School lunch hassles bedevil kids, boards
Sometimes it takes an endowment and a Facebook fundraiser to provide children with school lunch.
Cops & Courts All posts
Hancock couple arrested after $50K worth of heroin found
ELLSWORTH — Two Hancock residents were arrested on drug trafficking charges after police found more ...
Our Town All posts
Meet Town Clerk Kathy Downes
After graduating from Bucksport High School, where she played basketball and softball, Kathy Downes went into the banking industry, initially with Brewer Savings Bank ...
Next Our Town Profile: Castine Feb. 21
Sports All posts
Ellsworth boys roll MDI to reach Class B North semifinals
BANGOR — This time, the blowout went the other way. Meeting for the third time ...
Ellsworth boys’ indoor track team wins Small-School title
ORONO — The Ellsworth boys’ indoor track team won the Small-School Eastern Maine Indoor Track ...
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PREVIEW: Post players highlight All-Hancock County boys’ team
From the opening tip to the final buzzer, the driving force behind another strong year ...
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Sex ed discussion draws parent complaints
GOULDSBORO — What began as Friday science class at the Peninsula School in Prospect Harbor ...
Lifestyle All posts
Twenty new vehicles for under $20,000
New car prices have been rapidly escalating, reflecting new safety regulations, the inclusion of many ...
In the Right Place
Editor’s note: Brooklin author/photographer Richard J. Leighton creates the popular “In the Right Place” posts ...
Institute to host live owls, talk, walk and more
WINTER HARBOR — Visiting Ellsworth’s Birdsacre-Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary, one of the first things you might ...
Waterfront All posts
Herring quota slashed
ELLSWORTH — Imagine running a trucking business and having your supply of diesel fuel cut ...
Lobster processing coming to Bucksport
BUCKSPORT — This former mill town still has a ways to go, but two new ...
Government shutdown felt on Union River
ELLSWORTH — The shutdown of the federal government that began just before Christmas is still ...
Business All posts
Tony Sohns, bug-loving businessman, dies at 41
ELLSWORTH — Tony Sohns, whose love of the natural world extended to the creepy and ...
Education All posts
School lunch hassles bedevil kids, boards
Sometimes it takes an endowment and a Facebook fundraiser to provide children with school ...
Health All posts
Rural ambulance services in crisis
ELLSWORTH — For more than 50 years, Americans have taken it as a given that ...