“The fact that we’re hearing so many Airbnb cottages and campgrounds are booked is really concerning to this area with the lack of employees,” said Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Gretchen Wilson. “[Business owners] call and they’re like, ‘What do I do? What do I do?’”
The property, which was no longer licensed as a motel, rented rooms by the week and the month. The motel belongs to Asad Khaqan of Jersey City, N.J.
Planning Board members have unanimously found complete a preliminary application submitted on behalf of E. Skip Grindle & Sons Inc. to dig a gravel pit on North Street.
After a long pandemic winter, spring is inching its way into Ellsworth’s downtown streets. Flowers may not yet be blooming apart from inside The Bud Connection, but merchants are betting on a booming business climate as Memorial Day nears.
The family plans to offer the classic meals that have had customers coming back for decades. The upcoming season already has three times the number of catering events booked than it did last year.
In a letter from KidsPeace Operations Supervisor Dale Cook, Cook stated that KidsPeace had no concerns that the noise and truck traffic associated with mining extraction would be an issue for students.
Kiddo by Toko will carry gifts and accessories for newborns through preteens and include items such as costumes and dressup wear, back to school items, baby shower gifts and an assortment of toys for all ages.
The chamber had held four consecutive 10-year leases for its former location, at the rate of $1 per year. But all good things, people say, come to an end, and Wilson was given fair warning that the lease would not be renewed a fifth time.
GOULDSBORO — West Bay Acadia RV Campground aims to be fully operating by the Fourth of July after receiving Planning Board approval last Tuesday night for the second phase of its 24-site recreational vehicle retreat off West Bay Road. Starting in May, the campground will open in stages. Further expansion is not envisioned at this …
“We are slowly finding people who are still on the old FairPoint plan,” he said. “They are surprised when they learn they can get faster service for less money on the new Consolidated plan. So, that’s a benefit.” Consolidated Communications bought FairPoint Communications in 2017.
Five city restaurants and one drugstore have signed on to the DoorDash delivery service, which started in Ellsworth on Feb. 23 — sort of. A lack of drivers and technical issues led to a rough rollout, but three weeks later, things are running quite a bit smoother.
Voters approved the sale of liquor on Sundays 104-44.
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