ELLSWORTH — Leadership Hancock County, a program of the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce, has announced the 2019 participants as well as host sites for the five-month program. Leadership Hancock County has provided leadership, communication and management training to over 110 Hancock County professionals in its eight years of programming. The program runs from January …
ELLSWORTH — The media companies owned by Maine entrepreneur Reade Brower on announced on Jan. 10 the launch of Masthead Maine, a network that enables media buying across its news and lifestyle products. Advertising in all products of MaineToday Media, Sun Media Group, Alliance Media Group, Courier Publications, The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander …
HANCOCK — With the status of laws and regulations regarding commercial cannabis products still uncertain in Maine, many local towns are in the process of bringing some clarity to the situation with their own regulations. Hancock is among them. The town’s planning board is reviewing an application for a wholesale producer of cannabidiol, or CBD. …
ELLSWORTH — Exciting news abounds for local burger lovers starved for a new fast-food option. Friday marked the official grand opening for the Dairy Queen Grill & Chill, located in the Maine Coast Mall complex on High Street. “It’s been a great opening week, we’ve been slammed with customers beyond expectation,” said owner Chris Thorne. …
ELLSWORTH — City native Cyndi Wood and Kathy Cook, formerly of Old Town, are assuming top management positions at The Ellsworth American. Wood, 33, will succeed Stephen Fay as managing editor of the newspaper. Cook, 43, will assume the post of general manager of The American and its sister paper, the Mount Desert Islander. That …
ELLSWORTH — “Ever since I was a kid and knew what a wrench was, all I wanted to do was be a mechanic.” So said Alden Tracy, service manager at Lee Credit Now in Ellsworth. It’s not often that people stay working for the same company these days, but Tracy has retired after 52 years, …
ELLSWORTH — Starting with the Jan. 3 editions, The Ellsworth American and its sister paper, the Mount Desert Islander, will publish richly illustrated, data-laced profiles of Hancock County’s municipalities as well as the county itself. Freelance writer Brian Swartz has been at work for the past several months traveling the length and breadth of Hancock …
ELLSWORTH — Come Jan. 1, Mainers working for minimum wage will be seeing a little more cash going into their pockets each hour. Across the state, the minimum wage will be increased to $11 per hour, up from $10 in 2018. The minimum wage will increase again in 2020 to $12 per hour, at which …
At Bar Harbor Bank & Trust’s recent annual meeting, Jack Frost of Ellsworth received the Communication Award, recognizing him, according to the award citation “for his patience and understanding when partnering with people across the company and in the communities we serve. He goes above and beyond to form meaningful relationships with others, getting to …
ELLSWORTH − It’s a small, unassuming shop with large picture windows and a white storefront. But Ellsworth’s newest glass and vape shop is riding a multi-billion wave that isn’t expected to crest anytime soon. “It’s been pretty good,” said Tim Robison, co-owner of Smoke & Vape, which opened two months ago at 27 High St., …
