ELLSWORTH — Stephen Fay, former managing editor of The Ellsworth American, will be inducted into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame this fall. Fay will be joined by two other new members, Marian McCue, former editor of The Forecaster newspaper in Falmouth, and the late Chris Cousins, a Bangor Daily News political reporter who …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth American is gearing up for a planned renovation and expansion of its Printing House Square building located off Water Street. The modernized facility will consolidate the newspaper’s operations under one roof. In anticipation of the move, The American’s other downtown location, a stately, three-story, brick building at 30 Water St., has …
ELLSWORTH — Maine bicentennial commemorative license plates are now available for sale at The Ellsworth American’s Water Street office. The plates were unveiled last fall as preparations to celebrate Maine’s 200 years of statehood in 2020 got underway. The plate, designed by the Office of the Secretary of State, depicts the radiant, five-pointed star and …
ELLSWORTH — Terry Carlisle’s not shy about her pride in her hometown and its weekly newspaper. For years, her car bore an Ellsworth “Townie” sticker affixed to the rear window and “EA NEWS” vanity plates. The Ellsworth American’s longtime general manager grew up on the Surry Road and now resides across town on Graham Lake. …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards night May 16 was a full house — or rather a full tent. The sold-out event was held under a big white tent in the parking lot of Coastal Auto Parts NAPA, this year’s recipient of the Chamber’s coveted Top Drawer Award. Civic …
ELLSWORTH — Law enforcement on May 2 arrested more than two dozen suspects, seizing firearms and large quantities of crack and Fentanyl as part of a multi-agency investigation into the drug trade from New York City to Washington and Hancock counties. United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced Friday that the following individuals had been …
ELLSWORTH — Women: check your breasts and trust your gut. That’s the message Barbara Courchesne, owner of the Bud Connection, would like to impart with her new initiative, Bud for Boobs. For every reusable vase or basket that customers bring in, the shop will make a donation to the mammography scholarship fund at Northern Light …
ELLSWORTH — Local newspapers influence how Americans vote and how tax dollars are spent. And when newspapers disappear (as they have in large numbers in recent decades) communities become more polarized. That was one of the takeaways from a Saturday panel discussion on the importance of a free press in a functioning democracy. “Free Press: …
DEDHAM — For the second time this month, a Hancock County man has died trying to save his dog from a house fire. Fire swept through a log cabin home on Privet Road in Dedham Wednesday morning, according to State Police Spokesman Steve McCausland. Investigators said Jerry Bishop, 76, and his wife, 77-year-old Phyllis Bishop, …
ELLSWORTH — Tony Sohns, whose love of the natural world extended to the creepy and crawly and whose family-run Rock & Art shops enliven area downtowns, died Feb. 6 of a heart attack while on a business trip in Arizona. He was 41. To many, especially children who participated in his natural science workshops, Sohns …
HANCOCK — Jeremy Kane wasn’t expected to survive his first day of life; 38 years later hundreds of his loved ones gathered to celebrate a life fully lived. Kane died of unknown causes Jan. 11 at his Hancock home. The celebration of life Saturday at the Masonic Lodge in Ellsworth “was just like he would’ve …
ELLSWORTH — A student has been charged with making a false report following an incident that prompted the closure of the Ellsworth schools on Thursday. In a letter to parents Thursday, Superintendent Dan Higgins said he was notified Wednesday night by Ellsworth Police Chief Glenn Moshier that parents of an Ellsworth student had reported their …
