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Fire at Belfast potato processing factory prompts evacuations, school and road closures

by Gillian Graham and Rachel Ohm March 24, 2022March 24, 2022

The blaze, believed to have started in a large deep-frying machine, gutted the Penobscot McCrum building and left 138 people out of work.

Business, Local & State

Planned Maine salmon farm closes on land for project in Belfast

by Carol Semple March 18, 2022March 19, 2022

Nordic Aquafarms wants to build a $500 million salmon farm in land-based tanks in Belfast.

Kennebec Journal, Local & State

Preparations underway to bring 25 sturgeon sculptures to sites in Augusta by June

by Jessica Lowell February 27, 2022February 28, 2022

A prototype of a sturgeon with a curled tail has been completed and a search is ongoing for artists to paint the fish for the Augusta Downtown Alliance’s public art program.

Local & State

Belfast-native watches ‘chaos and panic’ from his window in Ukraine’s capital

by Steve Collins February 25, 2022February 26, 2022

Explosions, sirens and military vehicles turn once-peaceful Kyiv into ‘a real problem,’ says Ryan Weaver, who has lived there since 2020.

Community, Kennebec Journal

Vassalboro woman named 2022 artist of year

February 16, 2022February 9, 2022

Dot Hutchins of Vassalboro has been named the 2022 Artist of the Year by Belfast’s Arts in the Park Planning Committee. Hutchins has been participating in Arts in the Park for nearly a decade with her hand-woven baskets. She began basket weaving in 1991 after taking an adult education class and she hasn’t stopped since, […]

Community

Maine crafts group announces 2022 apprenticeships

February 8, 2022February 2, 2022

The Maine Crafts Association, in partnership with the Maine Arts Commission, has announced five 2022 mentor/apprentice pairs selected for the Craft Apprentice Program. The 2022 Craft Apprentice Program Apprenticeship pairs: • Tyler Gulden of Walpole with apprentice Rachel Herzer of Freeport (ceramics) • Alice Seeger of Belfast with apprentice Amanda Affleck of Somerville (textiles) • […]

Community

Belfast arts center receives $100K grant

January 11, 2022January 5, 2022

Waterfall Arts has received a $100,000 grant in support of the Belfast community arts center’s capital campaign, Waterfall Rising. The grant provides the matching funds necessary to complete the 2019 Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Grant, which is currently underway at the building. The grant also provides additional matching funds for removing lead paint around all […]

Local & State, Maine Crime