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BROOKLIN — Oddly enough, it was often a relief to Gail Angell when she heard her son was in jail.
BLUE HILL — A truck belonging to ISF Trading Co. carrying 100 trays or about 15,000 pounds, of sea cucmbers, know to fisherman as "pickles" from Stonington to Portland capsized on the Mines Road shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday about three and a half miles from the center of Blue Hill.
TRENTON — One million dollars in public works projects aimed at helping the town create a more firm identity for itself are among the items slated for consideration by residents at the annual town meeting here, set for Saturday.
BAR HARBOR — A resolution to change the United States Constitution to take special interest cash out of politics won the unanimous support of the town council Tuesday. Bar Harbor joins two dozen other Maine towns and cities in signing on to the effort to change the political system.
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — “It will be a shame” if Southwest Harbor withdraws from the Acadia Disposal District (ADD), says Tony Smith, chairman of the ADD board.
HANCOCK — Hancock County Habitat for Humanity has selected the Boccia-Young family as its next partner family.
BLUE HILL — The Maine Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing about its plans to turn the four-way intersection on Tenney Hill into a roundabout.
ORLAND — Members of the Orland Historical Society know a good deal when they see one.
BUCKSPORT — Planning Board members voted May 15 to allow Subway sandwich shop to relocate next to Family Dollar in the Route 1 mini-mall.
HANCOCK — Residents at Town Meeting May 14 approved funding should the town decide to explore withdrawing from Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) and then eliminated and reinstated money to pay for a tax assessor’s agent.
CASTINE — Sailing hasn’t been a big part of the scene in Bucksport since coal and lumber schooners disappeared from the Penobscot, but that may be about to change.
CASTINE — More than 150 high school sailors, coaches and sailing supporters will crowd the Maine Maritime Academy waterfront this weekend to race in the 14th annual Downeast Championship Invitational and Maine State High School Championship regatta.
ELLSWORTH — May is for milestones at The Grasshopper Shop, which is embarking on its 30th year of business under new ownership.
ELLSWORTH — The owner of a growing chain of fireworks stores plans to open a Bucksport Road location a couple of weeks before the Fourth of July.
MACHIAS — The Washington Hancock Community Agency (WHCA) plans to open a new office in Machias in June.
BLUE HILL — Summer baseball tryouts for the Coastal Junior League boys’ team will be held Sunday, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the George Stevens Academy baseball field in Blue Hill.
ELLSWORTH — The James Russell Wiggins Down East Family YMCA will hold its fourth annual “Dare to Tri” Sprint Triathlon on Saturday.
DEER ISLE — On Tuesday, the Sumner boys got wins by Braden Wentworth over Ole Bartos 8-6 and Jason Smith over Drew Siebert 8-3, but forfeited the remaining matches to give the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners a 3-2 victory.
BLUE HILL — On Tuesday, the 10-1 GSA Eagle boys, who top the Eastern Maine Class C standings, rolled over the Dexter Tigers 5-0.
ELLSWORTH — With a lineup that includes seven freshmen and sophomores, the Bucksport Golden Bucks have played their way to an 8-2 record and third place in the Eastern Maine Class C standings.
ELLSWORTH — With just two weeks to go in the regular softball season, the Bucksport Golden Bucks and the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners are sailing along with perfect records.
ELLSWORTH — Colby Clarke, a seventh-grader at the Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School and the son of Robin and Jason Clarke of Ellsworth, has been selected as a member of the 2012 Maine Olympic Development Program (ODP) Boys’ Soccer Team, which will represent Maine in the Region 1 ODP Tournament June 8-10 in New Jersey.
BUCKSPORT — The Hancock County Outdoor Track Championships will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at Bucksport High School’s Carmichael Field.
BAR HARBOR — The MDI Trojans dominated Tuesday in a 19-6 win over the Foxcroft Academy Ponies.
SULLIVAN — The Bucksport Golden Bucks had things entirely their way in a 27-0 shutout of the 1-8 Sumner Tigers on Tuesday.
BUCKSPORT — Most people would be daunted by the idea of publishing several books in a year.
ELLSWORTH — The Master Gardener Volunteers of Hancock County are local citizens who have completed a three-month intensive course in horticulture and volunteerism given by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
I love the idea of a spring tonic. After a winter of roots, grains and deer jerky, the human species emerges from its smoky cave to forage greens from the wild.
HANCOCK — With the May 8 release of his second album, “Halfway to Wonderland,” Chris Ross will be well on his way to meeting a major goal.
After a one-year hiatus, the full Maine Women’s Balkan Choir with Elitsa Stoyneva has scheduled a new concert season this spring and summer, with shows planned for Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Belfast and Bangor.
BAR HARBOR — A delightful range of creative cooking and local brews will be highlighted this week during the 2012 Taste of Bar Harbor festival. The event includes cooking classes, a tour of downtown pubs, exclusive chef’s table dinners and restaurant specials throughout the week.
BLUE HILL — Sedgwick chef Nancy McMillan got her start frosting donuts in a restaurant at age 13.
Now that spring is in full swing, we are enjoying the luxury of fresh asparagus. We check the asparagus bed daily, and pick when the thick green spears have grown several inches and the tips are still tightly furled. To harvest, I bend the spear until it snaps.
BAR HARBOR — Endangered animals take pride of place on the silver screen when the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival debuts in Maine this month at Reel Pizza Cinerama.
Reach for the wrong fork at a dinner party, and the worst that might befall you is a snooty glance. The wrong fork in the garden, on the other hand, makes for less efficient work.
BAR HARBOR — Jon Frederick Holder, 71, a practicing attorney in Portland, Bangor and Bar Harbor, died Saturday evening, May 15, 2012, at his home. Jon was born on April 21, 1941, in Boston, Mass. to Norman and Virginia (Daniels) Holder.
MOUNT DESERT — Robert Paochin Ho, 77, died Feb. 17, 2012. A memorial service is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at St. Marys-by-the-Sea on Shore Road in Northeast Harbor.
BAR HARBOR — On May 13, 2012, Elizabeth S. (Libby) Greene of Elizabeth City – a frequent visitor to Bar Harbor – passed away at Carolina House where she was attended lovingly by God, family, and friends. She was born in Princeton, W.Va., on March 3, 1930, to Harold G. and Ida Clarke (Robertson) Stafford, their prized only child. Libby was a bright and witty woman who on June 25, 1948, married fellow Concord College student and World War II battlefield commissioned Lt. Vernon E. Greene. She excelled in her studies with a double major in English and French, and years later earned a Masters of Public Administration.
MOUNT DESERT — Donald F. Dickey, 55, attorney, mediator, former health policy analyst, skier, sailor, and father of three, died suddenly May 8, 2012 at his home in West Lebanon, N.H. He was a summer resident of Mount Desert Island.
WALTHAM — Robert J. Cyr, “RJ,” 37, died May 14, 2012, at his residence in Waltham. He was born May 20, 1974, in Stamford, Conn., the son of Robert P. Cyr and Ann-Marie Britton.
ORLAND — George Milroy Marshall Jr., 92, of Orland, died May 7, 2012, at his home on the shores of Alamoosook Lake after recent recoveries at St. Joseph’s Hospital and rehabilitations at Maine Veterans’ Home, Bangor.
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. — Mary Russo McCormick died in San Diego on May 6, 2012.
BAR HARBOR — James “Jim” M. Crockett, 53, husband of Joy Camire Marshall Crockett, lost his valiant battle with cancer May 10, 2012. Jim was born March 23, 1959, in Bar Harbor, son of Leslie Crockett and Myrle Norwood Crockett.
MOUNT DESERT — Jean Merchant Gray, 84, died May 13, 2012, at a health-care facility in Hancock. She was born April 30, 1928, in Somesville, the daughter of Eugene S. and Mabel A. (Benson) Merchant.
GOULDSBORO — Joan Frances Garbar, 78, died May 12, 2012, at a Bangor hospital. She was born March 12, 1934, in Boston, Mass., the daughter of John W. and Gertrude R. (Gasey) Hayes.
