ELLSWORTH — The Portland-based developer that constructed the Oriole Way Apartments off Washington Street behind Renys will bring plans for another 51-unit complex on nearby Foster Street, behind Shaw’s, in front of the Planning Board at the end of the month. Developers Collaborative recently submitted sketch plans for the apartments, which will include market rate …
BLUE HILL — The Rite Aid stores here and in Bucksport changed over to Walgreens stores last month. Walgreens purchased all of the Rite Aid stores in Maine last year. Some Rite Aid stores, such as the Ellsworth location, closed because there was an existing Walgreens nearby. Others have been switched over to Walgreens. If …
ELLSWORTH — Mike’s Country Store on Water Street, which has been in business for 122 years, is up for sale again for the second time since 1897. Jeff Clark, who bought the property from proprietor Jody Colson in 2014, declined to answer questions about the sale, deferring to the listing with Better Homes & Gardens …
ELLSWORTH — The number of rental properties in Bar Harbor and Ellsworth listed on home sharing site Airbnb grew this year compared to last, according to data obtained this week by The Ellsworth American. But while there were more properties for renters to choose from, the overall number of visitors either fell (as in Ellsworth) …
ELLSWORTH — Demolition began on the former home of First National Bank’s Ellsworth branch this week. The bank moved to a brand new building on Beechland Road this spring after spending decades on High Street. Mall spokesman Dan MacIntyre said Convenient MD, a stand-alone urgent care clinic that has locations from Rhode Island to Maine, …
GOULDSBORO — Burt’s Bees’ founder Roxanne Quimby sees the future of the former 113-acre Ocean Wood Campground in Birch Harbor as her last, major project as a conservationist. And she intends to get it right. Quimby bought the property in September 2016 just before it went up for auction. She and her construction manager, Heath …
BUCKSPORT – It’s too soon to break out the dill and lemons, but the plan to grow Atlantic salmon in a land-based facility at the site of the former Verso paper mill took a big step forward Tuesday night. The Bucksport Planning Board approved the site plan review application submitted by Whole Oceans for its …
SULLIVAN — When Tige and Cindy Sheehan were looking for a summer home in Maine, they discovered something better — their childhood vacation spot, Flanders Bay Cabins, was for sale. Tige reached out to his four brothers. One of them, Toby Sheehan, still remembers getting that text: “The place where we vacationed as kids is …
HANCOCK — It all started when Mary Flaum’s brother asked her if she wanted to look at property for sale. “We looked at everything and then he said do you want to run an antique store?” said Flaum, a Winter Harbor resident who now co-owns Orchid Bay Treasures with her sister, Susan Webber of Gouldsboro. …
CHERRYFIELD — Maine agriculture officials say they are disappointed in a federal decision to exclude wild blueberries from a program that would provide direct payments to struggling growers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture denied an application from the Maine Department of Agriculture and Forestry to include wild blueberries in the Market Facilitation Program which, according …
ELLSWORTH — The Blue Hill Co-op has specialized in organic, local and natural products for 45 years. And now, it’s offering those goods in a shiny new, energy-efficient space. The new store, at 70 South St., opened July 27. There is triple the square footage for retail space compared to the old store at 4 …
ELLSWORTH — The sunny, (very) warm weather may have resulted in a few hot and cranky residents, but it’s been great for one thing: testing solar panels on the roof of Fogtown Brewing Co. that were installed last week. The panels, installed by Sundog Solar, are expected to provide roughly 73 percent of the brewery’s …
