Abigail Curtis
Belfast Bureau
Run For Your Life 5K obstacle course race to recruit first responders
CAMDEN, Maine — Those who take part in this weekend’s Run For Your Life obstacle course race will have the chance to swing over a stream on ropes, jump over fire, swim through the waters of a chilly Maine pond and crawl 15 meters under barbed wire with smoke pouring ...
Man arrested after loaded handgun found in his Belfast hotel room during bail check
BELFAST, Maine — Police arrested a man last week at a Belfast hotel after officers conducting a bail check found a loaded, cocked semi-automatic handgun under his pillow. John T. Berry, 42, has been living at the Searsport Avenue hotel for “quite some time,” according to Belfast Police Chief Mike ...
Unity woman arrested twice in one week, accused of assaulting girlfriend
UNITY, Maine — A local woman was arrested twice in the past week in connection with a reported domestic violence assault on her girlfriend. Tammy Mitchell, 28, of Unity was first arrested on Friday, May 17, when police responded to a report of a fight at a residence there. According ...
Maine veterans suffer hardships because of backlog of benefits cases
AUGUSTA, Maine — ‘Delay, deny, until I die.’ That’s something that Jim Pineau, a Marine Corps veteran who now works for U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, hears all too often from veterans who are waiting for their benefits claims for disease, injury or illness suffered in the military to move through ...
Mid-Coast mom prom coming up
BELFAST, Maine — Moms — and those who mother — are invited to a special Mid-Coast Mom Prom to be held this Saturday at the Boathouse. The event will raise money this year for the RSU 20 after-school program. It also should provide some light-hearted fun for participants, according to ...
Albion man arrested Sunday in connection with February bar fight in Belfast
BELFAST, Maine — Police arrested a man Sunday afternoon in connection with a February bar attack in downtown Belfast that left a man so badly injured that he has needed several surgeries and might need more, according to Chief Mike McFadden of the Belfast Police Department. Richard B. Fredette, 40, ...
Teen girl hit with portable toilet while driving to school
THORNDIKE, Maine — A teenage girl had an unhappy surprise first thing Monday morning when a portable toilet fell onto her Jeep as she was driving to Mount View High School. A man who had just made a portable toilet delivery to the school forgot to lash a second one ...
Next year’s Unity, Thorndike area school budget to cost 4.7 percent more in local assessment
UNITY, Maine — For the sixth year in a row, the RSU 3 school budget is meeting the district’s goal of being either flat or less than it was the previous year. And yet, due to decreased state and federal revenues, the budget that recently was approved by the school ...
Bullying not the cause of 13-year-old girl’s suicide, police say
THORNDIKE, Maine — Although a police investigation has found that the March suicide of a Troy 13-year-old was not connected to bullying, her family is not convinced — and the RSU 3 superintendent said Thursday that the school community is going to continue to work harder to implement policies already ...
Belfast Harbor Walk taking shape
BELFAST, Maine — The thick hedgerow of arborvitae by Steamboat Landing Park has been dug up and heavy machinery is fired up — all steps in the process of making the long-planned-for Belfast Harbor Walk become a reality. Belfast City Planner Wayne Marshall said that construction should be largely completed ...
Same-sex couple renovating dilapidated building in Belfast as wedding present to each other
BELFAST, Maine — Last December, Seth Thayer and Greg Tinder gave each other wedding rings, in a small marriage ceremony held outside their Northport home on the first day that it was legal in Maine for same-sex couples to wed. “I was elated,” Thayer said Tuesday morning. “We were so ...
Emotional meeting ends with drastic cuts to Belfast-area school budget
BELFAST, Maine — Shock, anger and sadness were in the air Tuesday night in the Belfast Area High School band room as the RSU 20 board of directors voted on a school budget that will make drastic position cuts and still cause local property taxes for education to go up ...
Fire destroys home in Knox that once was stop on the Waterville-Belfast stagecoach route
KNOX, Maine — The gray smoke that billowed over the greening fields of Knox could be seen for miles Monday afternoon as firefighters from at least eight surrounding communities worked to keep a fire that consumed a 19th century home from spreading. The fire is believed to have killed a ...
Driver cited for suspended license after two-car collision in Waldo
WALDO, Maine — The driver who was hit Sunday evening by a 17-year-old who was blinded by the sun at a Waldo intersection ended up being issued a summons by police for operating after suspension, according to Chief Deputy Jeff Trafton of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office. Gavin Caler, 17, ...
Man blames ‘moldy marijuana’ for Lincolnville assault
LINCOLNVILLE, Maine — Police said that a man who reportedly entered a Lincolnville home Friday evening and attacked the woman who was inside has blamed the incident on some “moldy marijuana” he had smoked. “He was out of his head, ranting and raving,” Chief Deputy Jeff Trafton of the Waldo ...
Lincolnville man faces charges after allegedly breaking into house, assaulting homeowner
LINCOLNVILLE, Maine — A man reportedly broke into the Lincolnville home of a Maine State Police employee Friday evening and assaulted one of the homeowners until deputies came to the scene and took him into custody. David Klim, 50, of Lincolnville apparently broke into the North Cobbtown Road house at ...
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Midcoast couple reviving traditional work songs among younger generations
BELFAST, Maine — When the smiling young woman with a banjo and the man with a guitar started to play some tunes on Saturday night during the Free Range Music Festival in Belfast, the audience started tapping their toes. Then they started to sing along to the call-and-response songs that ...
Two Maine musicians share love of work songs with Belfast audience
Waldo County musicians Edith Gawler and Bennet Konesni performed Saturday evening at the Free Range Music Festival, encouraging the packed house to sing work songs with them. Work songs are the music that people traditionally have used to transform labor into something between work and play, Konesni said.
Investigator says woman’s claims of sexual harassment against former psychiatrist have merit
BRUNSWICK, Maine — A Bath woman has reasonable grounds to claim that she was subject to a hostile environment in public accommodations when her therapist allegedly subjected her to sexual comments and unwelcome touching, according to an investigator with the Maine Human Rights Commission. The counselor is denying his former ...
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Nest camera uncovers osprey love triangle drama on Hog Island; female bird lays first egg of season
Rachel and Steve seemed like the perfect couple — building a nest together and raising their babies in a perch high above Hog Island in the town of Bremen. Everyone figured they’d be together forever, or at least through this year’s nesting season. “Osprey are famed for being monogamous and ...
Rep. Diane Russell’s fool’s errand
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Goodwin steps down as Brewer High School boys basketball coach
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