Hancock County News Archives

Penobscot, ME) -- There is one ticked off moose in Hancock County, Maine who wasn't about to share the road with a car.

The victim in a Monday night home invasion suffered only a superficial wound and has a history with the seven men accused of assaulting him, according to a local law enforcement official.

ELLSWORTH, Maine a ' A Bangor man faces multiple charges after he alledgedly stole two vehicles early Wednesday morning and led police on a chase that ended in a crash on Route 180 in Ellsworth.

BROOKLIN, Maine a ' Five people were injured in a head-on accident on Route 15 in the heavy rain late Saturday afternoon.

AUGUSTA : Dr. Dora Anne Mills, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, said Oct.

For the second time in the past year, a local selectman has been arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants.

Since last year, we have been following another interesting false rape charge in an area of Maine which has an exorbitant amount of rape charges for its population .

After a special selectmen's meeting to discuss the pros and cons of farming out the town's dispatch service to the Hancock County RCC, selectmen are left to ponder two things.

Maine's Legislative Council has accepted two research bills that would prevent for-profit companies from buying land records from county offices and reselling them for a "significantly different" price, a lawmaker said.

Mary Ann Sheets of Seal Cove, also known by her cowgirl name, "Daisy A'Dare," and Ken "The Gold Dust Kid" Goldstein of Southwest Harbor practice their fast-draw skills at the Blue Hill Rifle & Pistol Club's annual Fall Shoot and Open House on Sunday.

ELLSWORTH, Maine a ' An Orland man has been convicted in Hancock County Superior Court of threatening to kill another man.

BAR HARBOR : Music of the Balkan region of Europe, has a deep oral tradition and a unique blend of vocal styles and rhythms.

ELLSWORTH : The October meeting of the Hancock County Democratic Committee will be held Thursday, Oct.

A Cumberland County electronic document company plans to expand its land records Web site to include all county registry of deeds information and is prepared to go to court to obtain the data.

A Maine man accused of abducting a 13-year-old girl and setting off an Amber Alert has been indicted in federal court.

The fire marshal's office has been asked to send an investigator to the town of Gouldsboro in Hancock County.

FARMINGTON a ' The Franklin County register of deeds plans to acknowledge the receipt of a Freedom of Access Act request from a business and to let representatives know she is working on determining what it cost to produce a copy.

A Bucksport man who sexually molested a girl repeatedly over several months was sentenced Friday to serve 17 years behind bars.

MDI : By foot, car or boat, Mount Desert Island is a gem to behold this time of year; take it in by air, and it's even more breathtaking.