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Meeting this evening

BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will hold its 

Also on the March 1 agenda: appoint new police chief

BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will hold its …

BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will gather for its regular council meeting Dec. 15, with

BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will hold its first meeting on the first day of December, with several

Belfast City Council preview, Dec. 2

BELFAST – A plan to reorganize moorings in Belfast Harbor would free up space for current users, including commercial fishermen and boat workers. It would also raise the bar for…

Local ballot will feature one name per Council ward

BELFAST - The lone contested City Council race recently became a one-candidate affair. Kassie Merrill withdrew her name earlier…

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. …

Big boxes and economic development themes of councilors tenure

BELFAST -  Two years ago, City Councilor Roger Lee tried to recruit a candidate to run in his place but found no takers. Given the demands of the job, he…

Wards 1, 2 and 5, two RSU 20 seats up for grabs in November

BELFAST - Nomination papers for a total of five seats on the City Council and RSU 20 board of directors are due by the end of the month. As of Friday, only one candidate had officially thrown his…

Council hires new city clerk, promotes two police officers to sergeant

BELFAST - Belfast City Clerk Denise Beckett and two other staff members from the clerk’s and treasurer’s offices submitted resignation papers in late spring. As of August 2, only Deputy Clerk/…

Council not sold on free money
Belfast, Thompson’s Wharf

BELFAST - The City Council on Tuesday approved plans to expand Thompson’s Wharf, but turned down a chance to apply for grant money. 

Harbor Master Katherine Pickering painted a bleak…

Improvements to dangerous intersection, RSU 20 withdrawal and Harbor Walk
City Manager Joe Slocum shows a parking sign on which a piece of paper lists new hours for downtown, daytime parking. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)

BELFAST - Front Street Shipyard may start work as soon as today on a series of marine improvements, according to Shipyard President JB Turner, who confirmed…

Why the city's gone three months without a Parks director

BELFAST — The city manager, in his Dec. 18 report, said he expects to be advertising soon for the vacant park director's position.

The move would be standard procedure were it not for…

City Council preview:

BELFAST - Front Street Shipyard will be laying out a proposal for a major expansion of its waterfront complex at the Belfast City Council meeting tonight. Below is a brief preview of this and…

Lee and Hamilton unopposed, are reelected

BELFAST - Mary Mortier edged out Chris Knight in the only contested Belfast City Council race, winning the Ward 1 seat vacated by two-term Councilor Marina Delune.

Delune opted not to run…