ELLSWORTH, Maine — The city will seek a $500,000 state downtown revitalization grant to fund improvements mainly for parking and pedestrian safety.
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BAR HARBOR, Maine — The Jackson Laboratory is being sued by a Japanese company that claims it owns the patent on a strain of mouse that Jackson Lab is marketing as its own.
The Central Institute …
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SULLIVAN, Maine — Scientists at the University of Maine have matched DNA that was taken from the scene of a bear attack at a local barn last fall with a bear that later was shot and killed at a property in neighboring Franklin.
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ELLSWORTH, Maine — Some police officers in Hancock County had to do things the old-fashioned way Tuesday when a computer glitch shut down the computers in their cruisers.
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TRENTON, Maine — Three months after laying off nearly 50 employees from its local production facility, The Hinckley Co. announced Monday that it is laying off 25 more.
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TOWNSHIP 3, Maine — A Greenbush man crashed his snowmobile into a tree Saturday near West Lake in northern Hancock County after his ice fishing equipment apparently got tangled up in the throttle.
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A new study says Nova Scotia’s fishery is still reeling from past overfishing and has been left “vulnerable” to the global economic crisis as a result.
The report, …
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ELLSWORTH, Maine — A Mount Desert selectman accused of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday in Ellsworth District Court.
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VASSALBORO, Maine — A one-time motel in a small central Maine town could soon be offering an eye-opening way to start the day — topless coffee shop waitresses.
The Vassalboro Planning Board on …
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HANCOCK, Maine — An early morning fire destroyed a home on Coffin Road on Sunday.
According to Hancock Fire Chief Chris Holmes, the initial call came in at about 4:22 a.m. Sunday reporting a …
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DEER ISLE, Maine — An Ellsworth woman died in a single-car crash on Reach Road on Sunday afternoon.
According to Trooper Tom Pickering of the Maine State Police, Lisa Martin, 47, of Ellsworth …
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BUCKSPORT, Maine - A local man and his son escaped unharmed from a fire that destroyed their home late New Year’s day.
According to a report form the Bucksport Fire department, the call came in …
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