Hutchinson Center

A University of Maine System representative said the proposal is unnecessary and that municipalities — including Belfast — have not submitted any bids for about a dozen properties sold by in the past two years.

A federal judge has rejected a Belfast church's request to halt the sale of the Hutchinson Center to Waldo County Community Action Partners.

University officials announced Friday that the non-profit Waldo County Community Action Partners has been selected to negotiate with the system to take over the Hutchinson Center.

The system rescinded a sale offer earlier this month, agreeing with another local group that the bid process did not fully account for the financial impact of transferring the property.