Bill DaButler

Boat Sinks (Frenchman Bay) - When a lobster boat got its propeller snagged in lines, operator Teagan Candage quickly put out a mayday call as the boat started to swamp.  The Mt. Desert Islander reports within 10-minutes several other boats in Frenchman were on scene and pulled the Maine Maritime Academy student and two other classmates out of the water, cold but unharmed.  … [Read more...] about Local News – September 5, 2017

Ellsworth Fire (Ellsworth) - Firefighters from four Hancock County towns responded to the Red Bridge Road in Ellsworth Sunday and got two women to safety so that ambulance crews could transport them to the hospital for smoke inhalation treatment.  The State Fire Marshal's office will look over the home to confirm the fire's cause.  The 9-1-1 call came in at about 9:45 … [Read more...] about Local News – September 4, 2017

Forest Fire (Columbia Falls) - Smoke billowed so thickly from a forest fire in Columbia Falls that it closed down Route 1 for a while yesterday afternoon.  Firefighters and forest rangers have contained the blaze - it consumed more than 30-acres behind the Balsam Valley Amphitheater.  Land owner Morrill Worcester says a worker reported the blaze started when his power saw hit … [Read more...] about Local News – September 1, 2017

Surry Gravel Pit (Surry) - The Planning Board in Surry has granted a permit for a local contractor to extract gravel from his land.  The Ellsworth American reports the decision is not sitting well with neighbors.  The Planning Board found that the town's zoning laws allow for gravel mining on the property near Morgan Bay Road.  Neighbors say the gravel pit hasn't been used for … [Read more...] about Local News – August 31, 2017

Orland Trash (Orland) - Orland citizens have nixed home trash pickup and instead will build a transfer station.  The Ellsworth American reports the town meeting vote wasn't even close to scuttle a door to door trash pickup - voters rejected it 121-to-7 at a special town meeting.  Orland residents had used the Bucksport transfer station, but Bucksport has voted to send its … [Read more...] about Local News – August 30, 2017