ELLSWORTH — A partnership between the city and Bangor-based ambulance service Northern Light Medical Transport is going well, Ellsworth Fire Department Chief Richard Tupper told councilors on Monday evening. “This is a very, very good working relationship we’ve had with them,” Tupper said. “There have been a few learning curves and adjustments, but nothing too …
MACHIASPORT — State Rep. Will Tuell (R-Machias) isn’t optimistic about the future of the shuttered Downeast Correctional Facility. “This is it. This is the final act in the play,” he said last week after learning the Maine Department of Corrections is not likely to reopen the existing facility and, instead, plans to create a pre-release …
OTIS — Wind turbines? Not in our backyard. That was the message from the Otis Planning Board on April 4, when members voted 3-2 to adopt a new wind turbine ordinance aimed at blocking commercial wind development in the town. Otis resident Teresa Davis said in an email that she and several other residents had …
HANCOCK — Lillian Lounder was adamant that a ceremony honoring her for 50 years of service to Hancock Grammar School was not a goodbye. “I’d like to work more if you’d hire me,” she quipped April 10 after a surprise school-wide assembly in her honor. Still, she cautioned, “I won’t say I’ll be here for …
TRENTON — The Bar Harbor Golf Course will likely not open this year — leaving many local golfers scrambling for other courses to play. Paul Crowley of Falmouth, whose family has owned the property since the early ’80s, confirmed Tuesday that the family has no plans to open the course this year. “We’re not going …
ELLSWORTH — The Jackson Laboratory has increased its minimum wage to $15.75 an hour and will hire 300 new employees over the next year, according to a press release from Senior Public Relations Manager Sarah Laskowski on Tuesday. The move comes as the Bar Harbor-based organization, which made $400 million before expenses in 2017, continues …
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County has among the highest vaccination opt-out rates of all counties in Maine, according to data released this month by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nearly 10 percent of kindergartners were exempt from vaccination in Hancock County during the 2018-2019 school year compared to 6.2 percent statewide. Graduating …
BAR HARBOR — Several seasonal businesses are opening later than usual, and cutting back hours, after not being granted visas for temporary foreign workers. “We have delayed our opening by a week, and we will only be serving dinner until we are adequately staffed,” said Gail Leiser, co-owner of Galyn’s in Bar Harbor. This year, …
ELLSWORTH — A group of Ellsworth High School students visited the Cathedral of Notre Dame a day before its iconic spire collapsed in flames. “I am so sad for Paris,” said teacher Carrie Richards Kutny, one of the group’s leaders. Kutny said in a Facebook message that the cathedral was the first site students visited …
ELLSWORTH — A bill to end non-medical exemptions for vaccinations has cleared a hurdle in the state Legislature. In Augusta last Wednesday, the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee approved the bill in an 8-5 party line vote, with Democrats voting in favor. It will now head to the Legislature for a full vote. The …
