BLUE HILL — A group of Blue Hill residents is proposing an ordinance to prohibit the sale and use of synthetic pesticides in town. The Blue Hill Healthy Eco-System Ordinance may be voted on at the April 2020 annual Town Meeting. The ordinance is being proposed by residents Rick Traub, Gabrielle Wellman and Semena Curlick. …
BUCKSPORT — Before the snow started flying, members of Bucksport Public Safety helped plant 350 tulip bulbs at Bucksport High School and at the Public Safety Building. School Resource Officer Eric Marcel said the high school has been invited to participate in the Yellow Tulip Project. The Yellow Tulip Project, founded by a young Maine …
HANCOCK — Things went well for the town of Hancock’s annual tree lighting, but that doesn’t mean they went as planned. The annual event, which took place Nov. 30 at the gazebo in Monument Square, was sponsored by the town recreation committee. Committee member Erika Briggs said that, for convenience, the town acquired an artificial …
fuel prices were down to their lowest levels in nearly two years, according to the Governor’s Energy Office last week. The cost of heating oil was averaging $2.65 per gallon in October, compared to $2.98 at the same time last year. Prices were slightly higher in the eastern and Downeast regions, with an average heating …
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 …
ELLSWORTH — Local public safety agencies will soon no longer have to worry if their radios will work in Ellsworth’s schools and hospital after city councilors unanimously approved a $208,000 upgrade to the area’s radio communication system Nov. 18. A piece of infrastructure on Dollard Hill off the Bucksport Road failed in 2017, said Ellsworth …
ELLSWORTH — Acadia annual passes will be on sale for $28 — nearly half-price — during most of the month of December. Passes must be obtained in person. No phone orders will be taken. On Dec. 6, during Bar Harbor’s Midnight Madness event, passes will be available at the Village Green from 8 p.m. to …
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 …
ELLSWORTH — The trees will be lit and the holiday tea brewing as Woodlawn presents Christmas at Woodlawn — The Trees of Woodlawn from Dec.1-23. This annual custom is being offered in conjunction with Christmas in Ellsworth, A Maine Holiday, a collaboration of organizations working together to make Ellsworth a holiday destination. The Trees of …
ELLSWORTH — If you’re a female under the age of 110 and you have a Facebook account, you may have been invited to participate a “Secret Sister” gift exchange. But, the Better Business Bureau Tuesday issued a warning that these exchanges among online friends are illegal. “These gift exchanges, while they look like innocent fun, …
PENOBSCOT — A LifeFlight helicopter experienced an unanticipated mechanical issue in a main rotor blade during a flight to take a patient from Blue Hill to Bangor on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the organization said Monday. No one was injured and the aircraft was not damaged, said Melissa Arndt. The pilot realized there was an …
ORLAND — Maine game wardens rescued two Ellsworth women Saturday night after they became lost on Great Pond Mountain in Orland. Patricia Mason, 36, and Kathy Doyle, 60, hiked the mountain Saturday afternoon, but darkness fell before they headed back down from the summit, according to a statement from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries …
