Fire Truck Return (Ellsworth) - The Ellsworth Fire Department is returning a donated fire truck that it has never used after the donor wrote 10-letters complaining that the department wasn't using the truck properly. The Ellsworth American reports Brian Hogan of Raymond donated the converted military vehicle in January 2016. Since then the fire department has stored it in a … [Read more...] about Local News – December 4, 2017
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Two arrested after burglary investigation
From the Hancock County Sheriff's Department - "Beginning the end of October of 2017, the Sheriff’s Office and Maine State Police began to receive reports of burglaries in the eastern portion of Hancock County. The burglaries involved over 20 different homes, camps and vehicles during this time period. During the course of these investigations, several suspects were … [Read more...] about Two arrested after burglary investigation
Local News – December 1, 2017
County Budget (Ellsworth) - It'll cost property tax payers a bit more to run County Government in Hancock County in 2018. County Commissioners have approved a budget that's 6-percent higher than this year's spending plan. The increases are driven by addition of a patrol deputy, an information technology position, and overall wage increases for county workers who've suffered … [Read more...] about Local News – December 1, 2017
Local News – November 30, 2017
Hancock Crash (Hancock) - A 4-year old boy suffered life threatening injuries in yesterday's 2-car crash in Hancock. State Trooper Owen Reed reports to Star 97.7 the crash at about 7:30 in the morning in Hancock Village came when a sedan operated by 26-year old Leeanna Bishop pulled onto Route 1 from the Hancock Grocery and was struck by another sedan operated by 70-year old … [Read more...] about Local News – November 30, 2017
Local News – November 29, 2017
RSU 25 Resignation (Bucksport) - Police in Bucksport are conducting a possible sex crime investigation on a now former employee of the regional school unit that covers that community. That's about all they're saying, declining to give details of the allegation or naming the former employee. RSU 25 superintendent Jim Boothby confirmed the former employee … [Read more...] about Local News – November 29, 2017
