Ellsworth News

Ellsworth - Ellsworth schools could be the latest to try to withdraw from their current school district RSU 24.

Whether your father is a techno-geek, a history buff, a would-be inventor, or an adventurer always looking for the unusual, consider taking him on a tour of The Telephone Museum in Ellsworth on Father's Day, June 17th.

ELLSWORTH, Maine - Maine Coast Memorial Hospital was honored Wednesday as the Maine Trauma System Hospital of the Year in recognition of training that enabled emergency department staff to handle a quadruple shooting last March.

Jacob Weese, Ethan Johnson, and Connor Reeves of Skowhegan will embark on June 26 on their second annual Boarding for Boobies fundraiser to benefit the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation.

Independent wind energy company First Wind of Boston said it will award seniors from 16 high schools across the country a total of $65,000 in college scholarships to pursue studies focused on the environment, energy or the sciences.

In the 1980s classic comedy revenge of the nerds, there was a clear cut boundary between the titular nerds and the preppy, popular frat boys that sought to humiliate them.

Police tape warns drivers away from railroad tracks at a confusing intersection and curve on Route 1A in Ellsworth.

Area residents and those passing through the city may have a place to stock up on fireworks in time for their Fourth of July celebrations.

Bar Harbor residents Valery and Mike McCadden pray during a Sunday worship service at the St.

The Grasshopper Shop in Ellsworth, which has occupied the same spot on Main Street for 30 years, was sold on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.

Campaign officials have said that one-on-one conversations with voters are how they plan to persuade more than 50 percent of Mainers to vote yes on a referendum in November that would allow same-sex couples to receive marriage licenses while also protecting religious freedom.

Charlie Freeman and Shawn Melvin spent Saturday replacing ties along the section of the Down East Scenic Railroad near Davis Street in Ellsworth.

In late April, Marie Arnberg, L.Ac., works with a patient at Arnberg's DownEast Community Acupuncture, a community clinic on Verona Island.

When asked what he considers his accomplishments in Sanford, Green redirected the spotlight onto those with whom he has worked these last eight years to make the town a better place.

Jeff Card of Ellsworth sets up a fyke net for catching elvers in the Union River in Ellsworth on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

ELLSWORTH, Maine --- Juniors and seniors at Ellsworth High School got an up close look at the dangers of drunk driving Tuesday afternoon as area first responders worked with the student body to stage a mock car crash outside of the school.

A ride in memory of Marvin Tarbox will take place on Sunday, May 20th. Registration begins at Noon at Anah Shrine in Bangor.

A Mount Desert Island man has been charged in connection with an incident early Sunday morning in which a local man was burned, according to police.

Zoe Weil Performs the U.S. Debut of her One-Woman Show "My Ongoing Problems with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl" at Frontier CafA© Theater, Brunswick, Maine, Thursday, May 10, 7:30 p.m. >> Healthy Acadia is seeking a Community Development Block Grant to expand the Hancock County Gleaning Initiative, an initiative that fights hunger across ... (more)

ORIENT, Maine - An Orient man will appear before a judge on May 23 to determine how long he will be behind bars in connection with the murder of three people in Amity almost two years ago.