ELLSWORTH — The message from the City Council on Thursday evening was clear: We welcome visitors and those with seasonal homes to the area. Just not right now. “We don’t have the health care resources,” said Councilor Michelle Kaplan, who works as a physician’s assistant at Mount Desert Island Hospital. “We have limited hospital beds, …
ELLSWORTH — Calls to domestic violence helplines have been down in recent weeks. That’s not a good thing. “We believe we’re not seeing an increase in calls because if you are home with someone who’s abusive to you it’s probably not safe to make that call,” said Dorathy Martel, executive director of The Next Step …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth City Council will hold an emergency meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, to take possible action on several items related to the outbreak of COVID-19. Those items include an ordinance that would limit hotel, motel and short-term rentals to those deemed essential workers, General Assistance clients and those taking …
ELLSWORTH — Patients at Northern Light Blue Hill and Mount Desert Island hospitals have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. “I can confirm we have admitted a patient who had tested positive for COVID-19 at Blue Hill Hospital yesterday,” said hospital spokeswoman Kelley Columber on Wednesday morning. Columber declined to …
AUGUSTA — Mainers joined the rest of New England and more than a billion others around the world as Governor Janet Mills announced in a press conference on Tuesday that she would order residents to “stay healthy at home” beginning at 12:01 a.m. Thursday in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. The news …
ELLSWORTH — Officers responded to a report of a domestic incident on March 30. Officers found the altercation to have been “verbal only” and separated both parties for the day. Children returned home Police spoke to two children who ran into the woods on March 28. They were returned home. Staggering man warned Officers checked …
ELLSWORTH — The number of cases of confirmed coronavirus cases in Maine has risen to 275, up 22 compared to Sunday, Dr. Nirav Shah of the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced at a briefing in Augusta on Monday morning. “That is a snapshot of a very fast-moving train — a train …
AUGUSTA — A man in his 80s from Cumberland became the first person in Maine known to have died who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Friday, shortly before a scheduled press conference. “It’s a sad day,” said Governor Janet Mills, who joined CDC …
ELLSWORTH — Add this to the list of things that will have to wait as officials around the county and state deal with coronavirus: solar panels in Ellsworth. City councilors voted on March 16 to table discussing a proposed ordinance on solar panels in light of limited public access to City Hall because of coronavirus …
ELLSWORTH — It’s not quite as busy as the period surrounding the 2016 election, but local gun stores have seen a surge in first-time buyers, many motivated by fears that law and order will break down in the face of coronavirus. “Last week was just a phenomenal week,” said Jason York, manager at Willey’s Sport …
ELLSWORTH — Firefighters face a lot of risks in their profession, but it turns out that the deadliest enemy for firefighters isn’t fire. It’s cancer, which caused 61 percent of career firefighter deaths in the line of duty between January 2002 and March 2017, according to the International Association of Firefighters. But the Ellsworth Fire …
ELLSWORTH — Two East Machias residents suffered possible injuries and their car was towed after it went off the Bangor Road “into a rock-covered ditch” on March 7, according to a police report. Maurice Bragg, 68, was driving a 2002 Lincoln north on the Bangor Road around 11:20 a.m. Bragg told officers he moved to …
