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BUCKSPORT — The State Fire Marshal’s Office has determined that a local police officer’s private vehicle was intentionally set ablaze New Year’s Eve.
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BUCKSPORT — A furnace malfunction is believed to have caused a New Year’s Day fire that destroyed a mobile home on Russell Hill Road.
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Doctors Say Sunlight-starved New Englanders Are Suffering
WINTER HARBOR — Many millennia ago, when we lived near the equator and walked around naked, no one worried about getting enough vitamin D from the sun.
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Arrest Numbers Holding Steady
ELLSWORTH — Despite publicity campaigns, the number of incidents of drunk driving in Ellsworth is holding steady.
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ELLSWORTH — Taxpayers might be pleased, but Sheriff Bill Clark feels as nervous and alone as a habitual offender in a holding cell.
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WINTER HARBOR — A firm that worked on plans for a Schoodic eco-resort said talks with the landowner soured when the firm proposed relocating parts of the project to adjoining areas that already are developed.
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ELLSWORTH — No corner of Hancock County was untouched by the loss of loved ones, neighbors and community leaders in 2008.
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Consolidation
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OTIS — The School Board will meet Jan. 14 to consider options now that the town has voted not to join the new Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24).
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Features
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TRENTON — Singer Laurie Jones will headline the kick-off of Lose and Win, the 10-week program to lose weight and develop a healthy lifestyle, on Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Trenton Elementary School.
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Our Neighbors
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ELLSWORTH — A new nail salon has opened at 42 Downeast Highway in part of the former Auto Haus.
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Statehouse News Service
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AUGUSTA—The public’s chance to weigh in on the proposed 2009 supplemental budget begins at 10:30 a.m. Monday, when the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee is scheduled to oversee three days of hearings in room 228 of the State House.
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Statehouse News Service
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AUGUSTA—A political action committee was fined $10,000 Monday for what its CEO called an “administrative mistake,” marking the second time this year that the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices has assessed the maximum penalty allowed by law.
Cindy Butts, chief executive officer for the Maine Association of Realtors PAC, did not dispute that her organization filed expenditure reports for two election-season mailings 20 days late.
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Wrestling
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HERMON — The Mount Desert Island Trojans placed fourth among more than a dozen teams wrestling in the Hermon Holiday Tournament on Saturday.
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Girls' Basketball
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ELLSWORTH — After finishing on the losing end in their first four outings of the season, the Bucksport Golden Bucks broke into the win column with a 47-31 victory over the Ellsworth Eagles on Saturday.
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Waterfront
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BUCKSPORT — Like most industries these days, boatbuilding is facing hard times.
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Arts & Leisure
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Sargentville’s Sargents Retrace Ancestor’s Journey Over a Century Ago
Some events in life are uncomplicated, and others multilayered, such as the trip Bob Sargent took recently to China with his daughter, Ann Sargent Slayton.
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Hancock County Chefs Find Creative Ways To Cook Winter Delicacy
Hand-painted wooden signs have surfaced beside trucks parked at roadside, trumpeting the start of Maine’s scallop season. At this time of year, the freshly harvested sea scallops deservedly take take center stage and steal some of the limelight away from another bottom dweller — the much publicized lobster — on restaurant menus around Hancock County.
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Boys' Basketball
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With a chance to remain unbeaten on the line, the Ellsworth Eagles and the Mount Desert Island Trojans renewed their Hancock County basketball rivalry on Saturday at Bar Harbor.
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Editorials
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Two decades ago, our beloved publisher and mentor James Russell Wiggins penned the following poem, expressing seasonal best wishes to our readers, for the front page of the Christmas edition of The Ellsworth American.
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DEER ISLE — Lisa Martin, 47, of Ellsworth died Sunday at 3 p.m. when the car in which she was a passenger struck a utility pole, state police report.
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There are no reported cancellations today. To receive weather alerts via your cell phone or e-mail with TextME, sign up here!
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Do you live for Ebay? Do you know the Amazon website like the palm of your hand? If you buy and sell online (for fun or profit), we want to hear from you. Email or call Jackie Weaver at 667-2575 or jweaver @ellsworthamerican.com.
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The National Debt |
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The outstanding U.S. public debt on Tuesday, Dec. 30, was $10,565,225,490,012.74. Each citizen’s share of this debt is $34,598.23. One year ago, the U.S. public debt was $9,120,549,682,475.62.
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Today:
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
