Route 1A in northern Ellsworth was shut down to traffic for several hours Tuesday afternoon because of a bad crash, but reopened around 5 p.m. Read More
Show me a teacher who doesn’t love summer, and I’ll show you my pet unicorn. Read More
The lawsuit expansion is part of an effort to recover more of the $3 million that vanished from the estate of Phyllis Poor from a long-term theft that landed the trustee, 54-year-old Robert Kenneth Lindell Jr., in prison for 10 years. Read More
Due to a clerical error, Gouldsboro officials will not hold a vote Tuesday on whether to disband the local police department. Read More
BAR HARBOR—Mount Desert Island Hospital Nurse Julie Pelletier, RN has been nominated for Maine Hospital Association’s Caregiver of the Year Award. As a cancer patient navigator and palliative care nurse, Julie cares for patients and their families dealing with cancer diagnoses and serious illness, providing hope, support and… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The next MDI Science Cafe “The Search for Truth in the History of Science and Economics: Some Surprising Connections” with physiologist David C. Dawson will be held 5 p.m. Monday, June 24, at the Maine Center for Biomedical Innovation, MDI Biological Labratory, 159 Old Bar… Read More
A fire at an illegal campsite in Acadia National Park burned a fifth of an acre on Cadillac Mountain on Friday. Read More
Before he led police on a chase in Hancock County on Sunday afternoon, a Machias man allegedly set suspicious fires, tied up a Baileyville woman and stole her truck, according to police. Read More
James Berube, 21, led police on a chase for most of Sunday afternoon, according to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office. Read More
A Maine company’s pending acquisition of a foreign counterpart could give it a boost as it seeks to become one of the first in North America to prove the commercial viability of an emerging industry — fish farms that grow Atlantic salmon in large tanks instead of at sea. Read More
Only in Maine can you see a show like this. Read More
Some doctors in the Bangor area will start ordering trips to the farmers market for patients who are suffering from chronic illnesses and cannot afford healthy foods. Read More
A Richmond man has been indicted in Hancock County on attempted murder and other charges over an incident this spring in which he allegedly shot his father. Read More
China emerged as a major buyer of Maine lobster earlier this decade, but new tariffs have weakened the ability of U.S. lobster exporters to sell the product to the Asian country. Read More
Chuck Carter, the Maine-based video game designer behind one of the best-selling PC games of all time, has finally released his own game: the years-in-the-making “Zed." Read More
The Caribbean Princess, which used the “magic pipe” to dump untreated pollution into the ocean, is scheduled to make seven visits to Bar Harbor this summer and one to Portland. Read More
A "magic" bridge walk in Blue Hill, vintage car show in Seal Cove, murder mystery night in Ellsworth: Here's what's happening in Hancock County this weekend. Read More
Palom Aquaculture first proposed in 2012 to develop a salmon farm on waterfront land formerly owned by the Navy in Gouldsboro. But seven years later, the firm has yet to break ground and is looking either for $15 million to get up and running, either through an investor's cash infusion or a buyout. Read More
Having been told that Maine lobstermen will have to reduce the number of vertical fishing lines in the water by half, officials are beginning the complicated process of trying to figure out how to achieve that goal. Read More
When the paper mill in Bucksport closed five years ago, it sent a shockwave through the region. Read More
