ELLSWORTH — Grant funds continue to flow into the Maine commercial lobster fishery on the heels of $2 million research grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative announced in September. NOAA is also behind these awards directed at monitoring the fishery: A grant of$250,000 to further test and develop vessel monitoring systems for lobster vessels. According …
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — In a Senate District 7 race featuring two Ellsworth candidates, Democratic incumbent Louie Luchini comfortably held onto his seat over former Republican state senator Brian Langley in his bid to return to Augusta. With nearly 97 percent of precincts reporting, Luchini received 54.6 percent of the votes cast, 13,950, while Langley received 45.4 percent for a total of 11,595. The district includes 28 municipalities in Hancock County, including Bar Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Frenchboro, Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert, Tremont, Trenton and Swan’s Island. “I’m certainly …
BAR HARBOR — With positive case numbers continuing to rise across Maine, Governor Janet Mills has extended the state of civil emergency to the end of November. The administration has postponed the reopening of bars and tasting rooms, which had been scheduled for Nov. 2, reinstated quarantine-or-test requirements for travelers from New York, Connecticut and …
TRENTON — The 132nd District race to represent Ellsworth and Trenton returned one-term Democratic incumbent Nicole Grohoski to the House, after she won 55 percent of the votes cast, 3,061, in defeating Republican challenger Michelle Kaplan, who received 45 percent, or 2,497. Grohoksi swept both towns, winning 2,521 to 2,076 in Ellsworth and 540-421 in Trenton. …
ELLSWORTH — In a long-running effort to make Black Bear Hydro address fish kills attributed to the energy company’s Union River dam operation, Downeast Salmon Federation has requested that the Department of Environmental Protection issue an immediate cease-and-desist order on turbine operations during the seasonal alewife migration. The Oct. 15 request cites multiple observations of juvenile alewives being …
ELLSWORTH — In the latest Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) briefing on COVID-19, Director Dr. Nirav Shah said in quite clear terms, “The spike of which we foreshadowed is happening.” With positive cases reported at over 50 per day this week — 174 positive test results were reported in the three-day period …
ELLSWORTH — Incumbent state Sen. Louie Luchini and former four-term senator Brian Langley exchanged views on the 2020 election’s hot-button issues in a virtual forum on Oct. 13. Former state senator and Bar Harbor Town Council member Jill Goldthwait served as moderator, with questions covering climate change, health care, renewable energy and restarting a state economy battered by COVID-19. Both candidates are seasoned legislators, with Luchini, …
