BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 10, 2025
For more than a week, rumors have been circulating among Belfast residents that a major waterfront business, Front Street Shipyard, could be sold. The possibility of new owners taking over it and other nearby properties has renewed longstanding questions about the public’s right to access the shoreline in the midcoast city. Could any new owners of those private properties revoke the public’s access to the waterfront Belfast walking path? They likely could not, according to public records and a longtime former local official. That’s because the city has worked to secure permanent agreements guaranteeing the public’s ability to walk along designated sections of those private properties.