Milbridge News

As many as 10,000 people have attended Milbridge Days on the last weekend of July for nearly 30 years, but this year organizers predict a new event will bring even larger crowds.

While there are many positive aspects to living in the country like the Man on the Couch and I do, there are also drawbacks.

Tom Crawford and Barbara Jensen were watching television Tuesday evening with their two children when the family heard a loud "pop" as the lights went out.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed a lobster boat moored off the town dock Sunday afternoon.

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

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 - ...

The five students from Milbridge who are attending the Intensive English Institute at the University of Maine-Orono this summer are Maricela Zamora, Leticia Perez, Maria Mandujano, Nohemi Cruz and Susana ...

There was a sea of smiles at the Spcial Olympics in Orono Saturday, and dentists from across the state, were doing their part to keep those smiles healthy.

Steuben sculptor Jesse Salisbury created a 10-ton sculpture from pink Aswan granite as part of the 13th Aswan International Sculpture Symposium in Egypt.-PHOTO COURTESY OF JESSE SALISBURY Steuben Sculptor Hones ...

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.

Researchers study them. Styling, sensitive men carry them. And most women honest women will admit they can't live without them.

The Maine Sea Coast Mission has received a grant in partnership with three school systems - SAD 37, Union 96 and Union 103 - for its EdGE after-school and summer programs for students in grades 4 through 12.

Jasper Wyman & Son is expanding its harvest housing for blueberry rakers by constructing a 110-bed dormitory within its barrens in DeBlois.-STAFF PHOTO BY TOM WALSH Indicators Justify Optimism; Growers Expand ...

“We see this as a locally driven, grassroots, bottom-up process”

Contact: Susan Gallo, 781-2330, ext. 216 FALMOUTH, Maine, Tuesday, May 6, 2008-Maine Audubon has completed the initial stage of its Important Bird Areas program, identifying 22 areas in Maine as critical to ... via MaineToday

Police are investigating a car crash that killed an elderly man... An elderly man from Litchfield is dead after a car crash in Milbridge. via WABI-TV Bangor

The Maine Department of Transportation has announced that on Monday night, May 5, crews will close the Route 1A Bridge in Milbridge in order to remove utility lines that are on the Great North and Great South ... via The Ellsworth American

“You try to pass on those costs as much as you can and then find efficiencies in the operation so you can build onto the bottom line”

The high cost of fuel is being felt on more than just the state's roadways. It's also reaching into the state's blueberry fields, where the annual ritual of burning the plants has been in full swing in recent ... via The Citizen

While the town soon will take steps to upgrade the municipal sewer system with federal and state grant money, a proposed laundromat in the center of town could put additional stress on the wastewater system. via Bangor Daily News

"Big Heart, Clear Mind," a series of workshops tailored especially for children ages 8-12, will be offered at the Whole Health Center of Bar Harbor, led by facilitator Bahia Yackzan of Milbridge. via Ellsworth American

“If I'd known it would be this easy, I would have brought more rope.”

More than 100 lobstermen from Downeast Maine traveled to Ellsworth last week to get rid of miles of the rope that has them entangled with the National Marine Fisheries Service . via Ellsworth American