Newport native's Nokomis Regional High School.Read Article

Group to hold discussion intended to help people with their genealogies

On Wednesday, July 16, at 2 p.m., at the Belfast Free Library, the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society will be facilitating a group discussion intended to help people with their genealogies. This event will be in-person with a Zoom option available.Belfast, Maine · Belfast Read Article

Waldo County Sheriff's beat

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity June 1-24. An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles aged 17-or-younger are not named. June 3 Noah L. Kimball, 37, of Unity, was issued a summons for operating with an expired license (90+ days beyond expiration) on Depot Street in Unity.Belfast, Maine · Belfast Read Article

Waldo County deed transfers

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds June 9-14. Belfast Maryanne Shaver and Maryanne McCord to David and Carol Hetterich. Loanne M., Louanne H., and Bruce A. Spaulding to Bruce A. & Loanne M. Spaulding Revocable Trust Agreement. Brock Gordon to Amber Farrar and Brock Gordon. Trae M. and Alison W. Boerner, and Alison W. Butler to Pamela Lahaye. BelmontBelfast, Maine · Belfast Read Article

Waldo County Technical Center students paint murals at Belfast's Skate Park

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

BELFAST — Students from Waldo County Technical Center’s graphic design program designed and painted ocean themed murals at Belfast’s skate park this June as part of an ongoing study in mural creation through WCTC’s Extended Learning Opportunities program. Students worked with their instructor Hillary Steinau and the city’s Parks and Recreation department to beautify the skate park with their artwork. A generous donation from Hammond lumber cover…Belfast, Maine · Belfast Read Article

Waldo County Sheriff's beat

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity June 2-14. An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles aged 17-or-younger are not named. June 2 Alton Whitney, 44, of Bangor, was issued a summons for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer on School Street in Unity, stemming from an incident March 24. June 8Belfast, Maine · Belfast Read Article

Author Tim Cotton holds meet and greet in Belfast, July 8

Left Bank Books, in downtown Belfast, invites the public to stop by the shop on Tuesday, July 8, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., to meet Tim Cotton, who will be signing copies of his fourth collection of essays, Donut Holes for the Soul. Cotton, now retired, was a lieutenant with the Bangor (Maine) Police Department and best known for creating the “Duck of Justice” and writing Facebook essays written in an everyman’s voice. The July 8 event is a “me…Belfast, Maine · Belfast Read Article

Belfast Council Approves City Budget

The difficult package was termed the “price of success.”Belfast, Maine · Belfast Read Article

Man talked his brother into killing sister and brother-in-law in Belfast, lawsuit says

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

A Hermon woman is suing the man who murdered her parents and is alleging the shooter’s brother fed him lies to talk him into the killing. Tina and Richard Bowden Jr. were fatally shot and killed in their home by Tina Bowden’s brother Glenn Brown on Oct. 5, 2020. Family members and Brown alluded to dysfunction and strife within the family during Brown’s sentencing. Diahanne Morse, the daughter of Tina Bowden and stepdaughter of Richard Bowden Jr.…Belfast, Maine · Belfast Read Article