Brooklin News

Hannah Leeman says she was more angry than scared Wednesday afternoon when an escaped inmate got into the car she was in and threatened to kill her if she didn't get out.

Investigators from the Maine Department of Corrections were in Ellsworth on Monday to review procedures at Hancock County Jail in the wake of an escape by an inmate from Superior Court last Wednesday and his subsequent death in his cell on New Year's Day.

Police in Maine said a man who escaped from a courtroom and tried to steal a car was foiled by the fighting skills of a 19-year-old woman.

The Hancock County Sheriff's Department says the main suspect in a carjacking eariler this week has been found dead in an apparent suicide.

A young woman from Portland fought off a carjacker who had just escaped from a courtroom Wednesday afternoon and forced him to abandon his attempt to steal the car, police said.

By DAVID WALSH School access safety, student exercise, and quality of life for the residents of Brooklin were among the issues raised at a meeting held at the town office December 2 to consider creating a network of bicycle-pedestrian lanes, paths and sidewalks.

BROOKLIN, Maine a ' Five people were injured in a head-on accident on Route 15 in the heavy rain late Saturday afternoon.

BAR HARBOR : One of the truly gala events of the year is the annual SPCA "Fur Ball" and this year was no exception.

BAR HARBOR : The SPCA of Hancock Countya s third annual benefit Fur Ball will take place at the Bar Harbor Club on Sunday, Oct.

ELLSWORTH : The artwork of June Kellogg is now on display at the Ellsworth Center of the University of Maine System's Center Gallery.

Literary reverence for E. B. White is another reason many people turn south from the larger town of Blue Hill.

Literary reverence for E. B. White is another reason many people turn south from the larger town of Blue Hill.

Literary reverence for E. B. White is another reason many people turn south from the larger town of Blue Hill.

I have spent the better part of the last 21 summers in the town of Brooklin, Maine.

ROCKLAND : Rock City Books & Coffee, 328 Main St., will host two evenings of live music during Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show weekend.

The Frugal Skiff that Robert Leary and a few friends are building here today and tomorrow is, true to its name, frugal.

Jim Gaudet awakens each summer morning, kisses his wife Julie goodbye, and leaves for an extramarital affair he's been having for the past 34 years.

NORTHEAST HARBOR : The SPCA of Hancock County will host a pet show and fair on Sunday, July 19, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Mount Desert Elementary School ball field in Northeast Harbor.

BLUE HILL : The Leighton Gallery, at 24 Parker Point Road in Blue Hill, is hosting an opening reception for its new show, Sunday, July 12, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Featured artists are Stephen Burt, Don Hanson, William Irvine, Julie Metz and Libby Mitchell.

Submitted by Richard Grant on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 9:57am. Maine Life One of my favorite pieces of writing by E.B. White is an essay called "Clear Days," written in the autumn of 1938 while the leaders of Western Europe were busy dealing with the devil in Munich.