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A Tuesday morning fire destroyed the home of John and Lisa Sutherland. According to Hancock Fire Chief Chris Holmes, the fire at 107 Moon's Ledges Road was reported shortly before 8 a.m. July 1. The structure ...

Despite some reservations about consolidating with a much larger school system, the Flanders Bay School Board voted Tuesday night to partner with Ellsworth.

Houston, we have a problem. Ongoing bluff erosion in Maine's Hancock County is a sign that local seas are on the move.

One side is looking for partners; the other side is afraid of getting burned. No one is quite sure what the outcome will be when the Ellsworth School Committee and the Flanders Bay Community School District - ...

While everyone in Maine is feeling the pain of higher energy prices on everything from gasoline to electricity, those in rural areas of the state are being squeezed even harder.

As gasoline prices hurried toward $4 a gallon last month, Barbara Hadowanetz knew she could no longer feed her gas-guzzling pickup truck.

Lamoine remains the exception to the rule, as the only Hancock County community to date to reject its proposed school budget.

Fifteen years ago, aquaculture looked like the savior of New England's historic but declining fishing industry.

BAR HARBOR A building contractor that has been storing fill and parking construction vehicles on a vacant Eden Street lot, just outside of downtown, drew a violation notice from the code enforcement department ...

Enduring bluesman plays ELLSWORTH - From the time John Hammond first picked up a guitar as an 18-year-old college student, it seems he was destined to play the blues.

On May 27th, I attended a demonstration of how big things get done in our world.

Paul Gilbert has announced his candidacy for the House District No. 87 seat. Gilbert's background underscores his commitment to social justice, good jobs and affordable health care for all, a statement issued ...

The staff of the Land Use Regulation Commission, which is essentially the planning board for the 10 million acres in the state's unorganized territory, has just completed its first round of public meetings on a ...

The $3.7 million budget for Sumner Memorial High School was approved by voters Tuesday evening following sparse discussion.

Jessica Haycock, 17, of Prospect Harbor, will deliver the valedictory address at the Sumner Memorial High School graduation June 17 at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium.

Twenty years ago when we lived in Ellsworth the sound twice a day of the freight train that clicked and clacked along the tracks was a predictable event that stirred emotions for all of those who lived there.

There are many reasons why almost half of Sumner Memorial High School students don't attend college, and one is parents' fear that the children will leave the area, said the coordinator of college programs at ...

Tim Sylvia Charity Benefit in Eastbrook, Maine Posted by John Curry on 05.05.2008 Tim Sylvia asked that this information be passed along to 411mania.com about a Charity event he will be holding May 18th, in ... via 411mania.com

Where are your favorite freshwater swimming holes? In the June 2008 issue of Down East Magazine, Emily Glatz Fontaine introduced readers to nine freshwater swimming holes in her article "Jump Right In." These ... via Down East

“He used the card shortly after it was stolen. So, therefore, it can be inferred that he was the one that stole the card.”

A man has been charged with theft in connection with the use of a stolen credit/debit card allegedly used to purchase a winning $10,000 lottery ticket early last month. via Mount Desert Islander