Belfast News

An analysis of the 2013-2014 Regional School Unit 20 budget found nearly $1.6 million in savings if the six towns withdraw from the district.

Police arrested a man last week at a Belfast hotel after officers conducting a bail check found a loaded, cocked semi-automatic handgun under his pillow.

A local woman was arrested twice in the past week in connection with a reported domestic violence assault on her girlfriend.

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, wild sockeye salmon is smoked at the Ducktrap River company, in Belfast, Maine.

Maine's education commissioner is visiting Belfast as part of his ongoing tour to observe innovative school programs across the state.

Delightful summer cottage with gravel beach and 36 foot dock. Watch the sunrise, loons eagles and ducks from the larg deck.

The downtown Left Bank Books will host a poetry reading with several local poets whose works appear in the new anthology "Take Heart: Poems from Maine" edited by Wesley McNair, Saturday, June 1, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. As the current Maine Poet Laureate, McNair has collected verse from his popular "Take Heart" column, featuring a poem each week in 30 ... (more)

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Reamer of New Jersey and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Beverly of Belfast announce their children's engagement.

Something is brewing on the Bangor waterfront. On June 22nd, the Greater Bangor Convention and Visitors Bureau will host Bangor's Beer Festival - Tap into Summer.

Quick update on National Maritime Day from Belfast, Maine. What got me here was this vessel, today a platform for tours between here and the Arctic mostly.

Annual exhibition of work by Maine artists age 55 and older at the University of Maine's Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Ave./Route 3, Belfast.

Alan Magee of Cushing is this year's featured guest speaker at the Festival of Art, an annual exhibition at the University of Maine's Hutchinson Center in Belfast.

Students from Bar Harbor, Bangor, Belfast, Lincolnville, Riley, Searsport and Winterport competed in the all day event.

I received word this morning that John Ford Sr., the author of "Suddenly the Cider Didn't Taste So Good," has written another book, and it'll be available later this month.

Regional School Unit 20 Superintendent Brian Carpenter said the district's proposed $33.5 million budget is a combination of declining revenues and increasing expenses, a scenario that has left few options for reducing costs while preserving the quality of education provided to students.

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, wild sockeye salmon is smoked at the Ducktrap River company, in Belfast, Maine.

John Burgess, owner of Camden Hills Realty , announced that Brian Walker has elected to affiliate with the Northport based real estate firm.

The 2013 Energy Fair, hosted by the Island Institute's Energy for ME energy-education project team, drew scores of students and teachers from 10 coastal and island schools to the University of Maine's Hutchinson Center in Belfast on Friday, May 10.

City councilors signed off on a change order request for the construction of a ramp that connects the Harbor Walk to the Armistice Bridge Tuesday, May 7. The change order is the result of a need for the city to purchase different materials, which are also more expensive to construct the ramp, City Planner Wayne Marshall explained.

On Thursday, June 13, at 1 p.m. the Belfast Co-op is sponsoring a tour of Coastal Farms and Foods in Belfast, the midcoast's new food processing hub.