CHERRYFIELD — Downeast Community Partners, along with the Maine Seacoast Mission, the CF Adams Foundation and a Massachusetts high school, recently announced the construction of a tiny house for a formerly homeless Washington County military veteran. “DCP has had a program to serve homeless veterans, currently has a program to provide housing to veterans, and …
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills, along with representatives from Washington County, announced on Friday an agreement to build a new pre-release center on the grounds of the former Downeast Correctional Facility in Machiasport. According to the Governor’s Office, the facility would house 50 minimum-security prisoners and employ 15 staff and cost between $6.5 million and …
SULLIVAN — To get anywhere around Downeast Maine, you’ve got to drive, and that gives you plenty of time to think. “There’s lot’s of driving up here. To see anyone, there’s that commitment to driving somewhere,” Sullivan filmmaker and podcaster Kyle Lamont observes. “And that means plenty of time alone, and there’s some inspiration in …
SULLIVAN — Sumner Memorial High School senior Zackary Coughlan has received this year’s Principal’s Award. “Throughout his years at Sumner, Zack has distinguished himself as a leader who is revered for the respectful example he sets for his fellow students,” said Sumner Principal Ty Thurlow. “In the classroom, Zack has established himself as a formidable …
WINTER HARBOR — On March 8, police assisted Gouldsboro police in a search for a white Dodge Caravan that almost hit another vehicle on Route 1 in Gouldsboro. The complainant claimed the driver of the van was on the phone texting. Warden Dave Simmons of the Maine Warden Service later stopped the vehicle on the …
SULLIVAN — This spring, more than 100 schools across the state are pledging to serve seasonal, local products in their cafeterias through Maine’s Harvest of the Month Program. At Sumner Memorial High School in Sullivan, the school is also seeking to serve more local foods through a grant from the John T. Gorman Foundation, a …
FRANKLIN — The town of Franklin will hold its annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 30, at noon in the Franklin Community Center. Polls will be open on Friday, March 29, from 12:05 to 7 p.m. Dawn Carter is running for re-election to a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen, Hugh Hooper is running …
WINTER HARBOR — Mitt Romney. Beto O’Rourke. Billy Bob Faulkingham. All three politicians are best known by their nicknames. If you want to get elected, you’ve got to connect with the voters. But what happens when the name everyone knows you by is different from the one that will appear on the ballot? Newly elected …
GOULDSBORO — Heather Dorr, a fifth-grade teacher at the Ella Lewis School in Steuben, has been named principal at the Peninsula School in Prospect Harbor. Dorr’s appointment was approved by the Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Board on March 5. “Heather has been with us since September 2016,” said RSU 24 Superintendant Mike Eastman. …
HANCOCK — Sullivan Harbor Farm Smokehouse, a smoked salmon retailer that was shut down several years ago after losing its license from the Food and Drug Administration, is set to reopen at the end of March. The reopening had been delayed by the federal government shutdown in December, but on Tuesday, owner Leslie Harlow celebrated …
STEUBEN — Anyone in search of dramatics would have been sorely disappointed with Steuben’s annual Town Meeting. The 50 or so people who gathered last Saturday at the Ella Lewis School approved all 41 articles on the warrant without a single dissenting vote. Selectman Jim Kovacs was re-elected with 23 votes while Donna Picard, also …
GOULDSBORO — On March 2, officers from the Gouldsboro Police Department, Winter Harbor Police Department and the Maine Marine Patrol responded to an abandoned 911 call on Morton Emerson Lane. Upon arrival, an officer determined that there had been a domestic dispute at the residence. While police attempted to engage with a Gouldsboro man at …
