Belfast City Council

New harbor rules approved; spring and summer events get go-ahead

BELFAST - Plans to remove an outcropping of rock at the…

Deal includes increased coverage for spouses; changes expected to ‘sift down’ to other city workers

BELFAST - To anyone working in the private sector, government jobs can look awfully generous. Even by the standards of other…

Seasoned rails-to-trails engineer weighs in

BELFAST - At post-meeting work session Tuesday, councilors reviewed engineering recommendations for the Passy Rail Trail project. 

Total approaches $100,000, city manager says Belfast had no choice

BELFAST - Any benefits in the city’s decision to leave Regional School Unit 20 remain to be seen. But the cost of the process is now known.

On Tuesday, the Council authorized spending just…

Goals in the works, budget on the horizon, and lots to do in the meantime

BELFAST - With two new members since the Nov. 4 election, the Belfast City Council came together informally on Monday to talk about goals for the coming year.

City Manager Joe Slocum said …

Fallen limbs, close calls, and the city’s strange relationship with marginal woods

BELFAST - In front of 81 Pearl Street, there’s an unremarkable horse chestnut tree.

Two vye for Ward 5 seat; no takers for RSU 20 board

BELFAST - 2014 was shaping up to be another year of uncontested City Council races. But a pair of last-minute entrants from Ward 5 have changed that. …

Public meeting to be held July 22

BELFAST - The Regional School Unit 20 finance committee on Wednesday approved revisions to the 2013-14 budget, settling on a bottom line midway between the board's original austere budget and a…