Hancock County News

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Michael A. Martinez, 28, of Campbell, Calif., was arrested Oct.24, on an OUI charge and taken to the Hancock County Jail.

The list of people facing charges as a result of an Oct. 26 home invasion in Southwest Harbor has grown and could end up being even longer, according to officials.

While visiting the former Brown Farm site recently in vacant Riceville, now called Township 39, Harold "Bubba" Murray of Bangor Ghost Hunters kicks away leaves to uncover old stove parts in what might have been a handyman's quarters more than a century ago.

A Southwest Harbor man who was convicted five years ago of stealing more than $40,000 from a convenience store in his hometown added another conviction to his criminal record on Thursday.

BANGOR, Maine a ' Two different Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigations last week in Bangor and Otis resulted in three arrests and the seizure of more than $100,000 in prescription drugs, the MDEA said in a release.

Penobscot, ME) -- There is one ticked off moose in Hancock County, Maine who wasn't about to share the road with a car.

The victim in a Monday night home invasion suffered only a superficial wound and has a history with the seven men accused of assaulting him, according to a local law enforcement official.

ELLSWORTH, Maine a ' A Bangor man faces multiple charges after he alledgedly stole two vehicles early Wednesday morning and led police on a chase that ended in a crash on Route 180 in Ellsworth.

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

AUGUSTA : Dr. Dora Anne Mills, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, said Oct.

For the second time in the past year, a local selectman has been arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants.

Since last year, we have been following another interesting false rape charge in an area of Maine which has an exorbitant amount of rape charges for its population .

After a special selectmen's meeting to discuss the pros and cons of farming out the town's dispatch service to the Hancock County RCC, selectmen are left to ponder two things.

Maine's Legislative Council has accepted two research bills that would prevent for-profit companies from buying land records from county offices and reselling them for a "significantly different" price, a lawmaker said.

Mary Ann Sheets of Seal Cove, also known by her cowgirl name, "Daisy A'Dare," and Ken "The Gold Dust Kid" Goldstein of Southwest Harbor practice their fast-draw skills at the Blue Hill Rifle & Pistol Club's annual Fall Shoot and Open House on Sunday.

ELLSWORTH, Maine a ' An Orland man has been convicted in Hancock County Superior Court of threatening to kill another man.

BAR HARBOR : Music of the Balkan region of Europe, has a deep oral tradition and a unique blend of vocal styles and rhythms.

ELLSWORTH : The October meeting of the Hancock County Democratic Committee will be held Thursday, Oct.

A Cumberland County electronic document company plans to expand its land records Web site to include all county registry of deeds information and is prepared to go to court to obtain the data.