Sasha Ray

Belfast, Boston

Reporter at The Argus-Press

storyteller seeking truth and justice following my nose

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New Belfast food truck park will offer gourmet hot dogs and rolled ice cream

2 days ago | bangordailynews.com | Sasha Ray

The new food truck park that’s opening next week at the site of a former Belfast event center will feature four operations serving gourmet hot dogs, charcuterie boards, rolled wontons and ice cream. Cheeky Food Truck Park, which is opening at the site of the former Wentworth Event Center after it was destroyed in a fire two years ago, will have its grand opening on June 11.
A growing brewery brings community to downtown Searsport

4 days ago | bangordailynews.com | Sasha Ray

This story first appeared in the Midcoast Update, a newsletter published every Tuesday and Friday. Sign up here to receive stories about the midcoast delivered to your inbox each week, along with our other newsletters. Following months of renovation, a brewery that first opened in downtown Searsport one year ago has now debuted a new taproom in the historic brick building where it’s located.
A midcoast town may ban permanent living in camper vehicles

5 days ago | wgme.com | Sasha Ray

UNION, Maine (BDN) -- A Knox County town is considering a new set of rules that would bar people from permanently living in recreational vehicles as the practice has grown more common amid an ongoing housing shortage in the region. There are now an estimated seven or eight people living in campers in the town of Union, according to Code Enforcement Officer Chris Packard, who started his role last year.
A midcoast town may ban permanent living in camper vehicles

5 days ago | fox23maine.com | Sasha Ray

UNION, Maine (BDN) -- A Knox County town is considering a new set of rules that would bar people from permanently living in recreational vehicles as the practice has grown more common amid an ongoing housing shortage in the region. There are now an estimated seven or eight people living in campers in the town of Union, according to Code Enforcement Officer Chris Packard, who started his role last year.
A midcoast town may ban permanent living in camper vehicles

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Sasha Ray

A Knox County town is considering a new set of rules that would bar people from permanently living in recreational vehicles as the practice has grown more common amid an ongoing housing shortage in the region. There are now an estimated seven or eight people living in campers in the town, according to Code Enforcement Officer Chris Packard, who started his role last year.
2 iconic Maine restaurant chains now have the same owner

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Sasha Ray

The owner of one chain of Maine family restaurants has just taken over a smaller group of eateries in the eastern part of the state. Bud Hall, the longtime owner of Anglers Restaurant, has just retired and sold his longtime family business to Jason Clay, a seasoned restaurateur who also owns and manages Governor’s Restaurant & Bakery. Anglers has locations in Searsport and Newport. It closed a third one in Hampden in 2023.
Belfast gets $2.5M grant to clean up downtown properties

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Sasha Ray

Belfast will receive $2.5 million from the federal government to help clean up contaminated sites around downtown, including the former Waldo County Superior Courthouse that the city purchased last year and the derelict structure at 74 High St. known as Bradbury Manor that local officials are trying to demolish.
Midcoast companies find growing market for locally made clothes

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Sasha Ray

This story first appeared in the Midcoast Update, a newsletter published every Tuesday and Friday. Sign up here to receive stories about the midcoast delivered to your inbox each week, along with our other newsletters. After Nick and Kate Bergmann of Bath became parents a decade ago, they struggled to find clothing for their young kids that wouldn’t quickly fall apart and have to get tossed into the dump.
How much lobster rolls cost in Maine right now

2 weeks ago | bangordailynews.com | Sasha Ray

Memorial Day weekend is the traditional start of Maine’s tourism season, when millions of visitors flock to the state for an early dose of its rocky coast and rugged outdoors. One thing that many of those visitors will likely share with the Mainers who are hosting them is a fondness for the state’s most famous seafood — lobster — especially when it’s piled onto a hotdog bun and covered in butter or mayo.
A community garden will soon open in Stockton Springs

2 weeks ago | bangordailynews.com | Sasha Ray

This story first appeared in the Midcoast Update, a newsletter published every Tuesday and Friday. Sign up here to receive stories about the midcoast delivered to your inbox each week, along with our other newsletters. Stockton Springs is joining a growing number of Maine towns that offer community gardens for residents who may have a hard time finding fresh vegetables, or don’t have enough space on their own properties to grow that produce themselves.