Owners of Auburn-based Strainrite Companies acquire Belfast Bay Brewing

Lobster Ale's future as Maine craft brew legacy ensured with purchase of one of state's original craft breweries.

Dispute over $500 million Belfast fish farm moves back to state agency

Both sides now say a suspension of Department of Environmental Protection permits makes sense while legal fights continue.

Man escapes police custody after being brought to Belfast hospital

Robert Porter, 39, of Montville remains at large after escaping custody while being treated at Waldo County General Hospital, police say.

State organization to sponsor teacher workshops in Belfast March 18

Registration must be received by Friday, March 10.

Court deals blow to $500 million fish farm plans on Midcoast mud flats

The proposed salmon-raising facility in Belfast got a setback when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued a ruling that sorts out who owns a parcel of intertidal land.

Mother sentenced to 47 years in prison for killing 3-year-old son

With Jessica Trefethen's sentencing over, the family of Maddox Williams' father wants to see reforms at DHHS, which was involved several times in the toddler's short life.

Unity-based association to hold Farmer to Farmer Conference Nov. 5-7

Belfast boy, 3, died from ‘battered child syndrome,’ medical examiner testifies

Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Liam Funte testified that Jessica Trefethen's son Maddox Williams had multiple injuries that were not consistent with the normal activities of a 3-year-old.

Prosecutor contracts COVID, delaying trial of mother charged with murder in son’s death

Jessica Trefethen is being tried on a charge of depraved indifference murder in the 2021 death of her 3-year-old son Maddox Williams.

Grandmother testifies mother mistreated toddler because ‘he looked too much like his father’

Sherry Johnson testified at her daughter's murder trial Thursday about the day they brought 3-year-old Maddox Williams to the hospital. She noticed bruising and said her daughter would often call Maddox 'ugly.'