ELLSWORTH — A Robbinston man has been charged with depraved indifference murder in connection with a fatal Oct. 7 fire in Robbinston. Charles “Chip” Townsend, 32, was arrested last week on charges of arson and depraved indifference murder following the investigation into the fire that claimed the life of 66-year-old Wayne Morrill. Morrill’s body was …
STEUBEN — “Be careful, goats are addictive” is the cautionary advice that Lisa Reilich was told before she brought home her first goat. She laughed it off at the time, but over time has come to tell others the same thing. “Goats have hugely impacted our life,” she said. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many Mainers …
EAST MACHIAS — When Wade and Angela Skidgel lost three family members in three days, their friends decided they had to do something. “All we wanted to accomplish was to cocoon them with love and make them feel less alone in their grief,” said friend Sarah Heath Conklin of Machias. Angela Skidgel’s grandmother, Yvonne Ames, …
MACHIAS — The community ice skating rink is returning to Machias. The rink was originally installed in 2016 by inmates from the Down East Correctional Facility. However, the rink lasted only one winter because of difficulties finding a permanent location with liability insurance. The rink is returning this year thanks to a partnership between the …
COLUMBIA — Things certainly get busier for Rick Davis of Cherryfield the first week of December. At that time, the truck driver check-in building where he volunteers is transformed into a hub of activity in preparation for the annual Wreaths Across America convoy. Trucks full of wreaths departed this past weekend and are scheduled to …
AUGUSTA — Washington County resident Judy East is going to be spending a lot of time on the road. She was recently named the executive director of the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC), a branch of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The commission is responsible for planning and zoning in Maine’s unorganized …
MILBRIDGE — The Milbridge outdoor stage is getting ready to move to a new waterfront location. The nonprofit Gateway Milbridge recently received a grant to help cover the cost of relocating the stage to the town marina on Bay View Road, said the group’s chairman, Richard Bondurant. The entire stage will be moved as soon …
STEUBEN — Roy Palmer had a good night Nov. 13. His name was the first one drawn in a Steuben land lottery, meaning he won the right to purchase a 2.8-acre lot on Dyer Bay Road for $5,500. “What? You’re kidding,” Palmer said when he heard his name. “I never win anything.” The lot was …
STEUBEN — It was Brent Redimarker who dragged his mother, Louise Cook, to her first mud run. “He said, ‘Mom, you ought to come to one of these mud runs. You’d like it,’” she said. “I went and I was hooked.” She never competed, though she did ride along with him a number of times …
MILBRIDGE — In January, Wendy Harrington thought it would be helpful for the area’s social service agencies to share their calendars with one another. Harrington, who serves as director of service programs for the Maine Seacoast Mission, organized a meeting the following month for the leaders of area organizations to explore the idea as a …
STEUBEN — In Steuben, winning the lottery won’t make you rich, but it could secure you a building lot. The town has subdivided an approximately 97-acre tract at the corner of Dyer Bay and Pinkham Bay Bridge roads into 14 lots, 12 of which will be sold through a lottery process. The idea is to …
HARRINGTON — High school students enrolled in a recently implemented college prep program have a good chance of earning a full ride to college. The Maine Seacoast Mission recently announced the establishment of the Davis Maine Scholarship, a full, four-year scholarship for rural, first-generation college students from Washington and eastern Hancock counties. The scholarship is …
