Gouldsboro News

An increase in the level of the phytoplankton that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning has forced the Department of Marine Resources to close large areas of lower Blue Hill Bay, Frenchman Bay and the waters ...

This town might be poised to give up the unflattering distinction of producing more garbage than just about any other town in the area.

The school consolidation process has often been compared to a marriage without the possibility of divorce.

A Mexican national appeared Monday in U.S. District Court on charges of re-entry after deportation.

Mike Light knew he had a big project ahead of him when he went next door to what had been the Young Brothers boatshop, measured the doors leading into the building and realized that the fiberglass hull due to ...

The perennial floor debate over using property tax dollars to subsidize nonprofit social service agencies once again dominated the proceedings of Gouldsboro's annual Town Meeting.

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 - ...

A Gouldsboro man was released from Hancock County Jail after being arrested for aggravated assault last week.

One man was arrested and three were summoned after an altercation over a pregnancy Tuesday evening.

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

Gouldsboro voters will be asked to approve a $3.6 million budget June 10 that represents a .5 percent increase in spending for 2008-2009. The town meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Gouldsboro Community ...

A local jeweler, who makes stone necklaces, launched a Web site enabling Maine artists like him to display and market their work around the globe at minimal cost.

They began by sitting on either side of the room, but by the end of the evening, School Union 96 and Ellsworth were in the middle, talking consolidation.

For the first summer in nearly 100 years, J.M. Gerrish Provisions in the heart of Winter Harbor may not open this summer.

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

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 ...

“I think there is a lot at stake here. The character of the peninsula could change.”

Michael Saxl addresses a crowd of about 250 people Wednesday, who gathered inside the Peninsula School gymnasium in Winter Harbor to hear a presentation for a proposal to develop 3,300 acres in Winter Harbor ... via Bangor Daily News

People in Winter Harbor learned more about a proposed development project for Schoodic Peninsula at a public meeting Wednesday night. via WLBZ

“I think it's going to be a long time coming. It's taken four years to get the property transferred. It could be another four years before we see any revenue.”

For three years running, Gouldsboro has been hoping to find a good use for the long-abandoned U.S. Navy communications center in the village of Corea. via Ellsworth American

“In a heartbeat. It's the people you meet. Some of us are still writing to each other 50 years later.”

Students from Sumner Memorial High School listen to wartime stories by Dolores Hainer, 77, of Hampden , who served in the Women's Army Corps in Korea. via The Ellsworth American