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Transfer Station (Bar Harbor) - Bar Harbor residents will take their trash to a temporary transfer station starting sometime in November.  The Mt. Desert Islander reports town councilors have approved the design for a new transfer station that'll cost more than 2-and-a-half million dollars.  The new transfer station will feature zero-sort recycling along with a drive through … [Read more...] about Local News – October 16, 2017

High Street - Broken Sewer (Ellsworth) - Traffic is reduced to one lane on busy High Street in Ellsworth this morning as repair crews deal with a broken sewer pipe.  The Ellsworth Police Department says the broken pipe is at the Maine Coast Mall entrance near First National Bank, the same spot where a vehicle crashed into a traffic light pole last week fouling up … [Read more...] about Local News – October 13, 2017

Blue Hill Treasurer (Blue Hill) - Selectmen in Blue Hill have placed the town's treasurer on administrative leave, but they're not saying why.  The Ellsworth American reports Jody Murphy will get paid while she's on leave and the town attorney investigates the situation.  The suspension followed an executive session meeting last week.  The town office will open fewer hours … [Read more...] about Local News – October 12, 2017

Aroostook Outage (Caribou) - A large tree fell on a major transmission line last evening, rendering most of Aroostook County powerless.  Emera Maine reports to Star 97.7 that 24-thousand homes and businesses lost electricity around 5-o'clock.  While linemen tracked down the tree, other Emera workers switched things around to restore power to most areas.  The last of the … [Read more...] about Local News – October 10, 2017

Surry Pit Appeal (Surry) - Surry's Board of Appeals will listen to public objections about the way the town's planning board handled a permit to mine gravel.  The Ellsworth American reports abutters are upset they were limited to 5-minutes each during a public hearing while the pit owner got 3-hours to present their application.  Abutters also claim the Planning Board made no … [Read more...] about Local News October 10, 2017