1935 – 2015 DAYTONA, Fla. — Earl Grafton Fenwick Sr., 79, passed away in Daytona, Fla., on Thursday, March 19. Earl was born in Belfast, on Aug. 18, 1935, the son of Grafton and Charlotte (Parlin) Fenwick. He graduated from Farmington High School and enlisted in the Marine Corps, where he reached the rank of […]
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RSU 20 superintendent says student doesn’t have to recite pledge
BELFAST — A Maine school district superintendent says a high school junior should not have been sent to the principal’s office for refusing to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance. Regional School Unit 20 superintendent Brian Carpenter says he sent out an email to district staff informing everyone that students do not have to stand […]
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Two men save life of woman who drove into Belfast Harbor
BELFAST — Police said quick thinking and quick action by two men averted tragedy Thursday morning when they came to the aid of an elderly woman who had accidentally driven into the harbor at the city’s boat ramp. “There’s no doubt in my mind they saved her life,” Officer Wendall Ward of the Belfast Police […]
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Belfast police seeking owner of duck nabbed waddling around city
BELFAST — The Bangor Police Department may have its Duck of Justice, a famous stuffed fowl that has made headlines around the country, but the Belfast Police Department can do them one better. Their white duck, the one quacking and shaking its tail feathers Monday afternoon in the dog kennel at the back of the […]
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Home sweet houseboat: Recycled shipping containers enliven Belfast waterfront
BELFAST — A Maine man, known for the elegant yachts he builds in Brooklin, is turning heads in Belfast with a very different type of vessel — a jaunty red houseboat made out of recycled shipping containers. Steve White, the owner of Brooklin Boat Yard and a partner at Belfast’s Front Street Shipyard, said he […]
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Belfast murder suspect expected to plead guilty for homicide last summer
BELFAST — The man accused of killing a well-loved Belfast woman last summer is expected to plead guilty to the crime on Monday morning, according to Maine Deputy Attorney General William Stokes. Todd Gilday, 44, had been scheduled to go on trial in August for the slaying of Lynn Arsenault, also known as Lynn Day. […]
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Former Jobs for Maine’s Graduates teacher charged with furnishing marijuana to students sentenced
Sarah Lawler-Stoddard BELFAST — An ex-Jobs for Maine’s Graduates teacher who was charged last year with furnishing drugs to her students has been sentenced in connection with the incident. Because , 33, of Belfast successfully completed a deferred disposition sentence, the felony charges of aggravated furnishing of drugs were dismissed last Thursday in Waldo County […]
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A search for a massage in Belfast results in theft charges
BELFAST — A New York motorcyclist’s nocturnal search for a “massage” while staying at a Belfast hotel sparked a series of events that ended when police charged two central Mainers with felony theft. The motorcyclist was traveling with a group that had stopped the night of Wednesday, June 11, at the Fireside Inn on Route […]
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Pediatrician escapes injuries in crash during Waldo County YMCA triathlon
BELFAST — A local pediatrician was badly banged up but escaped major injury Saturday morning during the Waldo County YMCA triathlon, when a car pulled out of a driveway and directly into the path of his bicycle. Dr. Joe Anderson said Monday that he had been working hard to pass another cyclist, Roberto Lopez-Anido of […]
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Maine Medical Center seeks to open retail pharmacy
MaineHealth is seeking to open retail pharmacies at Maine Medical Center in Portland and Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast. The pharmacies would be on the grounds of each hospital, but would operate as retail businesses and be open to any consumers, not just hospital patients. The health care system’s plans were revealed in two […]