ELLSWORTH — Construction crews continue to make progress on projects around the city. The long-anticipated Dairy Queen is under construction, and two buildings have sprung up on the site of the former Town Auto at 206 and 210 High St. Work on the Dairy Queen restarted this summer after a months-long hiatus. Originally slated to …
WINTER HARBOR — At the end of another summer season, the Schoodic portion of Acadia National Park once again saw an increase in visitors. The economic impact on surrounding communities remains a bit nuanced. “As of August, the year-to-date number of visitors to the Schoodic section is up slightly from last year,” said Christie Anastasia, …
ELLSWORTH—The tight job market doesn’t seem to be changing fast. According to data released this week by the Maine Department of Labor, the unemployment rate in Hancock County was up in September over last year but remained one of the lowest in the state. The change was very slight: from 2.4 percent in September 2017 …
TRENTON — On Monday, Oct. 22, Colton Sanborn closed down Timberland Acres RV Park for the season and closed on the sale of the 33-year-old business. “It was a double closing,” he said about his purchase. After working two seasons at the RV park, located at 57 Bar Harbor Road in Trenton, Sanborn, 23, decided …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth American on Saturday, at the Maine Press Association’s annual meeting, won first place in the General Excellence category for large-circulation weekly newspapers. The American joined the Bangor Daily News, the York Weekly (small-circulation weekly) and the Maine Sunday Telegram, all of which were honored by the state association for General Excellence …
Matt James, a 2001 Ellsworth High School graduate, and his business partner Brian Rahill, are co-founders of CourseStorm, an online class registration software company headquartered in Orono. CourseStorm recently won two prestigious awards — Management Team of the Year from the Maine Venture Fund and the 2019 Bion and Dorian Foster Entrepreneurship Award from the …
ELLSWORTH — “The Turtle is making his way across the bridge. He should arrive on High St. in Ellsworth by November 1st,” read a Facebook post on Oct. 4 announcing the opening of the Tan Turtle Tavern in the former Primavera Restaurant. Owner Steven Foss and his wife, Mindy Morse-Foss, operate the Tan Turtle out …
ELLSWORTH — The motto of KōT (pronounced “coat”), Cara Romano’s recently reopened shop on State Street, is “contemporary functional craft.” It’s an apt tagline: the minimal space is filled with carefully curated crafts, from desk caddies made of reclaimed heart pine to sturdy canvas rugs layered with marine grade finish. The space feels a bit …
ORRINGTON — In the face of a shrinking customer base, the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. (PERC) is turning to new methods in order to increase efficiency and reduce costs. “In our new operation there is a significant reduction in non-processable material, because our new grinders seem to process everything we throw at them,” said Plant …
