Searsport News

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.

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.

Sears is under new management and the owners are looking to provide the best service in the area they were born and raised.

"Celebrate Sears Island" was held at Curtis Hall in Searsport on April 28 and was sponsored by "Friends of Sears Island." The event's intent was to acquaint the community with the many resources available for their recreation and education at Sears Island.

Life long Stockton Springs resident Laverne Davis points to her award-winning canned goods at the 2010 Blue Hill Fair.

Lakefront living at its best! Located just minutes from downtown Belfast and the Harbor, this home with detached guest cottage is top of the line throughout.

The Waldo County Humane Society holds a rabies clinic with Dr. Yvette LaHaye of Searsport Veterinary Hospital as the attending veterinarian.

Cold Comfort Theater in partnership with the Belfast Maskers present John Cariani's award-winning play Maine at Union Hall, above the Searsport Town Office on Union Street.

A proposal that would expand the entrance channel at Searsport Harbor and make way for larger ships with heavier loads has some people concerned that the project's costs to the region may go beyond its estimated $11.2 million price tag.

"This Academy will go into operation under the charge of George Field, a late graduate of Bowdoin College.

Get something new for the garden this year while visiting Belfast Garden Club's popular annual Green Thumb Plant Sale, Saturday, May 18, from 9 to 11 a.m. at The Belfast Boathouse, 34 Commercial St., Belfast.

Residents attending a public hearing to discuss the terms of the withdrawal agreement between Regional School Unit 20 and the six towns seeking to leave were more concerned with costs and educational benefits than the plan, according to the chair of the School Board.

Maine Maritime Academy freshmen Sean O'Connor, Brian Bentley and Eric Cressey eat lunch in one of messes aboard the Training Ship State of Maine.

The annual Festival of Art, sponsored by Senior College at Belfast and the University of Maine's Hutchinson Center, will run Thursday through Sunday, May 16 through 19, at the University of Maine's Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Ave./Route 3. The non-juried exhibition of work by Maine artists age 50 and older will open with a 6 to 8 p.m. reception ... (more)

Grace Stevenson visited for three weeks with Brent and Kathy Stevenson in Oxford.

Penobscot Marine Museum's county-wide traveling exhibit of historic photographs "Knox County Through Eastern's Eye" has moved from the Vose Library in Union to the Friendship Town Office, 6 Harbor Road.

Noticing the following announcement in the town's website, www.stocktonsprings.org, I felt compelled to share it.

Pilgrim's Cemetery Association meeting will be held May 16, 2013 at 2:00 at the Frankfort Church.

Cold Comfort Theater in partnership with the Belfast Maskers will present John Cariani's "Almost, Maine," directed by Aynne Ames, in Belfast, Searsport and Castine.