The Ellsworth Public Library will be hosting our first Family Place parent/child workshop on Thursday mornings from 10:30 – 12 Read more...
BY DAVID AVERY | March 21, 2024
CASTINE—The Castine select board discussed updates on storm-related repairs at its meeting on March 18, with 15 members of the public in attendance at Emerson...
March 21, 2024
AUGUSTA—On March 6, the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee gave strong, bipartisan support to a bill from Sen. Nicole Grohoski, D-Ellsworth. An amended version of...
March 21, 2024
AUGUSTA—Gov. Janet Mills has nominated Dr. William Eisenhardt of Castine to the Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees, according to a press release. Eisenhardt is...
BY ERIK ATWELL | March 21, 2024
After starting their season with a pair of road wins, the Maine Maritime Academy men’s lacrosse team returned to Castine for a pair of home...
BY BARBARA BLAKE-CHAPMAN, BROOKSVILLE | March 21, 2024
It’s early spring here in Maine and that means only one thing, other than mud season of course: the beginning of baseball and softball season!...
BY JOANNE STEENBERG | March 21, 2024
We all have gifts. We all have something in our character, soul, intelligence…something that is ours, unique to us, that no one else has. And...
BY TODD NELSON | March 21, 2024
Beulah Pearl is my fifteenth dog, in order of succession, from my earliest days when Hildegard the Doberman thwarted my driveway escape and running into...
"If we’re going to fill these critical workforce shortages, we need to make sure MMA has the funding it needs to continue its mission and prepare its graduates for these good-paying, in-demand careers."
-Nicole Grohoski,
State Senator, D-Ellsworth
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March 21, 2024
From the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office: Incident Reports TUESDAY, 3/5 DEER ISLE—After arriving at a residence to conduct a well-being check, an officer contacted the...
March 21, 2024
MuniMeets postings invite readers to engage in the public municipal meetings in their communities.
March 21, 2024
Native Gardens of Blue Hill is sponsoring a 35-hour virtual course this spring on the installation, inspection and maintenance of green stormwater infrastructure. The course,...
See the latest forecast, tides, moon phases and other almanac information for the next week.
March 21, 2024
BROOKSVILLE, MAINE— Robert “Bob” H. Leck of Brooksville, Maine, passed away on March 8, 2024. Bob was born in Montclair, N.J., on December 13, 1938,...
March 21, 2024
ORLAND, MAINE—Ann Louise Wardwell, also known as Annie, passed away in her sleep on March 15, 2024, in Orland, Maine, at the age of 72....
March 21, 2024
September 22, 1945–March 7, 2024, aged 78 years. Penny passed quietly at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth after prolonged illness surrounded by family....