ELLSWORTH — Tenants of a residence on Amanda Lane in the Woodland Estates mobile home park off Bucksport Road were displaced after a late afternoon furnace fire Monday. Ellsworth Fire Chief Richard Tupper said his department was called out for a report of “a furnace malfunction” at 4:28 p.m. However, when crews arrived, there was …
ELLSWORTH — Two boys initially arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit murder last week were released after appearing in court on March 8. Police arrested the boys, a 14-year-old from Ellsworth and a 16-year-old from Brewer, on March 6 after being notified by officials from the Ellsworth School Department that there had been “threats …
BAR HARBOR — The lone remaining survivor of a house fire that killed a woman and her adult son here last April is bringing a wrongful death lawsuit against power company Emera Maine. The suit alleges that the fire was caused by an electrical surge. Raymond Harding and his father, Percy Harding, escaped from the …
ELLSWORTH — A man out on bail for alleged involvement in the death of a dog named Franky in August landed back in jail this week on charges of domestic violence assault. Thirty-seven-year-old Nathan Burke was arrested by police after reportedly pushing his live-in girlfriend during an argument at a residence in Ellsworth, said Police …
ELLSWORTH — Two Hancock residents were arrested on drug trafficking charges after police found more than $50,000 worth of heroin in a vehicle and home. Around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, agents with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Downeast Task Force, assisted by Ellsworth Police, stopped a 2005 Mercedes on High Street. The owner of the vehicle, …
DEDHAM — For the second time this month, a Hancock County man has died trying to save his dog from a house fire. Fire swept through a log cabin home on Privet Road in Dedham Wednesday morning, according to State Police Spokesman Steve McCausland. Investigators said Jerry Bishop, 76, and his wife, 77-year-old Phyllis Bishop, …
ELLSWORTH — An investigation into the theft of a pickup truck here in the early morning hours Monday ended with an arrest in Waltham less than two hours later, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office reported. Deputy Dakota Dupuis said he located the vehicle on Route 179 around 3:15 a.m. Ellsworth Police Captain Troy Bires said …
ELLSWORTH — A Hancock County grand jury indicted a New York man Feb. 7 on charges he raped and kidnapped a woman Jan. 4 and 8 at Acadia Village Resort. Michael Palmatier, 63, was indicted on one count each of the following charges: gross sexual assault, kidnapping, aggravated assault, assault, terrorizing, obstructing a report of …
ELLSWORTH — Police blocked off upper Main Street after a pickup truck collided head-on with a logging truck near the intersection with Oak Street just past noon on Monday. Ellsworth Police Department Sgt. Shawn Willey said the pickup was turning right onto Main Street from Oak Street when it crossed the centerline and collided with …
ELLSWORTH—A fire damaged a Broughman Builders model home on Sunday evening around 7:20 p.m. “Crews were able to make a pretty quick knockdown” and save the building, said Ellsworth Fire Department Chief Richard Tupper, but there was damage to the interior. Tupper said there was fire coming out of several windows when firefighters arrived at …
