BAR HARBOR — The lone remaining survivor of a house fire that killed a woman and her adult son here last April is bringing a wrongful death lawsuit against power company Emera Maine. The suit alleges that the fire was caused by an electrical surge. Raymond Harding and his father, Percy Harding, escaped from the …
Updated Nov. 21 SOUTHWEST HARBOR—An evening fire last Wednesday destroyed a home at 408 Seawall Road and sent the owner, Paula L. Dunbar, to the hospital. Dunbar was later transported by Lifeflight helicopter ambulance to Portland due to the severity of her injuries. She is currently in recovery at Maine Medical Center’s Burn Unit in …
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Maine U.S. Sen. Angus King and 2nd District Rep. Bruce Poliquin visited Acadia last Thursday to learn about the park’s infrastructure needs and to tout bills now making their way through Congress that would provide $6.5 billion over the next five years for facilities projects throughout the National Park Service (NPS). …
The two men sought in the kidnapping of a Winter Harbor man’s dog — a dog that was later found dead — turned themselves in at the Hancock County Jail Tuesday morning.
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — A hiker whose leg had been crushed by a large rock was lifted off Dorr Mountain Monday morning at the end of a rope suspended from a Maine Forest Service helicopter. She was securely attached to a sling at the end of the rope, and accompanied in the open-air flight by …
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Rangers are reporting a recent increase in motorized electric bicycle (“e-bike”) usage on the carriage roads by people claiming a disability when no disability is evident. E-bikes are prohibited on the carriage roads, except for people with permanent disabilities that prohibit them from using the carriage roads without motorized assistance. People …
ELLSWORTH — The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office has identified a body found in Trenton Wednesday as that of Barbara Graves, 88, of Trenton. “No foul play is suspected in this case,” said Deputy Luke Gross. “The Sheriff’s Office is working with the Medical Examiner’s Office, as the investigation is still ongoing.” Passers-by found Graves’ body …
BAR HARBOR – A Bar Harbor man was arrested Monday in connection with the death of 19-year-old Mikaela Conley of Bar Harbor. Detectives from the State Police Major Crimes Unit arrested Jalique Keene, 21, on a murder charge, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. Keene was taken into custody at the Bar Harbor …
BAR HARBOR – Electric service along some parts of Route 3 and Lower Main Street here could be interrupted during planned maintenance on Thursday, April 12, according to a notice from Emera Maine. The work will begin at 10 a.m. and is scheduled to take three hours. Lower Main Street will be affected between Livingston …
ELLSWORTH – Last year, at least 17 endangered North Atlantic right whales died in Canadian waters and off the coast of New England. Some of those deaths were attributed to the whales’ entanglement with fishing gear. On Thursday, three conservation organizations sued the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service in the federal …
