ELLSWORTH — Athletes at five of Hancock County’s six high schools must wait until at least early August to resume team activities after a decision by Hancock County school superintendents to suspend summer programs through the end of July. Under Maine Principals’ Association guidelines, Maine high schools were eligible to begin certain offseason workouts last …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Planning Board approved one major use site development in a meeting last Wednesday and is nearing the goal line on another. Development plans have been approved for a new storage facility to be built at 314 Bucksport Road. The board came close to doing the same for an apartment project that …
ELLSWORTH — A temporary solution for waste disposal has been reached following the closure of a plant that processed trash and recycling for numerous Hancock County and eastern Maine communities. The Municipal Review Committee announced in a virtual town hall last Wednesday that the Coastal Resources of Maine site in Hampden had been cleared of …
ELLSWORTH — Officers were alerted last week to an abandoned shopping cart that was reportedly on fire in the middle of a local road. No other information was provided as to the specifics or location of the incident, which took place June 25. The matter remains under investigation. Arrests Melissa Giuliana, 26, of Ellsworth was …
ELLSWORTH — In his brief time as a business owner, Rob Sibley has already had a wild ride. It’s been just over five months since Sibley, owner of Disconnected Tattoo and Art Co., first opened his business on Ellsworth’s Main Street. Since then, he’s relocated and been forced to cease operations as a result of …
BUCKSPORT — The race for the Maine State Senate District 8 seat will feature contested primaries on both the Republican and Democratic sides. Republican incumbent Kimberley Rosen of Bucksport is set to face a primary challenge from Maine House of Representatives District 137 Rep. Larry Lockman of Bradley. The winner of that primary will face …
EASTBROOK — This still feels like a summer camp should. As the Down East Family YMCA’s Camp Discovery began its second week of 2020 summer camp Monday, the scene was, to an extent, pretty normal. With warm weather and plenty of sunshine, campers climbed atop platforms and inflatables in the water and engaged in small-group …
LAMOINE — Thanks to some outside-the-box thinking, Acadia Fire Soccer Academy is back in business. After losing its spring season to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Acadia Fire has returned to action via a nontraditional summer session that began June 3. Unable to play at its indoor facility, the club has found a viable alternative just …
SULLIVAN — Even in an era that’s seen large gatherings in tight spaces become taboo, Sumner Memorial High School still found a way to make graduation a ceremonious occasion. No, there were no packed gymnasium bleachers or mass tossings of caps this year, but this June day was no less important to Sumner seniors and …
ELLSWORTH — The exit could hardly have been more subtle. In the afternoon hours March 16, the day that would be the last of in-school instruction at Ellsworth High School ahead of the transition to remote learning, many at the school were preparing for what at the time had been announced as merely a two-week …
ELLSWORTH — Long a feature of the city’s summer sports scene, Little League baseball and softball won’t be played in Ellsworth in 2020. Ellsworth Little League announced last Thursday that it will be canceling the season in its entirety as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The decision came as many other leagues both …
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School has found its next principal, and the name is one that will be familiar to many. April Clifford was announced last week as the school’s newest K-4 principal. The Ellsworth School Department technology director will take over July 1 for outgoing principal Cathy Lewis, who is retiring. A graduate of …
