BUCKSPORT — Bucksport’s town clerk of 26-plus years, Kathy Downes, has announced she’ll retire April 4. “I’m going to be 67 this year and I said, ‘You know what, it’s time for me to do some things I want to do,’” Downes said. “It was a hard decision,” the Bucksport native said. “It’s been the …
BUCKSPORT — The owner of Wahl’s Dairy Port is proposing to buy the historic, decaying Wilson Hall and eventually convert the building into apartments. Larry Wahl proposes purchasing the building from the town of Bucksport for a dollar. He also proposes that the town provide a forgivable $63,000 loan to defray the cost of making …
BUCKSPORT — Bucksport Police Officer Matt Schmidt responded to the Penobscot Narrows Bridge Saturday to help a boy who had been threatening to jump off the bridge. By the time Schmidt arrived, the boy was safe. The Maine State Police took the boy for a mental health evaluation. Arrests Sgt. David Winchester arrested a passenger …
ELLSWORTH — Municipalities all over Maine have been voting about whether to allow commercial recreational marijuana operations. However, for the unorganized territories, the county commissioners are the gatekeepers. “With regard to townships, the county must vote to allow marijuana establishments within the township,” said Samantha Horn, planning manager for the Land Use Regulation Commission, which …
ELLSWORTH — A former Tremont Consolidated School teacher convicted of sexually assaulting a student is filing another appeal of his conviction. Ben Hodgdon, 51, is incarcerated at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham serving a 3½-year sentence for one count each of gross sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact and sexual abuse of a minor. A …
BUCKSPORT — Longtime Town Councilor and Mayor David Keene tendered his resignation Jan. 9. Bucksport Town Manager Sue Lessard announced the news at the Jan. 10 Town Council meeting. Keene, who had one year left in his term, was not at the meeting. “I just decided to slow down a little bit,” Keene said during …
BROOKLIN — Three Blue Hill Peninsula towns, Brooklin, Sedgwick and Brooksville, are exploring the idea of creating their own transfer station, according to selectmen. Currently the three contract with the Blue Hill-Surry Transfer Station, which has been taking trash to the Juniper Ridge Landfill for several months. That’s part of the reason why officials in …
BUCKSPORT — Officer Steve Bishop arrested David Maxcy, 19, of Gardiner on a charge of domestic violence assault Jan. 3. During a traffic stop Friday, Officer Eric Marcel arrested Ryan Grindle, 22, of Prospect on a warrant. Grindle was bailed from the station. Summons Officer Gerald Lowe summoned Chase Hawley, 28, of Orland on a …
Additional reporting by American and Mount Desert Islander staff HANCOCK — In December, Sullivan Harbor Farm Smokehouse was just days away from getting a green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to start production of its artisanal cold-smoked Atlantic salmon. Then the federal government shut down. “We are in total limbo,” owner Leslie …
ELLSWORTH — Have you ever watched a movie or a game with a bag of chips only to realize later that the bag is empty and you don’t remember eating any chips? Jen Harry of Bar Harbor has just the class for you: “Mindful Eating.” Through Ellsworth Adult Education, the Bar Harbor-based instructor in meditation …
