Hancock County News

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.