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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 06:46 pm

Hancock County News

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3 hrs ago | Bangor Daily News

Trenton: Four injured in crash of car reported stolen

Four people in a reportedly stolen vehicle were seriously injured Wednesday night when the car went off the road and rolled several times.

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Related Topix: Bangor Metro, Bangor, ME

Thu Jul 17, 2008

The Ellsworth American

Ellsworth Transfer Station Attendant Earns Top Honor

The Maine Resource Recovery Association Friday honored city of Ellsworth transfer station attendant Van Stevens as its operator of the year.

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Related Topix: Ellsworth, ME

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Ellsworth American

Gouldsboro May End Reign As Major Garbage Producer

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

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Related Topix: Ellsworth, ME, Winter Harbor, ME, Milbridge, ME, Gouldsboro, ME

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Restaurant appeal dismissed

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has dismissed an appeal by the owners of the Bassa restaurant in Northeast Harbor regarding a conditional use permit granted to them by the town's planning board.

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Related Topix: Northeast Harbor, ME, Ellsworth, ME

Fri Jul 11, 2008

WLBZ

Hancock County Nursing Home Gets Cited For Violations

The Federal Government has cited a nursing home in the Hancock County town of Penobscot for several violations.

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Related Topix: Life, Nutrition, Food, Penobscot, ME

Thu Jul 10, 2008

The Ellsworth American

Inmate Charged with Smuggling...

Hancock County Jail Lt. Franklin Burke charged an inmate June 26 who allegedly smuggled prescription drugs into the jail.

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Related Topix: Blue Hill, ME, Orland, ME, Deer-Isle, ME, Southwest Harbor, ME, East-Blue-Hill, ME

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Ellsworth American

Fourth of July Weekend Brings Throngs of Visitors to County

Maine Turnpike officials say traffic this past holiday weekend was down 10 percent compared to the first weekend in July last year.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, 4th of July

Ellsworth American

Five Injured in Stonington Crash

Five young people were injured when a car failed to negotiate a curve and crossed a centerline colliding with a dump truck nearly head-on July 3 on Route 15 in Stonington.

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Related Topix: Damariscotta, ME, Bangor Metro, Bangor, ME

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Bangor Daily News

Shellfish processors brace for red tide

The 2005 season is generally considered among the worst for red tide closures, but officials with the Maine Department of Marine Resources fear this season could be even worse.

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Related Topix: Addison, ME, Beals, ME, Science / Technology, CPU, Stonington, ME

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Forum is deemed successful

About 50 people attended a forum last week to discuss updating the document guiding decisions in the community the town's comprehensive plan.

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Related Topix: Bass-Harbor, ME, Southwest Harbor, ME

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Bangor Daily News

Ellsworth: Hancock County pet shelters at capacity

Animal shelters in Hancock County are reporting dramatic increases in the number of furry residents they're housing so far this summer.

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Related Topix: Ellsworth, ME, Southwest Harbor, ME

Ellsworth American

Verona Island Man Robbed, Shot in Stockton Springs

The Waldo County Sheriff's Department and the Maine State Police are investigating the robbery and shooting of a Verona Island man on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Stockton-Springs, ME, Waldo County, ME

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Asticou arsonist gets prison time

A Dover-Foxcroft man who last summer set fire to a large event tent at the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor will spend 18 months in jail for the crime.

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Related Topix: Dover-Foxcroft, ME, Northeast Harbor, ME, Mount Desert, ME

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Bangor Daily News

Stockton Springs: Man robbed, shot in arm at beach

An armed holdup at Sandy Point Beach on Saturday evening led to a man being robbed at gunpoint and shot in the arm during a scuffle on the ground.

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Related Topix: Stockton-Springs, ME, Waldo County, ME, Bangor Metro, Bangor, ME

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Bangor Daily News

MDI man pleads guilty to stabbing

A 62-year-old man from Bar Harbor pleaded guilty to elevated aggravated assault in Hancock County Court on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Bar Harbor, ME

Wed Jun 25, 2008

WLBZ

Old Railroad Tracks To Become New Nature Trails

More than 85 miles of railroad tracks that span through Washington and Hancock counties will be put back into use as nature trails.

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Related Topix: Washington County, ME, Machias, ME

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Sea Level Rise 50: Shoreline Erosion

Along the Taunton River in Hancock, there is little leeway between salt water and terra firma at high tide.

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Related Topix: Hancock, ME

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Bordeaux, Dimond honored

Charlotte Bordeaux of Bar Harbor and Richard Dimond of Southwest Harbor will be honored as the Maine Sea Coast Mission holds its fifth annual Sunbeam Awards Gala on Friday, Aug.

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Related Topix: Bar Harbor, ME, Southwest Harbor, ME

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Trenton school seeks MDI tie

In light of recent changes to school consolidation legislation, many on the school committee here are looking to consolidate with Mount Desert Island schools.

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Related Topix: Blue Hill, ME

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Ellsworth American

Gas Price Blues? Talk To Us

BREAKING NEWS! Four Hancock County teams advanced to Eastern Maine baseball and softball semifinals on Thursday, while two others saw their seasons come to a close.

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Related Topix: Ellsworth, ME

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