GOULDSBORO – Local resident Mason Johnson Tuesday night was the lone voice speaking out in support of American Aquafarms’ proposed 120-acre salmon farm in Frenchman Bay before a public hearing, where the Planning Board voted 5-0 to approve and send forth an aquaculture development moratorium ordinance for voters’ consideration at a special town meeting expected …
A federal court ruling from Saturday halts the planned closure of nearly 1,000 square miles of offshore fishing ground to traditional lobstering that was scheduled to start Monday.
ELLSWORTH — The annual Homecoming dance, which was scheduled to have taken place sSept. 24, was postponed because of concerns over the spread of COVID-19. Principal Dan Clifford told School Board members this week that the dance now will be held in winter or spring. “We’re going to do it, we just want to do …
A young Orrington man died in a single motor vehicle crash Oct. 6 around 4:30 p.m. on the Studmill Road, the Maine State Police reported.
ELLSWORTH — The COVID-19 landscape is complex and continues to complicate everyday life as trends in case rates, transmission and hospitalizations remain high in Hancock County. Positive cases in the county for the last seven days ending Oct. 4 stood at 236, a 37.21 percent jump from the previous seven days — and the highest …
A motorist who was seriously injured in a three-vehicle collision on Route 1A near Christian Ridge Road Sept. 27 has died.
The three-car crash sent a passenger in one vehicle to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) with potentially life-threatening injuries.
The crash report states that the driver was not distracted at the time of the crash and that there was “no contributing action” on his part.
Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Luke Gross was picking up debris from Route 3 following an earlier accident when he was struck by a small pickup truck at approximately 5:15 a.m. Thursday, according to state police.
Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Luke Gross died Thursday after being hit by a car while responding to an incident involving a vehicle off the road on Route 3 in Trenton, announced Hancock County Sheriff Scott Kane.
A Franklin man was arrested early Monday morning after allegedly brandishing a pistol and firing a shot during an altercation with his neighbor Sunday evening, Maine State Police Troop J Commander Rod Charette reported.
GOULDSBORO — The Planning Board was charged Thursday night with drafting a moratorium prohibiting any proposed large-scale aquaculture projects in town from consideration for six months. The Select Board’s directive is intended to provide time to review and possibly revamp the town’s current regulations and give town officials greater authority over open-ocean finfish farms seeking …
