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Upcoming Events
5/15/13 (Wed) |
Spring Bird Walk (Ducktrap River Preserve, Lincolnville; 6:30-8:30 AM) Co-led and co-sponsored by Coastal Mountains Land Trust and Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition. For more information, visit www.coastalmountains.org. |
5/16/13 (Thu) |
Wildflower Walk with Wanda Garland (Ragged Mountain Preserve; 10 AM-12 PM) Botanist Wanda Garland will lead one of her highly popular wildflower walks on Ragged Mountain, seeking out the season's earliest blooms. Exact location/trailhead to be determined. For more information, visit www.coastalmountains.org. |
5/18/13 (Sat) |
Ghosts of Fort Knox Guided Tours (Fort Knox State Park; 7, 8:30 & 10 PM) Join the East Coast Ghost Trackers on a guided tour of Fort Knox in search of ghosts and paranormal phenomena. Limited capacity. Advanced reservations and pre-payment are required. Please bring a flashlight to this event. Those interested in going on a ghost tour should contact the Friends of Fort Knox at (207) 469-6553. The cost of the tour is $15 per person. For complete information, visit fortknox.maineguide.com/events.html. |
5/20/13 (Mon) |
Northport Select Board Meeting (Town Hall; 6 PM) Contact the town office at 207-338-3819. |
5/20/13 (Mon) |
Belfast Historical Society Program: “Traveling the Oregon Trail by Covered Wagon, 2011” (Abbott Room, Belfast Library; 7 PM) Follow the four month adventure of two brothers setting out to travel the Oregon Trail in a covered wagon pulled by two mules. This program is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.belfastmuseum.org. |
5/25/13 (Sat) |
Penobscot Marine Museum Opens (Searsport; Mon-Sat 10-5, Sunday 12-5) For more information, visit www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org. |
5/25/13 (Sat) |
Northport Yacht Club Board Meeting (NYC Clubhouse; 9 AM) |
5/25-26/13 (Sat-Sun) |
Owl’s Head Spring Antique Auto & Aeroplane Show (Owl’s Head Transportation Museum, Owl’s Head) Old cars, trucks & planes kick off the new season. Pre-1993 vehicles of any make or model are welcome to exhibit. Clubs welcome. Vehicle demonstrations, Model T rides, family activities and more. For more information, visit www.ohtm.org. |
5/26/13 (Sun) |
Bayside Centennial Celebration Committee Planning Meeting (Community Hall; 10 AM) Come participate in a planning meeting for the Bayside Centennial Celebration (2015) Committee. For further information, contact Denis Wang at (207) 338-3866 or drdeniswang@gmail.com. |
5/26/13 (Sun) |
Northport Yacht Club Kick-Off Celebration (Belfast Boat House; 6 PM) Contact Greg Bauer (bh_bb@hotmail.com) for information. |
5/27/13 (Mon) |
Memorial Day |
5/31/13 (Fri) |
Friday Night Art Walk (Belfast; 5:30-8 PM) See "Recurring Events.” |
6/1/13 (Sat) |
Northport Municipal Elections (Town Hall; 8 AM-8 PM) For more information, contact the town office at 207-338-3819 or visit www.northportmaine.org. |
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Recent Meetings
- New: Northport Select Board Meeting Minutes for April 1, 2013
- NVC Overseers Meeting Minutes for March 10, 2013
- NVC Utilities Committee Minutes for February 15, 2013
- Northport Select Board Meeting Minutes for March 18, 2013
- Bayside Centennial Celebration Organizational Meeting Minutes
- NVC 2012 Annual Report
- NVC Safety Committee Meeting Minutes for May 11, 2012
- Northport Annual Meeting Minutes for June 4, 2012
- Northport Annual Report for 2011-2012
- Northport Fireworks Ordinance
- Clerk's Report of the 2011 Annual Meeting
- All minutes here
News
- Belfast’s Lost Kitchen closes for good; The Gothic to open in its place June 7 (5/14/13)
- Latest and largest Shipyard building gets Belfast public review (5/13/13)
- UMaine unveils unique base for floating wind turbine that could provide glimpse into future (5/8/13)
- Chef Melissa Kelly (Primo in Rockland): 'It just all felt very surreal' (5/7/13)
- A man's job? Not anymore; Six women hold harbormaster posts in Maine (5/7/13)
- Belfast Harbor Walk Drawings (5/3/13)
- Belfast Harbor Walk taking shape (5/1/13)
- Emotional meeting ends with drastic cuts to Belfast-area school budget (5/1/13)
- Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad to restart operations April 27 (4/23/13)
- Second community meeting on Camden Riverwalk, Public Landing project tonight (4/22/13)
- Middle school sports, teaching positions, extracurriculars on RSU 20 cutting block (4/19/13)
- ‘Overwhelming’ school budget news for Belfast taxpayers (4/17/13)
- 10 Coolest Small Towns: Belfast (4/14/13)
- Officers amazed at ‘hermit’ burglar’s survival in Maine woods for 27 years (4/10/13)
- Black ice crash injures Belfast city councilor (4/4/13)
- Developer says will withdraw Searsport tank application (4/2/13)
- Developer withdraws proposed Searsport tank application (4/2/13)
- The Spring 2013 Newsletter of the Bayside Historical Preservation Society is available for download now by clicking here (5 MB).
- Remembering: Fred McPheters (Northport Golf Club) (4/1/13)
- Nature's Mutiny: Why did a fragile wooden replica of the HMS Bounty set out into the Atlantic during Hurricane Sandy? (WSJ ebook review; 3/29/13)
- Searsport LPG terminal misses first hurdle in planning board review (3/28/13)
- Searsport planning board votes against tank in first decision of long deliberation process (3/27/13)
- Lawmakers look to Belfast, Bangor as models of revitalization (3/25/13)
- Proposal for New Public Facilities in Downtown Belfast (3/25/13)
- Groups threaten to sue Army Corps of Engineers unless permit for Searsport propane tank is withdrawn (3/24/13)
- Maine Maritime Academy students buy, aim to restart Goose River Hydro (3/23/13)
- Video: Ned Lightner Recognized by Belfast City Council (3/19/13)
- Belfast public access TV channel wins northeast award for excellence (3/19/13)
- The last moments of the Bounty, the ship with Maine ties that fought Sandy and lost (3/16/13)
- Video: Belfast, Maine Harlem Shake: Short Version or Long Version
- Camden chooses designer for Riverwalk, Town Landing (3/5/13)
- ‘It’s never going to end’: Maintaining historical, structural integrity at Fort Knox (3/3/13)
- Big, heavy and yellow happenings on the Belfast waterfront (2/28/13)
- Man who helped build Bangor Auditorium (Bayside's Ed Lovejoy) shares rich history — from location change to female urinals (2/27/13)
- Searsport LPG hearings end with a bang (2/26/13)
- Massive barge and crane arrive in Bucksport to aid demolition of Waldo-Hancock Bridge (2/26/13)
- Belfast principal honored with statewide award (2/26/13)
- A Proposal for a Propane Tank Looms Large Over a Maine Coastal Town (2/22/13)
- Sunk: The Incredible Truth About a Ship That Never Should Have Sailed (2/11/13)
- 'Bounty' hearings continue (2/18/13)
- WSJ: A House by Any Other Name (2/15/13)
- Belfast Looking to Provide Financial Assistance to Small Businesses (2/14/13)
- Worst case scenario focus of Good Harbor testimony at Searsport LPG hearing (2/12/13)
- Counterterrorism adviser misses Searsport meeting; others question town’s readiness for fires, explosions (2/11/13)
- Wobbly storm track has weather experts casting wary eyes (2/6/13)
- Video: Maine Insiders: Windjammer Capt. Barry King (1/30/13)
- Belfast business gives farmers, food processors space to succeed (1/27/13)
- One winter’s day in the six New England states (incl. "Shifting Winds in Belfast, Maine") (1/27/13)
- Belfast shipyard named 2013 Boatyard of the Year by national group (1/26/13)
- Arctic blast in Maine will mean nearly 75-degree temperature drop in one week (1/21/13)
- Moonbat Kingdom (Down East Magazine article about Belfast) (December 2012)
- Council winnows options for rail trail conversion (1/16/13)
- Belfast to air plans for pedestrian trail on railroad bed on Tuesday (1/12/13)
- Maine's Hard Sell: Island Life (1/10/13)
- Hamilton Marine, Maine’s largest marine supplier, started in a Searsport garage (1/12/13)
- Maine's Hard Sell: Island Life (1/10/13)
- Down East sardine history lands in Searsport museum (1/9/13)
- Baysider Ken Lopez featured in a front-page Wall Street Journal article titled “As Trash Goes, Authors' Clutter in the Right Hands Is Very Bankable (1/3/13)
- Video: Mainah Style (Gangnam Style Parody) (12/5/12)
- Belfast: What went right? Investment in downtown, promotion and cooperation could pay off in other communities (12/12/12)
- 2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap (6/6/12)
- Cruel new fact of crustacean life: lobster cannibalism (12/3/12)
- Video: The Lobster Scenes from Annie Hall
- Shipyard love mutes criticism of Belfast expansion plan (12/5/12)
- Belfast Maskers, a theater company without a building, to perform in towns with no theater companies (11/29/12)
- Proposed Searsport propane tank could have ‘significant’ effect on property values, expert says (11/28/12)
- Ouster of elderly man from Searsport tank meeting sparks discord (11/28/12)
- Front Street Shipyard talks expansion, use of city land (11/28/12)
- Front Street Shipyard’s proposed expansion pleases some, worries others (11/28/12)
- New Searsport restaurant Route One RoadHouse seeks to attract local clientele (11/27/12)
- Boos, laughter heard as DCP Midstream testifies about Searsport tank project (11/27/12)
- Waldo County moves to redevelop old jail, jailer’s house (11/27/12)
- At Home at Sea (Winslow Homer Exhibits in Portland and Philadelphia) (11/26/12)
- Opponents given ‘interested party status’ in Searsport tank review (11/26/12)
- Video: Stringing lights in Belfast (11/25/12)
- Luxury yacht undergoing work in Belfast saved British soldiers in Dunkirk evacuation (11/23/12)
- Take this job and shove it: Fed-up Bangor TV anchors quit on air (11/20/12)
- Maine’s tourism boss brings ‘insider’ perspective (11/12/12)
- Midcoast community TV station that captured HMS Bounty collecting footage for state archives (11/11/12)
- Belfast Harbor Walk start delayed by contaminated soil (11/9/12)
2013 Archive
2013 archives will appear here
2012 Archive
- Belfast auction offers the unusual and unique (10/31/12)
- Belfast, Camden, Rockland area prepares for wind, power outages, minor flooding (10/29/12)
- Video: Bayside Storm report (10/29/12)
- Two crew missing from movie ship in Sandy (10/29/12)
- Maine Prepares -- for Sandy (10/26/12)
- Officials deny connection between transportation ballot question and controversial Searsport gas project (10/24/12)
- Coastal Maine inns lure high-end travelers willing to pay up to $1,000 per night (10/24/12)
- A Breath of Fresh (Sea) Air (10/19/12)
- Remembering: Charlie Packer (1912-2012)
- Police question why Belfast council tabled request for drug-free safe zones (10/19/12)
- Earthquake with center in Maine shakes residents all over Northern New England (10/16/12)
- Cruise ships also bringing tourist dollars to smaller Maine ports (10/10/12)
- Searsport LPG proposal all there, awaits review (10/9/12)
- Searsport board expected to rule on controversial giant tank project application (10/7/12)
- Waldo-Hancock Bridge demolition to start in November (10/1/12)
- Remembering: Donald S. Patten (1925-2012)
- A Family Affair: An article from PassageMaker magazine on the Samway families yearlong cruise of the Great Loop (October 2012)
- Wheels up: Food trucks go gourmet from Rockland to Belfast (9/20/12)
- Northport resident completes Appalachian Trail hike (9/18/12)
- Retirees head to unconventional destinations (9/17/12)
- Why does everyone want to get their hands on Jay Sawyer's 'balls'? (9/16/12)
- Where art and commerce meet: Midcoast’s diverse downtown galleries are a tourist draw (9/12/12)
- Belfast Boatyard’s Alex Turner witnessed harbor’s rising tide (9/12/12)
- Welcome to the Penobscot Bay Pilot! (9/10/12)
- Coolest Small Towns 2013 Nominations (9/10/12)
- Belfast city janitor not planning life changes after lottery win (9/10/12)
- 26th Annual Around Islesboro Race (AIR 2012) Results: Download
- Local food celebration MaineFare returns to Belfast on Friday (9/5/12)
- Maine lobster catch drops off early after going gangbusters for months, prices begin falling (9/4/12)
- Slow Down, It's Maine (LA Times) (8/26/12)
- Video: Front Street Shipyard Celebrates the Year (8/23/12)
- She's No Man; She's A Lobsterman (8/19/12)
- Video: Why is lobster so cheap? (8/15/12)
- Video: Ned Lightner interviewing the captain of the Bounty (8/10/12)
- Ship replica used in ‘Mutiny on the Bounty,’ ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ opens to visitors in Belfast (8/8/12)
- 36 Hours in Midcoast Maine (8/2/12)
- Front Street Shipyard poised to buy Belfast Boatyard (7/30/12)
- Frenzy descends on Belfast restaurant daily for fresh, local produce (7/29/12)
- ‘Tank you,’ Searsport planners, for playing by the rules (7/29/12)
- Belfast gig rowing crew ‘the team to beat’ in the northeast (7/27/12)
- Video: The Tents, the Pretty Girls and the Homemade Gingerbread at Northport (7/24/12)
- Belfast’s Bell the Cat moves, expands (7/24/12)
- New Belfast-area superintendent brings military experience to beleaguered district (7/24/12)
- WSJ: Lobster Glut Slams Prices (7/16/12)
- 21-Pound Lobster Caught Off Cape Cod Beach (7/15/12)
- Maine Celtic Celebration to bring music, cheese and more to Belfast waterfront (7/15/12)
- WSJ: In Search Of…Lobster Rolls That Really Rock (7/13/12)
- Frozen funding worries city officials in Belfast and beyond (7/7/12)
- Northport medium builds a big business (7/6/12)
- Belfast council decides not to post signs targeting motorcyclists (7/3/12)
- Belfast merchants strike back against perceived anti-motorcycle sentiment (6/29/12)
- Community pitches in to help expand Belfast fire station (6/26/12)
- SS Belfast, occupying a concrete wall, is underway (6/22/12)
- Belfast natives create community for local ‘strangers’ on Facebook (6/21/12)
- Film’s finale inspires nostalgia, fundraising at Colonial Theatre in Belfast (6/20/12)
- Balloon test will help show height, visibility of controversial proposed Searsport tank (6/20/12)
- Summer art installation allowing folks to sit in style in Belfast (6/16/12)
- Plotting her way: Belfast mapmaker combines art and functionality (6/15/12)
- Northport returns incumbent RSU 20 board member (6/14/12)
- Nearby Towns Take a Stand on Proposed Searsport Mega-Tank (6/13/12)
- Temple Heights: Seances by the Sea in Northport, Maine (6/13/12)
- RSU 20 budget passed (6/13/12)
- Belfast wins downtown improvement grant (6/11/12)
- A catch straight out of the deep blue sea (6/11/12)
- School budget for Waldo County’s RSU 20 faces validation vote (6/7/12)
- Northport returns incumbent RSU 20 board member (6/5/12)
- Coastal Mainers defended and betrayed key front in War of 1812 (5/30/12)
- Several midcoast communities to vote on leaving RSU 20 (5/29/12)
- Experts warn against loan scam by company claiming to be based in Belfast (5/24/12)
- 2,200-mile canoe trek leads Minnesota couple to Belfast for good (5/23/12)
- New theater company debuts in Belfast (5/23/12)
- Bayside residents warned about giant hogweed (5/21/12)
- Belfast: Parking scofflaws need to find another community (5/18/12)
- New Belfast restaurant has roots in one of city’s oldest (5/13/12)
- Eaglecam shows two chicks have hatched in Hancock County nest (5/4/12)
- Rockport man summoned for theft of metal from Belfast home (5/3/12)
- ‘Turn here for Belfast’ signs win approval (5/1/12)
- The Spring 2012 Newsletter of the Bayside Historical Preservation Society is available for download now by clicking here (7 MB).
- Belfast pub is growing up, owners say (5/3/12)
- Seasonal surprise: copper pipes found ripped out of Bayside summer homes (5/1/12)
- Searsport bookstore moving to Belfast (4/27/12)
- New RSU 20 superintendent selected (Prospect of a huge property tax increase) (4/24/12)
- Changes afloat: Belfast readies for a busy summer at the harbor (4/18/12)
- Show goes on for theatreless troupe in Belfast (4/15/12)
- Everybody’s heard about the (Maine) words (4/13/12)
- Towns that lose newspapers lose a gift of democracy (4/12/12)
- Colonial Theatre marking 100th birthday (4/11/12)
- New federal flood maps could raise waves along coast (4/7/12)
- Cardboard art makes up ‘Corrugation Nation’ (4/6/12)
- Remembering: Kathy Crowley Fuller (4/4/12)
- MMA training cruise to visit SC, Texas, Bermuda, Curacao (4/3/12)
- Wood Prairie Farm featured in ‘Rural Harvest’ in Belfast (4/3/12)
- Belfast’s Colonial Century (4/1/12)
- Waldo County man makes sidewalks out of old toilets (3/30/12)
- Belfast triathlon to blend competition, family fun (3/28/12)
- Searsport seaport connects Maine to world of commerce (3/28/12)
- Maine Department of Transportation ad poking fun at Islesboro mistakenly published in BDN? (3/28/12)
- Belfast triathlon to blend competition, family fun (3/28/12)
- Courier Publications coming April 5 (3/27/12)
- Maine Humor: Maine Marches On – But to Where? (3/22/12)
- Flight instructor credited with saving lives of himself and his student in Belfast plane crash (3/21/12)
- Belfast-based athenahealth expanding search for 80 employees to Bangor (3/15/12)
- Belfast Maskers celebrate 25 years (3/14/12)
- Belfast seeking slum and blight funds (3/15/12)
- Belfast, Searsport area school board mulling radical plan to address $2.2 million shortfall (3/14/12)
- Businessman hopes to resurrect Midcoast papers (3/12/12)
- 10 meals worth the mileage (including Chase's Daily) (3/10/12)
- All Village Soup publications cease operations (3/9/12)
- Maskers open 25th season (3/9/12)
- Diane Whitten Memorial Garden project gains approval from city (3/5/12)
- Recipe yields thesis project (2/26/12)
- Mr. Paperback stores to close, Magazines Inc. to be sold, 120 to lose jobs (2/24/12)
- Video: A shrimp trawler catches a 27-pound lobster five miles off shore (2/24/12)
- Carbon Ocean Yachts of Rhode Island, to relocate to Front Street Shipyard in Belfast (2/24/12)
- Maine-made movie comes to Midcoast (2/15/12)
- Another Shipyard building on the way; Council to request federal review of Searsport tank proposal (2/22/12)
- Food storage and processing company looks to open by July (2/22/12)
- Soup to Nuts: Maine Restaurant Week - Mystery! Intrigue! Food! (2/22/12)
- Historic & Booming, Downtown Belfast Has Something For All Of Us (2/15/12)
- Demolition of 86-year-old Penobscot River bridge to begin this fall (2/14/12)
- Mystery Valentine’s Day cards make Belfast residents smile (2/14/12)
- Toboggan enthusiasts from around the country converge at Camden races (2/11/12)
- Landmark Belfast theater celebrates 100 years with free movies (2/9/12)
- Mid-winter New Vaudeville Revue (2/7/12)
- Meet Kimberly Callas, Belfast's new Creative Economy Coordinator (2/7/12)
- Belfast officials determined to build trail (2/7/12)
- Celebrating 125 Years at the Belfast Free Library (2/3/12)
- Remembering: Angela Field (5/28/18-1/26/12)
- Grants for eight Maine coastal projects awarded (1/27/12)
- Bangor Savings Bank donates to local food pantries (1/26/12)
- Belfast McDonald's manager wins rare company award (1/13/12)
- Northport Select Board Meeting Minutes for December 5, 2011 (All minutes here)
- Belfast McDonald's manager wins rare company award (1/13/12)
- More than $10,000 raised in a night to aid paralyzed man (1/10/12)
- Permanent solutions elusive for chronic traffic congestion on Route 1 (1/8/12)
- Maskers get Theater Fund grant (1/6/12)
- The famous faces of Maine (1/6/12)
- U.S. Airways to offer daily nonstop flights from Bangor to Reagan National (1/4/12)
- Bass Harbor lighthouse, Acadia to appear on new quarter (1/1/12)
2011 Archive
- Planned Belfast Harbor Walk will be major city attraction (12/30/11)
- Darby's plans benefit dinner, silent auction for local man (12/28/11)
- Council signs off on Harbor Walk big picture (12/22/11)
- Belfast council says no to fireworks (12/20/11)
- McFadden top pick for Belfast police chief post (12/19/11)
- Belfast gets grant to boost its Arts Community (12/15/11)
- A study of shortening days (12/15/11)
- Remembering: Tom Gavin (12/15/11)
- Hampton Falls duo [including Tim Samway] embody the spirit of giving (12/11/11)
- Public offered last chance to weigh in on Belfast Harbor Walk (12/9/11)
- 25 things to do this holiday season (11/25/11)
- Auction in Belfast features dozens of experiences that money can’t buy (11/23/11)
- New eateries spice up downtown Belfast (11/22/11)
- Mainland students pulled to island school (11/18/11)
- Free outdoor ice rink to be installed in Belfast (11/17/11)
- George Mitchell cheers unique housing development in Belfast (11/15/11)
- Rubberized walk caps Route 1 pedestrian improvements (11/10/11)
- Reliable ice skating coming to Belfast (11/9/11)
- After defeat, Maine casino backers vow to be back (11/9/11)
- Belfast re-elects Mayor Walter Ash (11/8/11)
- Celebrities find Maine does offer life the way it should be (11/6/11)
- Fireworks in Belfast? Council may need more research (11/1/11)
- Opponents of 138-foot-tall propane tank in Searsport to hold meetingst (11/1/11)
- Waldo County taxes may increase 8 percent (10/31/11)
- Maine’s 2011 cruise ship season winds down (10/28/11)
- Main Streets and Back Roads of Belfast, Maine (Video): Segment One, Segment Two and Segment Three (10/27/11)
- Come Boating! takes first place in rowing championships (10/21/11)
- Opposition growing to 137-foot-tall propane tank in Searsport (9/28/11)
- Belfast Harbor Walk may be usable next summer (9/23/11)
- Food storage group signs lease on Moss building (9/23/11)
- David Hurley sees a boat: New mural to appear on side of Belfast shopping plaza (9/23/11)
- Northport Village Corporation Annual Report (Download)
- Bayside Safety & Regulations Handbook (Download)
- Northport residents evacuated due to fuel truck accident (7/15/11)
- 20 things to do on the midcoast this summer (7/3/11)
- Bayside Recycles Video
- Swarm of tiny earthquakes stretches from Belfast to Bucksport (5/3/11)
- A Tank Away: Belfast, Maine (Boston Globe) (4/20/11)
- In My Footsteps: Camden, Maine (4/7/11)
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