Milbridge News

A group of concerned residents has launched a petition drive to force a special town meeting in an attempt to overturn a 180-day moratorium on multi-family housing.

An ongoing problem with automobile burglaries has prompted city police to remind drivers to lock their vehicles and avoid leaving valuable items inside, especially overnight.

It's not often that a man gets a bridge for a birthday present. Or that it is presented by the governor of the state of Maine.

Selectmen met Thursday night with the planning board to provide some guidance in the wake of a recent housing moratorium passed last week by voters.

ELLSWORTH : The Ellsworth Duplicate Bridge Club held a regular open game on Thursday, June 18.

Ellsworth Police have charged a woman for allegedly stealing purses during a high school graduation ceremony.

Lobsterman Chris Andrews picks out lobsters for a customer along Forest Avenue in Portland.

CHARLESTON, Maine a ' The Maine State Police are investigating the theft of fence posts and two gates taken from the West Charleston cemetery.

High school graduations usually are memorable for the seniors who get their diplomas, and the one last Saturday at the high school was no exception.

I was extremely disappointed when the Legislature passed its so-called tax reform proposal last week that includes, among other new taxes, a 70 percent increase in the tax on candy.

A building that housed a guide business was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon, but firefighters were able to save an attached garage that contained taxidermy equipment and specimens.

Eighteen of Maine's most respected landscape architects and designers and the public and private gardens of their creation.

Safe, decent and affordable housing is a basic need that everyone should be able to access.

It was pretty obvious the 39-footer coming out of a bay at H&H Marine in Steuben, Maine, was not the typical lobster boat.

The controversy in the small Washington County town of Milbridge over plans to build a housing complex for the town's Hispanic immigrant population is sadly typical.

A local building contractor is putting up a reward for information about the theft of copper piping from a Habitat for Humanity home construction project earlier this month.

BELFAST : Milbridge native and Pittston resident Judith Schuppien has been named Artist of the Year for the 14th annual Arts in the Park, slated for Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12.

MILBRIDGE : The Housing Division of Washington Hancock Community Agency is having a yard sale to benefit the SeniorSAFE Program, and items are need for the event.

Do they ship the tinsel, too? As much as we may complain about shelling out $30 for a Christmas tree from the Rotary Club lot down by the supermarket, there are folks for whom a genuine Maine holiday tree is worth any price.

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