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BELFAST — The Belfast City Council will hold its regularly scheduled public meeting Feb. 7, 7 p.m., to address topics including an update from the Belfast Marine Institute, downtown fountains, $23,000 request from wastewater superintendent and...

Renovations are underway for converting the former Wiscasset Primary School, 146 Gardiner Road, into a senior housing facility. The mechanical plans await state approval. The developers are proposing about 100 units of senior living that include a...

SOUTHWEST HARBOR — As snow and ice begin to increase around the island and with an electric school bus on the way to Pemetic Elementary, the need for an updated

From sewer needs, would-be waterfront and Whites Island projects, the ash ponds cleanup, Wawenock block repairs and Optimus Senior Housing, to the first James Weldon Johnson Day, Wiscasset rallying for a teacher’s child who had a stroke, the airport...

Because of drought conditions and seasonal demand, Stonington has been forced to look elsewhere for water over the last two summers: it has bought more than a million gallons — about 400,000 last year, and double that this year.

“Should we stay or should we go?” Wiscasset Wastewater Superintendent Rob Lalli said Sept. 29, the options of building a wall and taking other steps, versus moving the plant – and, if so, where, at what cost, and how much government aid there might...

At least half of Wiscasset’s 18 sewer pump stations could fail at any time, an engineer whose firm studied the town’s sewers, pump stations and plant told residents June 7 in Wiscasset Community Center’s gym. He said the 60-year-old system can...

A hired firm’s document Wiscasset released in advance of the June 7 selectmen’s meeting raises the idea of moving the wastewater treatment plant, maybe to Federal Street or Mason Station. The point would be to address sea level rise and to replace...

The Select Board decided to move forward with a new public works garage’s design plan, which they reviewed during a meeting held this week.

Updated June 15 Pittsfield nears final approval for 48% water rate increase If approved, this will be the first increase the town has had since 2009 and would result in an of increase $19.30 per billing quarter for the average homeowner. Share The town of Pittsfield is nearing final approval for a 48% increase to water rates, which would be the first such increase in more than a decade.  The proposed increase was first discussed June 1 at a public hearing during a Pittsfield Town Council ...