Hancock County News

A board that oversees the conduct of licensed attorneys in the state of Maine has filed a complaint about a Hancock County prosecutor with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

A local man was arrested Sunday afternoon after smashing a carpet cleaner with an axe during a fight with his wife, police said Monday.

The eighth-grade students at Wagner Middle School are continuing to raise money for their field trip to Boston on June 7. Raffle tickets are still available for a remote control "Stampede" truck, and JCM Redemption has an account set up for bottle return money.

Heavy overnight fog and a solid rain Thursday relieved an extremely high fire danger in Washington County, giving forest rangers a break after two weeks of wildfires, grass fires and out-of-control burns.

A local 25-year-old woman was charged Wednesday with aggravated forgery after allegedly using someone else's identity to get out of a ticket for an expired inspection sticker.

A state ethics board has issued a report on a prosecutor in Hancock County, saying, among other things, she engaged in conduct unworthy of an attorney.

A Superior Court ruling against a Blue Hill farmer who has been selling unlabeled, unlicensed raw milk will have farmers in several Maine towns wondering about the future of local "food sovereignty" ordinances that seek to exempt them from state oversight.

Your new home could be on this easy access, elevated building site in this centrally located Sedgwick subdivision w deeded shore access to the Bagaduce River for enjoyable kayaking and canoeing experiences.

A Canadian firm that is a subsidiary of the largest aquaculture operator in Maine pleaded guilty Friday in a Canadian courtroom to using illegal pesticides that killed hundreds of lobsters a little more than a mile from Maine's border.

On Thursday, April 18, Kimberly Phelan's attorney was granted another continuance in the case against her.