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CAT-Bar Harbor   (Bar Harbor) – A Canadian ferry service says it will make $3-million dollars in improvements to its former ferry terminal in Bar Harbor and pay the town $200-thousand dollars a year in rent.  Bay Ferries Limited has submitted its proposal to resume ferry operations from the terminal just purchased by the town last month.  The company currently runs the … [Read more...] about Local News – July 17, 2018

Hampden Murder     (Hampden) – The medical examiner’s office says a Hampden woman died from gunshot wounds Friday.  Family members identify her as 49-year old Renee Clark.  State Police charged her brother-in-law, Philip Clark, with murder for Friday’s shooting, but have not officially identified the victim.  Mrs. Clark’s ex-husband told reporters that she was the … [Read more...] about Local News – July 16, 2018

Otis Fire     (Otis) – For a 2nd time in less than two months, fire has badly damaged a building in a Hancock County town without its own fire department.  This time it was too late to save a cabin on Beech Hill Pond in Otis.  Firefighters from Mariaville, Ellsworth, Waltham, Aurora and the Maine Forest Service responded to the scene on Point Road to find the camp … [Read more...] about Local News – July 13, 2018

Police Chief Suit (Bar Harbor) – A judge has ruled that the Town of Bar Harbor did not violate due process and freedom of access laws when it fired now former police Chief Nathan Young.  The firing more than 4-years ago came after police officers discovered Young slumped over the wheel of his pickup truck in Town Hill in September 2013.  The Mt. Desert Islander reports that … [Read more...] about Local News – July 12, 2018