AMHERST — Town Meeting convenes on Saturday, Sept. 25, where voters will consider expenditures on roads, snow removal, building maintenance and the election of local officials to fill empty seats on the select, school and planning boards. The warrant also seeks a vote on $239,503 in school appropriations, which is down about $7,000. The total …
ELLSWORTH — Officers were called to check on a suspicious vehicle parked behind a High Street business a few minutes before 11 p.m. on Sept. 17. Police found Michael Palomares, 28, of San Fernando, Calif., in the vehicle. Further investigation discovered that a California warrant was active for Palomares for “lewd or lascivious with child …
How hard is it to hire a school bus driver? Ask Don Saunders, director of transportation for Ellsworth schools, and he’ll tell you he’s been beating the bush for drivers for the better part of two years.
“It does appear that the city will be affected by this mandate,” City Manager Glenn Moshier said. “That being said, we have not had any discussions internally about how we will address it, since we just learned of this on Friday, and we are all waiting OSHA guidance.”
Councilors are directing city staff to come up with an ordinance that would provide a 180-day moratorium on solar facilities in Ellsworth.
Councilors on Sept. 20 approved “authorizing city staff to develop an ordinance that restricts the overnight mooring/anchoring of boats, floats, houseboats or other floating structures to landowners and/or individuals who have received written permission from a landowner.”
A four-way race for two open City Council seats will be on the Nov. 2 ballot for local elections, as will a three-way race for one of two School Board seats.
BLUE HILL — A sprawling network of steel drum performers, collaborations and bands on the Blue Hill Peninsula brings live music to nearly all corners of Hancock County and beyond each summer. The style originated in Trinidad and is loud, joyous and participatory. Local steel drum bands Flash! in the Pans, Atlantic Clarion, Planet Pan …
“Your success is really a success for the city of Ellsworth.”
After purchasing and completing renovations on a large Victorian-style residence on North Street late last year, Families First Community Center (FFCC) provided transitional housing for its first family this past February, the initial step toward fulfilling the nonprofit’s mission: to provide stability and life skills for at-risk and homeless families so they can then stand on their own. Five of the six units are now full.
ELLSWORTH — A local man went to police on Sept. 5 reporting that a man had hit his vehicle with a chain and put a gun to his head at a residence off Red Bridge Road. After an investigation, officers arrested Alex Perez Lopez, 35, of Ellsworth on Sept. 7 on a warrant charging criminal …
“Access to testing remains a challenge, across the country and across the state.”
