ELLSWORTH — The coronavirus pandemic has thrown a wrench into how students of all ages access education, including adults. For Ellsworth Adult Education Director Ann Sargent and her staff, this has been an opportunity to use videoconferencing systems to make learning more accessible for students striving to obtain their high school diploma or equivalent, gain …
ELLSWORTH — A deadline to present a state plan designed to minimize potential harm to right whales is fast approaching, but members of the Zone B Lobster Management Council have asked Department of Marine Resources officials to check some numbers before the zone council agrees to a plan. “The timeline is short,” said DMR Commissioner …
ELLSWORTH — For the first time in recent memory, there are contested races for two seats on the Hancock County Commissioners board. Incumbent commissioner and board chairman Bill Clark, representing District 1, is seeking re-election. Clark is a Republican who resides in Ellsworth. District 1 encompasses the municipalities of Amherst, Aurora, Blue Hill, unorganized territory …
HANCOCK — Despite safety concerns over voting in person due to the coronavirus, Downeast residents are stepping up to staff polling locations for Election Day on Nov. 3. Maine has the oldest population in the nation and many poll workers are over age 65. In 2018, according to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 58 percent …
ELLSWORTH — City councilors on Monday approved signing a 20-year contract with Portsmouth, N.H.-based SunRaise for the city to purchase net energy billing credits generated by a solar farm to be built off Mariaville Road. The vote was 6-1, with Councilor Michelle Kaplan voting against the project. A second and separate contract with SunRaise for …
HANCOCK — Customers may “cringe” when they hear lumber prices upon checkout at Viking Lumber in Hancock, says manager Tony Bagley. But they are making purchases anyway, he notes, despite what the National Association of Home Builders is calling a 130 percent price increase industrywide since April. As with most aspects of life these days, …
ELLSWORTH — The Oct. 13 School Board meeting began in gratitude, with board members and Superintendent Dan Higgins opening the 3½-hour session by offering their appreciation and a round of applause for outgoing board member and current Chairwoman Brenda Thomas. Thomas has served since 2014, when Ellsworth broke from Regional School Unit 24 and a …
GOULDSBORO — A company with its roots in Norway is scheduled to make a presentation of its plans to establish a large salmon and cod farming operation in Frenchman Bay at the meeting of the Gouldsboro selectmen scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15. On its website, American Aquafarms describes a “closed pen” fish …
BUCKSPORT — Police report that a Frankfort man died Wednesday afternoon on Route 46 after a sport utility vehicle rolled and went into an oncoming lane, striking the pickup truck the man had been driving head-on. Deputy Police Chief David Winchester said the deceased is Ronald Baker, 58. Baker was northbound in a 2018 Ford …
SURRY — The town of Surry is holding public hearings on Wednesday, Sept. 23, and Wednesday, Sept. 30. Both will be held at the Surry Fire Station. The Sept. 23 hearing will follow the monthly Planning Board meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. The hearing will provide updates to the town’s Unified Development Ordinance. There …
BUCKSPORT — A man from out of town died after getting struck by a vehicle on the River Road Tuesday afternoon, police said. Deputy Police Chief David Winchester said the identity of the deceased is not being released until all family members have been notified. However, the pedestrian was in his late 40’s. The accident …
ELLSWORTH–A Dedham man died in a four-vehicle collision at the intersection of Pine Trail Road and Route 1A Saturday afternoon, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office reported. The deceased is Edwin Roberts, 89, said Chief Deputy Patrick Kane. Kane said Roberts had been traveling on the Pine Trail Road approaching its intersection with Route 1A when …
