Hancock County News

AUGUSTA, Maine a ' The state Bureau of Highway Safety says 2008 was the safest year on Maine roads in 50 years, and this year is turning out to be even safer.

BAR HARBOR : In the last eight years, the Maine Sea Coast Mission has awarded $1,000 scholarships to 69 graduates of Mount Desert Island High School and to 14 graduates of Ellsworth High School.

A longtime sheriff's deputy and then dispatcher for the Hancock County Sheriff's Department died Saturday in Ellsworth.

A Stonington man is free on bail after leading police on a high-speed chase with speeds exceeding 100 mph.

TRENTON : Over the past few years the SPCA of Hancock County has been the fortunate recipient of grants from the Lyman Pope Jr.

HANCOCK COUNTY : The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Hancock County Sheriffa s Office.

DEER ISLE, Maine a ' A Stonington man is facing criminal charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through three Hancock County towns, according to the Hancock County Sheriffa TMs Department.

A Stonington man faces multiple charges after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase through three towns that hit speeds of 100 mph.

The Ellsworth Police and the Hancock County Sheriff's department are looking into a string of break-ins in the last month.

Securities Administrator Judith Shaw announced Monday that two investigations conducted by Maine's Office of Securities have resulted in indictments in Kennebec and Hancock Counties.

WATERVILLE, Maine a ' Three Colby College students have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from incidents early Easter morning that sparked a campus protest and allegations that police used excessive force.

In a case that could have costly implications throughout Maine, Hancock County is being sued by a private company that essentially wants free access to all of the electronic records filed in the county's registry of deeds.

ELLSWORTH : A genealogy workshop with members of the Hancock County Genealogical Society will be held Saturday, June 20, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Ellsworth Public Library.

A man from Northeast Harbor died Friday morning after hitting a pickup truck head-on. Authorities say Brad Kenney, 31, died at Eastern Maine Medical Center from his injuries.

A former local loan broker whose license was revoked in April is one of four people being prosecuted by the Maine Attorney General's Office who were indicted last month by a Hancock County grand jury.

TRENTON, Maine a ' An accident Friday morning on Route 3 has resulted in two men being sent to a Bangor hospital.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld the convictions and sentences of a man and woman from Mount Desert Island who were found guilty in 2007 of raping at least two women.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : On the ballot, June 9, in addition to re-affirming three school budget items already agreed to at Town meeting in May, voters will be asked to redress a clerical error made by the community service organization, Island Connections, by restoring the $1,500 it had requested from this year's budget.

According to reports from the Hancock County Sheriffa s Department, members of the task force initially stopped a vehicle in Eastbrook and found teens with alcohol.

The cruise ship Maasdam sits at anchor offshore from downtown Bar Harbor on Friday behind the touring schooner Margaret Todd.