BATH — Lily Posternak scored two goals, including the game-winner in the game’s waning minutes, to help York earn its third consecutive Class B state title Saturday in a 2-1 win over North champion Belfast. Posternak netted her first of the game with 7:21 to play in the first half on a penalty stroke. Belfast’s […]
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Field hockey: Lisbon’s Collier among Miss Maine Field Hockey finalists
Already among the top scoring forwards in Lisbon High School field hockey history, Collier can now say she’s among the best all-around players Maine has ever had to offer. Friday afternoon, the Lisbon senior found out she was a finalist for the Miss Maine Field Hockey award, awarded annually to a well-rounded senior who has […]
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Field hockey: Belfast sidesteps Leavitt
Take Belfast’s most recent matchup with KVAC rival Leavitt Area High School on Saturday. The Lions held a decided edge in shot attempts, shots on cage and all-important penalty corners. But the team that had averaged nearly five goals per game this season while posting six shutouts in nine games couldn’t solve the Hornets’ defense, […]
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Belfast police warn about link between recent deaths, new drugs in the area
BELFAST (AP) — Law enforcement officials in Waldo County are warning the public about a potentially potent supply of drugs in the area that is the suspected cause of two deaths. The sheriff’s office and police in Belfast say the deaths of two males in their late 30s in recent days are under investigation. The […]
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For some, Trek Across Maine is a family affair
NEWRY — The Trek Across Maine kicked off Friday morning under sunny blue skies at Sunday River Ski Resort, with close to 2,000 riders participating. The Trek is a three-day, 180-mile cycling tour from the mountains to the sea in Belfast. Overnight stops at the University of Maine in Farmington and Colby College in Waterville […]
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Former Belfast stars now three of a kind for CMCC
It’s not rare for Central Maine Community College men’s basketball head coach Dave Gonyea to get players from the Maine coast. Gonyea brings in players from all across the state, averaging between seven and 10 a year, he estimates. What is rare, according to Gonyea, is getting three players from the same school. But that’s […]
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Dixfield selectmen vote to send ordinance draft to Belfast lawyer
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 Monday to have Belfast lawyer Kristen Collins draft language on sound limits for the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. At its Aug. 25 meeting, the board voted to accept a citizens’ petition requesting the ordinance include the complete Maine Department of Environmental Protection sound level limits, which are […]
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Catherine T. Spencer
1921 – 2015 HALLOWELL — Catherine T. Spencer, 94, passed away in her sleep on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the Woodlands Senior Living facility. She was born in Belfast on Feb. 2, 1921, the daughter of A. Myrle Buzzell and James McGuire. A homemaker most of her life, she and her husband, Paul, enjoyed baby-sitting […]
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New tech company coming to Belfast, may bring up to 350 new jobs
BELFAST — A Massachusetts-based technology company is planning to start hiring workers immediately in midcoast Maine — and may expand to as many as 350 new jobs, according to Gov. Paul LePage — in order to open a logistics support center in Belfast. OnProcess Technology currently employs more than 2,200 employees in several locations around […]
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Project Canopy awards grants to Lewiston, other towns and groups
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine community forestry program called Project Canopy is awarding $133,000 in grants to municipalities, schools and non-profit groups for long-term projects. The grant money is provided by the U.S. Forest Service and includes planning and educational funds and tree planting and maintenance funds. Maine officials said Project Canopy has awarded more […]