ELLSWORTH — City Planning Department staff have made a good start, but as of last Wednesday, Planning Board members weren’t quite ready to send draft regulations on solar and other energy systems to the council for consideration. The guidelines, which set out to regulate power generating facilities (such as hydro-, wind- or fuel-powered turbines and …
SULLIVAN — Down the road, you may be able to own a piece of the existing Sumner Memorial High School. Literally. The Friends of Sumner’s Future has taken on the task of raising $2 million to pay for amenities at the new $44 million combination middle and high school to be constructed at the site …
ELLSWORTH — The city’s Planning Board wants more oversight on development in Ellsworth. At least, that was the message board members sent to city staff at a meeting on Jan. 8. “A lot of the development that has taken place in Ellsworth is not being reviewed by residents. It’s being OK’d by non-resident staff,” said …
BLUE HILL — Selectmen and other municipal officials from Union 93 and Union 76 towns will gather at the Blue Hill town office Friday at 1 p.m. to share ideas about the proposed tuition increase at George Stevens Academy. The plan is to “pool our ideas and shake them up in a bag,” quipped Vaughn …
ELLSWORTH — If you’re anything like most Americans, this scenario will probably sound familiar: a large Amazon box is delivered to your doorstep. You open it to reveal a smaller box, stuffed to the brim with bubble wrap, and finally, another box, wrapped in brown paper, and there it is! The bottle of shampoo you …
SULLIVAN — A bald eagle found in Sullivan with lead poisoning died overnight Jan. 13. Maine game warden Chris Roy responded to a Jan. 6 report of the eagle found lying on the ice on Flanders Pond, said Diane Winn, co-founder and executive director of Avian Haven, a bird rehabilitation center in Freedom. Roy took …
ELLSWORTH — A fix on the issue of timeshare taxes and foreclosures will have to wait a while longer. A motion to adopt an ordinance that would have shifted the burden for property tax collection onto the managing entity of Acadia Village Resort beginning in July 2021 failed at Monday’s City Council meeting. Just one …
ELLSWORTH — It’s hard to miss Roger “Buzzy” Keene’s energy. Even sitting down he’s restless: shifting in his chair, leaning forward, eyes bright, to make a point, occasionally grabbing the hand of his new bride (and childhood friend), Elizabeth, who’s seated next to him. “I like to move,” he says, drawing out the middle of …
BANGOR — An Ellsworth man found guilty of robbing two banks in Bangor in 2018 was sentenced to 85 months in prison and three years of supervised release, according to a press release from the office of United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank on Wednesday. According to court records, Timothy T. Myers, 28, entered a …
EAST MACHIAS — When Wade and Angela Skidgel lost three family members in three days, their friends decided they had to do something. “All we wanted to accomplish was to cocoon them with love and make them feel less alone in their grief,” said friend Sarah Heath Conklin of Machias. Angela Skidgel’s grandmother, Yvonne Ames, …
ELLSWORTH — City councilors will take up a number of issues on Monday evening at their January meeting, including several board appointments, a discussion on rules regarding timeshares that was tabled in December and items relating to Hancock County Technical Center and a municipal solar farm. One of the first items of business will be …
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County Jail inmates will be able to access music, games, movies and other activities via computer tablets as early as this April. The move is seen as a way to keep them engaged ad cut down on paper waste. The Hancock County Commissioners Tuesday signed an agreement for the personal tablets with …
