ELLSWORTH — Police officers are available to lend a hand to neighboring agencies and often do. This past week, officers assisted with two medical calls and an issue at a health-care facility. On Jan. 18, police were called to assist Northern Light Medical Transport with a possible overdose. On Jan. 22, officers responded to an …
Walmart seeks to cut the assessed value of the Ellsworth store from $20.1 million to $10 million. At stake is as much as $180,000 in property tax for 2017 and each year forward.
“I met a weirdly high number of couples who said their first date was Blue Hill Mountain,” she noted. “If you go up the Hayes Trail, even just at the top of the field you get this amazing view.
In past years, fisherman Dana Black sold 100 percent of his catch directly to customers, but with pandemic shipping issues, this season about half his catch is going to dealers.
A steering committee will oversee the process, with subcommittees tackling individual or combined topics.
While most restaurants are open for dining in, some local purveyors of beer, wine and distilled spirits and cocktails still offer curbside delivery as safeguards against COVID-19 and the fears it has spread.
The former employee alleges sexual harassment, unwanted sexual contact, sexual assault and rape by a TeamHealth doctor.
ELLSWORTH — While two years of the COVID-19 pandemic has limited options across all areas of life, for medical visits the options have increased. Part of the “new normal” is speaking to your doctor, physician’s assistant or nurse over a computer screen or phone, part of the rise of telehealth services in Hancock County and …
“Serving the people of Hancock County – the community where I grew up – over the past 12 years has been the honor of a lifetime,” said Luchini. “I look forward to continuing to serve Maine, and all of the New England states, in my new role.”
The big, flashy sign came with a specific intention, John Linnehan said. “I wanted to create an awareness,” he said. “As America’s foundation is being destroyed, the republic is teetering.”
A half-dozen community members stepped to the podium Jan. 13, using strong terms and, in one case, threatening a lawsuit, to inform the city School Board that they feel masks harm students and provide no benefit against COVID-19 transmission. The comments continued a debate that has dogged board members since well before the school year began.
ELLSWORTH — How smelly is too smelly? Maine Organics, located behind the city transfer station at Industrial Park, turns biosolids from the city’s wastewater treatment plant and seafood waste into compost. But when the covers are lifted to turn the biodegrading materials, the odors can reach as far as Mariaville Road. “Just driving by makes …
