BUCKSPORT — Maine Maritime Academy has signed a purchase and sale agreement with American Iron and Metal (AIM) for a six-acre parcel of the former Verso paper mill in Bucksport. The school intends to create a training center, the Center for Professional Mariner Development. “The agreement is expected to be finalized following a 60-day due-diligence …
ELLSWORTH — Maine’s 2nd Congressional District now how its own little etching in the history books. On Thursday afternoon, Democrat Jared Golden was declared the victor in the race over Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin following the nation’s first use of ranked choice voting in a congressional election. In a final tally of votes released by …
ELLSWORTH — All residents were evacuated and no one was injured in a fire at an apartment house on the Christian Ridge Road on Tuesday evening. Firefighters were able to “basically save the entire house,” said Ellsworth Fire Department Chief Richard Tupper. “It’s got some water damage, smoke damage and fire damage,” said Tupper, but …
BLUE HILL — Skeletal remains found in the woods this week are those of 37-year-old Jessica Grindle of Blue Hill, who has been missing since August. Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland said the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta identified the remains Thursday night using dental records. Medical examiners will continue to work to …
ELLSWORTH — Agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested four Ellsworth residents in Holden late Thursday night as they were traveling back from Massachusetts, Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said. “Agents seized nine grams of heroin and a small amount of crack cocaine,” McCausland said. All four were taken to the Penobscot County …
ELLSWORTH — Three Maine Maritime Academy students were injured in a crash after their truck struck a deer and then a tree on Thursday night on the Castine Road in Castine. According to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, the driver, Thomas Spurling, 18, of New Gloucester, suffered life-threatening injuries. He was airlifted to Northern Light …
BUCKSPORT — A local man is facing numerous felony charges after police said he threatened to use a bomb at his residence on Wednesday. No one was injured. After a lengthy negotiation, authorities took the man, William Benjamin, 57, into custody and charged him with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, which is a felony, …
ELLSWORTH—A man was taken to Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital with “minor injuries” following a single-vehicle crash on the Bangor Road on Monday morning, according to Ellsworth Police Officer Steven Mahon. The man was alone in the car at the time, said Mahon. The van, which had an “Amy’s Taxi & Tours” label on one …
ELLSWORTH — A Stonington man died as a result of multiple injuries he suffered in a crash on Byard’s Point Road in Sedgwick Wednesday night, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office reported. Lance R. Gale was 30 years old. Lt. Tim Cote said Gale was operating a 2004 Ford truck southbound when the truck drifted across …
ELLSWORTH — The body of a West Jonesport fisherman who was seen falling off his boat Tuesday morning was recovered later that evening. According to a statement from the Maine Department of Marine Resources, 51-year-old Scott Chandler’s body was found at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday by divers taking part in a search near Doyle Island, west …
