SORRENTO — The town’s annual meeting is set for Monday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. at the Sorrento-Sullivan Recreation Center on Route 1. One article out of the 23 on the warrant will ask voters if they want the town to oppose American Aquafarms’ proposed salmon farm in Frenchman Bay and support the Sorrento Select …
HANCOCK — It was a full house at the Hancock town office Sept. 15 when 58 residents gathered for a special town meeting to vote on whether to change the town’s Environmental Control Ordinance (ECO). The ordinance, which was enacted in 1994, includes a footnote that prohibits fast-food restaurants, shopping malls and commercial, outdoor recreation …
As federal unemployment benefits — the added assistance established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic — ended Sept. 5, local businesses, especially those in the hospitality industry, are reflecting on the impact those benefits had on the workforce.
WINTER HARBOR — Winter Harbor and Gouldsboro police responded to an apartment on Main Street Sept. 1 following a report that someone had pulled a knife on the apartment’s occupants. Police determined that a knife was not used in a threatening manner and that the neighbors involved were having a dispute. They had varying stories …
An application by Maine Woodland Properties for an 11-lot residential subdivision on the Jordan River was found incomplete by the Planning Board Sept. 13. Planning Board Chairman John Holt told The American that items needed to complete the application were relatively minor, including contour lines on the application and information on road construction.
SULLIVAN — The Sullivan Select Board unanimously approved a motion at its Sept. 13 meeting to honor an appraisal of $135,000 for tax years 2019 and 2020 for a Route 1 property owned by Deb and James Knowlton. The decision follows a years-long disagreement over the value of the Knowltons’ property, which started when the …
Dereck Connors “was just enjoying a bonfire with friends,” at his home when a container of accelerant exploded in his hand.
Nearly 50 individuals in Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) have been instructed to quarantine following positive COVID-19 cases detected at the Mountain View School and Sumner Memorial High School.
Prior to taking on the role as principal at the Steuben elementary school, Spaulding was the Every Student Succeeds Act coordinator, overseeing federal grant and professional development opportunities for RSU 24. She remains in that position while also being principal.
ELLSWORTH — With the start of the academic year well underway and COVID-19 back-to-school plans in place for Maine schools, educators, parents and community members may be wondering what the vaccination rate is for eligible students ages 12 to 18 in local school districts. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) partnered with …
The Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Board of Directors unanimously approved the district’s updated COVID-19 back-to-school plan Tuesday, which encompassed its virtual learning proposal.
Construction is underway on a commercial solar farm in Hancock on former blueberry barrens on the Washington Junction Road.
