ELLSWORTH — Unions representing Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital nurses and medical technicians have yet to make progress on contracts in negotiations, said Jennifer Nappi, a representative for Maine State Nurses Association. “We are still in negotiations,” Nappi said. “We have not made any progress.” Two separate unions, one that includes nursing staff and another …
ELLSWORTH — Open Door Recovery Center was, by numerous accounts, a sorely needed service that had helped many residents struggling with substance abuse disorder over the years. So when Open Door and Hills House, a residential program for pregnant women and mothers, closed in July amid financial and licensing issues, a group formed almost immediately …
ELLSWORTH — Sgt. Chad Wilmot was called to a report of a possible domestic incident at a local residence at around 1 a.m. on Nov. 27. As a result, Dylan Knowlton, 25, Ellsworth was arrested on charges of furnishing liquor to a minor and furnishing a place for minors to consume liquor. Neighborhood watch Officer …
ELLSWORTH — The median sales price (MSP) of a single-family home in Hancock County edged up 2.87 percent in October compared to the same time last year, according to data recently released by the Maine Association of Realtors. The median sales price indicates that half of the homes sold for more and half sold for …
fuel prices were down to their lowest levels in nearly two years, according to the Governor’s Energy Office last week. The cost of heating oil was averaging $2.65 per gallon in October, compared to $2.98 at the same time last year. Prices were slightly higher in the eastern and Downeast regions, with an average heating …
ELLSWORTH — The city put out a request for proposals (RFP) on Nov. 7, officially kicking off the process of looking for a firm to install solar panels at several possible sites. Those sites include a former landfill and the rooftops of Ellsworth High School and Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School. Proposals are due by Dec. 18, …
ELLSWORTH — Local public safety agencies will soon no longer have to worry if their radios will work in Ellsworth’s schools and hospital after city councilors unanimously approved a $208,000 upgrade to the area’s radio communication system Nov. 18. A piece of infrastructure on Dollard Hill off the Bucksport Road failed in 2017, said Ellsworth …
ELLSWORTH — Four years after a $4.95-million bond to fund an expansion of the Ellsworth Public Library was defeated at the ballot box, library officials are back with a new plan. The project, a $400,000 renovation to be funded by grants and private donors, would add floor space by expanding the second-floor balcony level on …
ELLSWORTH — It’s been nearly five months since Open Door, a substance use disorder treatment center that operated in Ellsworth for nearly 40 years, abruptly shut its doors. Now, as a new board works to revive at least some of Open Door’s services in the future, questions remain about the nonprofit’s past. Why did an …
ELLSWORTH — A 37-year-old Ellsworth man turned himself in to police on Nov. 24 after he reportedly crashed the sport utility vehicle he was driving on Union Street while under the influence with a child in the vehicle. Cpl. Shawn Merchant reported that Gregory Bryson was allegedly driving while intoxicated and had his 2-year-old child …
BLUE HILL — It was perhaps a marker of his celebrity that John Bunker, apple sleuth, founder of Fedco trees and lover of baseball, got a fist bump from an audience member as he made his way to the podium at the Blue Hill Public Library on a recent Tuesday evening. Bunker was there to …
ELLSWORTH — A forum held on an unseasonably cold Wednesday evening drew a small number of residents to the Ellsworth Public Library to discuss how the library plans on diversifying its funding model going forward. The changes, which include charging some non-Ellsworth residents a card fee if their towns don’t fund the service fully, had …
