“Our Town” is a weekly feature, starting Jan. 3, that will profile each of Hancock County’s municipalities as well as the county itself.
ELLSWORTH — If you know Antonio Blasi, it’s probably through music. The Hancock resident sings or plays woodwinds in bands around the county and beyond, from Bangor to Blue Hill. He’s played in the orchestra at The Grand, with the Bar Harbor Band, at the Winter Harbor Music Festival and was a co-founder of the …
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County Administrator Scott Adkins has been managing businesses since he was old enough to ride a bike and mow lawns. The Bangor native recalled towing a push mower with his bike. “I made my own spreadsheets,” he said. Those included dates of when he mowed a certain lawn and whether or not …
ELLSWORTH — A friend who worked as a Hancock County Sheriff’s deputy steered Scott Kane to law enforcement in 1984. “He persuaded me to come to work here part time. I’ve been here ever since,” said Kane, who went on to become the Hancock County sheriff in 2015. Kane, who graduated from Ellsworth High School …
ELLSWORTH — Why do we have county government and where does all the county tax money go? County taxes fund the Sheriff’s Office’s law enforcement budget as well as the Hancock County Jail and the Hancock County Regional Communications Center. All of those departments operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The county …
As the Unorganized Territories supervisor for Hancock County, Millard Billings manages more land than some small European countries — Andorra, Leichtenstein and Luxembourg come to mind — contain. The Unorganized Territories date to the colonial era, when surveyors laid out townships across eastern Maine. In time, residents in particular townships organized town governments (Ellsworth upgraded …
Originally from Ellsworth, Nora Sargent Garland played basketball in grammar school and attended Ellsworth High School and Mount Desert Island High School. She and her husband, Robert Garland, moved to Fletchers Landing (then Township 8) “a little over 40 years ago. “I just love it up there,” Nora said. From her Hummingbird Lane home, “it’s …
Township 3 Maine State Police, Troop J Type of call Number OUI — liquor 1 Total calls for service 1 Hancock County Sheriff’s Department Type of call Number False 911 call 2 Total calls for service 2 Township 7 Hancock County Sheriff’s Department Type of call Number Violation of protective order 2 Civil problem …
Winter Harbor Fire Chief Tatum McLean grew up in Monmouth. He has lived and worked elsewhere in the United States, but his first visit to the Schoodic Peninsula convinced him “this was the place to be.” Graduating from Monmouth Academy in 1990, Tatum joined the Army as “an M-60 gunner, light infantry,” representing the third …
Cathy Carruthers, the Winter Harbor town manager and town clerk, has “always been very proud I was born in Maine.” Cathy’s father, James Lilly, was stationed at Dow Air Force Base in Bangor when he met his future wife, Barbara Gerrish of Winter Harbor. They married, and later “I was born in Bangor,” Cathy said. …
Town Clerk’s report (2018) Births: 1 Deaths: 10 Marriages: 13 Registered voters 484 total registered voters 121 Democrats 181 Republicans 19 Green Independent Party 163 not enrolled in any party Tax Collector’s report Outstanding 2018 real estate taxes (as of June 30, 2018) 44 accounts (40 taxpayers): $75,708.03 Winter Harbor Volunteer Fire …
