Latest News from Hancock County
Gouldsboro Police: Missing Wife Arrives Home Safely

GOULDSBORO — A Massachusetts man called police Aug. 23 and said his wife was missing.

 
Sports Practices Benched Due to Heat

ELLSWORTH — Regional School Unit 24 Superintendent Bill Webster has canceled all outside sports practices today, Thursday, Sept. 2, due to the weather.

 
Hurricane Earl Cancellations & Postponements
 
Beal Named to Maine Municipal Association Executive Committee

ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth City Manager Michelle Beal has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Maine Municipal Association (MMA).

 
‘Someone Else’s Problem’ Attitude One Cause of $4-billion Pension Debt

How does a state of only 1.3 million people end up $4.4 billion behind in its payments for just one state program?

 
Sobriety Checkpoint Nets Two Ounces of Marijuana

ELLSWORTH — No one was charged with drunk driving during a sobriety checkpoint on High Street Tuesday night, but officers did find two ounces of marijuana in one vehicle.

 
Hancock Land Swap Finalized

HANCOCK — Selectmen have finalized a complicated land swap that gives Town Hall some breathing room and provides public access via former railroad tracks to town-owned land on Young’s Bay.

 
Bucksport Bowling Center Closes after 25 Years

ORLAND — There was a time when customers had to wait in line to bowl a few strings at the Bucksport Bowling Center.

 
Three Youths Charged in Vandalism

ELLSWORTH — Thanks to a Facebook tip, the Ellsworth Police Department has charged three youths responsible for the graffiti that was spray-painted on downtown businesses, signs and vehicles Sunday.