Building slows in August
ELLSWORTH — City officials issued 11 building permits during the month of August, for a total of $158,700 in new construction. The number of permits issued is on par with recent years, according to previous reporting in The Ellsworth American, ...
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Hancock County Court Aug.1-31
The following cases were adjudicated, reviewed or continued in Hancock County Court, according to official ...
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Territories are unorganized, but not their supervisor
As the Unorganized Territories supervisor for Hancock County, Millard Billings manages more land than some small European countries — Andorra, Leichtenstein and Luxembourg come ...
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MDI girls’ soccer team climbs Class B North standings with scoring spree
BAR HARBOR — After a frustrating loss early last week, the Mount Desert Island girls’ ...
Ellsworth girls win as local cross-country teams compete in 1st meets
PRESQUE ISLE — The Ellsworth girls’ cross-country team spent much of the 2018 season winning ...
GSA holds Duane B. Gray Memorial Golf Tournament
BLUE HILL — George Stevens Academy alumni, students, parents, administrators and friends participated in the ...
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Senior field day held at Knowlton Park
ELLSWORTH — Last Friday was a beautiful late summer day, and the 30 or so ...
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Being in the music
ELLSWORTH — American pianist John Blacklow, whose playing has been described as “powerful and eloquent” ...
Art show part of busy community center schedule
ROQUE BLUFFS — The leaves will fall and the snow will fly this Saturday in ...
Auroras over all of us
Reviewed by Carl Little Special to The Ellsworth American ELLSWORTH — Paul Liebow’s poetry comes ...
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Community rowing program and St. Ayles Skiff launched in Blue Hill
BLUE HILL — Rowing, in one form or another, has been a part of maritime ...
Grant to help find new markets for Maine lobster
ELLSWORTH — Trade wars can make for strange bedfellows, but few pairings would seem stranger ...
Maritime film festival returns to Bucksport
BUCKSPORT — The 4th annual International Maritime Film Festival returns to the Alamo Theatre from ...
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Mike’s Country Store up for sale
ELLSWORTH — Mike’s Country Store on Water Street, which has been in business for 122 ...
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Enrollment up at EHS, down slightly at EEMS
ELLSWORTH — Enrollment is “healthy” at Ellsworth schools, said Superintendent Dan Higgins at a School ...
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Senior field day held at Knowlton Park
ELLSWORTH — Last Friday was a beautiful late summer day, and the 30 or so ...