Jim Leonard

1 week ago | midcoastvillager.com | Jim Leonard

AUGUSTA — In late April the fog surrounding the future of the Maine State Ferry Service may have lifted. The draft of a white paper regarding the Maine State Ferry Service from the Maine Department of Transportation and Commissioner Bruce Van Note, combined with testimony at an April 29 hearing, provide a potential path forward for the Maine State Ferry Service. kAmr@>3:?65[ E96 C64@>>6?52E:@?D 7C@> 3@E9 C6AC6D6?E 2 D62 492?86 :? 9@H |$u$ :D 4FCC6?E=J 7F?565 2?5 @A6C2E65]k^AmkAm~?

1 week ago | midcoastvillager.com | Jim Leonard

On April 29, the City Council met during a work session to discuss challenges the city currently faces, and to set priorities moving forward. City Manager Erin Herbig sent a survey to council members, asking each to identify some of the most challenging issues facing the city of Belfast. During the April 29 work session, Herbig provided the results of the survey, which contained a list of 14 priority issues.

1 week ago | midcoastvillager.com | Jim Leonard

AUGUSTA — On May 5, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced the final wording of a referendum question on Friday. The wording of the citizens’ initiative question entitled "An Act to Require an Individual to Present Photographic Identification for the Purpose of Voting" will be:kAm“s@ J@F H2?E E@ 492?86 |2:?6 6=64E:@?

1 week ago | midcoastvillager.com | Jim Leonard

Several Belfast Area High School students and Belfast Marine Institute (BMI) staff recently took part in the inaugural voyage of the Belfast Marine Institute’s fleet of kayaks. BMI has announced they would be hosting a weekly Monday evening kayak around the harbor, up the “Passy” or out into the bay as part of their Floating Classroom initiative to get students out, on, in and under the waters of Penobscot Bay. kAmu@FC E2?56>D 2?5 7@FC D@=@ <2J2<D H6C6 EC2:=6C65 5@H? E@ E96 %@H?

1 week ago | midcoastvillager.com | Jim Leonard

NORTHPORT — Nearly 60 Northport residents gathered on April 30 at the Drinkwater School for an update on the town’s plans to build a new town office and community center. The town had held a similar gathering ahead of the June 2024 annual town meeting, when voters overwhelmingly approved the project’s final design and permitting. kAm%96 pAC:= b_ >66E:?8 H2D 2? @AA@CEF?:EJ 7@C E96 $6=64E q@2C5 E@ 3C:?8 C6D:56?ED FA E@ DA665 @? 56G6=@A>6?ED :? E96 A2DE J62C[ 2?5 29625 @7 E96 FA4@>:?8 yF?6 `e E@H?